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Last One year Current Affairs MCQs

Q1.अंतर्रा ष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट परर्षद के नए चेयर्मैन के रूप में क्रकसे चुनर गयर है ?
(a) जक यरकूब
(b) ग्रेग बरकाले
(c) इमर्रन ख्वरजर
(d) र्शपरल बरजवर

Q1. Who has been elected as the International Cricket Council's new Chairman?
(a) Zak Yacoob
(b) Greg Barclay
(c) Imran Khwaja
(d) Rashpal Bajwa

• New Zealand's Greg Barclay has been elected as the International Cricket Council's new independent
chairman.
• Barclay has been the director of New Zealand Cricket since 2012.
• He will replace interim chairman Imran Khwaja, who himself had stepped in to temporarily succeed Shashank
Manohar after his second two-year term ended in July.
• Barclay was NZC's representative on the ICC board but he will be stepping down from his role to lead the
global governing body.
• He was also a director of the men's World Cup that was jointly held by Australia and New Zealand in 2015.

Q2.फ्रेंच ओपन 2020 में पुरुष एकल खितरब क्रकसने जीतर है ?


(a) क्रिएगो श्वरटटा जमैन
(b) िोक्रमक्रनक क्रिम
(c) नोवरक जोकोक्रवच
(d) र्रफेल निरल

Q2. Who has won the French Open, 2020 men's single title?
(a) Diego Schwartzman
(b) Dominic Thiem
(c) Novak Djokovic
(d) Rafael Nadal

• Rafael Nadal won the French Open, 2020 beating Novak Djokovic.
• This is Nadal’s 20 Grand Slam and 13 French Open title.
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• In the female category of French Open, 2020, Iga Swiatek won the title.
• She was the first player from Poland to win a Grand Slam.

Q3. फ्रेंच ओपन 2020 में मक्रहलर एकल कर खितरब क्रकसने जीतर है ?
(a) लौर्र क्रसगेमुंि
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(b) सोक्रफयर केक्रनन


(c) नरओमी ओसरकर
(d) इगर क्रशवयोन्टे क

Q3. Who has won the title of the Women’s Singles in the French Open 2020?
(a) Laura Siegemund
(b) Sofia Kenin
(c) Naomi Osaka
(d) Iga Swiatek

• Polish teenager Iga Swiatek has become the new French Open Champion.
• She beat the Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin in the Women Singles final
• The 19-year-old Swiatek will earn $1,900,000 for the incredible achievement and moves to 17th position in the
world ranking.
• Earlier, Sofia Kenin left the court due to injury and could not play her natural game after returning on the court.

Q4.ऑस्ट्र े क्रलयरई ओपन पुरुष एकल खितरब 2020 क्रकसने जीतर?


(a) िोक्रमक्रनक क्रिएम
(b) र्रफेल निरल
(c) नोवरक जोकोक्रवच
(d) र्ोजर् फेिर्र्

Q4. Who won the Australian Open Men’s Single title 2020?
(a) Dominic Thiem
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Novak Djokovic
(d) Roger Federer

• Novak Djokovic(Serbia) beat Dominic Thiem in the final of the 2020 Australian Open.
• This is his eighth Australian title and 17th Grand Slam win overall.
• Djokovic beat Thiem 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a match that lasted four hours.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Australian Open Winners 2020 -
• Men's Singles- Novak Djokovic(Serbia)
• Women's Singles.-Sofia Kenin(USA)
• Men's Double - Rajeev Ram (USA) and Joe Salisbury(UK)
• Women's Double - Tímea Babos( Hungary) and Kristina Mladenovic (France)
• Mixed Double- Barbora Krejčíková(Czech Republic) and Nikola Mektić (Croatia)

Q5.ऑस्ट्र े क्रलयरई ओपन मक्रहलर एकल खितरब क्रकसने जीतर है ?


(a) गरक्रबान मुगुरुजर
(b) सोक्रफयर केक्रनन
(c) एशले बरटी
(d) क्रसमोनर हरलेप

Q5. Who has won the Australian Open Women’s Singles title?
(a) Garbiñe Muguruza
(b) Sofia Kenin
(c) Ashleigh Barty
(d) Simona Halep

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• America's Sofia Kenin stunned two-time Major champion Garbine Muguruza to win the Australian Open in her
first Grand Slam final
• At 21 years and 80 days, Kenin is 22 days younger than Japan's Naomi Osaka when she won the title last year.
• She is the youngest champion since Maria Sharapova won aged 20 in 2008.

Q6.क्रनम्नक्रलखित में से कौन सर ग्रैंि स्लैम टे क्रनस टू नरामेंट क्रवश्व युद्ध- II के बरद पहली बरर् र्द्द क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) ऑस्ट्र े क्रलयरई ओपन
(b) फ्रेंच ओपन
(c) क्रवंबलिन
(d) यूएस ओपन

Q6. Which of the following Grand Slam tennis tournaments has been cancelled for the first time since World War-II?
(a) Open
(b) French Open
(c) Wimbledon
(d) US Open

• Wimbledon, the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament, has been cancelled for the first time since World War-II
because of the Coronavirus pandemic.
• Tournament organizer, All England Club (AELTC) after an emergency meeting announced that the
Championships 2020 will be cancelled due to public health concerns linked to the Novel Coronavirus epidemic.
• The tournament was due to be played between 29 June and 12 July. The entire grass-court season has been
abandoned.

Important - Additional Information:


COVID-19 : MAJOR SPORTS EVENTS AFFECTED:
• Tokyo Olympics 2020- postponed to 2021
• Tennis-
Wimbledon 2020- Cancelled
French Open- Postponed
• Archery World Cup- Shanghai Cancelled
• Badminton
German Open- Cancelled
Asian Championship- Suspended
Indian Open- Suspended
Singapore Open- Suspended

Q7.US ओपन 2020 पुरुष एकल खितरब क्रकसने जीतर है ?


(a) िोक्रमक्रनक िीम
(b) अलेक्जेंिर् ज्वेरर्व
(c) ब्रूनो सोर्े स
(d) मेट परक्रवक

Q7.Who has won the US Open 2020 Men's Singles title?


(a) Dominic Thiem
(b) Alexander Zverev
(c) Bruno Soares
(d) Mate Pavić

• Dominic Thiem became Austria’s second Grand Slam singles champion as he defeated Alexander Zverev in the
US Open final.

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• He became the youngest (27-year-old) Grand Slam champion and first maiden Grand Slam champion since
Marin Cilic in 2014.
• He also became the first player to win the US Open title from two sets down since Pancho Gonzales in 1949.

Q8.क्रकस क्रिकेटर् ने र्रजीव गरं धी िेल र्त्न पुर्स्करर् 2020 जीतर है ?


(a) जसप्रीत बुमर्रह
(b) र्ोक्रहत शमरा
(c) इशरं त शमरा
(d) क्रशिर् धवन

Q8. Which cricketer has won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020?
(a) Jasprit Bumrah
(b) Rohit Sharma
(c) Ishant Sharma
(d) Shikhar Dhawan

• RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD is being conferred for the spectacular and most outstanding
performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years.
The awardees of 2020 are:
• Shri Rohit Sharma (Cricket)
• Shri Mariyappan T. (Para Athletics)
• Ms. Manika Batra(Table Tennis)
• Ms. Vinesh(Wrestling)
• Ms. Rani( Hockey)

• Rohit Sharma is the 4th Cricketer to win this award. Other three are -Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, and Virat
Kohli.
• The awardees will receive their awards from the President Ram Nath Kovind at a specially organized function
through virtual mode from Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29th of this month which is National Sports Day.

Q9.क्रवशेष भृगुवंशी क्रजन्ोंने अजुान पुर्स्करर् 2020 जीतर है , वे क्रकस िेल से संबंक्रधत है ?
(a) बरस्केटबॉल
(b) बैिक्रमंटन
(c) हॉकी
(d) बॉखसंग

Q9. Vishesh Bhriguvanshi who has won the Arjuna Award, is related to which sport?
(a) Basketball
(b) Badminton
(c) Hockey
(d) Boxing

• ARJUNA AWARD is being conferred for consistent outstanding performance in the field of sports by a
sportsperson over a period of four years.
• This year 27 sportspersons have been selected for the Arjuna Award for consistent outstanding performance for
four years

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• They are Archer Atanu Das, Athlete Dutee Chand, Shuttlers Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag C Shetty,
Basketball player Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, Boxers Subedar Manish Kaushik and Lovlina Borgohain, Cricketer
Ishant Sharma and Deepti Sharma, Equestrian player Sawant Ajay Anant, Footballer Sandesh Jhingan, Golfer
Aditi Ashok, Hockey players Akashdeep Singh and Deepika, Kabaddi player Deepak, Kho Kho player Kale
Sarika Sudhakar, Rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Shooter Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary, Table Tennis
player Madhurika Suhas Patkar, Tennis player Divij Sharan, Winter Sports player Shiva Keshavan, Wrestlers
Divya Kakran and Rahul Aware, Para Swimmer Suyash Narayan Jadhav, Para Athlete Sandeep and Para
Shooter Manish Narwal.

Q10.हॉकी इं क्रियर के नए अध्यक्ष कौन बने हैं ?


(a) अक्रनल जैन
(b) क्रहमंत क्रबस्वर सर्मर
(c) ज्ञरनेंद्रो क्रनंगोम्बम
(d) मोहम्मद मुश्तरक अहमद

Q10. Who has become the new president of Hockey India?


(a) Anil Jain
(b) Himanta Biswa Sarma
(c) Gyanendro Ningombam
(d) Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad

• Manipur’s Gyanendro Ningombam has been elected unopposed as the Hockey India (HI) president, taking over
from Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad who was asked to demit office by the sports ministry for violating the National
Sports Code’s tenure guidelines.
• Mushtaque is now back in the HI Executive Board after being unanimously elected as the senior vice-president,
the post Ningombam held, the two effectively exchanging positions.
• Ningombam, elected for a period of two years.
• He had previously been CEO of Manipur Hockey from 2009-2014.

Q11.फीफर ने मक्रहलर अंिर् -17 फुटबॉल क्रवश्व कप र्द्द कर् क्रदयर है । इसके क्रलए क्रकस दे श को 2022 के क्रलए होखस्ट्ं ग अक्रधकरर् प्रदरन
क्रकए गए हैं ?
(a) ब्ररजील
(b) भरर्त
(c) कोस्ट्र रर्कर
(d) चीन

Q11. FIFA cancelled the Women's Under-17 football World Cup. Which country has been granted the hosting rights
for 2022?
(a) Brazil
(b) India
(c) Costa Rica
(d) China

• The Women's Under-17 football World Cup in India, which was initially postponed to next year due to COVID-
19 pandemic, was cancelled by FIFA, but India was handed the hosting rights of the 2022 edition.
• The FIFA cancelled both the women's U-17 World Cup and U-20 World Cup which were scheduled to be held
in India and Costa Rica respectively but handed both the countries the hosting rights of the 2022 editions.
• All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel said the local organising committee is ready to start
afresh for hosting the 2022 edition.

Q12. िोक्रमक्रनक िीम को हर्रकर् लंदन में एटीपी फरइनल 2020 क्रकसने जीतर है ?
(a) र्ोजर् फेिर्र्

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(b) र्रफेल निरल


(c) नोवरक जोकोक्रवच
(d) िे क्रनयल मेदवेदेव

Q12. Who has defeated Dominic Thiem to win the ATP Finals 2020 in London?
(a) Roger Federer
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Novak Djokovic
(d) Daniil Medvedev

• Daniil Medvedev has defeated the US Open champion Dominic Thiem and has won the biggest title of his
career at the ATP Finals in London
• Notably, Medvedev became the first Russian to win the title since Nikolay Davydenko, who won London’s first
edition in 2009
• Medvedev, who beat five-time champion Novak Djokovic and world number two Rafael Nadal earlier in the
week, is the first man to beat all three of the world's top-ranked players at the season finale.

Q13.क्रकस िेल क्रनकरय के उच्च-प्रदशान क्रनदे शक वोल्कर् हेर्मैन ने हरल ही में अपने पद से इस्तीफर दे क्रदयर है ?
(a) हॉकी इं क्रियर
(b) ऑल इं क्रियर टे क्रनस एसोक्रसएशन
(c) ऑल इं क्रियर फुटबॉल फेिर्े शन
(d) एिलेक्रटस फेिर्े शन ऑफ इं क्रियर

Q13. Volker Herrmann, the High-Performance Director of which sports body has recently resigned from his post?
(a) Hockey India
(b) All India Tennis Association
(c) All India Football Federation
(d) Athletics Federation of India

• Volker Herrmann, the Athletics Federation of India High-Performance Director whose contract had been
extended by the Sports Ministry until the end of the 2024 Olympics, has resigned from his post.
• The German was appointed to the post in June 2019 for a term till the end of the postponed Tokyo Olympics in
2021.
• Herrmann was the second person to become Indian athletics’ High-Performance Director after a short stint by
American Derek Boosey, a 1968 Mexico City Olympian, who was appointed in October 2015 ahead of the Rio
Olympics but resigned after seven months in charge.

Q14. पेरर्स मरस्ट्सा जीत के सरि 1,000वरं ATP टू र् मैच क्रकसने जीतर है ?
(a) नोवरक जोकोक्रवच
(b) र्रफेल निरल
(c) फेक्रलक्रसयरनो लोपेज
(d) र्ोजर् फेिर्र्

Q14. Who has won the 1,000th ATP Tour match with Paris Masters victory?
(a) Novak Djokovic
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Feliciano Lopez
(d) Roger Federer

• Rafael Nadal became the fourth player to record 1,000 ATP Tour wins with victory over fellow Spaniard
Feliciano Lopez at the Paris Masters.

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• He opened his title bid at the Rolex Paris Masters comeback victory against Feliciano Lopez.
• The 34-year-old Nadal joins towering companies in Jimmy Connors (1,274), Roger Federer (1,242) and Ivan
Lendl (1,068) as the only men's 1,000-club members since the Open era began in 1968.

Q15.क्रकस भरर्तीय टे क्रनस खिलरडी ने क्रमस्र में ITF खितरब जीतर है ?


