Important Current Affairs Quiz for Bank Mains Exams 2022- 16th February

Q1. Who has been appointed as an ambassador by Legends League Cricket (LLC) to its All Women Match Official Team to promote Women’s Empowerment?
(a) Smriti Mandhana
(b) Harmanpreet Kaur
(c) Jhulan Goswami
(d) Mithali Raj
(e) None of the above

Q2. India’s first para-badminton academy has been set up in which of the following place?
(a) Ranchi, Jharkhand
(b) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(c) Hyderabad, Telangana
(d) Bhatinda, Punjab
(e) None of the above

Q3. Which country has lifted the under-19 Asia cricket Cup in Dubai?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Pakistan
(d) India
(e) None of the above

Q4. Who has became India’s 73rd chess Grandmaster?
(a) Mitrabha Guha
(b) Bharath Subramaniyam
(c) Sankalp Gupta
(d) Raja Rithvik
(e) None of the above

Q5. The All India Sports Council of the Deaf has got approval from the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) to host the first World Deaf T20 Cricket Championship. It will be held in which state?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Maharashtra
(c) West Bengal
(d) Kerala
(e) None of the above

Q6. Who has been named as the captain of the ICC Men’s T20I team of the year for 2021?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Kane Williamson
(c) Babar Azam
(d) Rohit Sharma
(e) None of the above

Q7. Name the Indian badminton player who has defeated World Champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore, in the men’s singles final of India Open 2022.
(a) Srikanth Kidambi
(b) Lakshya Sen
(c) H.S. Prannoy
(d) B. Sai Praneeth
(e) None of the above

Q8. Which of the following is the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the 2022 and 2023 seasons?
(a) Tata Group
(b) Oppo India
(c) Jio
(d) Vivo
(e) None of the above

Q9. Who became the first Indian to grab World no 1 in Under-19 (U-19) Girls Singles category in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) Junior rankings?
(a) Tanisha Crasto
(b) Malvika Bansod
(c) Tasnim Mir
(d) Gayatri Gopichand
(e) None of the above

Q10. Sports Ministry’s Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of India has approved the inclusion of athlete Md Arif Khan in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Core group. Md Arif Khan is associated with which of the sports?
(a) Diving
(b) Fencing
(c) Squash
(d) Alpine Skiing
(e) None of the above

Solutions

S1.Ans(c)
Sol. Legends League Cricket (LLC) has appointed Jhulan Goswami as an ambassador to its All Women Match Official Team to promote Women’s Empowerment.

S2.Ans (b)
Sol. India’s first para-badminton academy has been set up in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

S3.Ans(d)
Sol. India has lifted the under-19 Asia cricket Cup by defeating Sri Lanka by nine wickets in a rain-interrupted One-Day International final in Dubai through the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.

S4.Ans (b)
Sol. Tamil Nadu’s Bharath Subramaniyam became India’s 73rd chess Grandmaster.

S5.Ans(d)
Sol. The All India Sports Council of the Deaf has got approval from the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) to host the first World Deaf T20 Cricket Championship in Kerala.

S6.Ans(c)
Sol. Pakistani skipper Babar Azam has been named as the captain of the ICC Men’s T20I team of the year for 2021.

S7.Ans(b)
Sol. Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen has defeated World Champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore, in the men’s singles final of India Open 2022.

S8.Ans(a)
Sol. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has informed that Tata group has replaced Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Vivo as the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

S9.Ans(c)
Sol. Tasnim Mir became the first Indian to grab World no 1 in Under-19 (U-19) Girls Singles category with 10,810 points in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) Junior rankings.

S10.Ans(d)
Sol. Sports Ministry’s Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of India has approved the inclusion of Alpine Skiing athlete Md Arif Khan in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Core group.