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Commonwealth Games 2022

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 Edition : 22 (XXII)
 Host city : Birmingham, UK
 Country : England
 Main venue : Alexander Stadium
 Mascot : Perry
 Motto : Sport is just the beginning
 England's third time hosting the Commonwealth Games London 1934, Manchester
2002 and Birmingham 2022.
 XXIII Commonwealth Games 2026 : Australia
 XXIV Commonwealth Games 2030: Canada.
 The sports disciplines of Women’s T20 Cricket, 3x3 basketball and 3x3 wheelchair
baseball are making their debut in Commonwealth Games 2022.
 Commonwealth Games 2022 Medal Tally-

 INDIA AT THE 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

 Flag bearers (opening) : Manpreet Singh and P. V. Sindhu
 Flag bearers (closing) : Nikhat Zareen and Sharath Achanta
 Sanket Sargar won a silver medal in the men's 55kg weightlifting event; bags India’s
first medal in Commonwealth Games 2022.
 Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu wins India’s first gold at 2022 Birmingham CWG in
women’s 49kg.
 14-year-old Squash player Anahat Singh is India’s youngest athlete at 2022
Birmingham Commonwealth Games (CWG).
 45-year old Lawn Bowls player Sunil Bahadur was the oldest player in the contingent.
 PV Sindhu wins first ever singles gold medal in Commonwealth Games.
 India won its first ever medals in Lawn Bowls after Women's Fours team won Gold
 India stood at 4th position in CWG 2022 medal standing with 22 Gold, 16 Silver, and
23 Bronze medals
 India's Eldhose Paul wins historic men's triple jump gold at the 2022 Commonwealth
Games as he won a rare Gold Medal in track and field events.
 The sport that won the most medals for India at the Commonwealth Games 2022 is
wrestling with 12 medals (6 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze), followed by weightlifting with
10 medals (3 gold, 3 silver).
 Sports Authority of India (SAI) unveils “Create for India” (Cheer4India) campaign to
cheer for Team India Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
 This is India's third best performance ever after finishing 2nd in 2010 when the games
were hosted in Delhi and 3rd in 2018.

 Interesting facts about Commonwealth Games

 Melville Marks Robinson was the founder of the Commonwealth Games.
 The first commonwealth games were held in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada.
 India for the first time participated in the second commonwealth games held in
1934 in London.
 India hosted the 19th Commonwealth games in 2010 in New Delhi.
 After Olympics, Commonwealth Games is the second-largest sports festival in the
world.
 Since 1930, the games have been conducted every four years except for 1942 and
1946.
 Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games five times i.e. in 1938, 1962, 1982,
2006, and 2018, this is more times than any other nation.
  Milkha Singh won India's first individual gold medal at the Commonwealth Games,
in 1958 in Wales

List of Total Medals won by India till date at 2022 Commonwealth

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GOLD MEDAL (22)

1. Mirabai Chanu – Women’s 49kg (Weightlifting)
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2. Jeremy Lalrinnunga – Men’s 67kg (Weightlifting)
3. Achinta Sheuli – Men’s 73kg (Weightlifting)
4. Rupa Rani Tirkey, Lovely Choubey, Pinki and Nayanmoni Saikia – Women’s Fours (Lawn
Bowls) –
5. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty – Men’s Team
(Table Tennis)
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6. Sudhir – Men’s heavyweight (para powerlifting)
7. Bajarang Punia – Men’s 65kg (Wrestling)
8. Deepak Punia – Men’s 86kg (Wrestling)
9. Sakshi Malik – Women’s 62kg Freestyle (Wrestling)
10. Ravi Dahiya -Men’s 57 kg (Wrestling)
11. Vinesh Phogat – Women’s 53kg (Wrestling)
12. Naveen Kumar – Men’s 74 kg (Wrestling)
13. Bhavina Patel – Women’s singles class 3-5 (para table tennis)
14. Amit Panghal – men’s 51kg (Boxing)
15. Nitu Ghang – women’s 48kg (Boxing)
16. Nikhat Zareen – Women’s 50kg (Boxing)
17. Eldhose Paul – Men’s triple jump
18. P V Sindhu – Women’s single (Badminton)
19. Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula – Mixed Doubles Table Tennis
20. Lakshya Sen – Men’s single (badminton)
21. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty – Men’s double (badminton)
22. Achanta Sharath Kamal – men’s single (table tennis)