(a) अंक्रकतर भरं बर्ी
(b) अंक्रकतर र्ै नर
(c) सरक्रनयर क्रमजरा
(d) रुतुजर भोसले

Q15. Which Indian tennis player has won the ITF Title in Egypt?
(a) Ankita Bhambri
(b) Ankita Raina
(c) Sania Mirza
(d) Rutuja Bhosale

• Rutuja Bhosale has won a singles title by beating Anna Siskova of the Czech Republic in the final of the $15,000
ITF women’s tennis tournament in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
• It was the third singles title in the professional circuit for the 24-year-old Rutuja, who had played a significant
role in helping India qualify for the Fed Cup World Group playoff in Dubai during March.
• Her last two titles came in 2017.

Q16. वर्ल्ा सेक्रलंग के नए अध्यक्ष के रूप में क्रकसे चुनर गयर है?
(a) वी क्रजझोंग
(b) क्वरनहरई ली
(c) क्रकम एं िर्सन
(d) जू क्रयनशेंग

Q16.Who has been elected as the new President of World Sailing ?


(a) Wei Jizhong
(b) Quanhai Li
(c) Kim Andersen
(d) Xu Yinsheng

• Quanhai Li of China has been elected as the new President of World Sailing after defeating incumbent Kim
Andersen of Denmark.
• Li’s victory,was announced at the governing body’s General Assembly which was held virtually.The run-off
followed a first round contested by four candidates, with the top two progressing.
• The 58-year-old Li, director-general of the Chinese National Olympic Sports Centre, will join a select group of
Chinese officials to have taken charge of a Summer Olympic International Federation.
• Headquarters London, Great Britain

Q17. क्रकस दे श की मक्रहलर टीम ने एक्रशयरई र्रष्ट्र ऑनलरइन शतर्ं ज चैंक्रपयनक्रशप में स्वर्ा पदक जीतर है ?
(a) चीन
(b) इं िोनेक्रशयर
(c) ऑस्ट्र े क्रलयर
(d) भरर्त

Q17. Which country’s women team has won the gold in the Asian Nations Online chess championship?
(a) China
(b) Indonesia

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(c) Australia
(d) India

• The Indian women’s team claimed a win over Indonesia to win the gold but the men’s side settled for silver
after losing to Australia in the final of the Asian Nations (Regions) Online chess championship.
• India had won the gold in the FIDE Online Olympiad in August and the victory by the women’s team sans top
players such as Koneru Humpy and D Harika is another boost to the game in the country.

Q18.शेि र्सेल इं टर्नेशनल एयर् र्रइफल चैखियनक्रशप में क्रकस भरर्तीय ने स्वर्ा पदक जीतर है ?
(a) सौर्भ चौधर्ी
(b) क्रदव्रंश क्रसंह पंवरर्
(c) एलरवेक्रनल वलररर्वन
(d) शरहू तुषरर् मरने

Q18. Which Indian has won the gold medal in the Sheikh Russel International Air Rifle Championship?
(a) Saurabh Chaudhary
(b) Divyansh Singh Panwar
(c) Elavenil Valarivan
(d) Shahu Tushar Mane

• World number one Indian Elavenil Valarivan won a gold medal and Shahu Tushar Mane bagged a silver in the
Sheikh Russel International Air Rifle Championship held virtually.
• The championship was organised by Bangladesh Shooting Sport Federation (BSSF).

Q19.िे नमरका ओपन 2020 में मक्रहलर एकल खितरब क्रकसने जीतर है ?
(a) सरइनर नेहवरल
(b) नोजोमी ओकुहरर्र
(c) कैर्ोक्रलनर मररर्न
(d) पी वी क्रसंधु

Q19. Who has won the women's singles title at Denmark Open 2020?
(a) Saina Nehwal
(b) Nozomi Okuhara
(c) Carolina Marin
(d) P V Sindhu

In Badminton, former World Champion Nozomi Okuhara clinched the Denmark Open title beating three-time world
champion Carolina Marin in women's singles.
• PV Sindhu of India opting to sit out the event, two of her biggest rivals made it through to the final.
• In the men's singles final, world number seven Anders Antonsen of Denmark defeated his compatriot Rasmus
Gemke
• Antonsen recovered after losing the first game to defeat world number 11 Gemke.

Q20. फ्रेंच ओपन 2020 पुरुष युगल कर खितरब क्रकसने जीतर है ?


(a) फ़्रेिरर्क नील्‍सन और् क्रटम पुत्ज़
(b) मेट पैक्रवक और् ब्रूनो सोर्े स
(c) केक्रवन िरक्रवटट ़ और् एं क्रिरयरस क्रमयस
(d) जुआन करबरल और् र्ॉबटा फर्रह

Q20. Who won the title of French Open 2020 -Men’s double title?

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(a) F Nielsen and Tim Putz


(b) Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares
(c) Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies
(d) J Cabal and Robert Farah

• German duo Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies retained their French Open doubles crown as they beat Croatian
Mate Pavic and Brazilian Bruno Soares.
• A year after becoming the first all-German team to capture a Grand Slam men's doubles trophy in the
professional era, they again shone on the Parisian clay, winning in 89 minutes.

Q21.क्रनहरल सर्ीन क्रकस िेल से संबंक्रधत है ?


(a) टे क्रनस
(b) बैिक्रमंटन
(c) शतर्ं ज
(d) क्रिकेट

Q21. Nihal Sarin is related to which sport?


(a) Tennis
(b) Badminton
(c) Chess
(d) Cricket

• Young Indian player Nihal Sarin emerged winner in the Chess.com's 2020 Junior Speed Online Chess
Championship, beating Russia's world junior No. 6 Alexey Sarana in the final.
• The title win earned the 16-year old Sarin USD 8,766 and enabled him to qualify for the 2020 Speed Chess
Championship Final which will feature the world's best players.
• Past winners of the Speed Chess Championship include Magnus Carlsen (2017) and Hikaru Nakamura (2018,
2019).

Q22.भरर्त के पहले पेशेवर् बैिक्रमंटन ब्ररंि "टर रं सफॉमा" के ब्ररं ि एं बेसिर् कौन बने हैं ?
(a) श्रीकरं त क्रकदरं बी
(b) चेतन आनंद
(c) पुलेलर गोपीचंद
(d) पी वी क्रसंधु

Q22. Who has become the brand ambassador of India’s first-ever professional badminton brand “Transform”?
(a) Srikanth Kidambi
(b) Chetan Anand
(c) Pullela Gopichand
(d) P V Sindhu

• Commonwealth Games medallist shuttler Arjuna Awardee Chetan Anand Chetan Anand will be sporting India’s
first-ever homegrown professional badminton brand “Transform”.
• Made out of the military grade graphite, Transform racquets have the best weight to strength ratio which is at
par with the best racquets available in the market that are currently imported from abroad for playing in India.
• It’s the first time that one of India’s most successful sports will see an Indian company manufacturing world-
class badminton racquets and other accessories at an affordable price compared to the existing brands for the
sports and fitness enthusiasts.

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Q23.अंतर्रा ष्ट्रीय ऑनलरइन शूक्रटंग चैखियनक्रशप के परं चवें संस्कर्र् में 10 मीटर् एयर् क्रपस्ट्ल प्रक्रतयोक्रगतर क्रकसने जीती है?
(a) अक्रभषेक वमरा
(b) क्रवष्णु क्रशवर्रज परं क्रियन
(c) यशखस्वनी क्रसंह दे सवरल
(d) सौर्भ चौधर्ी

Q23. Who has won the 10m air pistol event at the fifth edition of the International Online Shooting Championship?
(a) Abhishek Verma
(b) Visnu Shivaraj Pandian
(c) Yashaswini Singh Deswal
(d) Saurabh Chaudhary

• Indian Olympic quota winner Yashaswini Singh Deswal won the 10m air pistol event.
• Shooters from 15 countries are participating in the two-day competition.
• India's Visnu Shivaraj Pandian has won the 10m air rifle event at the fifth edition of the International Online
Shooting Championship.
• The 16-year-old Visnu shot 251.4 to win the title by a clear margin of two points.
• The second place was won by world no. 27 Etienne Germond of France while Olympic quota winner Martin
Strempfl of Austria took the third place.

Q24.िेल मंत्री क्रकर्े न रर्क्रजजू ने भरर्तीय िेल प्ररक्रधकर्र् (SAI) कर नयर लोगो लॉन्च क्रकयर है । SAI के महरक्रनदे शक कौन हैं ?
(a) नीलम कपूर्
(b) संदीप प्रधरन
(c) नरर्ं दर् बत्रर
(d) र्क्रव क्रमतल

Q24. Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has launched the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) new logo. Who is the Director
General of SAI ?
(a) Neelam Kapoor
(b) Sandip Pradhan
(c) Narinder Batra
(d) Ravi Mital

• Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has launched the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) new logo at Delhi’s Major
Dhyan Chand Stadium.
• The event was attended by Sports Secretary Ravi Mital, Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra
and Director General SAI Sandip Pradhan, at the stadium.
• Many eminent athletes, coaches and other sports enthusiasts joined in from across the country through video
conference
• The new logo signifies SAI's journey of metamorphosis from identifying and nurturing grassroot level sporting
talent to creating sporting excellence in the country.

Q25. 2019-20 के क्रलए AIFF पुरुष फुटबॉलर् ऑफ द ईयर् अवरिा से क्रकसे सम्मरक्रनत क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) प्रर्य हलदर्
(b) गुर्प्रीत क्रसंह संधू
(c) अक्रनरुद्ध िरपर
(d) सन्दे श क्रझंगन

Q25.Who has been honoured with the 2019-20 AIFF Men’s Footballer of the Year Award?
(a) Pronay Halder

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(b) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu


(c) Anirudh Thapa
(d) Sandesh Jhingan

• Indian football team goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and midfielder Sanju are the winners of the 2019-20
AIFF Men’s Footballer of the Year Award and the AIFF Women’s Footballer of the Year Award respectively.
• This is the first time Gurpreet has received this prestigious award, and in the process, he became the second
goalkeeper after Subrata Paul in 2009 to be named the AIFF Player of the Year.
• The Blue Tigers custodian was elected as the winner on the basis of votes from Indian Super League and I-
League club coaches.
• Furthermore, midfielder Anirudh Thapa was named as the AIFF 2019-20 Men’s Emerging Footballer of the
Year.
• The 2019-20 AIFF Award for the Best Referee was won by L Ajit Kumar Meetei from Manipur while P
Vairamuthu from Tamil Nadu was named the winner of the 2019-20 AIFF Award for the Best Assistant Referee.
• Meanwhile, the 2019-20 AIFF Award for the Best Grassroots Development Programme went to the Indian
Football Association (West Bengal).

Q26. BCCI द्वरर्र मक्रहलरओं के र्रष्ट्रीय चयन पैनल के अध्यक्ष के रूप में क्रकसे नरक्रमत क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) आर्ती वैद्य
(b) र्े र्ु मरगेट
(c) वेंकटचर् कल्पनर
(d) नीतू िे क्रवि

Q3. Who has been named as the chairman of the women’s national selection panel by the BCCI?
(a) Arati Vaidya
(b) Renu Margrate
(c) Venkatacher Kalpana
(d) Neetu David

• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has named Neetu David as the chairman of the women’s
national selection panel.
• She will be joined by four other former India internationals - Arati Vaidya, Renu Margrate, Venkatacher
Kalpana and Mithu Mukherjee.
• The applications were invited in January this year after all the members of the previous committee - headed by
Hemalatha Kala - completed their terms.
• However, the pandemic delayed the entire selection process.

Q27. रूसी ग्ररं प्री 2020 क्रकसने जीती है ?


(a) सक्रजायो पेर्े़
(b) लुईस है क्रमल्टन
(c) वरल्टे र्ी बोटरस
(d) मैस वेर्स्ट्ै पेन

Q27. Who has won the Russian Grand Prix 2020?


(a) Sergio Pérez
(b) Lewis Hamilton
(c) Valtteri Bottas
(d) Max Verstappen

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• Lewis Hamilton's quest for the all-time record of Formula 1 wins was put on hold when he was hit with penalties
at the Russian Grand Prix.
• Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas dominated after the world champion was given a 10-second
penalty for doing two illegal practice starts.
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Q28.अफशरं आक्रशक क्रकस िेल से संबंक्रधत है ?


(a) क्रिकेट
(b) फुटबॉल
(c) बैिक्रमंटन
(d) हॉकी

Q28. Afshan Ashiq is associated with which sport?


(a) Cricket
(b) Football
(c) Badminton
(d) Hockey

• Age Appropriate Fitness Protocols have been launched by PM Modi on the first anniversary of Fit India
Movement.
• The Fit India Dialogue event was organized and PM Modi talked with sportspersons, fitness experts and others
during the dialogue
• He talked with Virat Kohli, Ironman Triathlon winner Milind Soman, Paralympian gold medalist Devendra
Jhajharia, nutrition expert Rujuta Diwekar and Afshan Ashiq, a woman footballer from J&K.
• Afshan is now the captain of Kashmir's women's football team. She coaches youngsters who aspire to become
professional footballers. She represented FC Kolhapur City in the 2019 Indian Women's League football
competition.\
• She was clicked pelting stones at the security forces in Srinagar, three years ago.

Q29.क्रकस प्रक्रसद्ध टे क्रनस खिलरडी ने ब्रुकवरटर् गोल्फ क्लब मक्रहलर चैखियनक्रशप जीती है ?
(a) सोक्रफयर केक्रनन
(b) एशले बरटी
(c) नरओमी ओसरकर
(d) क्रसमोनर हरलेप

Q29. Which famous tennis player has won Brookwater Golf Club women’s championship?
(a) Sofia Kenin
(b) Ashleigh Barty
(c) Naomi Osaka
(d) Simona Halep

• Australian professional tennis player Ashleigh Barty has won Australia’s Brookwater Golf Club women’s
championship
• She is ranked No. 1 in the world in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
• She has won eight singles titles and ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including one Grand Slam singles title
at 2019 French Open
• She had withdrawn from participating in US Open and French Open due to COVID-19
• She also played for Australian International Women’s Cricket Team.

