Question 1

P.V. Sindhu defeated which player in the finals to win her maiden India Open Super Series title on 2 April 2017 ?

Accepted Answer

India’s P.V. Sindhu avenged her Rio Olympic final defeat to Spain’s Carolina Marin in an emphatic style with a straight game 21-19, 21-16 win in the women’s singles final of India Open Super Series at a packed Siri Fort Sports Complex on 2 April 2017. – It is worth mentioning that Sindhu had lost to Marin the Rio Olympic women’s singles final. But she avenged her Olympic final defeat to Marin in an imperious fashion with a straight game. This was Sindhu’s first India Open Super Series title.

Question 2

How long does a basketball game last?

Accepted Answer

A basketball game last for a total of 48 minutes which has 4 quarters of 12 minutes each excluding all timeouts, 15 min half time, fouls,...

Question 3

Who is named as 'Captain of the year' in the 10th annual ESPNcricinfo Awards ?

Accepted Answer

Indian international cricketer Virat Kohli has named as the 'Captain of the Year' at the 10th annual ESPNcricinfo Awards. Kohli led India to nine wins out of 12 Tests in the year 2016. ♦ The ESPNcricinfo awards honour the best batting and bowling performances across the international formats of the game in the preceding calendar year. ♦ This year ESPNcricinfo introduced awards for women’s cricket across all three international formats.

Question 4

Which team became the first team in history to win 100 T20 matches ?

Accepted Answer

Two times IPL champions Mumbai Indians (MI) reached a new milestone as they became the first team in history to win 100 T20 matches. The Mumbai outfit defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens by 9 runs in their final match of the league stage of IPL 2017.

Question 5

Which country’s team has won the 2017 Asian Team Snooker Championship ?

Accepted Answer

India’s leading cueist Pankaj Advani teamed up with Laxman Rawat to demolish Pakistan in the final of the Asian Team Snooker Championship by 3-0 in Bishskek, Kyrgyszstan on July 5, 2017. With the title and the win in the final, Advani remained the only player not to lose a single individual match in the team event. This title brings up Advani’s second Asian title this season and 8th overall while it was a first major first international title for Rawat.

Question 6

_______ creates history, becoming leading run-getter in Women’s ODIs ?

Accepted Answer

1. Mithali Raj has been India’s premier player ever since she made her debut in 1999. 2. In the crucial game against Australia, Mithali became the woman cricketer who has scored most runs in ODIs. Mithali Raj became the first women’s player to reach 6000 ODI runs. England’s Charlotte Edwards was the previous leading run-getter in ODIs with 5992 runs. 3. She has 48 not-outs to her name, which is the most in women’s cricket.

Question 7

Badminton is national game of which country?

Accepted Answer

Badminton is national game of Indonesia. Given below are some countries with their national games :: Country National Game Japan Judo. England Cricket. Spain Bull Fighting. Sri Lanka Volley Ball. Indonesia Badminton. China Table Tennis. Bhutan Archery. USA Baseball. Canada Ice Hockey. Bangladesh Kabaddi. Pakistan Hockey. Scotland Rugby Football. Germany Football. Argentina Pato.

Question 8

Who has won Bronze Medal at World Blitz Chess Championship 2017?

Accepted Answer

Viswanathan Anand continued his excellent run bagging a bronze in the World Blitz Chess Championship following his gold winning performance in the Rapid section. The World Blitz Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held an annual joint rapid and blitz chess tournament and billed it as the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships. The current world blitz champion is Magnus Carlsen.

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