Sports Current Affairs Quiz - January 2016

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1. 2016 Brisbane International Tennis - Men's Singles has been won by Milos Raonic (______), Women's Singles - Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) ?

USA
Canada
UK
Russia
None of These


2. 2016 Syed Modi International Grand prix Gold Championship Badminton Title - Mens singles - _______ by defeating Huang Yuxiang of China ?

Parupalli Kashyap
Chetan Anand
Kidambi Srikanth
Valiyaveetil Diju
None of These


3. 34th National Rowing Championships held in Hyderabad (________) ?

Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Telangana
None of These


4. _________ won Hopman Cup 28th edition by defeatig Ukraine in Australia. ?

Germany
France
Czech Republic
Australia Gold
Australia Green


5. According to Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings, Indian ______ is been ranked as World No. 1 in junior men's singles category. ?

Sourabh Varma
Ajay Jayaram
Siril Verma
Parupalli Kashyap
None of These


6. _______'s Lionel Messi won 2015 Ballon dOr award for worlds best football player for record fifth time. USAs Carli Lloyd won women's world player of the year award ?

Argentina
Brazil
USA
UK
None of These


7. _______ withdrew from Under-19 Cricket World Cup Tournament to be held in Bangladesh due to security reasons ?

Germany
Australia
USA
UK
None of These


8. Australian Open 2016 Winners - Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbia ), Women's Singles - Angelique Kerber (Germany), Women's Doubles - Martina Hingis (Switzerland) / __________ (India) ?

Shikha Uberoi
Ankita Raina
Saina Nehwal
Rushmi Chakravarthi
Sania Mirza


9. In BCCI Awards 2014-2015, C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement was given to Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani while Polly Umrigar Award (Cricketer of The Year) was given to __________ ?

Suresh Raina
Virat Kohli
R Ashwin
MS Dhoni
None of These


10. _______'s racing driver Pietro Fittipaldi won 2015 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 in Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu) ?

Brazil
USA
UK
Russia
None of These


11. _______ won maiden Premier Badminton League title by beating Mumbai Rockets ?

Bengaluru Topgun
Awadhe Warriors
Hyderabad Hunters
Delhi Acers
None of These


12. _____'s cricketer Matthew Hobden passed away ?

USA
England
France
Germany
None of These


13. Government permitted jallikattu, ______s traditional bull-taming sport, ahead of the Pongal festival. It was prohibited in 2011 ?

Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Assam
Tripura
Tamil Nadu


14. _____ defeated Pakistan to win first Blind T20 Asia Cup in Kochi (Kerala) ?

India
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Bhutan
None of These


15. ____ won 2015 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) championship for record seventh timeby defeating Afghanistan ?

Pakistan
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
India
None of These


16. India's Jehan Daruvala won 2016 Lady Wigram Trophy motor race, which is one of ________'s prestigious sports events ?

USA
UK
New Zealand
Australia
None of These


17. Indian Badminton Player ________ won 2016 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Badminton title by defeating Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour ?

Saina Nehwal
P V Sindhu
Kidambi Srikanth
Chetan Anand
None of These


18. Indian shooter ______ broke world record (score 211.2) as she won gold in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at Swedish Cup Grand Prix ?

Gagan Narang
Apurvi Chandela
Abhinav Bindra
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
None of These


19. Indian spinner _____ became No. 1 Test bowler in latest ICC Rankings ?

Harbhajan Singh
Ravindra Jadeja
Suresh Raina
Ravichandran Ashwin
None of These


20. International Hockey Federation (FIH) Male Player of The Year - Robert Van der Horst (Netherlands') and Female Player of the Year - Lidewij Welten (_______) ?

Netherlands
Poland
Spain
France
None of These

 

21. ______ won 12th Sub-Junior National Snooker championship in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) ?

Ishika Shah
Pankaj Advani
Aditya Mehta
Geet Sethi
None of These


22. Kayaker Rene Holten Poulsen named as _______’s sportsperson of the year 2015. ?

Poland
Denmark
Spain
France
None of These


23. Mohammedan Football Club bestowed life-time membership to Actor ______. It is one of oldest and leading football clubs in India. ?

Salman Khan
Amir Khan
Shahrukh Khan
Amitabh Bachchan
None of These


24. Nagjee International Club Football Tournament will be held in _____ in February 2016. Brazil's Ronaldinho Gaucho will be its Brand Ambassador ?

Karnataka
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Haryana
Kerala


25. Navneet Kaur Santosh Kadale won two gold medals in 34th Senior National Rowing Championship in Hyderabad (______). ?

Tamilnadu
Kerala
Telangana
Gujarat
None of These


26. _____ won 26th Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey tournament by defeating Indian Railways ?

ONGC
SAIL
BHEL
BEL
None of These


27. _______ won his sixth Snooker Masters title after defeating Barry Hawkins in London (UK) ?

Pankaj Advani
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Mark Selby
Stephen Hendry
None of These


28._________'s Marat Safin has been inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame ?

USA
UK
Russia
Spain
None of These


29. _____'s Ivan Popov won 14th Parsvnath Delhi International Open Chess Title ?

Namibia
Poland
Netherlands
Spain
Russia


30. Sourav Kothari won National Billiards Championship by defeating ______ ?

Pankaj Advani
Geet Serthi
Siddharth Parekh
K Srikanth
None of These


31. South African Graham Xavier Ford named chief coach of ______ cricket team for second term. ?

USA
UK
Russia
Sri Lanka
None of These


32. Stanislas Wawrinka (______) won 2016 Chennai Open tennis by defeating Borna Coric (Croatia). Its his 4th chennai open win. ?

USA
Switzerland
UK
Spain
France


33. Switzerland's _____ became First male to win 300th matches at Grand Slams All time record is set by Martina Navratilova (306 wins at grand slams) ?

Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Martina Hingis
Patty Schnyder
None of These


34. Tennis's governing bodies constituted _____ headed Independent Review Panel (IRP) to safeguard integrity in tennis ?

Novak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal
Roger Federer
Andy Murray
Adam Lewis


35. The 4th All India Police Archery Championship held in ______ ?

Kerala
Nagaland
Goa
Gujarat
None of These


36. _____ won Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy by defeating Baroda. ?

Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
None of These


37. _______ won 59th Maharashtra Kesri Wrestling Championship ?

Narsingh Pancham Yadav
Bajrang Kumar
Amit Kumar
Vinesh Phogat
Vijay Chaudhari


38. _____ appointed as mentor of Kings XI Punjab team for season 9 of Indian Premier League (IPL). ?

Virender Sehwag
Sachin Tendulkar
Saurav Ganguly
M S Dhoni
None of These


39. WTA Apia Internatioanl Title Men's Singles won by Viktor Troicki and Women's Singles won by ______ ?

Serena Williams
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Sania Mirza
Stanislas Wawrinka
None of These


40. ______ has been voted 2015 England Player of the Year for fourth time ?

David Beckham
Joe Hart
John Stones
Kyle Walker
Wayne Rooney


41. ____ batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul announced his retirement from international cricket. ?

Indian
West Indies
Sri Lankan
Pakistani
Bangaldeshi


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