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Q30.इतरलवी ओपन पुरुष एकल खितरब 2020 क्रकसने जीतर है ?


(a) िोक्रमक्रनक िीम
(b) नोवरक जोकोक्रवच
(c) क्रिएगो श्वरटटा जमैन
(d) र्रफेल निरल

Q30. Who has won the Italian Open Men’s Single Title 2020?
(a) Dominic Thiem
(b) Novak Djokovic
(c) Diego Schwartzman
(d) Rafael Nadal

• World number one Novak Djokovic has won his fifth Italian Open title by defeating Argentine Diego
Schwartzman
• The Italian Open 2020 was originally scheduled for 11-17 May 2020 but due to the coronavirus pandemic, it
was rescheduled to 14-21 September 2020. It is the 77th edition of the 2020 Italian Open.
• It was first held in 1930 in Milan at the Tennis Club.
• The championships were held in Milan until 1934. In 1935, the event moved to the Foro Italico in Rome.
• The Italian Open 2020 is played on clay courts. It is also known as the “Rome Masters”. Rafael Nadal has won
the Italian Open Men’s Singles title for a record 9 times.
• The top-seeded Simona Halep of Romania lifted the title as Czech player Karolína Pliskova retired half way
following injury in the finals.

Q31.क्रकस टे क्रनस चैखियनक्रशप कर नरम बदलकर् क्रबली जीन क्रकंग कप र्िर जरएगर?
(a) िे क्रवस कप
(b) होपमैन कप
(c) लेवर् कप
(d) फेि कप

Q31. Which tennis championship will be renamed as Billie Jean King Cup?
(a) Davis cup
(b) Hopman Cup
(c) Laver Cup
(d) Fed Cup

• The International Tennis Federation has announced that the Fed Cup will be renamed as Billie Jean King Cup
• Almost six decades after King helped the US to win the inaugural Fed Cup, the tournament became the first
tennis competition to be named after a woman.
• The change of name is being done to honour King who is considered the greatest trailblazer in women’s tennis
for her lifelong battle for equality and social justice.
• The announcement ties in with the 50th anniversary of King and eight other players, known as the “original
nine”, breaking away from the tennis establishment to form their own circuit and leading to the foundation of
the WTA

Q32.US ओपन पुरुष युगल 2020 कर खितरब क्रकसने जीतर है ?


(a) र्ोहन बोपन्नर और् क्रनकोलर मेकक्रटच
(b) मेट परक्रवच और् ब्रूनो सोर्े स
(c) वेस्ले कूलहोफ़ और् क्रनकोलर मेकक्रटच
(d) र्ोहन बोपन्नर और् िे क्रनस शरपोवरलोव

Q32. Who has won the US Open men’s double 2020 title?

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(a) Rohan Bopanna and Nikola Mektic


(b) Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares
(c) Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic
(d) Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov

• Croatia’s Mate Pavic and Brazil’s Bruno Soares captured the US Open men’s doubles crown with a 7-5, 6-3
win over eighth seeds Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands and Nikola Mektic of Croatia
• Alexander Zverev of Germany enters US Open men’s singles final
• This is the second US Open title in men’s doubles for Soares and the first for Pavic.
• Despite their lower ranking, Pavic and Soares had more Grand Slam experience on the court, as Koolhof and
Mektic were both competing in their first-ever Grand Slam in men’s doubles.

Q33. क्रकस रूसी टे क्रनस खिलरडी ने पहली बरर् पेरर्स मरस्ट्सा कर क्रितरब जीतर है ?
(a) एं िर ी कुजनेत्सोव
(b) करर्े न िचरनोव
(c) आं द्रेई रूबलेव
(d) िे क्रनल मेदवेदेव

Q33. Which Russian tennis player has won the Paris Masters for the first time?
(a) Andrey Kuznetsov
(b) Karen Khachanov
(c) Andrey Rublev
(d) Daniil Medvedev

• Daniil Medvedev has won the Paris Masters for the first time by beating Alexander Zverev.
• Alexander Zverev, who defeated Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals, arrived in Paris after back-to-back title runs
at indoor hard court events in Cologne last month.
• Medvedev had entered the tournament with wins in just three of his previous eight matches.

Q34.क्रकस भरर्तीय ने लगरतरर् अपनर तीसर्र MMA(क्रमक्रश्रत मरशाल आटा ) चैंक्रपयनक्रशप खितरब हरक्रसल क्रकयर है ?
(a) रर्तु फोगट
(b) बबीतर फोगट
(c) गीतर फोगट
(d) सरक्षी मक्रलक

Q34. Which Indian has won her third consecutive Mixed Martial Arts championship title?
(a) Ritu Phogat
(b) Babita Phogat
(c) Gita Phogat
(d) Sakshi Malik

• Indian wrestler-turned-Mixed Martial Arts fighter Ritu Phogat won her third consecutive MMA championship
title in Singapore.
• The 26-year-old Indian notched up a technical knockout win over Cambodia's Nou Srey Pov in the second
round.
• Ritu Phogat is an Indian mixed martial artist currently signed to ONE Championship.
• She is also a female wrestler who won a gold medal at the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship.

Q35. फॉमूालर 1 इक्रतहरस में जीत के मरमले में सबसे सफल िर रइवर् कौन बन गयर है ?
(a) मैस वेर्स्ट्े पेन
(b) लुईस है क्रमल्टन

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(c) वरल्टे र्ी बोटरस


(d) िै क्रनयल रर्कक्रसआिो

Q35. Who has become the most successful driver in terms of victories in Formula 1 history?
(a) Max Versteppen
(b) Lewis Hamilton
(c) Valtteri Bottas
(d) Daniel Ricciardo

• Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has become the most successful driver in terms of victories in Formula 1 history,
after the win in Portuguese Grand Prix.
• He claimed his 92nd victory; one more than Michael Schumacher.
• He equalled Michael Schumacher’s all-time record 91 Formula One wins with an Eifel Grand Prix victory.

Q36. तन्मय श्रीवरस्तव ने हरल ही में क्रकस िेल से अपनी सेवरक्रनवृक्रि की घोषर्र की है ?
(a) फुटबॉल
(b) टे क्रनस
(c) बैिक्रमंटन
(d) क्रिकेट

Q36. Tanmay Srivastava has recently announced his retirement from which sports?
(a) Football
(b) Tennis
(c) Badminton
(d) Cricket

• Tanmay Srivastava, who top-scored for the India under-19 team which emerged triumphant in the 2008 Colts
World Cup in Malaysia under Virat Kohli's captaincy, retired at the age of 30.
• In the final at Kuala Lumpur, he scored 46 - the highest score by any batsman on either side - as India edged
out South Africa by 12 runs by the D/L method in a low-scoring game. He then played for Kings XI Punjab in
the IPL, and became the leading run-getter for Uttar Pradesh in the 2008-09 first-class season.

Q37.क्रकस दे श के तेज गेंदबरज उमर् गुल ने क्रिकेट के सभी प्रररूपों से अपनी सेवरक्रनवृक्रि की घोषर्र की है?
(a) बरंग्लरदे श
(b) परक्रकस्तरन
(c) श्रीलंकर
(d) अफगरक्रनस्तरन

Q37. Which country’s fast bowler Umar Gul has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Pakistan
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Afghanistan

• Pakistan speedster Umar Gul has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after the end of the
ongoing National T20 Cup.
• His side lost against Southern Punjab (Pakistan) in Rawalpindi on Friday to be out of reckoning for the
semifinals.
• He made his international debut in an ODI in 2003.
• His last Test was against South Africa in 2013.

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• From 47 Test matches, Gul took 163 wickets

Q38. क्रकस भरर्तीय के 2019 वुशु क्रवश्व चैखियनक्रशप के र्जत पदक को स्वर्ा पदक में अपग्रेि क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) र्रजवीर् क्रसंह
(b) पूनम ित्री
(c) तवेसर मक्रलक
(d) दीक्षर िरगर्

Q38. Which Indian’s Silver medal at the 2019 Wushu World Championship has been upgraded to Gold?
(a) Rajvir Singh
(b) Poonam Khatri
(c) Tvesa Malik
(d) Deeksha Dagar

• Poonam Khatri, who won a silver medal at the Wushu World Championship, is now being upgraded to a gold
medal.
• Her medal got upgraded after Iran’s Maryam Hashemi failed her dope test.
• Maryam won the gold medal in the Women’s Sanda event at this Championship last year in October.
• She defeated Poonam in the 75 kg category in the final which was held in China.
• Poonam is now the third Indian to win a gold in Wushu World Championship after Pooja Kadiyan (2017) and
Praveen Kumar (2019).

Q39. त्वेसर मक्रलक क्रकस िेल से संबंक्रधत हैं ?


(a) शतर्ं ज
(b) गोल्फ
(c) टे क्रनस
(d) बैिक्रमंटन

Q39. Tvesa Malik is associated with which sport?


(a) Chess
(b) Golf
(c) Tennis
(d) Badminton

• Indian golfer Tvesa Malik finished an impressive tied-fourth at the Flumserberg Ladies Open at Gams-
Werdenberg Golf Club to record her career-best result in an international pro event.
• The 24-year-old Tvesa, whose previous best was tied-sixth at the Hero Women's Indian Open in 2019, shot a
final round of two-under 70 in her first-ever Ladies European Tour Access Tour, the second rung circuit on the
Ladies European Tour.

Q40. क्रकस पूवा ऑस्ट्र े क्रलयरई क्रिकेटर् को भरर्त के व्रपरर् दू त के रूप में क्रनयुक्त क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) रर्की पोंक्रटंग
(b) मैथ्यू हे िन
(c) एिम क्रगलक्रिस्ट्
(d) जखस्ट्न लैंगर्

Q40. Which former Australian cricketer has been appointed as a trade envoy to India?
(a) Ricky Ponting
(b) Matthew Hayden
(c) Adam Gilchrist
(d) Justin Langer

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• The Australian government has appointed former cricketer Matthew Hayden and Indian-origin politician Lisa
Singh as trade envoys for advancing business ties with India.
• Three new appointments to the board of the Australia-India Council were announced.
• Lisa Singh, former Labor Party Senator from Tasmania, would be the Deputy Chair.
• Former Victoria Premier Ted Baillieu and former cricketer Hayden are the other new members.
• Hayden, 48, is a former international cricketer, who played 103 Tests and 161 One Day Internationals for
Australia.
• He has scored 40 international centuries.
• He was made Member of the Order of Australia in 2010 for his sporting excellence.
• Hayden has served as board member in the Institute for Australia India Engagement since 2018.

Q41.क्रकस भरर्तीय ग्रैंिमरस्ट्र् ने प्रक्रतक्रित वरक्रषाक क्रवश्व ओपन ऑनलरइन शतर्ं ज टू नरा मेंट जीतर है ?
(a) पृथ्वी गुप्तर
(b) पी इक्रनयन
(c) र्ौनक सरधवरनी
(d) िी गुकेश

Q41.Which Indian Grandmaster has won the prestigious Annual World Open online chess tournament ?
(a) Prithu Gupta
(b) P Iniyan
(c) Raunak Sadhwani
(d) D Gukesh

• Indian Grandmaster P Iniyan won the prestigious Annual World Open online chess tournament held recently.
• Iniyan defeated Grandmasters Baadur Jobava of Georgia, Sam Sevian, Sergey Erenburg of USA and Nyzhyk
Illia of Ukraine.
• Interestingly, the event was held in American time zone, meaning that Iniyan was playing from 9:30 pm till 6
am every day.
• The 17-year old Indian had prepared specifically for this event by practicing at night before the tournament.
• A total number of 120 players from 16 countries participated in the event which included more than 30
Grandmasters.

Q42.सरत वषों में US ओपन में एकल मैच जीतने वरले पहले भरर्तीय कौन बने?
(a) र्ोहन बोपन्नर
(b) सुक्रमत नरगल
(c) सरकेत मरयनेनी
(d) प्रजनेश गुर्ेश्वर्न

Q42. Who became the first Indian to win a singles match at the US Open in seven years?
(a) Rohan Bopanna
(b) Sumit Nagal
(c) Saketh Myneni
(d) Prajnesh Gunneswaran

• India's Sumit Nagal defeated US' Bradley Klahn to enter the second round of the US Open tennis
championship.
• He became the first Indian since Somdev Devvarman (2013 US Open) to win a match in the main draw of a
Grand Slam.
• He will now face second seed Dominic Thiem

Q43.फॉमूालर वन बेखियम ग्ररं प्री 2020 क्रकसने जीती है ?


(a) वरल्टे र्ी बोटरस

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(b) लुईस है क्रमल्टन


(c) सेबखस्ट्यन वेटेल
(d) मैस वेर्स्ट्ै पेन

Q43. Who has won the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix 2020?
(a) Valtteri Bottas
(b) Lewis Hamilton
(c) Sebastian Vettel
(d) Max Verstappen

• Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain) has won the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix 2020 in Belgium.
• This was his 5th win of the season.
• Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-Finland) came second followed by Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) at third
place.

Q44.र्रष्ट्रीय िेल क्रदवस के अवसर् पर् र्रष्ट्रीय िेल पुर्स्करर् की क्रकस श्रेर्ी में पुर्स्करर् र्रक्रश को बढरयर गयर है ?
(a) द्रोर्रचरया (लरइफटरइम) पुर्स्करर्
(b) र्रजीव गरं धी िेल र्त्न पुर्स्करर्
(c) अजुान पुर्स्करर्
(d) ये सभी

Q44. The Prize money in which category of the National Sports Awards has been enhanced on the National Sports
Day?
(a) Dronacharya (Lifetime) Award
(b) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
(c) Arjuna Award
(d) All of these

• The prize money in four of the seven categories of the National Sports and Adventure Awards has been
enhanced.
• The prize money for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award has been increased to 25 lakh rupees from the previous
amount of 7.5 lakh rupees.
• Arjuna Award has been enhanced to 15 lakh rupees from 5 lakh.
• The Dronacharya (Lifetime) awardees, who were earlier given 5 lakh rupees will now be given 15 lakh rupees
as cash prize, while Dronacharya (Regular) will be given 10 lakh instead of 5 lakh rupees per awardee.
• Dhyan Chand Awardees will be given 10 lakh rupees instead of 5 lakh rupees.

