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The Correct Answer is 24 seconds.

In News

• World University Games 2025: Srihari Nataraj, Benediction Rohit set new ‘Best Indian Performance’ timings.

Key Points

• The World University Games 2025 are being held in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany with participation from 150+ countries.

• Also known as the FISU Games, the event is a global platform for university athletes.

• Srihari Nataraj set a new Best Indian Performance in the men’s 200m freestyle with a time of 1:48.22, beating his own previous record of 1:48.66.

• B. Benediction Rohit became the first Indian male swimmer to finish 50m butterfly in under 24 seconds, clocking 23.96s in the semifinals.

• This broke a 7-year-old national record in the 50m butterfly event.

The Correct Answer is 6.

In News

• India shines at Budapest Wrestling meet; Sujeet, Harshita, Antim strike gold.

Key Points

• Indian women wrestlers won 4 medals at the Polyák Imre & Varga János Memorial 2025 in Budapest, Hungary.

• Medal tally: 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze in women’s category.

• Antim Panghal won gold in 53kg, defeating Natalia Malysheva (Russia) 7–4.

  • This is Antim’s 2nd international gold of the year (after Ulaanbaatar Open).

• Harshita won gold in 72kg with a 10–0 win over Zhamila Bakbergenova (Kazakhstan).

• Neha Sangwan won silver in 57kg, losing to Helen Maroulis (USA) via pinfall.

• Neelam secured bronze in 50kg, beating Kseniya Stankevich (Belarus).

• In men’s freestyle:

  • Sujeet Kalkal won gold in 65kg.

  • Rahul earned bronze in 57kg.

• Jaideep was eliminated in men’s 74kg quarterfinals.

• Total Indian medals at Budapest meet: 6 (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze).

• This event is the 4th and final ranking series of 2025, helping with World Championship seeding.

• World Wrestling Championships 2025 to be held in Zagreb, Croatia in September.

• India has fielded wrestlers across men’s freestyle, women’s freestyle, and Greco-Roman categories.

The Correct Answer is Patna.

In News

• Bihar Hosts 1st Indian Open Athletics Meet at Patna's Patliputra Sports Complex.

Key Points

• Bihar is hosting the first-ever Indian Open Athletics Meet 2025 at the Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna.

• Over 400 athletes from across India are participating in the one-day event.

• Performance in this meet will determine selection for upcoming Asian and Commonwealth Games.

• Events include:

  • Track: sprint, long/middle-distance runs, relay, steeplechase

  • Field: long jump, high jump, pole vault, shot put, discus, javelin, hammer throw

  • Combined: decathlon, heptathlon, marathon & half marathon

• Organized by Athletics Federation of India (AFI) and Bihar State Sports Authority.

• Top national and international athletes participating, including:

  • Animesh Kujur – national record holder in 100m & 200m

  • Dev Meena – national record in pole vault

  • Ankita Dhyani – Olympian & Asian medalist

  • Himanshu Jakhar – India’s first U-18 javelin gold medalist

  • Kishore Jena, Kiran Pahal, Sachin Yadav, Purnima Hembrom – top Olympians & Asian medalists

• 23 athletes from Bihar are also competing.

• The event boosts Bihar’s sports profile and could attract more national/international events.

The Correct Answer is 613 Medals.

In News

• Amit Shah Felicitates Indian Police for 613 Medals at World Police & Fire Games 2025.

Key Points

• Union Home & Cooperation Minister Amit Shah addressed a felicitation ceremony in New Delhi to honor the Indian Police and Fire Brigade contingent.

• The team won 613 medals at the 21st World Police and Fire Games 2025, held in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

• Shah announced a cash incentive of ₹4.38 crore for the athletes.

• The World Police and Fire Games is the third-largest global sporting event after the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, with nearly 10,000 athletes participating worldwide.

• The 2029 edition of the Games will be hosted in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, and Kevadia (Gujarat).