SILVER MEDAL (16)

1. Sanket Mahadev Sargar – Men’s 55kg (Weightlifting)
2. Bidyarani Devi – Women’s 55kg (Weightlifting)
3. Likmabam Sushila Devi – Women’s 48kg (Judo)
4. Vikas Thakur – Men’s 96kg (Weightlifting)
5. Indian badminton mixed team
6. Tulika Maan – Women’s 78kg (Judo)
7. Murali Sreeshankar – Long Jump
8. Anshu Malik – Women’s Freestyle 57kg (Wrestling)
9. Avinash Sable – Men’s 3000 Steeplechase Racing (Athletics)
10. Priyanka Goswami – Women’s 10,000m Racewalk (Athletics)
11. Men’s lawn bowls team – (men’s fours)
12. Abdullah Aboobacker – Men’s triple jump
13. Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran – Men’s Double Table Tennis
14. Indian women’s cricket team
15. Sagar Ahlawat – Men’s 92+ Kg (Boxing)
16. Indian Men’s Hockey Team

BRONZE MEDAL (23)

1. Gururaja Poojary – Men’s 61kg (Weightlifting)
2. Vijay Kumar Yadav – Men’s 60kg (Judo)
3. Harjinder Kaur – Women’s 71kg (Weightlifting)
4. Tejaswin Shankar – Men’s High Jump
5. Lovepreet Singh – Men’s 109kg (Weightlifting)
6. Gurdeep Singh – Men’s 109kg+ (Weightlifting)
7. Saurav Ghosal – Men’s Single (Squash)
8. Divya Kakran – women’s 68kg (Wrestling)
9. Mohit Grewal – men’s 125kg (Wrestling)
10. Pooja Gehlot – women’s 50 kg (Wrestling)
11. Pooja Sihag – women’s 76 kg (Wrestling)
12. Deepak Nehra- men’s 97kg (Wrestling)
13. Jaismine Lamboria – women’s lightweight 60kg (Boxing)
14. Rohit Tokas – Men’s 67kg Welterweight (Boxing)
15. Mohammad Hussamuddin -Men’s 57kg Featherweight(Boxing)
16. Sonalben Manubhai Patel – para table tennis
17. Sandeep Kumar – Men’s 10 km Race Walk
18. Annu Rani – Javelin Throw
19. India women’s hockey team
20. Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal – Squash Mixed Doubles
21. Srikanth Kidambi – Men’s single (Badminton)
22. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand – women’s Badminton Doubles
23. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran – Men’s single (Table Tennis)
MOST IMPORTANT MCQ ON COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2022.

Q.Commonwealth Games 2022 will be held in which of the following country?