Q45.क्रकस दे श की प्रक्रसद्ध टे क्रनस युगल जोडी मरइक ब्ररयन और् बॉब ब्ररयन ने हरल ही में अपनी सेवरक्रनवृक्रि की घोषर्र की है ?
(a) इं ग्लैंि
(b) स्पेन
(c) अमेरर्कर
(d) चीन

Q45. Which country’s famous tennis doubles pair Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan have recently announced their
retirement?
(a) England
(b) Spain
(c) USA
(d) China

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• The most successful men’s doubles pair in tennis history, Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan of USA have announced
their retirement from the sport.
• The brother’s pair captured a professional era record 119 titles together, including 16 Grand Slams, 39 ATP
Masters 1000s and the ATP Finals title four times.
• The Bryan brothers’ first major success came at the 2003 French Open and reached to No. 1 spot in the ATP
Doubles Rankings and spent a total time of 438 weeks at the top

Q46.सैयद मोदी चैखियनक्रशप क्रकस िेल से संबंक्रधत है ?


(a) बैिक्रमंटन
(b) टे क्रनस
(c) फुटबॉल
(d) क्रिकेट

Q46. Syed Modi Championship is related to which sport?


(a) Badminton
(b) Tennis
(c) Football
(d) Cricket

• The India Open Super 500 and the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournaments were cancelled by the
Badminton World Federation in its adjusted calendar to salvage a season thrown haywire by the COVID-19
pandemic.
• The India Open, which was originally scheduled in March, was to be held from December 8 to 13 in New Delhi
and Syed Modi was slated for November 17 to 22 in Lucknow in the previously revised calendar.
• Syed Mehdi Hassan Zaidi, was an Indian badminton singles player. He was eight-time National Badminton
champion (1980–87). He won three other international titles, Austrian International (in 1983 & 1984) and USSR
International (in 1985),
• After Modi's death, a badminton tournament was constituted in his memory. The All India Syed Modi
badminton championship was hosted each year at Lucknow

Q47.‘क्रिकेट द्रोर्’ पुस्तक क्रनम्नक्रलखित में से क्रकस भरर्तीय क्रिकेट कोच के बरर्े में क्रलिी गई है ?
(a) अक्रनल कुंबले
(b) र्क्रव शरस्त्री
(c) अजीत वरिे कर्
(d) वरसुदेव जगन्नरि पर्रं जपे

Q47. ‘Cricket Drona’ book is written about which of the following Indian cricket coaches?
(a) Anil Kumble
(b) Ravi Shashtri
(c) Ajit Wadekar
(d) Vasudev Jagannath Paranjpe

• ‘Cricket Drona’ a book on one of India’s most renowned cricket coaches, Vasudev Jagannath Paranjpe will be
released on September 2, 2020.
• The Book is written by Vasudev Paranjpe’s son and current national selector Jatin Paranjpe along with Cricket
Journalist Anand Vasu and published by Penguin.
The book talks about the impact of Paranjpe on shaping the careers of India’s greatest cricketers like Gavaskar,
Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma.
• The book will be a first-hand chronicle of stories, life lessons and game-changing experiences written by people
who have crossed paths with Vasudev Paranjpe at some point in their career.
• The book also consists of essays written by Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar.

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Q48. मक्रहलर क्रब्रक्रटश ओपन जीतने वरली सोक्रफयर पोपोव क्रकस दे श की पहली मक्रहलर गोल्फर् बन गई हैं ?
(a) इं ग्लैंि
(b) जमानी
(c) दक्रक्षर् कोरर्यर
(d) िरईलैंि

Q48. Sophia Popov has become the first female golfer of which country to win the Women's British Open?
(a) England
(b) Germany
(c) South Korea
(d) Thailand

• Sophia Popov has become the first female golfer from Germany to win the Women's British Open.
• It completed one of the most unlikely wins in the tournament's history. Popov is ranked No. 304 and dropped
off the LPGA ( Ladies Professional Golf Association )Tour last year.
• The prize, $675,000, was more than six times her career earnings
• Popov had never won a senior professional event. She lost her card on the L.P.G.A. Tour at the end of last year

Q49.क्रकस दे श के ऑल-र्रउं िर् कैमर्न व्हरइट ने पेशेवर् क्रिकेट के सभी रूपों से अपनी सेवरक्रनवृक्रि की घोषर्र की है ?
(a) इं ग्लैंि
(b) दक्रक्षर् अफ्रीकर
(c) ऑस्ट्र े क्रलयर
(d) न्यूजीलैंि

Q49.Which country’s all-rounder Cameron White has announced his retirement from all forms of professional cricket?
(a) England
(b) South Africa
(c) Australia
(d) New Zealand

• Australian all-rounder Cameron White has announced his retirement from all forms of professional cricket.
• He represented Australia in 4 Test matches, 91 ODIs and 47 T20Is.
• He also led the Australian limited-overs team in 7 international games.
• He amassed 146 runs in tests, 2072 runs in ODIs and 984 runs in T20Is.
• Cameron White has been a prolific run-scorer in domestic cricket.
• He scored 10,537 first-class runs from 177 games at an average of 39.91.

Q50.अंतर्रा ष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट परर्षद (ICC ) हॉल ऑफ फ़ेम में क्रकसे शरक्रमल क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) जहीर् अब्बरस
(b) जॉक कैक्रलस
(c) क्रलसर स्ट्रलेकर्
(d) उपर्ोक्त सभी

Q50. Who has been inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame ?
(a) Zaheer Abbas
(b) Jaques Kallis
(c) Lisa Sthalekar
(d) All of the above

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• Legendary South African all-rounder Jaques Kallis, Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas and Pune-born former
Australian captain Lisa Sthalekar were inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame in a virtual
ceremony.
• Kallis represented South Africa in 166 Tests, 328 ODIs and 25 T20s between 1995 and 2014.
• The 44-year-old is Proteas’ highest run-getter in Tests and ODIs with 13289 and 11579 runs respectively. He
also picked up 292 and 273 wickets in Tests and ODIs as a fast bowler.
• Kallis is the fourth South African player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame and Abbas the sixth from Pakistan.
• Sthalekar is the 27th from Australia and the ninth woman player in the list, which includes five from her country.

Q51.िे क्रवि जॉन ने क्रकस भरर्तीय िेल क्रनकरय के हरई पर्फॉर्मेंस िरयर्े क्टर् के पद से इस्तीफर दे क्रदयर है ?
(a) बैिक्रमंटन एसोक्रसएशन ऑफ इं क्रियर
(b) हॉकी इं क्रियर
(c) अखिल भरर्तीय टे क्रनस संघ
(d) ऑल इं क्रियर फुटबॉल फेिर्े शन

Q51. David John has resigned as High Performance Director of which Indian sports body?
(a) Badminton Association of India
(b) Hockey India
(c) All India Tennis Association
(d) All India Football Federation

• Hockey India's High Performance Director, David John has resigned from his post, just days after his contract
was renewed by the sports ministry until September 2021.
• He has sent his resignation to Hockey India and Sports Authority of India.
• John's stint as the High Performance Director was his second term with Hockey India.

Q52.2020 क्रवश्व स्नूकर् चैखियनक्रशप क्रकसने जीती है ?


(a) क्रकर्े न क्रवल्सन
(b) र्ॉनी ओसुक्रलवरन
(c) स्ट्ीफन हे न्ड्री
(d) मरका सेल्बी

Q52. Who has won the 2020 World Snooker Championship?


(a) Kyren Wilson
(b) Ronnie O’Sullivan
(c) Stephen Hendry
(d) Mark Selby

• English Professional Snooker Player Ronnie O’Sullivan won the World Snooker Championship for the 6th time
by winning the 2020 World Snooker Championship
• O’Sullivan, 44, is the oldest champion since Reardon, who was 45 in 1978 & he is behind Stephen Hendry’s
modern-day record of seven successes in the World Championship.
• This was Ronnie O’Sullivan’s first World title since 2013.
• The World Snooker Championship took place from 31 July 2020 to 16th August, 2020 at the Crucible Theatre,
Sheffield, England.

Q53.तुकी ग्ररं प्री 2020 कर क्रितरब क्रकसने जीतर है ?


(a) सक्रजायो पेर्ेज

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(b) लुईस है क्रमल्टन


(c) मैस वेर्स्ट्ै पेन
(d) वरल्टे र्ी बोटरस

Q53. Who has won the Turkish Grand Prix 2020?


(a) Sergio Perez
(b) Lewis Hamilton
(c) Max Verstappen
(d) Valtteri Bottas
• Lewis Hamilton has recently won his 7th World Title.
• Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has won Turkish Grand Prix which gave him his 10th victory of the season.
• He claimed the seventh drivers’ title of his career, to equal the record of Michael Schumacher.

Q54.दे वदि पक्रिक्कल क्रकस िेल से संबंक्रधत है ?


(a) फुटबॉल
(b) टे क्रनस
(c) बरस्केटबॉल
(d) क्रिकेट

Q54. Devdutt Padikkal is related to which sports?


(a) Football
(b) Tennis
(c) Basketball
(d) Cricket

• Devdutt Padikkal is an Indian cricketer who plays for Karnataka and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He has
also played for the India under-19 team.
• Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals in IPL 2020 by 5 wickets to clinch their record fifth IPL title
• Orange Cap (Most Runs)– K. L. Rahul of Kings XI Punjab (670 runs)
• Purple Cap (Most Wickets)– Kagiso Rabada of Delhi Capitals (30 wickets)
• Most Valuable Player (Man of the Series)- Jofra Archer of Rajasthan Royals
• Emerging Player of the Season – Devdutt Padikkal of RCB

Q55. I -League के 2020-21 सत्र की मेजबरनी कौन सर शहर् कर्े गर?


(a) कोलकरतर
(b) नई क्रदल्ली
(c) भोपरल
(d) है दर्रबरद

Q55. Which city will host the 2020-21 season of I -League?


(a) Kolkata
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bhopal
(d) Hyderabad

• The 2020/21 season of the I-League will be held in Kolkata, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) decided
in its League Committee Meeting.
• The I-League second division matches will also be held in Kolkata
• The schedule and date for the Hero 2nd division qualifiers and the Hero I-League, however, would be finalised
once the guidelines from the Central Government are issued.
• AIFF Vice President Subrata Dutta said that the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for creating a bio-bubble
for the competitions have been prepared.

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Q56.पुनक्रनाधरा रर्त टोक्यो ओलंक्रपक के क्रलए कौन सर समूह भरर्तीय ओलंक्रपक टीम कर आक्रधकररर्क प्ररयोजक होगर?
(a) रर्लरयंस ग्रुप
(b) INOX ग्रुप
(c) आक्रदत्य क्रबडलर ग्रुप
(d) टरटर ग्रुप

Q56. Which group will be the official sponsor of the Indian Olympic team for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics?
(a) Reliance Group
(b) INOX Group
(c) Aditya Birla Group
(d) Tata Group

• The INOX Group will be the official sponsor of the Indian team for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics.
• The Tokyo Olympics was rescheduled to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• It will be held from July 23 to August 8 in 2021.
• The Group will also support the team’s promotions through its entertainment company - INOX Leisure Limited,
which owns a chain of multiplexes in the country.
• “The INOX Group has always assigned priority to India’s all-round progress.
• IOA secretary general Rajeev Mehta
• INOX Group has earlier supported various sporting events, teams and leagues in table tennis, football,
badminton, running, basketball and cricket.

Q57. 2018 एक्रशयरई िेलों में क्रकस दे श की 4x400 मीटर् क्रमक्रश्रत रर्ले टीम कर र्जत पदक स्वर्ा पदक में अपग्रेि क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) कजरक्रकस्तरन
(b) भरर्त
(c) बहर्ीन
(d) चीन

Q57. Which country’s 4x400m mixed relay team’s silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games has been upgraded to gold?
(a) Kazakhstan
(b) India
(c) Bahrain
(d) China

• Indian 4x400m mixed relay team’s silver medal in the 2018 Asian Games has been upgraded to gold.
• Team -Mohammed Anas, MR Poovamma, Hima Das and Arokia Rajiv
• This decision has been taken after the disqualification of original winners Bahrain due to doping ban.
• One of the winners from Bahrain, Kemi Adekoya was handed a four-year ban from the Athletics Integrity Unit
(AIU) for failing a dope test.
• Anu Ragavan’s fourth place in the women’s 400m hurdles has been upgraded to Bronze medal after this.
• Now, India’s medal count increased to 20 in 2018 Asian Games.
• Hima Das has dedicated her gold medal to the workers against COVID-19.

Q58.िेलो इं क्रियर यूि गेम्स के चौिे संस्कर्र् की मेजबरनी कौन सर र्रज्य कर्े गर?
(a) उिर्रिंि
(b) पंजरब
(c) उिर् प्रदे श
(d) हरर्यरर्र

Q58. Which state will host the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Punjab

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(c) Uttar Pradesh


(d) Haryana
• Haryana will host the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the state's
chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and union sports minister Kiren Rijiju.
• The Games will be held in Panchkula.
• The announcement was made via video conference.
• Usually the Khelo India Youth Games take place in January of every year. However, this time owing to the
pandemic, it has been postponed.

Q59.क्रप्रंसपरल क्रसंह क्रकस िेल से संबंक्रधत हैं ?


(a) बॉखसंग
(b) कुश्ती
(c) बरस्केटबॉल
(d) क्रिकेट

Q59.Princepal Singh is related to which sport?


(a) Boxing
(b) Wrestling
(c) Basketball
(d) Cricket

• Princepal Singh, has signed to play in the NBA G-League, the National Basketball Association’s official minor
league, in 2020-21.
• He is the first NBA Academy graduate to sign with the NBA G League and first NBA Academy India graduate
to sign a professional contract
• Princepal participated in several high-profile international basketball events, including Basketball Without
Borders (BWB) Asia 2018, BWB Global 2018 and the NBA Global Camp 2018.
• He also represented India in international competitions as part of the Indian men’s senior national team.

