Q.1) Who won the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for the film All We Imagine as Light?
(a) Dimple Kapadia
(b) Payal Kapadia
(c) Sarita Sharma
(d) Simran Sharma
Q.2) Which Indian gymnast clinched India’s first-ever gold medal at the Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan?
(a) Aarti Singh
(b) Payal Rastogi
(c) Dipa Karmakar
(d) Simran Kaur
Q.3) Which team won the Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy recently?
(a) Sunrisers Hyderabad
(b) Kolkata Knight Riders
(c) Mumbai Indians
(d) Chennai Super Kings
Q.4) In which event did Simran Sharma win a Gold medal in the World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan?
(a) Women’s 100m
(b) Women’s Shot Put
(c) Women’s 200m T12
(d) Womens’ Discus Throw
Q.5) Who emerged as the winner in Lithuania’s recent presidential election?
(a) Ramdas Natekar
(b) Gitanas Nauseda
(c) Ingrida Simonyte
(d) Dipans Nautrikas
Answers-
Ans.1(b), Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has congratulated the Film and Television Institute of India- FTII alumnus Payal Kapadia for winning the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for her film All We Imagine as Light. In a social media post, Mr Thakur said that this makes it the first Grand Prix win for the country and a nomination in the Palme d’Or after 30 years.
Ans.2(c), Dipa Karmakar scripted history yesterday clinching India’s first-ever gold medal at the Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The 30-year-old Olympian registered an average score of 13.566 in the women’s Vault final. This is the first time that an Indian gymnast has won a gold medal in any event at the Asian Championships
Ans.3(b), In Cricket, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lifted their third trophy in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a crushing eight-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Ans.4(c), India’s Simran Sharma has won a Gold medal in the World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan. Simran clinched the gold in the women’s 200m T12 event, achieving a personal best time of 24.95 seconds
Ans5(b), Incumbent President Gitanas Nauseda has won Lithuania’s presidential election, beating his rival Ingrida Simonyte, Nauseda gathered 74.43 percent of voters’ support, while Simonyte ranked second with 24.06 per cent.