A) Canada
B) Australia
C) England
D) New Zealand
Answer : C
Explanation- The 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held in Birmingham, England.The 2022
Commonwealth Games is the third Commonwealth Games to be hosted in England
following London 1934 and Manchester 2002
Q.Which of the following was the motto of the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
A) Games for Peace
C) Passion for Sports
D) Humanity, Equality, Destiny
D) Sport is just the beginning
Answer : D
Q.What was the name of the mascot of 2022 Commonwealth Games?
A) Perry
B) Gilmour
C) Clyde
D) Blithe
Answer : A
Explanation- The official mascot of CWG 2022 is Perry the Bull
Q.Name the players who represented India as flagbearer at the opening ceremony of
Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022?
A) Mirabai Chanu and Bajrang Punia
B) Lovlina Borgohain and Neeraj Chopra
C) PV Sindhu and Manpreet Singh
D) Manika Batra and Ravi Kumar Dahiya
Answer : C
 Explanation- Manpreet Singh and PV Sindhu chosen as India’s flag-bearers for opening
ceremony of 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Q.Who was the flag bearer of Indian contingent at the Closing ceremony of the 2022
Commonwealth Games in Birmihgham?
A) Amit Panghal and Vinesh Phogat
B) Bajrang Punia and Mirabai Chanu
C) Deepak Punia and Sakshi Malik
D) Sharath Kamal and Nikhat Zareen
Answer : D
 Explanation- Gold medal winners Nikhat Zareen and Achanta Sharath Kamal will act
as Indian flag bearers at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Birmingham
Commonwealth Games
Q.Who has won the first medal for India in 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games
(CWG)?
A) Bidyarani Devi
B) Sanket Sargar
C) Jeremy Lalrinnunga
D) Mirabai Chanu
Answer : B
 Explanation- Indian weightlifter Sanket Mahadev Sargar helped India to get its first
medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG), by claiming silver in the men’s 55kg
category on July 30, 2022.
 The 21-year-old lifted a total of 248kg (113kg+135kg) to finish second.
 Mohamad Aniq of Malaysia lifted 249kg (107kg+142kg) to win the gold and Dilanka
Isuru Kumara of Sri Lanka lifted 225kg (105kg+120kg) to claim the bronze medal.
 Sanket Sargar was born in nagpur Maharashtra.
Q.Who has won the first gold medal for India in 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games
(CWG)?
A) Achinta Sheuli
B) Sanket Sargar
C) Jeremy Lalrinnunga
D) Mirabai Chanu
Answer : D
 Explanation- Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu helped India to get its first gold medal
at 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, as she won the top spot in the 49kg
clean and jerk event.
 Chanu lifted total 201kg (88kg in snatch and 113kg in clean and jerk).
 This is the third medal for India at the games.
  Mirabai Chanu is an Indian professional weightlifter from Manipur.
Q.How many overall medals have been won by India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in
Birmihgham?
A) 67
B) 61
C) 69
D) 65
Answer : B
 Explanation- Indian contingents finished the 2022 Commonwealth Games at fourth
position with a total of 61 medals including 22Gold; 16Silver; 23Bronze.
Q.Which country has won the most number of medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in
Birmingham?
A) Australia
B) England
C) Canada
D) New Zealand
Answer : A
Q.Which country will host the Commonwealth Games in 2026?
A) India
B) Indonesia
C) Australia
D) New Zealand
Answer : C
 Explanation- Australia’s Victoria to Host the 2026 Commonwealth Games
Q.In which event did India win the maximum number of medals at the 2022 Commonwealth
Games?
A) Boxing
B) Wrestling
C) Weightlifting
D) Athletics
Answer : B
 Explanation- The sport that has won the most medals for the country in
Commonwealth Games 2022 is wrestling with 12 medals (6 golds, 1 silver and 5