Q60.क्रकस भरर्तीय ग्रैंिमरस्ट्र् ने 53वें बेल शतर्ं ज महोत्सव में chess960 टू नरा मेंट कर खितरब हरक्रसल क्रकयर है ?
(a) जी आकरश
(b) पी हरर्कृष्णर
(c) पृिु गुप्तर
(d) र्ौनक सरधवरनी

Q60. Which Indian Grandmaster has won the Chess960 tournament, at Biel Festival 2020?
(a) G Akash
(b) P Harikrishna
(c) Prithu Gupta
(d) Raunak Sadhwani
• India’s Grandmaster P Harikrishna finished on top in the Chess960 tournament, part of the 53rd Biel Chess
Festival 2020, with 5.5 points from seven rounds.
• Harikrishna (Elo 2690) remained unbeaten through the seven rounds and benefitted from the loss of Poland’s
Radoslaw Wojtaszek in the final round to Swiss player Noel Studer to claim the top spot late on Saturday.
• German Vincent Keymer, 15, was the surprise package in the Chess960 event (also known as Fischer random
chess), claiming second spot with five points. Wojtaszek, with 4.5 points, took the third spot.
• The Biel Chess Festival is being held by adhering to all health protocols due to the pandemic, according to the
tournament website.
• At the chess board, the distance is increased by having two tables between the players. All pieces, boards, and
chess clocks are cleaned after each game. Also, spectators are not allowed at the venue.

Q61.सेनेगल में होने वरले 2022 के युवर ओलंक्रपक िेलों को क्रकस वषा तक के क्रलए स्िक्रगत कर् क्रदयर गयर है ?
(a) 2024

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(b) 2025
(c) 2023
(d) 2026

Q61.The 2022 Youth Olympic Games to be held in Senegal have been postponed to what year?
(a) 2024
(b) 2025
(c) 2023
(d) 2026

• The Youth Olympic Games in Dakar,Senegal will be celebrated in 2026 after Senegal and the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) “mutually agreed” to postpone the Games from 2022.
• The IOC and Senegal understand that this news will be disappointing for many young athletes. Both parties can
only appeal to their understanding.
• This agreement results from the large scale of the operational challenges which the IOC, the NOCs and the IFs
are facing following the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
• Earlier, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to next year. Now the event will be held from July 23
to August 8, 2021.

Q62.भरर्त के 66वें शतर्ं ज ग्रैंिमरस्ट्र् कौन बने हैं ?


(a) क्रगर्ीश कौक्रशक
(b) र्ौनक सरधवरनी
(c) पृथ्वी गुप्तर
(d) आकरश गर्ेशन

Q62. Who has become the 66th Chess GrandMaster of India?


(a) Girish Koushik
(b) Raunak Sadhwani
(c) Prithu Gupta
(d) Akash Ganesan

• Akash Ganesan has become the 66th Chess GrandMaster of India.


• He has become the 24th player from the state to become a GM. Akash was awarded the title during the FIDE
Council meet held recently
• Akash’s maiden GM norm came during the National championships held in Kolkata back in 2012. That event
saw Akash become the youngest-ever to win the senior Nationals at 16-years and 14 days.

Q63. दु क्रनयर में सबसे अक्रधक कमरई कर्ने वरले खिलरक्रडयों की फोर्ब्ा की क्रलस्ट् में एकमरत्र भरर्तीय और् एकमरत्र क्रिकेटर् कौन है?
(a) र्ोक्रहत शमरा
(b) क्रवर्रट कोहली
(c) एम एस धोनी
(d) जसक्रप्रत बुमर्रह

Q63. Who has become the only cricketer and the only Indian to feature in the Forbes’ Top 100 highest paid athletes of
2020?
(a) Rohit Sharma
(b) Virat Kohli
(c) M S Dhoni
(d) Jasprit Bumrah

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• Virat Kohli, Indian Cricket Team Captain has become the only cricketer and the only Indian to feature in the
Forbes’ Top 100 highest paid athletes of 2020.
• Kohli ranked 66 with Forbes Magazine estimated earning of around 26 million USD (24 million from
endorsements and 2 million from salary/winnings)
• Tennis player Roger Federer Tops the list for the first time with estimated earnings 106.3 million USD.
• He placed 5th in the 2019 list with the estimated earnings of 95 million USD

Q64. एक्रशयर/ओक्रशक्रनयर श्रेर्ी में भरर्त कर पहलर फेि कप हरटा अवरिा क्रकसने जीतर है ?
(a) रर्यर भरक्रटयर
(b) अंक्रकतर र्ै नर
(c) सरक्रनयर क्रमजरा
(d) रुतुजर भोसले

Q64. Who has won India’s first-ever Fed Cup Heart Award in Asia/Oceania category?
(a) Riya Bhatia
(b) Ankita Raina
(c) Sania Mirza
(d) Rutuja Bhosale

• Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has brought home country's first-ever Fed Cup Heart Award in
Asia/Oceania category after getting more than 10,000 votes out of the total 16,985 votes cast for this
year's three regional Group I nominees.
• The Fed Cup Heart Award winners were determined through online voting by fans which went on for
a week starting from May 1. The winners from each category were also awarded prize money of USD
2,000.
• Sania's return to Fed Cup action for the first time since 2016 saw India book their place in the Fed Cup
Play-offs.
• She pledged to donate the prize money to Telangana Chief Minister's Relief Fund to aid the fight
against coronavirus.
• The Fed Cup Heart Award is an International Tennis Federation (ITF) initiative that was established in
2009 to recognise those Fed Cup players who represent their countries with distinction.

Q65.भरर्त की पैर्रलंक्रपक सक्रमक्रत के अध्यक्ष पद पर् करयार्त होने के क्रलए क्रकसने सेवरक्रनवृक्रि की घोषर्र की है ?
(a) मरर्यप्पन िंगरवेलु
(b) वरुर् क्रसंह भरटी
(c) दे वेंद्र झरझरर्यर
(d) दीपर मक्रलक

Q65. Who has announced retirement in order to serve as the president of the Paralympic Committee of India?
(a) Mariyappan Thangavelu
(b) Varun Singh Bhati
(c) Devendra Jhajharia
(d) Deepa Malik

• The paralympics silver medallist, Deepa Malik has announced her retirement in order to serve as the president
of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) in accordance with the National Sports Code.
• She declared her retirement from the sport for her affiliation with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
(MYAS).
• According to the National Sports Code, an active athlete is not eligible to hold an official post in any federation,
and Malik revealed that she had taken the decision to retire earlier this year itself.
• Deepa Malik has been a flag-bearer for para sports in India and she is the only woman para-athlete to have been
given the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
• Apart from her silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, she has won 58 national and
23 international medals. Malik is also a recipient of the Padma Shri and Arjuna Award.

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Q66.र्रष्ट्रमंिल युवर िेलों 2021 को COVID -19 महरमरर्ी के करर्र् ________ तक स्िक्रगत कर् क्रदयर गयर है ?
(a) 2025
(b) 2024
(c) 2022
(d) 2023

Q66. The Commonwealth Youth Games 2021 has been postponed to ________ due to Covid-19 pandemic?
(a) 2025
(b) 2024
(c) 2022
(d) 2023

• Commonwealth Games Federation has postponed the 7th season of Commonwealth Youth Games 2021 to 2023
due to a clash of dates with Tokyo Olympic 2020 dates postponed by a year due to the coronavirus (Covid-19)
epidemic
• It was scheduled to take place from August 1 – 7 2021 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
• The Tokyo Olympics was postponed for a year to July 23 – August 8, 2021 by the International Olympic
Committee.
• Commonwealth Games Federation
• HQs- London, England
• President– Dame Louise Martin

Q67.अंतर्रा ष्ट्रीय हॉकी महरसंघ (FIH) के अध्यक्ष नर्ें द्र बत्रर कर करयाकरल बढरकर् कब तक कर् क्रदयर गयर है ?
(a) क्रदसंबर् 2020
(b) मई 2021
(c) मरचा 2022
(d) क्रदसंबर् 2021

Q67. Narinder Batra will remain President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) until ________.
(a) December 2020
(b) May 2021
(c) March 2022
(d) December 2021

• Narinder Batra will remain President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) until May 2021.
• International Hockey Federation (FIH) has decided to postpone the 47th FIH Congress, initially planned on 28
October-1 November 2020 in New Delhi, to May 2021
• The terms of Batra and the Executive Board members which were due to end in October 2020 have now been
extended.

Q68.अखिल कुमरर् को र्रष्ट्रीय िोक्रपंग र्ोधी एजेंसी के अनुशरसन पैनल में क्रफर् से शरक्रमल क्रकयर गयर है । वह क्रकस िेल से जुडे हैं ?
(a) भरर्ोिोलन
(b) बॉखसंग
(c) शॉट पुट
(d) जेवक्रलन

Q68. Akhil Kumar has been re-inducted into the National Anti-Doping Agency’s Disciplinary Panel. He is associated
with which sports?
(a) Weightlifting
(b) Boxing
(c) Shot Put
(d) Javelin Throw

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• Former Commonwealth Games gold-winning boxer Akhil Kumar has been re-inducted into the National Anti-
Doping Agency’s Disciplinary Panel.
• Akhil, who is also serving in Haryana Police as ACP Gurugram, was formerly in the panel from 2017 to 2019.
• The Arjuna award-winning Olympian is among the most accomplished names in Indian boxing and has also
been the government observer for the sport between 2017 and 2019.
• In the past, the Haryana-boxer has advocated criminalising doping while expressing his views on the menace.
• NADA CEO: Navin Agarwal

Q69.क्रकस दे श ने FIDE ऑनलरइन नेशंस कप 2020 खितरब जीतर है ?


(a) रूस
(b) अमेरर्कर
(c) चीन
(d) भरर्त

Q69. Which country has won the inaugural FIDE Online Nations Cup 2020?
(a) Russia
(b) USA
(c) China
(d) India

• China won the inaugural $180,000 FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup following a 2-2 draw against USA .
• China, which lost to USA in the concluding league match, was declared the winner on the basis of topping the
points table in the round-robin stage.
• China topped the league table with 17 match points and 25.5 board points followed by USA (13 MPs, 22 BPs)
• Europe took the third spot followed by Russia and India
• India finished fifth in the Online Nations Cup after defeats against China and Russia.

Q70.न्यूजीलैंि क्रिकेट के शीषा सम्मरन सर् रर्चिा हेिली मेिल क्रकसने जीतर है ?
(a) स्ट्ीफन फ्लेक्रमंग
(b) मरक्रटान गक्रिल
(c) केन क्रवलमसन
(d) र्ॉस टे लर्

Q70. Who has won the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal, New Zealand cricket's top honour?
(a) Stephen Fleming
(b) Martin Guptill
(c) Kane Willamson
(d) Ross Taylor

• Ross Taylor was awarded New Zealand cricket's top honour - Sir Richard Hadlee Medal.
• The awards were presented online for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Ross Taylor and White Ferns skipper Sophie Devine took home the men's and women's T20 Player of the Year
award respectively.
• Skipper Kane Willamson has been named the men's ODI Player of the Year at the annual New Zealand Cricket
awards.
• Suzie Bates was rewarded for her consistency with the bat as she claimed the women's ODI player of the year.

Q71.चीन में आयोक्रजत होने वरले 2022 एक्रशयरई िेलों कर आक्रधकररर्क शुभंकर् क्यर होगर?
(a) यरयर

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(b) क्रमर्रटोवर
(c) स्मरटा िु ओ
(d) स्मरटा क्रटरपलेटटस

Q71. Which is the official mascot of the 2022 Asian games that will be held in China?
(a) Yaya
(b) Miraitowa
(c) Smart Duo
(d) Smart triplets

• Three sporty robots, collectively known as the “smart triplets”, representing the UNESCO World Heritage sites
of Hangzhou in eastern China, were unveiled as the official mascots of the 2022 Asian games.
• The Mascots Congcong, Lianlian and Chenchen, which reflect the internet prowess of Hangzhou city and
Zhejiang province, were unveiled at a digital ceremony in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought
the whole world to a stand still.
• The Olympic Council of Asia's 19th Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou from September 10 to 25, 2022.
• The robot 'Congcong' represents the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City. It takes yellow, the colour of earth
and bumper harvest, as the main tone.
• 'Lianlian' represents the West Lake and the name signifies a lake full of lush lotus leaves. Green stands for life
and nature.
• The third mascot is 'Chenchen', which represents the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Blue represents science
and technology.

Q72.क्रकस फुटबॉल क्लब ने ईर्रन के भरर्तीय मूल के फुटबॉलर् ओक्रमद क्रसंह को 2 सरल के क्रलए अनुबंक्रधत क्रकयर है ?
(a) रर्यल कश्मीर्
(b) चक्रचाल ब्रदसा
(c) मोहन बरगरन
(d) ईस्ट् बंगरल

Q72. Which football club has signed Iran’s Indian-origin footballer Omid Singh for a 2-year deal?
(a) Real Kashmir
(b) Churchill Brothers
(c) Mohun Bagan
(d) East Bengal

• East Bengal Football Club has signed Iran’s Indian-origin footballer Omid Singh for a 2-year deal.
• The 29-year-old will join the I-League heavyweights from Naft Masjed Soleyman FC in the Persian Gulf Pro
League.
• The I-League is suspended at the moment due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• East Bengal are placed second on the I-League table with 23 points from 16 matches.
• Arch-rivals Mohun Bagan have already won the title with four rounds to spare and have a 13-point lead.

