Current affairs Sports test 1 Welcome to your Current affairs Sports test 1 Name Email 1.World Cup-winning goalkeeper Iker Casillas announced his retirement from football in August 2020. To which of the following countries does he belong? (a) Spain (b) France (c) Australia (d) Canada None 2. Who among the following former Indian cricketers was appointed as the head coach of Uttarakhand Cricket Team in June 2020? (a) Rahul Dravid (b) Wasim Jaffer (c) Sachin Tendulkar (d) Akash Chopra None 3.Which of the following nations retained its ICC T20 Women’s World Cup Crown in March 2020? (a) England (b) New Zealand (c) India (d) Australia None 4. Who among the following Indian shooter won a gold in the 10 m air rifle category in 2018 ISSF Junior World Cup? (a) Aparajita Singh (b) Elavenil Valarivan (c) Rahi Sarnobat (d) Anisa Sayyed None 5.The Olympic Games 2024 are scheduled to be held in: (a) Tokyo (b) Los Angeles (c) Lima (d) Paris None 6.In 2019 which Indian cueist became the first to hold the World, Asian and Indian titles simultaneously in five different years? (a) Aditya Mehta (b) Pankaj Advani (c) Rupesh Shah (d) Sourav Kothari None 7.As of July 2020, which Indian cricketer captained India the most number of times in One-Day Internationals? (a) Kapil Dev (b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) Virat Kohli (d) Sourav Ganguly None 8.Which edition of Khelo India Youth Games was held in Guwahati in January 2020? (a) Second edition (b) Fifth edition (c) Fourth edition (d) Third edition None 9.Who among the following cricketers is NOT among the Wisden Five Cricketers of the Year named by the 2020 edition of the Wisden Almanack? (a) Andre Russell (b) Ellyse Perry (c) Jofra Archer (d) Pat Cummins None 10.Nitin Menon, who was included in the Elite Panel of Umpires/Referees for 2020-21 by an international sports body, is professionally associated with: (a) football (b) basketball (c) hockey (d) cricket None 11.Who among the following sportspersons was a winner of the Padma Shri in 2020? (a) Deepti Sharma (b) Manika Batra (c) Rani Rampal (d) Poonam Yadav None 12.Who won the Australian Open title of 2020 in the Men's singles event held in Melbourne? (a) Rajeev Ram (b) Joe Salisbury (c) Novak Djokovic (d) Dominic Thiem None 13. Pullela Gopichand was the chief coach of the Indian ______ team as of August 2020. (a) wrestling (b) badminton (c) judo (d) football None 15.Who was the captain of the Indian team at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020? (a) Veda Krishnamurthy (b) Shafali Verma (c) Richa Ghosh (d) Harmanpreet Kaur None 16. ______ is the youngest Indian cricketer to play all three formats (test matches, one-day internationals and twenty-twenty internationals) of the game. (a) Kuldeep Yadav (b) Ishant Sharma (c) Rishabh Pant (d) Hardik Pandya None 17.The Khelo India Youth Games, 2021, will be held in ______. (a) Haryana (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala (d) Punjab None 18.Poonam Yadav won the 2019 Arjuna Award for which sport? (a) Badminton (b) Cricket (c) Shooting (d) Wrestling None 19.Who won the Tour de France in 2020? (a) Sepp Kuss (b) Rudy Molard (c) Romain Sicard (d) Tadej Pogacar None 20.Which of the following teams won the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament? (a) Royal Challengers Bangalore (b) Mumbai Indians (c) Chennai Super Kings (d) Kolkata Knight Riders None 21.Who among the following Indian footballers was NOT a goalkeeper? (a) Bhaskar Ganguly (b) Peter T hangarage (c) Bidesh Bose (d) Brahmanand Salgaocar None 22.The Union Sports Ministry has decided to set up Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCE) in eight states in the first leg of the Khelo India Scheme. Which of the following is NOT one of these eight states? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka (c) Odisha (d) Nagaland None 23.Which of the following is NOT one of 'The Smart Triplets' – the official mascots of the 2022 Asian Games? (a) Lianlian (b) Chenchen (c) Kinchen (d) Congcong None 24.Who won the Styrian Grand Prix Formula 1 racing championship in July 2020? (a) Valtteri Bottas (b) Max Verstappen (c) Sebastian Vettel (d) Lewis Hamilton None 25.Who among the following won the All England Open Badminton Championship Men’s Singles 2020 title? (a) Chou Tien-chen (b) Lee Chong Wei (c) Lin Dan (d) Viktor Axelsen None Time's up