bronze) followed by 10 medals in weightlifting (3 golds, 3 silvers and 4 bronze) and 8
medals in athletics (1 gold, 4 silvers and 3 bronze).
Q.In which event did India win the maximum number of gold medals at the 2022
Commonwealth Games?
A) Shooting
B) Weightlifting
C) Wrestling
D) Badminton
Answer : C
Q.Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won India's first gold medal in Commonwealth Games
2022 in which weight category?
A) 45kg
B) 49kg
C) 65kg
D) 75kg
Answer : B
 Explanation- Mirabai Chanu Clinches India's First Gold at Birmingham Commonwealth
Games 2022 in 49 Kg weightlifting.
 SAIKHOM MIRABAI CHANU
 State : Manipur
 Sport : Weightlifting
 Event(s) : 49 kg
 Coached By : Vijay Sharma, Aaron Horschig
Q.Jeremy Lalrinnunga has won gold medal in men’s 67 kg category weightlifting at the 2022
Commonwealth Games. He is from which Indian State?
A) Manipur
B) Assam
C) Mizoram
D) Odisha
Answer : C
 Explanation- India’s Jeremy Lalrinnunga has won gold medal in men’s 67 kg category
weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
  The 19-year-old Youth Olympic champion lifted a total of 300kg (140kg+160kg) to get
the first position.Jeremy Lalrinnunga is an Indian weightlifter from Aizawl, Mizoram
Q.Achinta Sheuli has won gold medal for India at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth
Games (CWG) in which sports?
A) Archery
B) Gymnastic
C) Shooting
D) Weightlifting
Answer : D
 Explanation- Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli has won the gold medal in the men’s 73kg
category by lifting a total of 313kg (143kg 170kg).
 Achinta Sheuli is from Deulpar, West Bengal
Q.The Indian team of lawn bowls beat which country in the women’s fours event to win gold
medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
A) Australia
B) South Africa
C) Denmark
D) Singapore
Answer : B
 Explanatioin- Indian team of lawn bowls has created historic moment at the 2022
Commonwealth Games in Birmingham after they won Gold medal in women’s fours
event, by beating South Africa, 17-10 in the finals.
 This is the first-ever medal won by India in lawn bowls event at CWG.
 The women’s fours team comprised of skipper Rupa Rani Tirkey, Lovely Choubey,
Pinki and Nayanmoni Saikia
Q.India won a historic gold in which among the following sports for the first-ever time at
Commonwealth Games?
A) Water Polo
B) Rowing
C) Lawn Bowl
D) Fencing
Answer : C
 Explanation - India’s Lawn Bowls Women’s Fours Team wins Gold at 2022 Birmingham
CWG
Q.Indian Table Tennis Men’s Team has won Gold medal for the country at the 2022
Commonwealth Games .They beat which country for the top position?
A) Netherlands
B) Argentina
C) Singapore
D) Czech Republic
Answer : C
 Explanation- Indian Table Tennis Men’s Team has won Gold medal for the country as
they beat Singapore 3-1 in the final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in
Birmingham.
 It’s the second consecutive Gold medal for India in Men’s Table Tennis Team event
after previous win in CWG 2018 in GoldCoast .
 Indian Table Tennis Men’s Team comprised of Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Sharath Kamal,
Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty.
  Table tennis is the national sport of China.The headquarters of the International Table
Tennis Federation is situated in Lausanne, Switzerland
Q.Name the Indian para powerlifter who has won gold medal in the event and even created
games record at by scoring highest ever points at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games?
A) Sudhir
B) Jaideep Deswal
C) Sakina Khatun
D) Farman Basha
Answer : A
 Explanation- Indian para powerlifter Sudhir has won gold medal for India in the men’s
heavyweight final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
 Sudhir lifted a total weight of 212kg.
 This is India’s first ever Gold medal in Para-Powerlifting sports at the Commonwealth
Games.

