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Q.1) Which city is set to host the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Bangalore
(d) Chennai
Q.2) Who was honored with the ‘National Tansen Samman’ of 2023?
(a) Pt. Ravi Shankar
(b) Pt. Swapan Choudhary
(c) Zakir Hussain
(d) Anoushka Shankar
Q.3) Which Indian Navy shooter won the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions title at the 67th National Shooting Championship?
(a) Swapnil Kusale
(b) Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
(c) Kiran Ankush Jadhav
(d) Rajeshwari Kumari
Q.4) Who was crowned the Men’s Player of the Year at the FIFA Best Awards in Doha?
(a) Neymar Jr.
(b) Lionel Messi
(c) Vinicius Jr.
(d) Cristiano Ronaldo
Q.5) Which Indian chess player made history by winning the FIDE World Under-18 Youth Rapid and Blitz titles?
(a) D.Gukesh
(b) Praggnanandhaa R.
(c) Pranav Venkatesh
(d) Vidit Gujrathi
Answers:
Ans.1(a), New Delhi is set to host the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships at the city’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium next year. It will be the first time the event will be held in India, the World Para Athletics announced yesterday. The event will take place from September 26 to October 5.
Ans.2(b), Renowned tabla player of Indian classical music Pt. Swapan Choudhary of Kolkata was honoured with the “National Tansen Samman” for the year 2023. At the National Tansen Award,
Ans.3(c), Indian Navy’s Kiran Ankush Jadhav beat Paris Olympic bronze medallist Swapnil Kusale and another Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar to clinch the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) title at the 67th National Shooting Championship Competitions in Bhopal
Ans.4(c), In football, Brazil and Real Madrid winger Vinicius Jr. has been crowned the Men’s Player of the Year at the FIFA Best Awards, held in Doha.
Ans.5(c), In Chess, India’s Pranav Venkatesh made history by clinching both the FIDE World Under-18 Youth Rapid and Blitz titles in Slovenia