Q73.क्रवजिन क्रिकेट अलमरनैक के 2020 के एक्रिशन में 'लीक्रिंग क्रिकेटर् ऑफ द वर्ल्ा ' क्रकसे चुनर गयर है ?
(a) क्रवर्रट कोहली
(b) स्ट्ीव खस्मि
(c) बेन स्ट्ोस
(d) िे क्रवि वरनार्

Q73. Who has been named as Wisden's leading cricketer in the world?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Steve Smith
(c) Ben Stokes
(d) David Warner

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• England’s all-rounder Ben Stokes has been named as the leading cricketer in the world by Wisden. He is the
first player from England since 2005 to be named for this award.
• He is the first England player to receive the honour since Andrew Flintoff in 2005.
• The 28-year-old won the man-of-the-match award in the World Cup final against New Zealand at Lord's.
• In Women’s category, Australia’s Ellyse Perry has been named the Wisden’s Leading Female Cricketer in the
World.
• The other Five Cricketers of the Year by Wisden’s are: Jofra Archer (England), Pat Cummins (Australia), Simon
Harmer (South Africa), Marnus Labuschagne (Australia) and Ellyse Perry (Australia- female).

Q74. बडौदर के क्रिकेट क्रनदे शक और् र्र्जी टर ॉफी कोच के रूप में क्रकसे क्रनयुक्त क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) मरका बरउचर्
(b) क्रमकी आिार्
(c) िे व व्हरटमोर्
(d) बॉब वूल्मर्

Q74. Who has been appointed as Baroda’s director of Cricket and Ranji Trophy Coach?
(a) Mark Boucher
(b) Mickey Arthur
(c) Dav Whatmore
(d) Bob Woolmer
• The Baroda Cricket Association has roped in World Cup-winning coach, Dav Whatmore, as its head coach for
the Ranji Trophy.
• In his two-year term, the Australian coach will also work as the director of cricket.
• BCA secretary- Ajit Lele
• In his long and illustrious career, Whatmore has coached some of the top cricket teams in the world. Whatmore
is a noted coach, who was also in charge of India U-19 team that won the junior World Cup in Malaysia back
in 2008 under Virat Kohli’s captaincy.
• Once the lockdown ends, Whatmore plans to visit Baroda and spend time with the cricketers in a bid to build
up for the season.

Q75. सनर मीर् ने अंतर्र्रष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट से संन्यरस की घोषर्र की है । वह क्रकस दे श की पूवा क्रिकेट कप्तरन है ?
(a) बरंग्लरदे श
(b) श्रीलंकर
(c) परक्रकस्तरन
(d) न्यूजीलैंि

Q75. Which country’s former Cricket captain Sana Mir has announced her retirement from international cricket?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) Pakistan
(d) New Zealand

• Former Pakistan skipper and Women Cricket team Captain, Sana Mir has announced her retirement from
international cricket at the age of 34, ending her 15 year career currently ranking 9th in ICC’s ODI and 41st in
T20I bowlers list.
• Sana Mir, right handed batter made her debut in One Day International(ODI) against Sri Lanka in Karachi in
December 2005 and her ODI in Lahore against Bangladesh in November 2019. In 120 ODIs she took 151
wickets.

Q76.हरल ही में क्रकस दे श के क्रिकेट बोिा ने उमर् अकमल पर् 3 सरल कर प्रक्रतबंध लगरयर है ?
(a) न्यूजीलैंि
(b) बरं ग्लरदे श
(c) परक्रकस्तरन

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Q76. Which country's cricket board has recently banned Umar Akmal for 3 years?
(a) New Zealand
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Pakistan
(d) Sri Lanka

• The Pakistan Cricket Board has banned Umar Akmal from all forms of the game for three years, two months
after initiating an anti-corruption investigation against the batsman.
• The PCB had not revealed the specific reasons for initiating the probe against the batsman but had charged him
for two breaches of Article 2.4.4 of the Board's Anti-Corruption Code in two unrelated incidents in February
this year.
• The ban was imposed by PCB Disciplinary Panel chairman Justice (retired) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan.
• Akmal had earlier escaped a PCB ban in February for allegedly making crude remarks to a trainer during a
fitness test at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore.

Q77.क्रनम्नक्रलखित में से क्रकस िेल संघ ने हरल ही में आजीवन मरनद पद को समरप्त कर् क्रदयर है ?
(a) अखिल भरर्तीय शतर्ं ज संघ
(b) ऑल इं क्रियर टे क्रनस एसोक्रसएशन
(c) बरस्केटबॉल फेिर्े शन ऑफ इं क्रियर
(d) ऑल इं क्रियर फुटबॉल फेिर्े शन

Q77. Which of the following sports associations has recently abolished the honorary lifetime posts?
(a) All India Chess Federation
(b) All India Tennis Association
(c) Basketball Federation of India
(d) All India Football Federation

• The All India Tennis Association (AITA) agreed to abolish honorary positions such as lifetime president,
lifelong vice president and lifelong advisor on the instructions of the Sports Ministry. The sports ministry had
termed these posts a violation of the National Sports Code.
• The decision means that senior sports administrator Anil Khanna and former external affairs ministers SM
Krishna and Yashwant Sinha cannot remain with the federation as life presidents.
• The ministry's decision also affects eight people including former Davis Cup captains Jaideep Mukhejea and
Naresh Kumar, who held the post of life vice president.
• The six other life vice presidents are DV Bhatia, Ghanshyam Patel, Narendra Kumar, Natwar Singh, Bollywood
actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha and Yusuf Hamied.TD Franics held the post of life counsellor.
• AITA CEO Akhouri Bishwadeep

Q78.एक्रशयरई युवर िेलों के तीसर्े संस्कर्र् की मेजबरनी क्रकस दे श में की जरएगी?


(a) जरपरन
(b) चीन
(c) भरर्त
(d) खस्वटट जर्लैंि

Q78. The 3 edition of Asian Youth Games will be hosted in which country?
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(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) India
(d) Switzerland

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• The Olympic Council of Asia has announced the 3 edition of Asian Youth Games will be hosted in the coastal
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city of Shantou in Southern China from November 20 to 28, 2021.


• OCA Director General Husain Al Musallam mentioned that the venue and dates of the programme were decided
by OCA in coordination with the Shantou 3rd Asian Youth Games Organising Committee (SAYGOC).
• The 3 Edition of Asian Youth Games comprises of 18 sports: Athletics, Aquatics, Badminton, Basketball
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(3×3), Beach Volleyball, Dragon Boat Racing, Football, Gymnastics, Golf, Handball, Hip Hop dance, Rock
Climbing, Rugby, Surfing, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, WindSurfing and Wushu.

Q79.झूमर िरतून को क्रवश्व एिलेक्रटक द्वरर्र चरर् सरल के क्रलए प्रक्रतबंक्रधत क्रकयर गयर है । वह क्रनम्नक्रलखित में से क्रकस से जुिी है ?
(a) शॉट पुट
(b) भरर्ोिोलन
(c) टर ै क एं ि फीर्ल् इवेंटटस
(d) जेवक्रलन थ्रो

Q79. Jhuma Khatun has been banned for four years by World Athletic for doping. He is associated with which of the
following?
(a) Shot Put
(b) Weightlifting
(c) Track and field events
(d) Javelin Throw

• The middle distance runner Jhuma Khatun has been banned for four years for using banned substances(Steroids)
by the Athletics Integrity Unit of the World governing body for the doping case from 2018.
• The sample from 31 year old Jhuma Khatun collected during the National Inter-State Championships in June
2018 in Guwahati meet in which she won bronze each in 1500 m and 5000 m, tested negative for presence of
substances by the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL).
• The World Anti-Doping Agency, then, decided to test the sample at its Montreal Laboratory in Canada and it
returned positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.
• Khatun had won a bronze medal each in 1,500m and 5,000m at the Championships in Guwahati.
• Khatun’s results from June 29, 2018 to November 21, 2018 will now be annulled.

Q80.ICC मक्रहलर T20 अंतर्राष्ट्रीय र्ैं क्रकंग में क्रकस भरर्तीय क्रिकेटर् ने शीषा स्िरन प्ररप्त क्रकयर है ?
(a) शैफरली वमरा
(b) दीखप्त शमरा
(c) पूनम यरदव
(d) स्मृक्रत मंधरनर

Q80. Which Indian cricketer has gained the top spot in the ICC women’s T20 International rankings?
(a) Shafali Verma
(b) Deepti Sharma
(c) Poonam Yadav
(d) Smriti Mandhana

• Shafali Verma, the teenage Indian batting sensation, has gained the top spot in the ICC women’s T20
International rankings, riding on her stellar run at the ongoing World Cup.
• She has become only the second India batter after Mithali Raj to top the women’s T20 International rankings,
according to an ICC statement.
• The 16-year-old Shafali has replaced New Zealand’s Suzie Bates, who had been at the top of batting charts
since October 2018.
• Another Indian batting star Smriti Mandhana has slipped a couple of places to sixth rank in the latest list.
• Indian bowlers, Poonam Yadav moved up four places, to eighth rank, after a good run in the ongoing World
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Q81.बीसीसीआई की क्रिकेट सलरहकरर् सक्रमक्रत द्वरर्र क्रकसे र्रष्ट्रीय चयन पैनल कर अध्यक्ष नरक्रमत क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) अजय जिे जर
(b) र्ॉक्रबन क्रसंह
(c) क्रवजय भरर्द्वरज
(d) सुनील जोशी

Q81. Who has been named the Chairman of the national selection panel by the BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee?
(a) Ajay Jadeja
(b) Robin Singh
(c) Vijay Bharadwaj
(d) Sunil Joshi
• Former India spinner Sunil Joshi has been named chairman of the national selection panel by the BCCI's Cricket
Advisory Committee in Mumbai.
• The CAC, comprising Madan Lal, RP Singh and Sulakshana Naik, picked the two selectors with Joshi replacing
South Zone representative MSK Prasad. Harvinder was chosen from the ral zone and replaces Gagan Khoda in
the panel. In an unprecedented decision, the BCCI said the CAC will review the panel's performance after one
year and make recommendations accordingly.

Q82. March 2020 में र्र्जी टर ॉफी के क्रकस शीषा स्कोर्र् ने क्रिकेट के सभी प्रररूपों से संन्यरस की घोषर्र की है ?
(a) उमेश यरदव
(b) अक्रभनव मुकुंद
(c) वसीम जरफर्
(d) लक्रलत यरदव

Q82. Which top scorer of Ranji Trophy announced retirement from all forms of cricket in March 2020 ?
(a) Umesh Yadav
(b) Abhinav Mukund
(c) Wasim Jaffer
(d) Lalit Yadav
• Former India opener Wasim Jaffer has announced retirement from all forms of cricket, drawing curtains on his
illustrious career spanning over two decades.
• The 42-year-old Jaffer has played 31 Tests and scored 1,944 runs with an average of 34.11. He has five hundreds
and 11 fifties in the longest format, with 212 as his highest score.
• The veteran opener is also one of the few Indian batsman, who has a double hundred in the West Indies. He
made 212 against the hosts in St Lucia.
• He is currently the highest run-scorer in Ranji Trophy cricket, surpassing Amol Muzumdar. In November 2018,
he became the first batsman to score 11,000 runs in the competition.
• He became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in Ranji Trophy, the coveted domestic tournament in India.

Q83.कौन सी भरर्तीय मक्रहलर क्रिकेटर् पेखिको की ब्ररं ि एं बेसिर् बनी है ?


(a) शैफरली वमरा
(b) दीखप्त शमरा
(c) पूनम यरदव
(d) स्मृक्रत मंधरनर

Q83. Which Indian female cricketer has become the brand ambassador of PepsiCo?
(a) Shafali Verma
(b) Deepti Sharma
(c) Poonam Yadav
(d) Smriti Mandhana

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• Teen sensation Shafali Verma has become the brand ambassador of PepsiCo.
• She is not only the youngest but also the only cricketer to be endorsed for this brand at the moment.
• She has been ranked at the top of T20 Batting Rankings by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Q84. वषा 2020 के क्रलए िेलों में 10 सबसे प्रभरवशरली मक्रहलरओं की सूची में क्रकस भरर्तीय मक्रहलर कर नरम है ?
(a) सरक्रनयर क्रमजरा
(b) पी टी उषर
(c) क्रमतरली र्रज
(d) नीतर अंबरनी

Q84. Which Indian woman has been named in the list of 10 most influential women in sports for 2020?
(a) Sania Mirza
(b) P T Usha
(c) Mithali Raj
(d) Nita Ambani

• Nita Ambani, the owner of Mumbai Indians cricket team franchise, has been named in the list of 10 most
influential women in sports for 2020.
• Sports business network, iSportconnect has released the list of 'Influential Women in Sport' list for 2020.
• Others on the list included gymnast Simone Biles, footballer Megan Rapinoe and Serena Williams.
• Nita is the wife of the richest Indian Mukesh Ambani and has been on the board of Reliance Industries since
June 2014.
• Her Mumbai Indians (MI) team has won the Indian Premier League (IPL) four times.

Q85.क्रकस टीम ने 2020 में अपनर पहलर र्र्जी टर ॉफी खितरब जीतर है ?
(a) कनरा टक
(b) सौर्रष्ट्र
(c) क्रवदभा
(d) मुंबई

Q85. Which team has won its maiden Ranji Trophy title 2020 ?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Saurashtra
(c) Vidarbha
(d) Mumbai

• Saurashtra won their maiden Ranji Trophy title since they began participating under that name in 1950-51.
• They had ended as runners-up three times in the last seven Ranji seasons.
• The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between multiple teams
representing regional and state cricket associations.

Q86.पुरुष वगा में ध्रुव बत्रर प्लेयर् ऑफ़ द ईयर् अवरिा 2019 क्रकसने जीतर है ?
(a) सर्दरर् क्रसंह
(b) मनप्रीत क्रसंह
(c) रुक्रपंदर् परल क्रसंह
(d) हर्मनप्रीत क्रसंह

Q86. Who has won the Dhruv Batra Player of the Year Award 2019 in the men’s category?
(a) Sardar Singh
(b) Manpreet Singh
(c) Rupinder Pal Singh
(d) Harmanpreet Singh

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• National team captains Manpreet Singh and Rani Rampal won the Dhruv Batra Player of the Year Award 2019
in the men’s and women’s categories respectively at the third Hockey India Annual Awards in New Delhi.
• The Hockey India Annual Awards carried a total prize purse of Rs 1.64 crore.
• It has been a wonderful 2019 for both Manpreet and Rani as they led the men's and women's teams to Tokyo
Olympics berths.
• Manpreet became the first Indian to win the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) Player of the Year award
last month, while Rani became the first-ever player to win the prestigious 'World Games Athlete of the Year'
award in January.