Q.Bajrang Punia has won gold medal in which category of wrestler at the Commonwealth
Games 2022?
A) Mens 85kg
B) Mens 75 kg
C) Mens 65kg
D) Mens 59 kg
Answer : C
 Explanation- Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia clinched Gold Medal for India in Men`s 65
kg at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 at Birmingham.
 Punia belongs to Khudan village of Jhajjar district in Haryana
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Q.Deepak Punia has won the gold medal for India in which sports event at the CWG 2022?
A) Wrestler
B) Boxing
C) Weightlifting
D) Long Jump
Answer : A
 Explanation- Wrestler Deepak Punia won the gold medal in the Men’s 86 kg final. He
defeated Pakistan’s Muhammad Inam by 3-0.
 He hails from Chhara village of Jhajjar district in Haryana
Q.Who has won the gold medal in Women’s 62 Kg freestyle category Wrestling at the
Commonwealth Games 2022?
A) Alka Tomar
B) Priyanka Phogat
C) Sakshi Malik
D) Babita Phogat
Answer : C
 Explanation- Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik has bagged the gold medal in the women’s
62kg freestyle wrestling event at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, UK.
 She beat Canada’s, Ana Godinez Gonzalez.
 This was Sakshi Malik’s third straight medal at the CWG. She won the 58kg silver at
Glasgow 2014 and a bronze at Gold Coast 2018.
 Sakshi Malik was born in the village of Mokhra in the Rohtak district of Haryana
Q.Wrestler Ravi Dahiya has won the gold medal of India in which category event at the 2022
CWG?
A) 57kg
B) 62kg
C) 65kg
D) 75kg
Answer : A
 Explanation - Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the gold medal in the men’s
57kg freestyle wrestling category at Birmingham 2022
 Ravi Kumar Dahiya
 Sport : Freestyle wrestling
 Event(s) : 57 kg
 Silver medal : 2020 Tokyo Olympics
 He hails from Nahri is a village in Sonipat district of Haryana
Q.Who has won a gold medal in the women’s 53kg category final at the Commonwealth
Games 2022?
A) Geeta Phogat
B) Vinesh Phogat
C) Babita Phogat
D) Priyanka Phogat
Answer : B
 Explanation- Vinesh Phogat has won the gold medal in women’s 53kg.
 She beat Sri Lanka’s Chamodya Keshani Maduravlage Don in her final round-robin
bout in the nordic system.
 Vinesh Phogat won her third successive Commonwealth Games Gold medal,
emulating wrestler Sushil Kumar’s feat, in Birmingham.
  She He hails from Bhiwani district, Haryana.
Q.Naveen Kumar has won a gold medal for India in which category event of men’s Wrestling
at the Commonwealth Games 2022?
A) 65kg
A) 74kg
C) 85kg
D) 92kg
Answer : B
 Explanation- Wrestler Naveen Kumar won the gold medal for India after the win over
Pakistan’s Muhammad Sharif Tahir in the 74kg final at the Commonwealth Games
2022.
 Naveen beat Muhammad Sharif Tahir on points as he outdid the Pakistani 9-0 to add
another gold medal to India’s tally to extend the country’s domination in wrestling.
 Naveen Kumar born in Jat family of Chhapar village in Jhajjar district of Haryana
Q.India’s para athlete, Bhavina Patel has won gold medal for India in which sports?
A) Shot Put
B) Badminton
C) Javelin Throw
D) Table Tennis
Answer : D
 Explanation- Star Indian para table tennis player Bhavina Patel won gold in the
women’s singles class 3-5.Bhavina Patel is an Indian parathlete and table tennis player
from Mehsana, Gujarat
Q.Who has won the gold medal in Men’s 48-51kg Weight category at the Commonwealth
Games 2022?
A) Akhil Kumar
B) Vikas Krishan.
C) Shiva Thapa
D) Amit Panghal
Answer : D
 Explanation- Amit Panghal wins Gold in men’s 48kg-51kg flyweight boxing.
 It is his second CWG medal after Silver in Gold Coast
 Amit beat England’s Kiaran MacDonald in the final of the men’s flyweight category,
thus winning his first-ever gold medal at the Games.
 Amit Panghal is an amateur boxer from Haryana
Q.Who has won the gold medal in the Women’s Light Flyweight category in boxing at the
Commonwealth Games 2022?
A) Sarita Devi
B) Lovlina Borgohain
C) Nikhat Zareen
D) Mary KoM
Answer : C
 Explanation- Indian star boxer and world champion Nikhat Zareen has captured the
country’s third consecutive boxing gold medal of the day by defeating Carly MC Naul
of Northern Ireland in the final of women’s 50kg (Light Flyweight) at the
Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
 She is from Telangana.
Q.Nitu Ghang has won gold medal for India in which sports?
A) Boxing
B) Weightlifting
C) Wrestling
D) Shooting
Answer : A
 Explanation- Nitu Ghanghas wins gold in women's 48kg boxing
 Nitu Ghanghas is an boxer from Haryana.
Q.Indian athletes Eldhose Paul and Abdullah Aboobacker have claimed gold and silver medal
for India respectively in which of these sports at Commonwealth Games in Birmingham
2022?
A) Boxing
B) Wrestling
C) Wrestling
D) Triple Jump
Answer : D
 Explanation- Eldhose Paul ( 17.03m) won a historic gold medal in the men’s triple
jump at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
 Paul’s statemate Abdulla Aboobacker won silver with a 17.02m jump in his fifth
attempt
 Eldhose Paul was born in Kolenchery, Kerala.
Q.PV Sindhu has won the gold medal in women's singles badminton at the Commonwealth
Games 2022 in Birmingham. PV Sindhu won the gold medal by defeating whom in the final.
A) Wang Zhiyi
B) Michelle Li
C) Tai Tzu-ying
D) Li Xuerui
Answer : B
 Explanation- India’s shuttler P V Sindhu has clinched a gold medal in the final of
women’s single at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
 The double Olympic medalist beat Michelle Li of Canada to win the Gold.
 A former world champion, Sindhu, who has a silver and a bronze from the 2018 and
2014 editions, was clearly the better player on display as she kept a firm grip on the
match.
 Pusarla Venkata Sindhu was born Hyderabad Telangana.
Q.Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula have won a gold medal in mixed doubles for India in
which game at the Commonwealth Games 2022?
A) Table Tennis
C) High Jump
C) Long Jump
D) Triple Jump
Answer : A
 Explanation- India’s table tennis stars Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula has
won gold medal in the mixed doubles in table tennis at the Birmingham
Commonwealth Games 2022.
 They defeated the Malaysian pair of Javen Choong and Karen Lyne 3-1 in the final.
Q.Lakshya Sen has won a gold medal for India in which game at the Commonwealth Games
2022?
A) Squash
B) Tennis
C) Table Tennis
D) Badminton
Answer : D
 Explanation- India’s young ace shuttler Lakshya Sen has won gold medal in the final of
men’s single at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022.
 The Indian badminton sensation edged Malaysia’s Tze Yong Ng to win the Gold.
 Sen who hails from Almora in Uttarakhand is the second player from the state to win
gold medal in CWG after Jaspal Rana won gold in shooting in CWG of the year 1998.
Q.Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have won a gold medal in mixed
doubles for India in which game at the Commonwealth Games 2022?
A) Table Tennis
B) Badminton
C) Squash
D) Judo
Answer : B
 Explanation- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty win gold in men’s
doubles badminton
Q.Sharath Kamal has won a gold medal for India in which game at the Commonwealth
Games 2022?
A) Table Tennis
B) Badminton
C) Tennis
D) Squash
Answer : A
 Explanation- Achanta Sharath Kamal wins gold men’s singles Table
Tennis.Kamal was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Q.Bidyarani Devi has recently won Silver medal for India at 2022 Birmingham
Commonwealth Games (CWG) in which weight category?
A) 55Kg
B) 49Kg
C) 67Kg
D) 74Kg
Answer : A
 Explanation - Indian weightlifter Bidyarani Devi clinched silver medal in the women’s
55kg final at the Commonwealth Games 2022, to get fourth medal for India.
 The 23-year-old Manipur girl lifted a total of 202kg (86kg + 116kg) to grab the second
position.
 Adijat Adenike Olarinoye of Nigeria won gold with 203 kg (92 + 111).
Q.Likmabam Sushila Devi has has won Silver medal for India in which game at the 2022
Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham?
A) Weightlifting
B) Archery
C) Shooting
D) Judo
Answer : D
 Explanation- Indian Judoka Likmabam Sushila Devi, helped India in getting its seventh
medal the at the Commonwealth Games 2022 as she won the silver medal in the
women’s 48kg category.
 She hails from Manipur state in India.
Q.Indian weightlifter Vikas Thakur has won the silver medal in which category event at
2022 CWG Birmingham?
A) 91kg
B) 79kg
C) 96kg
D) 87kg
Answer : C
