Sports Current Affairs 2022
1. Who was the "Most Valuable Player (MVP)" in the 2016 Summer Olympics' men's volleyball competition?
- [A] Steve Timmons
- [B] Clayton Stanley
- [C] Murilo Endres
- [D] Sergio Santos
Answer - [D] Sergio Santos
2. Which nation's top men's professional handball league is called the "Eliteserien"?
- [A] Sweden
- [B] Denmark
- [C] Finland
- [D] Norway
Answer - [D] Norway
3. What sport's league is referred to as the "Polish Superliga"?
- [A] Football
- [B] Basketball
- [C] Baseball
- [D] Handball
Answer - [D] Handball
4. What is considered the "Bible of Cricket"?
- [A] Paper Lion
- [B] Cover Up
- [C] Wisden
- [D] Gaelic
Answer - [C] Wisden
5. Which nation's football squad goes by the nickname "Gli Azzurri (The Blues)"?
- [A] Italy
- [B] Spain
- [C] Portugal
- [D] Croatia
Answer - [A] Italy
6.Which sporting event is referred to as the "National Pro Fastpitch"?
- [A] Basketball
- [B] Baseball
- [C] Softball
- [D] Netball
Answer - [C] Softball
7. Where is the "World Rugby" headquarters located?
- [A] Canada
- [B] United States of America
- [C] Ireland
- [D] France
Answer - [C] Ireland
8. Which Grand Slam tennis event is the first to take place within a tennis calendar year?
- [A] Australian Open
- [B] French Open
- [C] Wimbledon Championship
- [D] US Open
Answer - [A] Australian Open
9. Where is the "O2 Arena Tennis Stadium" located?
- [A] Netherlands
- [B] United States of America
- [C] United Kingdom
- [D] Australia
Answer - [C] United Kingdom
10. Which sporting event is referred to as the "Grand Prix Super Series"?
- [A] Racing
- [B] Tennis
- [C] Polo
- [D] Golf
Answer - [B] Tennis
- 11) Which year did the inaugural Asian Games take place?
- (A) 1953
- (B) 1951
- (C) 1954
- (D) 1952
Answer- (B) 1951
- 12) Which sport has a subcategory called "Bandy"?
- (A) Hockey
- (B) Kabaddi
- (C) Squash
- (D) Hand ball
- 13) The ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy was created by which company?
- (A) Marylebone & Co
- (B) Adelaide & Co
- (C) Chappell & Co
- (D) Garrard & Co
- 14) At which Summer Olympics did cricket make its sole appearance?
- (A) 1901 Paris Games
- (B) 1900 Paris Games
- (C) 1903 Paris Games
- (D) 1902 Paris Games
- 15) What is the Asian Games' motto?
- (A) Go with the flow
- (B) For the love of the Game
- (C) Heading to the top
- (D) Ever Onward
- 16) Which nation is home to the International Cricket Council's (ICC) main office?
- (A) Australia
- (B) United Kingdom
- (C) South Africa
- (D) United Arab Emirates
- 17) Which sport's matches are famously organized by the "Hambleton Club"?
- (A) Cricket
- (B) Football
- (C) Basketball
- (D) Volleyball
- 18) Which year did the Australian cricket team embark on their first-ever international tour?
- (A) 1866
- (B) 1864
- (C) 1870
- (D) 1868
- 19) Which nations took part in the test cricket series known as "The Ashes"?
- (A) England Vs Australia
- (B) New Zealand Vs Australia
- (C) England Vs Canada
- (D) England Vs New Zealand
- 20) Who had the most wickets taken at the Women's Cricket World Cup?
- (A) Lyn Fullston
- (B) Katrina Keenan
- (C) Jane Smit
- (D) Jackie Lord
- 21) When was the first football World Cup held?
- (A) 1906
- (B) 1904
- (C) 1912
- (D) 1930
Answer- (D) 1930
- 22) Who is the World Boxing Council's president?
- (A) Luis Spota
- (B) Mauricio Sulaiman
- (C) Ray Mancini
- (D) Edwin Rosario
- 23) Which of the following sports did James Naismith create?
- (A) Basket Ball
- (B) Football
- (C) Badmintona
- (D) Ice Hockey
- 24) Who among the following batsmen was the first batsman to hit six sixes in an over?
- (A) Kapil Dev
- (B) Garfield Sobers
- (C) Ted Alletson
- (D) Ravi Shastri
- 25) Which of the following courts hosts the Chennai Open?
- (A) Grass Court
- (B) Carpet Court
- (C) Hard Court
- (D) Clay court
- 26) Who came up with the Olympic slogan?
- (A) Henri Didon
- (B) Andrew Parsons
- (C) Carl Jung
- (D) Baron Coubertin
- 27) In which year the Olympic flag was created?
- (A) 1912
- (B) 1913
- (C) 1914
- (D) 1915
- 28) Which country hosted the first UCI Mountain Bike World Championships?
- (A) Italy
- (B) Germany
- (C) United States
- (D) France
- 29) Which of the following sports is the M Vijayakrishna Memorial Cup associated with?
- (A) Polo
- (B) Badminton
- (C) Horse Races
- (D) Table Tennis
- 30) Which sports is related to the Ryder Cup?
- (A) Tennis
- (B) Badminton
- (C) Polo
- (D) Golf
Answer - (D) Golf
- 31) Which sport does Anishka Biyani play who recently won a gold medal?
- (A) Shooting
- (B) Chess
- (C) Boxing
- (D) Badminton
Answer- (B) Chess
- 32) Which cricketer from India has declared his retirement from all forms of the game?
- (A) Shikhar Dhawan
- (B) Ravindra Jadeja
- (C) Ravichandran Ashwin
- (D) Suresh Raina
- 33) Who won the 2022 Dutch Grand Prix of Formula One?
- (A) Charles Leclerc
- (B) Max Verstappen
- (C) Sebastian Vettel
- (D) Lewis Hamilton
- 34) Who has been chosen to serve as the All India Football Federation's new president?
- (A) Andrew Bonfield
- (B) Mehmood Khan
- (C) Laxman Narasimhan
- (D) Kalyan Chaubey
- 35) Who are the Star Indian Wrestlers Selected for the World Senior Championships in 2022?
- (A) Deepak Punia and Ravi Kumar Dahiya
- (B) Yogeshwar Dutt and Vinesh Phogat
- (C) Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Sakshi Malik
- (D) Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat
- 36) What sport is Linthoi Chanambam, who was in the headlines, related to?
- (A) Wrestling
- (B) Boxing
- (C) Judo
- (D) Weightlifting
- 37) Which city saw Denmark's Viktor Axelsen win the men's singles gold at the BWF World Championships for the second time?
- (A) Berlin
- (B) Tokyo
- (C) Sofia
- (D) Paris
- 38) Which nation does James Anderson represent playing Cricket?
- (A) England
- (B) New Zealand
- (C) India
- (D) South Africa
- 39) Who has played 100 international cricket matches in all three formats of the game, becoming the first Indian player ever?
- (A) Rohit Sharma
- (B) KL Rahul
- (C) Hardik Pandya
- (D) Virat Kohli
- 40) Who was the winner of the Women's BWF World Championship 2022?
- (A) Tai Tzu Ying
- (B) An Se Young
- (C) Akane Yamaguchi
- (D) Chen Yu Fei
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