• Government initiatives include:

  • Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) supporting 3,000 athletes

  • Monthly ₹50,000 stipends for Olympic preparation

  • Bids to host the 2036 Olympics, Asian Games, and CWG

  • Fit India Movement helped triple India’s global medal tally

• New initiatives include:

  • 25 outdoor sports teams per force

  • Combined CAPF teams

  • New recruitment rules to spot sporting talent

  • Upcoming National Sports Bill to allow state police to compete as single units in national events

  • Push for world-class coaching and sports-injury treatment

• Ministry of Sports to provide full support for global preparation.

The Correct Answer is Sujeet Kalkal.

In News

• Sujeet wins India’s first UWW Ranking gold of 2025 in 65kg freestyle.

Key Points

• Sujeet Kalkal clinched gold in 65kg men’s freestyle at the Polyak Imre & Varga Janos Memorial in Budapest, Hungary.

• Defeated Ali Rahimzade of Azerbaijan (a 4-time European medallist) 5-1 in the final.

• This was India’s first gold at a UWW Ranking Series event in 2025.

• In the 57kg men’s freestyle, Rahul won bronze, beating Germany’s Niklas Stechele 4-0.

The correct answer is Shooting.In News 

• Tilottama Sen won a bronze medal in the women's 10m Air Rifle at ISSF World Cup Cairo in Egypt on 22 February 2023.
  • She won the second bronze for India.
• Great Britain’s Seonaid Mcintosh won gold and Switzerland’s Olympic Champion Nina Christen came second to win silver.

Important Points 

The correct answer is Akshay Karnewar.

Key Points

• Akshay Karnewar has become the first bowler in men's T20 cricket to concede zero runs from his full quota of overs. 
• He achieved this feat of bowling four maiden overs during the Round 4 Plate match against Manipur in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021-22 at the ACA Stadium in Vijaywada.
• Karnewar finished with impressive figures of four overs, four maidens, and two wickets (4-4-0-2). 

The correct answer is India.

• India to host Mens Cricket World Cup 2023.
• The 2023 Men's ICC Cricket World Cup will be the 13th edition of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, scheduled to be hosted by India during October and November 2023.
• There are 12 ICC World Cups have been played so far.
• England Wales has hosted the Cricket World Cup 5 times.
• India has hosted the Cricket World Cup 3 times in association with three other countries but now India will host the Cricket World Cup 2023 alone.
• This will be the first time that Cricket World Cup 2023 would be completely held on Indian soil.
• 2011 - India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
• 2015 - Australia, New Zealand

The correct answer is Australia.

Key Points

• Australia was crowned the winner of the 2022 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, on 3 April 2022.
• This was their seventh title.
• Australia defeated England in the final by 71 runs at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Alyssa Healy became the first batter in the history of the game to hit a hundred in the semi-final and the final of the World Cup.

Additional Information

• The Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal and Minister for Trade Mr Dan Tehan signed the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement on 02 April 2022.
• Jeff Darling, the Australian cinematographer and director has passed away on 29 March 2022.

The correct answer is Karnataka.

Key Points 

• Vijay Hazare Trophy:
  • The Vijay Hazare Trophy, also known as the Ranji One-Day Trophy, is an annual limited-overs cricket domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy plates organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
  • The tournament was started in the 2002-03 season and is named after the legendary twentieth-century Indian cricketer Vijay Hazare.
  • Tamil Nadu is the most successful team having won the trophy five times.
  • The 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 16th season of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament in India.
  • It was contested by the 28 domestic cricket teams of India.
  • In the first semi-final, Karnataka beat Maharashtra by 9 wickets to advance to the final.
  • In the second semi-final, Saurashtra beat Andhra by 59 runs to progress.
  • In the final, Karnataka beat Saurashtra by 41 runs to win the tournament.
  • Karnataka's Mayank Agarwal scored 723 runs during the tournament and scored 2,141 runs across all formats, the highest total by any batsman in an Indian domestic season.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Commonwealth Games.

