Sports Quizzes - Current Affair MCQs

Ans: A - Australia

• India's Rohan Bopann and Australia's Matthew Ebden have won the men's doubles event of the Indian Wells Masters tennis tournament.

• In the final held in California, USA, the pair defeated Koolhoff of Holland and Neil Skupsky of Britain 6-3, 2-6, 10-8.

Ans: C - Tamil Nadu

• Jesvin Aldrin of Tamil Nadu broke the record of 8.36m held by Indian teammate M Sreeshankar by clearing 8.42m in the men's long jump at the 2nd AFI National Jumping Championship.

• Aldrin had won gold in Kozhikode last year with a jump of 8.37 metres.

Ans: A - Sachin Tendulkar

• A life-size statue of Sachin Tendulkar will be installed at the Wankhede Stadium.
• Sachin Tendulkar started his cricket career at Wankhede Stadium.
• He played his 200th and last Test match against the West Indies in 2013 on this ground.

• His statue is expected to be unveiled on April 24 on the occasion of his 50th birthday.

Ans: D – Madhya Pradesh

• Madhya Pradesh has won the 13th Senior Women's National Hockey Championship by defeating Maharashtra in the final.

• Player of the match award was given to Karishma Yadav and best player of the tournament award to Pratibha Arya.

Ans: D - All of the above

• Sharath Kamal, Sathian Ganasekharan and Manika Batra will lead the Indian challenge at the World Table Tennis Star Contenders.
• The tournament will start from February 27 till March 5 in Panjim, Goa.

• Sharath along with Sathian, Payas Jain and Wesley do Rosario will lead India in the men's singles draw, while Manika Challenge will lead the charge in women's singles along with Sreeja Akula and Suhana Saini.

Ans: A – Australia

• Australia defeated South Africa by 19 runs to lift the ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup trophy.
• Australia has won the ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup trophy for the sixth time.

• Beth Muneek scored the most unbeaten 74 runs for Australia.

Ans: B – Daniil Medvedev

• Russian player Daniil Medvedev has won the title by defeating Britain's Andy Murray in the final of Qatar Open in Doha.
• He won the Rotterdam Open title last week and is the only male player to win two consecutive titles this year.

• This is the 17th Tour title of the 27-year-old Medvedev's career and with this he is back in the top 10 of the ATP rankings.

Ans: C – Bronze

• India's Greco-Roman wrestler Ankit Gulia has won a bronze medal in the 72 kg category at the Ibrahim Mustafa Ranking-Series in Alexandria, Egypt.

• The 19-year-old Ankit defeated Nurzhigit Keneshbek Ulu of Kyrgyzstan 9-0 in the repechage round.