Test: Current Affairs (Sports) - Software Development MCQ

The correct answer is ​Faf du Plessis.

Key Points

• Faf du Plessis was adjudged Player of the Match for his 86-run knock in the final as Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs to win their fourth Indian Premier League title.
• Faf du Plessis was the Former South Africa captain. 
• He announced his retirement from Test cricket on 17 February 2021. 
• Faf du Plessis played 69 Tests, scoring 4163 runs at an average of 40.02.
• He stepped down as South Africa's Test and T20I captain in 2020.

Additional Information

• Other Awards at IPL:

The correct answer is Ravi Kumar Dahiya.

Key Points

• Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya clinched an Olympic silver medal Men’s 57 kg freestyle.
  • He lost the final to Russian two-time defending world champion Zavur Uguev.
  • He belongs to Nahri village in Haryana.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Prayagraj.

Key Points

• The 36th All India Prize Money Indira Marathon was held in Prayagraj on November 19, 2021.
• Indira Marathon was started in 1985 in memory of former PM Indira Gandhi.
• The prize money in its early years was ₹50,000 for the winner.
• Later, the prize money was raised to ₹1 lakh for winners and then the same was enhanced to ₹2 lakh for the winner.
• The race covers a total distance of 42.195 km.

Important Points

• ​The 36th edition of All India Prize Money Indira Marathon will start from Anand Bhawan and end at Madan Mohan Malviya stadium in Prayagraj.
• Among the prominent runners, include Jyoti Shankar Gawte of Parbhani, Maharashtra who had secured the first position in six consecutive races of 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19.

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• In 2019, Amethi’s Rahul Kumar (Naib Subedar) became the champion in the men’s category while Harendra Chauhan was just one minute 13 seconds behind Rahul and came second.
• Hetram of Himachal Pradesh had finished third.
• Likewise, Shyamali was the winner in the women’s category and Neeta Patel of Prayagraj and Anita Rani of Haryana secured the second and third positions respectively.

The correct answer is Tek Chand.

Key Points

• Javelin thrower Tek Chand was India's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics.
• The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympic Games took place at the Tokyo Olympics village on August 24th, 2021. 
• Tek Chand is an Indian Paralympian in the F54 category.
• People with F54 disability are the ones who have got good control and coordination in their upper body. But lack the same in their lower body. Tek Chand performs in Paralympics while sitting only.
• Tek hails from Haryana’s Rewari district.
• He started practicing Javelin throw in the year 2016. At the Para Asian Games in 2018, Tek bagged a bronze medal and silver at the 2018 World Para Athletics Grand Prix in shotput.

Important Points

• Earlier, Mariyappan, a Rio 2016 Gold medal winner, was the flag bearer for India.
• But Hours before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics, flag bearer Mariyappan Thangavelu along with five other members of the Indian contingent have been put into quarantine after they came in close contact with a person who tested positive for Covid-19.
• Then Mariyappan Thangavelu has been replaced by Tek Chand as the country's flag bearer.

The correct answer is Ajaz Patel.

Key Points

• Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel on December 4, 2021, created history by taking all 10 wickets in an innings in the 2nd test match against India.
• He plays for New Zealand.
• He finished with figures of 10/119.
• He became the third bowler after Jim Laker and Anil Kumble to achieve the feat.
• Patel had made his Test debut against Pakistan in 2018 in Abu Dhabi. 

Additional Information

• Anil Kumble's record had come against Pakistan in a Test match at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla (Renamed Arun Jaitley Stadium) in 1999.
• Ravichandran Ashwin on 29 November 2021, went past Harbhajan Singh to become the third-highest wicket-taker for India in Test cricket, reaching the mark in his 80th match with 418 wickets.
• Anil Kumble tops the chart with 619 wickets and is followed by Kapil Dev, who has a total of 434 wickets under his name.
• Shreyas Iyer on 26 November 2021 became the 16th Indian batter to make a hundred on his Test debut.

The correct answer is Pakistan.

Key Points

• Pakistan will host the 2025 Champions Trophy, an ICC flagship tournament, after two decades.
• The United States and West Indies will co-host the 2024 T20 World Cup.
• This will be the first-ever global event hosted in North America. 
• India will get to host three ICC events in the next cycle, including the 2026 T20 World Cup and 2031 50-over World Cup, where the country will be Co-hosts along with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh respectively.
• India will also host the 2029 Champions Trophy singularly.

Additional Information

• Pakistan, who had last co-hosted the 1996 World Cup along with India and Sri Lanka, has not been able to host many international games in the country since the 2009 terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore.
• The Champions Trophy was last held in the UK in 2017 and it will be making its return in the ICC calendar after a gap of eight years.​
• Pakistan: 
  • Capital - Islamabad.
  • Currency - Pakistani rupee.
  • National Sport - Field hockey.

The correct answer is Shooting.

Key Points

• Singhraj Adhana won the bronze medal in the P1 men's 10m air pistol SH1 event at the Tokyo Paralympics.
• This was India's eighth medal at the Tokyo Paralympics 2021.
• Singhraj ended with a score of 216.8 in the final to finish behind Chinese duo Yang Chao (237.9) and Huang Xing (237.5).

Additional Information

• Paralympic Committee of India
  • PCI was founded in 1992.
  • It was then earlier named as Physically Handicapped Sports Federation of India.
  • It is the national body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at Paralympic Games (or Paralympics) as well as other international athletic meets.
  • PCI also manages Indian teams at these events.

The correct answer is Football.

Key Points

• Syed Shahid Hakim was a former Indian footballer.
• He was also a member of the last national team that played in the 1960 Rome Olympics.
• He passed away in August 2021.
• Hakim, a Dronacharya Awardee, has also been an assistant coach to the late PK Banerjee during the 1982 Asian Games in Delhi.
• He has been a FIFA badge holder international referee.
• He became only the second footballer to win the prestigious Dhyan Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in Sports.
• He served as the Chief Project Director at the Sports Authority of India.

The correct answer is Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Key Points

• Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batter, Ruturaj Gaikwad held the Orange Cap in the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). 
• The 24-year-old Gaikwad registered a total of 635 runs in 16 matches in the IPL 2021.

Additional Information

• Other Awards at IPL:

Important Points

• About IPL 2022:
  • IPL 2022 Champion Title won by Gujarat Titans.
  • The Orange Cap title winner is Jos Butler (Rajasthan Royals) with Total runs: 863 runs.
  • The Purple Cap title winner is Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals) with total 27 Wickets.
  • BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and General Secretary Jay Shah then receive a certificate as IPL created a Guinness world record for the world’s largest cricket jersey.
  • IPL 2022 Sponsorer was TATA.

The correct answer is Russia.

Key Points

• Russia’s 15-year wait for a Davis Cup title ended in December 2021.
• Daniil Medvedev beat Marin Cilic 7-6 (7), 6-2 in the second singles match to give Russia a 2-0 lead over Croatia in the final.
• It is Russia’s third Davis Cup title, and first since 2006.
• Russia’s other Davis Cup title was in 2002.
• Croatia also was seeking its third title after triumphs in 2005 and 2018.

Additional Information

• The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis.
• First played in 1900, it was originally called the International Lawn Tennis Trophy.
• The Davis Cup was named after American collegian Dwight Filley Davis, who came up with the idea to start a challenge tennis match between the USA and Great Britain.
• Russia: 
  • Capital - Moscow.
  • Currency - Russian ruble.
  • President - Vladimir Putin.
  • Prime minister - Mikhail Mishustin.