• Commonwealth Games – The first-ever commonwealth games took place in Canada in 1930 where 11 nations had participated. It takes place every four years. 
• The last Commonwealth Games took place in 2018 (Gold Coast, Australia) and the next is scheduled to be held in 2022 in Birmingham.
• The event has seen many changes in its name over the years:

Important Points 

• World Games – The first world games took place in 1981. They take place every four years and last for 11 days. Athletes compete in sports that are not part of the Olympic games.
• Asian Games – These are also held every four years. The first edition took place in New Delhi in March 1951. It was inaugurated by then President Rajendra Prasad at Dhyan Chand National stadium. The 18th edition was held in 2018 at Jakarta and Palembang. The 19th edition is scheduled to be held in 2022 in Hangzhou, China.
• Diamond League – It is an annual series of track and field competitions, organized by World Athletics. It was founded in 2010.​

The correct answer is ‘Games Wide Open’.

Key Points

• Organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics unveiled “Games Wide Open” as their official slogan on 25 July 2022.
• Having previously hosted in 1900 and 1924, Paris will be hosting the Summer Olympics third time in 2024.
• The 2024 Summer Olympics are scheduled to take place from July 26 to August 11 2024.
• Athletes will compete in a total of 329 events in 32 sports.

Additional Information

• The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, are a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years.
• The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and most recently the 2020 Summer Olympics were held in 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. 
• The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894.
• The first edition of The Olympic Games was held in Athens in 1896 and was attended by just 245 competitors, of whom more than 200 were Greek, and only 14 countries were represented.
• Asia has hosted the Summer Olympics four times: in Tokyo (1964 and 2020), Seoul (1988), and Beijing (2008).

The correct answer is Novak Djokovic.

Key Points

• World number one Novak Djokovic won a sixth Paris title and record 37th Masters crown on 7 November 2021.
• He defeated 2020 champion Daniil Medvedev 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the final.
• The Masters title secured Djokovic's second record after he was confirmed as season-ending world number one for the seventh time.

Additional Information

•  List of top International tennis players along with their rankings:
  • 1st: Novak Djokovic, Serbia
  • 2nd: Daniil Medvedev, Russia
  • 3rd: Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece
  • 4th: Alexander Zverev, Germany
  • 5th: Rafael Nadal, Spain

The correct answer is the US, Canada, Mexico.

• FIFA world cup 2026 will be held in the US, Canada, Mexico.

Key Points

• The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23^rd FIFA World Cup tournament and it will be hosted in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
• The first football club in the world ‘Sheffield Football Club’ was founded in the year 1857 in England. 
• The first football club of India, named 'Calcutta FC', was founded in 1872.
• The apex institution of football is ‘Federation of International formed by seven countries on May 21, 1904.  

• The headquarters of FIFA is in Zürich, Switzerland.

Additional Information

• Football was included as a competitive game in Olympic Games officially in 1908.
• India took part in the World Olympic Football Competition in 1948 in London.
• The first World Cup was organized at Monte (Uruguay) in 1930. 
• In India, Indian Football Association (IFA) organizes National Football Championship. 
  • The trophy awarded in their competition is called Santosh Trophy. 

The correct answer is New Zealand.

Key Points

• ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 began on 4 March 2022 in New Zealand.
• It will be played in a round-robin format
• The 8 teams who are part of it are India, Pakistan, Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, South Africa, England, and West Indies.
• The ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 final was played on 3rd April at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
• The event was earlier supposed to be held in 2021.

Additional Information

• Australia was crowned the winner of the 2022 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, on 3 April 2022.
• This was their seventh title.
• Australia defeated England in the final by 71 runs at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Alyssa Healy became the first batter in the history of the game to hit a hundred in the semi-final and the final of the World Cup.
• New Zealand: 
  • Capital - Wellington.
  • Currency - New Zealand dollar.
  • National Sport - Rugby.

Important Points

• The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 will be held from 10 to 26 February 2023 in South Africa.