 Explanation- Indian weightlifter Vikas Thakur won the silver medal in the men’s 96kg
category event at 2022 CWG Birmingham.
 Vikas lifted a total weight of 346kg(155kg Snatch and 199kg Clean and Jerk) to finish
second.
 This is overall third Commonwealth Games medal for Vikas Thakur.
 He earlier won silver in Glasgow 2014 and bronze in Gold Coast 2018.
 Samoa’s Don Opeloge lifter 381kg (171kg+210kg) to claim gold.
Q.India’s badminton mixed team lost to which country to settle for silver medal at the 2022
Commonwealth Games?
A) Denmark
B) Japan
C) China
D) Malaysia
Answer : D
 Explanation- Indian badminton team has claimed the silver medal in the mixed group
match of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
 Indian badminton mixed team lost 1-3 against Malaysia to settle for silver.
 Meanwhile, Singapore beat England 3-0 to claim the bronze medal.
 Indian Men’s Single event was represented by Kidambi Srikanth .
  Indian Women’s Single event was represented by PV Sindhu
 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty represented men’s double event.
 P Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly represented women’s double event
Q.Indian sports person Murali Sreeshankar has recently won the silver medal in which game
for India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG)?
A) Judo
B) Long Jump
C) High Jump
D) Weightlifting
Answer : B
 Expalanaation- Indian athlete Murali Sreeshankar has clinched silver medal in the
men’s long jump event in CWG Birmingham 2022.
 He had the best jump of 8.08 metres to secure the second spot.
 Bahamas’ Laquan Nairn secured Gold with the best jump of 8.08 metres.
Q.Anshu Malik who has recently won silver medal for India in CWG 2022 is related to which
sports event?
A) Judo
B) Boxing
C) Wrestling
D) Weightlifting
Answer : C
 Explanation- Anshu Malik won the silver medal in the Women’s Freestyle 57kg
category wrestling.
 She lost to Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye of Nigeria, 3-7 to stand second.
Q.Avinash Sable and Priyanka Goswami has won silver medal at 2022 CWG in which sports?
A) Racing
B) Long Jump
C) High Jump
D) Javelin Throw
Answer : A
 Explanation- In athletics, Avinash Sable claimed silver medal in Men’s 3000
Steeplechase final at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, UK.
 Avinash clocked personal best of 8:11.20 and also broke the 3000m Steeplechase
National Record.
 Abraham Kibiwot of Team Kenya won gold and Amos Serem of Team Kenya won
bronze.
 Meanwhile, Priyanka Goswami won silver in the women’s 10,000m race walk. She
covered the marathon distance in 49 minutes and 38 seconds, her personal best.
 She is the first Indian women to win the Commonwealth Games medal in race walking
Q.India has won its second medal in the Lawn Bowls event at the Commonwealth Games
2022 in Birmingham. Men's fours team won the silver medal after losing to which country in
the final?
A) Northern Ireland
B) Australia
C) New Zealand
D) England
Answer : A
 Explanation- India has clinched their second medal in the lawn bowls event at the
Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.
 The men’s fours team bagged a silver medal after losing to Northern Ireland in the
final. The final score read 18-5 in favour of Northern Ireland.
  The Indian team comprised Sunil Bahadur (lead), Navneet Singh (second), Chandan
Kumar Singh (third), and Dinesh Kumar (skip).
Q.India has won the silver medal in the first Commonwealth Women's Cricket 2022 after
losing to which country?
A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) Pakistan
D) England
Answer : A
 Explanation- Indian women’s cricket team has created history and secured the
country’s first-ever medal in cricket in history of the Commonwealth Games (CWG).
 The Women in Blue have reached the gold medal match after beating hosts England in
a nail-biting clash at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground.
 Batting first, Australia scored 161/8 in the final played at Edgbaston ground. In reply,
the Indian team could only score 152 runs in 19.3 overs. India lost the gold medal
match by just 9 runs.
 Harmanpreet Kaur to lead India women at historic Commonwealth Games
2022.Australian cricket captain Meg Lanning
Q.India has won the silver medal in the Commonwealth men's Hockey 2022 after losing to
