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Q:

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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Q:

How long does a basketball game last?

A) 35 min B) 55 min
C) 1 hr 15 min D) 48 min
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 48 min

Explanation:

A basketball game last for a total of 48 minutes which has 4 quarters of 12 minutes each excluding all timeouts, 15 min half time, fouls,...

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Q:

How many periods in National Hockey League?

A) 2 B) 3
C) 4 D) 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3

Explanation:

National Hockey League game is divide into 3 Periods each of 20 minutes. During the regular season, if the game ends in a tie, a 5 minute, sudden death overtime is played. In the playoffs, the overtime is 20 minutes long.

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Q:

Who has won Bronze Medal at World Blitz Chess Championship 2017?

A) Baadur Jobava B) Magnus Carlsen
C) Tigran Petrosian D) Viswanathan Anand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Viswanathan Anand

Explanation:

Viswanathan Anand continued his excellent run bagging a bronze in the World Blitz Chess Championship following his gold winning performance in the Rapid section.

 

  • The World Blitz Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held an annual joint rapid and blitz chess tournament and billed it as the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships.

 

  • The current world blitz champion is Magnus Carlsen.
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Who has become the first batsman to score three double tons in One Day Internationals?

A) Virat Kohli B) AB de Villiers
C) Chris Gayle D) Rohith Sharma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rohith Sharma

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Q:

How long are professional Golf Tour Players allotted per shot?

A) 22 seconds B) 36 seconds
C) 41 seconds D) 45 seconds
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 45 seconds

Explanation:

Professional Golf Tour Players were allotted 45 seconds per shot.

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Indian captain Virat Kohli became the first captain to hit six double centuries in Test cricket. He has surpassed -

A) Steve Smith B) Brian Lara
C) Michael Clarke D) Don Bradman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brian Lara

Explanation:

Virat Kohli surpasses Brian Lara with sixth Test double hundred as captain.

After reaching the milestone, Virat Kohli became the first captain to score six double tons in Test cricket. He has also become the first player to score six double centuries in just a span of 17 months. He also became the second Indian to score back-to-back double centuries, only after Vinod Kambli.

Apart from him, the only other cricketers who have scored back-to-back double Test tons are Wally Hammond, Don Bradman, Kambli, Kumar Sangakkara and Michael Clarke.

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Q:

Ricky Ponting is also known as _______.

A) Punter B) Ponty
C) Rickster D) Ponter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Punter

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Who has won the men's singles title at the 82nd Senior National Championship?

A) H S Prannoy B) Ashwini Kumar
C) Rakesh Kumar D) Kidambi Srikanth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) H S Prannoy

Explanation:

H S Prannoy has won the men’s singles title at the 82nd Senior National Championship Senior National Badminton Championships in Nagpur, Maharashtra on November 8, 2017. He defeated higher ranked Kidambi Srikanth in the final by 21- 15, 16- 21, 21-7.

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