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Which of the statements given below are correct?

A) Netherlands won the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup.

B) Australia won the 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final.

C) Fan Zhendong won the Tennis 2017 US Open Men's Singles.

 

A) Only B B) Only C
C) Both B and C D) A, B and C

Answer:   A) Only B



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Who is appointed as ambassador for ICC Women's world cup 2017 by the ICC ?

A) Sachin Tendulkar B) Veerender Sehwag
C) Virat Kohli D) Rahul Dravid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sachin Tendulkar

Explanation:

ICC appoints Sachin Tendulkar as an ambassador for ICC Women's world cup 2017.

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Which will be the new sponsor of the Indian cricket team from April 2017 ?

A) Paytm B) Star
C) Oppo D) Reliance-Jio
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Oppo

Explanation:

OPPO, the mobile manufacturing brand has dealt with Indian Cricket Team for its sponsorship for 05 years. OPPO has paid Rs. 1079 crore for this deal. The BCCI has signed a five-year contract with OPPO and this contract will begin from April.

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Who is named as 'Captain of the year' in the 10th annual ESPNcricinfo Awards ?

A) Quinton de Kock B) Hayley Williams
C) Ben Stokes D) Virat Kohli
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Virat Kohli

Explanation:

Indian international cricketer Virat Kohli has named as the 'Captain of the Year' at the 10th annual ESPNcricinfo Awards. Kohli led India to nine wins out of 12 Tests in the year 2016.

♦ The ESPNcricinfo awards honour the best batting and bowling performances across the international formats of the game in the preceding calendar year.
♦ This year ESPNcricinfo introduced awards for women’s cricket across all three international formats.

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Who became the fastest bowler to get to 250 wickets in the test matches ?

A) K. Rabada B) R. Ashwin
C) T G Southee D) Jadeja
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) R. Ashwin

Explanation:

Indian Cricket team off-spin specialist Ravichandran Ashwin has become the fastest cricketer to take 250 wickets in the Test matches. Ashwin surpassed Australian fast bowler Dennis Keith Lillee to reach the milestone of 250 Test wicket. Thus Ravichandran Ashwin has become the sixth Indian bowler to reach 250 test wickets.

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Who wins The World's Best Playmaker of the year 2016 ?

A) Lionel Messi B) Toni Kroos
C) Riyad Mahrez D) Andres Iniesta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Lionel Messi

Explanation:

Argentine Star Lionel Messi was chosen as the World’s Best Playmaker for the year 2016 on December 29, 2016, by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). Messi topped the list with 172 points followed by Andres Iniesta at second spot with 66 points and Toni Kross third with 45 points.

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Q:

First Indian woman, to win The silver medal in Rio Olympics 2016 ?

A) Sakshi Malik B) P V Sindhu
C) Dipa Karmakar D) Saina Nehwal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) P V Sindhu

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Q:

Who are winners of 2016 Kabaddi World Cup ?

A) Iran B) Australia
C) India D) Bangladesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) India

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Which batsman has scored two double hundreds in one day cricket (ODI) ?

A) Rohit Sharma B) Chris Gayle
C) Sachin Tendulkar D) Martin Guptill
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rohit Sharma

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