which country?
A) England
B) Pakistan
C) Sri Lanka
D) Australia
Answer : D
  Explanation- India won silver in men’s hockey after losing 0-7 to Australia in the final
at Commonwealth Games 2022.
 Manpreet Singh to lead men's Indian hockey team
Q.Who has won bronze in the men’s badminton singles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
A) Prannoy Kumar
B) Lakshya Sen
C) B. Sai Praneeth
D) Kidambi Srikanth
Answer : D
 Explanation -Kidambi Srikanth won bronze in the men’s badminton singles at the
Commonwealth Games, on 7 August 2022.
 Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won bronze in the badminton women’s singles
after defeating Australia’s Chen Hsuan-Yu Wendy and Gronya Somerville in straight
games 21-15, 21-19.
Q.Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal have won a bronze medal for India in which game at the
Commonwealth Games 2022?
A) Squash
B) Badminton
C) Tennis
D) Judo
Answer : A
 Explanation - India’s star squash duo of Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal has clinched
a bronze medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
 Pallikal and Ghosal defeated defending champions Lobban Donna and Pilley Cameron
in straight games (11-8, 11-4) to secure a podium finish in Birmingham
Q.The Indian women’s hockey team beats which country to win bronze medal at the 2022
Commonwealth Games?
A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) England
D) Canada
Answer : B
 Explanation India beat New Zealand 2-1 in a shootout to win the bronze medal in
women’s hockey at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022.
 The India women’s hockey team ended their 16-year-long wait for a CWG medal when
they defeated New Zealand to win bronze at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in a
thrilling finish.
 England beat Australia to win Commonwealth Games hockey gold. After 24 years of
trying, the England women's hockey team finally won gold at the Commonwealth
Games
 Savita Punia to captain Indian women's hockey team.
Q.Divya Kakran and Mohit Grewal has won bronze medal for India in which games at the
2022 CWG?
A) Wrestling
B) Boxing
C) Badme
D) Weightlifting
Answer : A
 Indian wrestlers Divya Kakran (women’s 68kg) and Mohit Grewal (men’s 125kg) won
bronze medals in their respective categories.
Q.How many nations and territories participated at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
A) 72
B) 91
C) 56
D) 67
Answer : A
Explanation -Total 72 countries will be participating in the Commonwealth Games 2022 held
in Birmingham, UK
Q.How many athletes represented India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
A) 175
B) 195
C) 240
D) 215
Answer : D
Explanation -India sent a strong contingent of 215 athletes to the Birmingham
Commonwealth Games 2022
Q.The first Commonwealth Games in 1930 was held in which country?
A) Australia
B) England
C) New Zealand
D) Canada
Answer : D
Explanation -The first Commonwealth Games was held in Canada in the year 1930
Q.In which of the following years were the first Commonwealth Games held in Canada?
A) 1930
B) 1956
C) 1909
D) 1912
Answer : A
Q.Which Nation has hosted the Commonwealth Games five times?
A) New Zealand
B) England
C) Canada
D) Australia
Answer : D
Explanation -Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games five times i.e. in 1938, 1962,
1982, 2006, and 2018.
Q.In which year India hosted the Commonwealth Games?
A) 2010
B) 2014
C) 2016
D) 2012
Answer : A
Q.Who is the founder of the Commonwealth Games?
A) Pierre De Coubertin
B) Melville Marks Robinson
C) Astley Cooper
D) Tinkon Januan
Answer : B
Q.Which of the following is not a new sports discipline in Commonwealth Games 2022?
A) Women’s T20 Cricket
B) Netball
C) 3x3 basketball
D) 3x3 wheelchair baseball
Answer : B
Explanation The sports disciplines of Women’s T20 Cricket, 3x3 basketball and 3x3
wheelchair baseball are making their debut in Commonwealth Games 2022
Q.Who was the first Indian to win the individual gold medal at the Commonwealth Games?
A) P T Usha
B) Neeraj Chopra
C) Krishna Poonia
D) Milkha Singh
Answer : D
 Explanation- Milkha Singh won India's first individual gold medal at the
Commonwealth Games, in 1958 in Wales.
 He was also known as The Flying Sikh.