Sports Current Affairs Quiz - November 2016

1. __________ will host the 2018 Invictus Games for wounded military personnel, Britain's Prince Harry announced ?

Australia  UK USA Russia None of These

2. _______________’s Petra Kvitova won 2016 WTA Elite Singles Tennis Trophy. She defeated Ukrainian Elina Svitolina ?

Portugal Italy Czech Republic Vietnam None of These

3. First Indian National Open Accuracy Paragliding Championship held at Bir­Billing, ___________ ?

Uttarakhand Sikkim Assam Himachal Pradesh None of These

4. _____________ Footballer Miroslav Klose retired. He is top scorer in world cup games (16 goals) and also _________’s record scorer with 71 goals ?

Italy England Portugal France Germany

5. Henri Kontinen (_________) and John Peers (Australia) won ATP World Tour Masters Doubles title at BNP Paribas Masters in Paris ?

Switzerland Portugal Finland Italy None of These

6. India won eight gold medals in Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in ____________ ?

Singapore Italy Malaysia Indonesia None of These

7. Indian Cricketer __________ became brand ambassador for 2017 T20 Blind Cricket World Cup, to be hosted by India in January ­ February 2017. 10 countries will participate in the event ?

Anil Kumble Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar M S Dhoni None of These

8. Indian Golf player __________ became first Indian woman to win a Ladies European Tour title after she won $60000 Prize Title of Hero Women’s Indian Open in Gurugram (Haryana) ?

Aditi Ashok Sharmila Nicolet Kishi Sinha Vani Kapoor None of These

9. Indian women's hockey team wont its first Asian Champions Trophy, defeating __________ by 2 ­ 1. The tournament was hosted by Singapore ?

China Malaysia Indonesia Myanmar None of These

10. Indian women’s carrom team won gold at 7th World Carrom Championship by defeating ______ in Birmingham (UK) ?

UK USA Bolivia Sri Lanka None of These

11. Mercedes Racer Lewis Hamilton (__________) won 2016 Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix?

Australia USA Italy Britain None of These

12. Mumbai's Western Railways women's team won 33rd Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament defeating __________ ?

Punjab Haryana Himachal Pradesh Rajasthan None of These

13. Noted _________ Boxer Manny Pacquiao reclaims World Boxing Organisation (WBO) welterweight title for third time ?

Russia USA Spain Italy Philippines

14. _________ has won 2016 National Women Premier Chess Championship, creating hat­trick in National Women Premier Chess Championship in 3 consecutuve years ?

Padmini Rout Dronavalli Harika Koneru Humpy Tania Sachdev None of These

15. ________ became first Indian to be drafted into USA's Premier Basketball League NBA, after being selected 11th in 4th Round of NBA D­League Draft held in New York ?

Shiba Maggon Anitha Pauldurai Satnam Singh Palpreet Singh None of These

16. __________ Cricketer Robin Peterson announced retirement from all forms of Cricket ?

British West Indian South African  Australian None of These

17. __________ became first Indian Test captain to be out hit wicket since Lala Amarnath in 1949, during Rajkot Test against England ?

M S Dhoni Virat Kohli  Sachin Tendulkar Gauta Gambhir None of These

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