Q87.भरर्त हरल ही में वर्ल्ा मरस्ट्र् हॉकी में शरक्रमल हुआ है । हॉकी इं क्रियर मरस्ट्सा सक्रमक्रत के अध्यक्ष कौन बने हैं ?
(a) जगबीर् क्रसंह
(b) आर्.पी. क्रसंह
(c) हर्क्रबंदर् क्रसंह
(d) एम र्े र्ुकर लक्ष्मी

Q87. India has recently joined World Master Hockey. Who has become the chairman of Hockey India Masters
Committee?
(a) Jagbir Singh
(b) R.P. Singh
(c) Harbinder Singh
(d) M. Renuka Lakshmi

• Hockey India joined the 38 National associations throughout the world as a member of World Master Hockey
with an aim to develop and grow Master Hockey across the world.
• R.P. Singh (former Indian captain) was appointed as the convener of Hockey India (HI) Masters Committee.
Harbinder Singh was appointed as the chairman of the Committee.
• The International Hockey Federation (FIH) recognizes WMH a sole Master entity responsible for organizing
international master’s hockey globally.
• Many events have been planned by Hockey India which creates opportunities to all the past and new players
including men and women to participate and boost the event.
• Members of the committee: The other members of the committee are B.P. Govinda, Jagbir Singh, A.B.
Subbaiah, Surinder Kaur and M. Renuka Lakshmi.

Q88.COVID -19 महरमरर्ी कर मुकरबलर कर्ने के क्रलए FIFA जरगरूकतर अक्रभयरन के क्रलए क्रकस भरर्तीय फुटबॉलर् को चुनर गयर
है ?
(a) जीजे लरलपेिलुआ
(b) बरईचुंग भूक्रटयर
(c) सुनील छे त्री
(d) गुर्प्रीत क्रसंह संधू

Q88. Which Indian footballer has been picked for the FIFA awareness campaign to combat the COVID-19 pandemic?
(a) Jeje Lalpekhlua
(b) Bhaichung Bhutia
(c) Sunil Chhetri
(d) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

• India football captain Sunil Chhetri has been picked by FIFA along with 28 past and present stars for the world
governing body’s awareness campaign to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
• FIFA and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to combat the coronavirus by launching a
new awareness campaign led by world-renowned footballers.
• These footballers will make all people around the world aware of the five key steps to stop the spread of the
disease.

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Q89.अब्दु ल लतीफ क्रजनकर हरल ही में क्रनधन हो गयर| वे क्रकस िेल से जुडे िे?
(a) क्रिकेट
(b) हॉकी
(c) फुटबॉल
(d) टे क्रनस

Q89. Abdul Latif passed away recently. With which sport was he belonged to?
(a) Cricket
(b) Hockey
(c) Football
(d) Tennis

• Former Indian footballer Abdul Latif passed away in Guwahati.


• He was 73 Latif, who played as a midfielder, represented India in the 1970 Asian Games where the team had
won a bronze
• Latif was also the coach of the Assam team which won the junior and the sub-junior national titles under this
guidance.
• He also played for the two famous Kolkata clubs – Mohammedan Sporting and Mohun Bagan.

Q90.“My Story: From Foster Care to Footballer” क्रनम्नक्रलखित में से क्रकसकी आत्मकिर है ?
(a) वेन रूनी
(b) मरका ब्ररइट
(c) िे क्रवि बेकहम
(d) फ्रैंक लैिरिा

Q90. Whose autobiography is -“My Story: From Foster Care to Footballer” ?


(a) Wayne Rooney
(b) Mark Bright
(c) David Beckham
(d) Frank Lampard

• Mark Bright played top-level football for most of his career, after starting in non-league while working as an
apprentice engineer.
• My Story explores Mark's life both on and off the football pitch, containing material he has never spoken of or
addressed in the past.
• He writes candidly about the racism he encountered, about the game itself, about those who work in it, about
the way in which football has changed, the money it now generates, and about the characters he met along the
way.
• Mark Bright is a former professional footballer, now a sports pundit. He is also the Director of Under-21
development at Crystal Palace.

Q91.मैखसकन ओपन टे क्रनस टू नरा मेंट में पुरुष एकल खितरब क्रकसने जीतर है ?
(a) एं िी मर्े
(b) र्रफेल निरल
(c) र्ोजर् फेिर्र्
(d) नोवरक जोकोक्रवच

Q91. Who has won the men’ singles title at the Mexican Open tennis tournament?
(a) Andy Murray
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Roger Federer
(d) Novak Djokovic

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• Rafael Nadal (Spain) and Heather Watson (UK) won men’ and women’s singles titles respectively an the
Mexican Open tennis tournament at Acapulco.
• Nadal has secured his 85th ATP Tour title with a resounding win over Taylor Fritz in the Mexican Open final
• Heather Watson claimed her first WTA Tour title in four years with a win over Leylah Fernandez in the Mexican
Open final

Q92.वषा 2019 कर BBC इं क्रियन स्पोटटा सवुमन कर क्रितरब क्रकसने जीतर है ?


(a) मैर्ी कॉम
(b) क्रवनेश फोगट
(c) दु ती चंद
(d) पीवी क्रसंधु

Q92. Who has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2019?
(a) Mary Kom
(b) Vinesh Phogat
(c) Dutee Chand
(d) PV Sindhu
• Top Indian shuttler PV Sindhu won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2019.
• The award ceremony was hosted by BBC Director-General Tony Hall.
• Also, Veteran athlete PT Usha was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. She was awarded for her
contribution to Indian sports and for inspiring generations of players.
• Sindhu, who became the first Indian to win the BWF World Championships last year, competed with four other
strong nominees, namely Mary Kom (boxing), Vinesh Phogat (wrestling), Dutee Chand (athletics) and Manasi
Joshi (para-badminton).

Q93.क्रकस भरर्तीय ने ITTF चैलेंजर् प्लस ओमरन ओपन जीतर है ?


(a) जी सरक्रियरन
(b) शर्ि कमल
(c) हर्मीत दे सरई
(d) सौम्यजीत घोष

Q93. Which Indian has won the ITTF Challenger Plus Oman Open?
(a) G Sathiyan
(b) Sharath Kamal
(c) Harmeet Desai
(d) Soumyajit Ghosh

• Ace Indian paddler Sharath Kamal has won the ITTF Challenger Plus Oman Open.
• The 37-year-old Indian veteran beat top-seeded Marcos Freitas of Portugal in the final played in Muscat.
• Earlier, in the semi-final, fourth-seeded Achanta pulled off a stunning seven-set victory against Russia's Kirill
Skachkov.

Q94.बैिक्रमंटन एसोक्रसएशन ऑफ़ इं क्रियर द्वरर्र भरर्त के क्रसंगल्स कोच के रूप में क्रकसे क्रनयुक्त क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) क्रकम जी हटयून
(b) अगुस द्वी संतसो
(c) परका तरए संग
(d) फ्लैंिी क्रलिेले

Q94. Who has been appointed as the India's singles coach by the Badminton Association of India?
(a) Kim Ji Hyun

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(c) Park Tae Sang
(d) Flandy Limpele

• The Badminton Association of India has appointed top Indonesian coach Agus Dwi Santoso as India's singles
coach
• Since the sudden departure of the Korean coach Kim Ji Hyun, who was with Sindhu when she won the World
Championship Gold ,Sindhu has not won any title on the Badminton World Federation Tour

Q95.क्रकस भरर्तीय हॉकी खिलरडी ने "क्रवश्व िेल एिलीट ऑफ द ईयर्" अवरिा जीतर है?
(a) गुर्जीत कौर्
(b) र्रनी र्रमपरल
(c) क्रनक्की प्रधरन
(d) क्रलक्रलमर क्रमंज

Q95. Which Indian hockey player has won the “World Games Athlete of the Year” Award?
(a) Gurjit Kaur
(b) Rani Rampal
(c) Nikki Pradhan
(d) Lilima Minz

• The Indian women’s team captain Rani Rampal has become the first-ever hockey player to win the prestigious
“World Games Athlete of the Year” Award.
• Last year, India won the FIH Series Finals, and Rani was named Player of the Tournament. Under Rani’s
leadership, the Indian women’s team qualified for just the third Olympic Games in its history.
• “This prestigious Award is also a great recognition for hockey globally.
• Karate star Stanislav Horuna of Ukraine was second behind Rani with over 92,000 votes and Canadian
powerlifting world champion Rhaea Stinn was third.

Q96.नेिर्र कुमरनन क्रकस िेल के क्रवश्व कप में पदक जीतने वरली पहली भरर्तीय मक्रहलर बन गई हैं ?
(a) र्ोइं ग
(b) सेक्रलंग
(c) जेट स्कीइं ग
(d) सक्रफिंग

Q96.Nethra Kumanan has become the first Indian woman to win a medal at the which sports World Cup?
(a) Rowing
(b) Sailing
(c) Jet Skiing
(d) Surfing

• Nethra Kumanan has become the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Sailing World Cup.
• She clinched bronze in the Hempel World Series which concluded in Miami, United States on January 25.
• Nethra finished behind Erika Reineke of the US and Greece's Vasileia Karachaliou who won gold and silver
respectively in the laser radial category
• Nethra, who represented India in 2014 and 2018 editions of the Asian Games, has won quite a few medals at
the Nationals.
• Nethra spends a majority of her training time at Gran Canaria, part of Spain's Canary Islands

Q97.गोवर 2020 र्रष्ट्रीय िेलों के क्रलए आक्रधकररर्क शुभंकर् क्यर होगर?


(a) बरघ

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(b) रूक्रबगुलर
(c) मोनरल पक्षी
(d) हॉनाक्रबल

Q97. What will be the official mascot for the Goa 2020 National Games?
(a) Tiger
(b) Rubigula
(c) Monal bird
(d) Hornbill

• Rubigula, Flame-Throated Bulbul, has been unveiled as the official mascot for the Goa 2020 National Games
in Panaji.
• Goa will be hosting the 36th edition of the National Games from 20th October to 4th November 2020.
• The event will see participation by 36 states and union territories, 12,000 athletes, officials and will host 37
sports disciplines across 24 venues in Goa.
• The Flame-Throated Bulbul is the state bird of Goa.
• Chief Minister of Goa Pramod Sawant and Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju were present
at the unveiling ceremony.

Q98.भरर्त के गैर् खिलरडी िे क्रवस कप कप्तरन कौन बने र्हें गे?


(a) महे श भूपक्रत
(b) क्रलएं िर् पेस
(c) र्ोक्रहत र्रजपरल
(d) जीशरन अली

Q98. Who will continue as India’s non-playing captain of Davis cup?


(a) Mahesh Bhupati
(b) Leander Paes
(c) Rohit Rajpal
(d) Zeeshan Ali

• Rohit Rajpal will continue as India’s non-playing Davis Cup captain while veteran Leander Paes, too, has
retained his place in the six-member squad picked for the tie against Croatia next month.
• Zeeshan Ali will be the coach. India are scheduled to travel to Croatia for their next tie from 6th to 7th of March.
• The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has asked Rajpal to lead the side in the 2020 season.
• Prajnesh Gunnewaran, Sumit Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan are the other singles players in the six-member
squad.
• The AITA selection committee chose three doubles players for the tie including Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan
and Leander Paes.

Q99.क्रिकेट एसोक्रसएशन बंगरल के सबसे युवर अध्यक्ष कौन बने है ?


(a) अनुर्रग ठरकुर्
(b) अजुान तेंदुलकर्
(c) अक्रवषेक िरलक्रमयर
(d) स्नेहरशीष गरं गुली

Q99. Who has become the youngest president of Cricket Association Bengal?
(a) Anurag Thakur
(b) Arjun Tendulkar
(c) Avishek Dalmiya
(d) Snehasish Ganguly

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• Former BCCI president late Jagmohan Dalmiya's son Avishek became the youngest president of Cricket
Association Bengal after being elected unopposed.
• Avishek, 38, was holding the post of joint secretary before his elevation.
• BCCI president Sourav Ganguly's elder brother Snehasish Ganguly, a former Bengal left-hander, is the new
joint secretary.
• Avishek has become the 18th president of CAB.
• The CAB president's post was lying vacant after former India captain Sourav Ganguly took over the reins of the
BCCI.
• Avishek, however, will go for a cooling-off period from November 6, 2021 as per the Lodha recommended
Constitution giving him a tenure of about 22 months.

Q100.केर्न्ा कप क्रकस िेल से संबंक्रधत है ?


(a) टे बल टे क्रनस
(b) शतर्ं ज
(c) टे क्रनस
(d) हॉकी

Q100. Cairns Cup is related to which sport?


(a) Table Tennis
(b) Chess
(c) Tennis
(d) Hockey

• Mariya Muzychuk registered a convincing victory against Koneru Humpy of India in the second round of Cairns
Cup 2020.
• For the first time, the Saint Louis Chess Club hosted the Cairns Cup, an elite level tournament for the top female
players from around the world.
• Inspired by its mission to further promote the game of chess to women and girls, the Chess Club aptly chose the
name Cairns Cup in honor of co-founder Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield’s maiden name.

Q101.र्रष्ट्रीय स्नूकर् चैखियनक्रशप 2020 क्रकसने जीती है ?


(a) गीत सेठी
(b) पंकज आिवरर्ी
(c) आक्रदत्य मेहतर
(d) सौर्व कोठरर्ी

Q101. Who has won the National Snooker Championship 2020?


(a) Geet Sethi
(b) Pankaj Advani
(c) Aditya Mehta
(d) Sourav Kothari

• Aditya Mehta beat multiple-time world champion Pankaj Advani to win the National Snooker Championship.
• Karnataka's Vidya Pillai edged past Amee Kamani of Madhya Pradesh to defend her senior ladies snooker title
in the women''s snooker final.
• Representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) in the clash, Mehta won the first frame. He lost the
next two frames and again won all the following four frames.

Q102.पहलर पुरुष वगा िेलो इं क्रियर आइस हॉकी टू नरामेंट 2020 क्रकसने जीतर है ?
(a) लद्दरि स्करउटट स र्े क्रजमेंटल सेंटर् (LSRC) र्े ि
(b) असम र्रइफल्स
(c) भरर्त क्रतब्बत सीमर पुक्रलस
(d) सीमर सुर्क्षर बल

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Q102. Who has won the first Men’s section Khelo India Ice Hockey tournament 2020?
(a) Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre (LSRC) Red
(b) Assam Rifles
(c) Indo Tibetan Border Police
(d) Border Security Force

• The first Khelo India Ice Hockey Championship 2020 trophy men's section was lifted by Indian Army’s Ladakh
Scout Regimental Centre (LSRC) Red team beating ITBP
• The tournament, which started on January 30, had been organised by the District Youth Services & Sports in
collaboration with Ladakh Winter Sports Club, Leh.
• A total of 13 teams participated in the first-ever Khelo India Ice Hockey Championship.

REVISION: The third Khelo India youth games held in which city?
Guwahati ( winner- Mumbai)

Q103. वषा 2019 के सवाश्रेि FIH (अंतर्रा ष्ट्रीय हॉकी महरसंघ) मक्रहलर र्रइक्रजंग स्ट्रर् के रूप में क्रकसे नरक्रमत क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) सलीमर टे टे
(b) लरलर्े खम्सयरमी
(c) क्रनक्की प्रधरन
(d) क्रलक्रलमर क्रमंज

Q103. Who has been named as the best FIH (International Hockey Federation) Women’s Rising Star of the Year 2019?
(a) Salima Tete
(b) Lalremsiami
(c) Nikki Pradhan
(d) Lilima Minz

• Indian professional hockey player Lalremsiami (19) from Mizoram was voted the best FIH (International
Hockey Federation) Women’s Rising Star of the Year 2019.
• Lalremsiami defeated Argentina’s Julieta Jankunas and the Netherlands’ Frederique Matla, who finished second
and third respectively & received 40 % of the vote. She made her debut in 2017 in a test series against Belarus.
• At the same time, Indian team’s midfielder Vivek Sagar Prasad (19) was selected as the best FIH Men’s Rising
Star of the Year 2019.
• Prasad won the award, beating Argentina’s Maico Casella and Blake Govers of Australia, who finished second
and third respectively.
• He was also part of the silver medal winning team in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in 2019.

Q104.िेलो इं क्रियर के तहत र्रष्ट्रीय शीतकरलीन िेलों कर आयोजन क्रकस शहर् में क्रकयर जरयेगर?
(a) औली
(b) गुलमगा
(c) कुफर्ी
(d) मनरली

Q104. The National winter games event under the banner of Khelo India will be held in which city?
(a) Auli
(b) Gulmarg
(c) Kufri
(d) Manali
• World-famous Ski destination Gulmarg is all set to host a five-day National winter games event from 7th March
under the banner of Khelo India.
• There will be 30 events under four disciplines including snowboarding, snow skiing, cross country and snow
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• Khelo India is an initiative of the Government of India to strengthen the sports ecosystem by encouraging mass
participation and promotion of excellence.

Q105.क्रकस भरर्तीय ऑलर्रउं िर् को संयुक्त अर्ब अमीर्रत के क्रिकेट कर क्रनदे शक क्रनयुक्त क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) वेंकटे श प्रसरद
(b) अजय जिे जर
(c) र्ॉक्रबन क्रसंह
(d) लरलचंद र्रजपूत

Q105. Which Indian all-rounder has been appointed the director of cricket of the United Arab Emirates?
(a) Venkatesh Prasad
(b) Ajay Jadeja
(c) Robin Singh
(d) Lalchand Rajput

• Former India all-rounder Robin Singh has appointed director of cricket of the United Arab Emirates.
• The 56-year-old’s appointment comes following the sacking of Dougie Brown as head coach.
• The Indian takes over at a time when the UAE’s national team is trying to recover from the fixing scandal that
rocked their cricket last year, leading to suspension of a few senior players, including captain Mohammed
Naveed, and disbanding of the selection panel.

Q106.अखिल भरर्तीय शतर्ं ज संघ कर अध्यक्ष क्रकसे क्रनयुक्त क्रकयर गयर है ?


(a) भरर्त क्रसंह चौहरन
(b) नर्े श शमरा
(c) एम अरुर् क्रसंह
(d) अजय पटे ल

Q106. Who has been appointed the President of All-India Chess Federation?
(a) Bharat Singh Chauhan
(b) Naresh Sharma
(c) M Arun Singh
(d) Ajay Patel

• Ajay Patel has been elected as president of All-India Chess Federation


• Four other people have been declared unopposed for various posts.
• Bharat Singh Chauhan as secretary, Naresh Sharma as treasurer, M Arun Singh as joint secretary and Vipnesh
Bharadwaj as vice-president.
• Former Supreme Court judge Justice Fakkir Mohammed Ibrahim Kalifulla declared Ajay Patel as president for
the period 2020-2023.

Q107.केर्न्ा कप शतर्ं ज टू नरामेंट क्रकसने जीतर है ?


(a) पक्रिनी र्रउत
(b) द्रोर्रवल्ली हरर्कर
(c) कोनेरू हिी
(d) तरक्रनयर सचदे व

Q107. Who has won the Cairns Cup Chess tournament?


(a) Padmini Rout
(b) Dronavalli Harika
(c) Koneru Humpy

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(d) Tania Sachdev

• World Rapid Chess Champion, India's Koneru Humpy wins the Cairns Cup title; Touted to be one of the
toughest women's events, Humpy bags the title with six points from nine rounds.
• World Rapid Chess Champion Koneru Humpy re-asserted her supremacy in style by winning the Cairns cup
title with 6 points from nine rounds and bag the 45,000 dollar winner's purse in St. Louis.
• She drew with compatriot Dronavalli Harika in the ninth and final round. Humpy ended with six points ahead
of reigning champion Zu Wezun who finished with 5.5 points.
• Humpy was crowned as the world champion in the last week of December 2019.

Q108.नेशनल एं टी िोक्रपंग एजेंसी (NADA) ने अक्रमत दक्रहयर पर् चरर् सरल के क्रलए प्रक्रतबंध लगर क्रदयर है । वह क्रकस िेल से जुडे हैं ?
(a) भरर्ोिोलन
(b) शॉट पुट
(c) कुश्ती
(d) जेवक्रलन थ्रो

Q108. The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) has banned Amit Dahiya for four years. He is associated with which
sports?
(a) Weightlifting
(b) Shot Put
(c) Wrestling
(d) Javelin Throw

• National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) has banned javelin thrower Amit Dahiya for four years for evading
sample collection and trying to cheat officials during the 2nd National Javelin Throw Open Championship 2019
held at SAI Centre in Sonipat.
• NADA had issued the charge of notice to Dahiya for violating rule 2.3 of the NADA.
The doping agency presented the case to the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) on January 9 where the athlete's
justification was found to be unsatisfactory.

Q109.क्रकस भरर्तीय को लॉरर्यस स्पोक्रटिंग मोमेंट अवॉिा 2000 से सम्मरक्रनत क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) सुनील गरवस्कर्
(b) सक्रचन तेंदुलकर्
(c) कक्रपल दे व
(d) अक्रनल कुंबले

Q109. Which Indian has won the Laureus best sporting moment Award 2000-2020?
(a) Sunil Gavaskar
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Kapil Dev
(d) Anil Kumble

• Sachin Tendulkar being lifted on the shoulders of his teammates after their World Cup triumph at home in 2011
was voted the Laureus best sporting moment in the last 20 years.
• With the backing of Indian cricket fans, Tendulkar got the maximum number of votes to emerge the winner .
• The charged-up Indian cricketers rushed to the ground and soon they lifted Tendulkar on their shoulders and
made a lap of honour, a moment etched in the minds of the fans.
• Former Australian skipper Steve Waugh handed the trophy to Tendulkar after tennis legend Bros Becker
announced the winner at a glittering ceremony.

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Q110. प्रक्रतक्रित पोली उमर्ीगर् पुर्स्करर् क्रकसने जीतर है ?


(a) र्ोक्रहत शमरा
(b) क्रवर्रट कोहली
(c) जसप्रीत बुमर्रह
(d) हरक्रदाक परंड्यर

Q110. Who has won the prestigious Polly Umrigar Award ?


(a) Rohit Sharma
(b) Virat Kohli
(c) Jasprit Bumrah
(d) Hardik Pandya

• India's fast bowling sensation Jasprit Bumrah has received the prestigious Polly Umrigar Award for the best
international cricketer (2018-19) at the BCCI Annual Awards.
• While Bumrah netted the biggest prize in the men's category, Poonam Yadav claimed the top prize in women's
section and was awarded the best international cricketer.
• Polly Umrigar award is presented to the best male International cricketer and it carries a citation, trophy and
cheque for ₹15 lakh.
• Dilip Sardesai award is conferred on both the highest wicket-taker and highest run-getter in Test cricket. Bumrah
took 34 wickets in six matches with three five-wicket hauls.

Q111. पुरुषों के अंतर्र्रष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट मैच में पहली मक्रहलर ििा अंपरयर् कौन बनेगी?
(a) क्रशवरनी क्रमश्रर
(b) जी एस लक्ष्मी
(c) जैकलीन क्रवक्रलयम्स
(d) क्लेयर् पोलोसरक

Q111. Who will become the first “woman third umpire” in men's international cricket?
(a) Shivani Mishra
(b) G S Lakshmi
(c) Jacqueline Williams
(d) Claire Polosak

• Jacqueline Williams of the West Indies will become the first woman to officiate as the third umpire in men's
international cricket when she takes the field for the first of three T20Is against the visiting Ireland team.
• The 43-year-old from Jamaica will officiate in the position in all the three matches of the series.
REVISION:
• Claire Polosak - the first woman umpire of men’s one-day international.
• GS Lakshmi - Indian Cricket match Referee

Q112.एक्रशयरई टे क्रनस महरसंघ (ATF) के आजीवन अध्यक्ष के रूप में क्रकसे नरक्रमत क्रकयर गयर है ?
(a) वी के बत्रर
(b) अक्रनल िन्नर
(c) सी एस र्रजू
(d) अक्रनल धूपर्

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Q112. Who has been nominated as the Life President of the Asian Tennis Federation?
(a) V K Batra
(b) Anil Khanna
(c) C S Raju
(d) Anil Dhuper

• Senior Sports Administrator Anil Khanna, who recently decided not to contest the President's post of the Asian
Tennis Federation (ATF), was nominated Life President of the continental body.
• Mr Khanna had served as ATF President from 2005 to 2019 and also ITF Vice President from 2015-19.
• The ATF held the meeting of its Board of Directors in Melbourne and unanimously nominated Mr Khanna as
Life President.
• He was also appointed Chairman of the ATF Finance Committee.

Q113. नवीनतम अंतर्रा ष्ट्रीय टे बल टे क्रनस फेिर्े शन र्ैं क्रकंग में अंिर् -21 पुरुष एकल वगा में क्रवश्व नंबर् 1 कौन बन गए है ?
(a) हर्मीत दे सरई
(b) मरनव ठक्कर्
(c) सौम्यजीत घोष
(d) जी सरक्रियरन

Q113. Who has became World no.1 in the latest International Table Tennis Federation rankings in the Under-21 men's
singles category?
(a) Harmeet Desai
(b) Manav Thakkar
(c) Soumyajit Ghosh
(d) G. Sathiyan

• Young Indian paddler Manav Thakkar has became world no.1 in the latest International Table Tennis Federation
rankings in the Under-21 men's singles category.
• Thakkar became the fourth Indian to achieve the feat after Harmeet Desai, G Sathiyan and Soumyajit Ghosh.
• Among other Indians, G. Sathiyan has managed to retain his 30th spot in the senior category. Achanta Sharath
Kamal has climbed a spot to 33rd position.
• Top woman paddler, Manika Batra was static at the 61st position.

Q114. क्रकस फुटबॉल क्लब को मोहन बरगरन क्लब में क्रवलय कर् क्रदयर गयर है ?
(a) पूवी बंगरल FC
(b) ATK FC
(c) बेंगलुरु FC
(d) मुंबई क्रसटी FC

Q114. Which Football Club has been merged with the Mohun Bagan Club?
(a) East Bengal FC
(b) ATK FC
(c) Bengaluru FC
(d) Mumbai City FC

• Mohun Bagan will be rechristened ATK-Mohun Bagan from next season after the iconic club merged with ATK
FC by selling the majority stake. ATK (previously known as Atlético de Kolkata)

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• The merged club will come into existence in June and will compete in the ISL 2020-21. The two sides will,
however, play separately in the current I-League and ISL seasons.
• As per the deal, the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, who are the principal owners of ATK, will acquire majority
shareholding of 80 per cent in Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Private Limited.
• The new football club will have brand names of ATK and Mohun Bagan. This move will see the two football
clubs coming together into a new merged identity to compete in the rapidly growing professional Indian football
landscape .

Q115.क्रकस भरर्तीय मक्रहलर पहलवरन ने र्ोम र्ैं क्रकंग श्रृंिलर के आयोजन में स्वर्ा पदक जीतर है ?
(a) बबीतर फोगट
(b) सरक्षी मक्रलक
(c) क्रवनेश फोगट
(d) पूजर ढरं िर

Q115.Which Indian female wrestler has won gold medal at the Rome Ranking Series event?
(a) Babita Phogat
(b) Sakshi Malik
(c) Vinesh Phogat
(d) Pooja Dhanda

• A dominant Vinesh Phogat won her first gold medal of the 2020 season at the Rome Ranking Series event.
• Anshu Malik settled for silver in the 57kg competition, in Rome.
• Vinesh downed two tough Chinese rivals on her way to the 53kg gold medal bout in which she overpowered
Ecuador's Luisa Elizabeth Valverde.
• She won by technical superiority against Khrystyna Bereza and Lannuan Luo before getting the better of Qianyu
Pang.

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