Sports Current Affairs Questions and Answers

Answer: B

The Ostrava Golden Spike is held in the Czech Republic.

The Golden Spike is an annual athletics meet at Ostrava, in the east of the Czech Republic, part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold level. Neeraj Chopra won the javelin there in June 2025.

France and Germany host other meets, and since the Czech Republic is listed, 'None of these' is wrong.

Answer: A

The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations was hosted by Egypt.

The tournament had originally been awarded to Cameroon, but the Confederation of African Football withdrew it in November 2018 over delays in preparations and moved it to Egypt early in 2019. It was played in June and July 2019, the first edition with 24 teams, and Algeria won it.

The Africa Cup of Nations is played only in Africa, which rules out the UAE, China and Argentina at once.

Answer: A

The country at the top was Belgium.

After the 2018 World Cup, France, the champions, briefly led the FIFA ranking, but Belgium, third at the tournament, moved to first place in September 2018 and finished the year as the number-one side.

Brazil was among the leading teams but not first. India was nowhere near the top, ranked well outside the leading fifty sides.

Answer: D

The 2026 championships were hosted by India.

The Asian Rifle/Pistol Championships 2026 were held at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi in February 2026, under the Asian Shooting Confederation. Indian shooters competed at home in the rifle and pistol events.

Kazakhstan, Japan and South Korea have hosted Asian shooting events in other years, but not this edition.

Answer: B

Magnus Carlsen is from Norway.

The World Chess Championship of November 2013 was held in Chennai, where the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen beat the defending champion Viswanathan Anand to win the title at the age of 22. Anand had been world champion since 2007, and Carlsen won the match 6.5 to 3.5, with three wins and seven draws.

Carlsen is not from Britain, Sweden or Belgium.

Answer: B

The trophy was won by Maharashtra.

Maharashtra topped the medal table at the third Khelo India Youth Games held in Guwahati in January 2020, winning the largest number of gold medals and the overall championship trophy, ahead of Haryana.

Haryana finished second, and Gujarat and Karnataka finished lower in the table.

The Guwahati games were held for athletes in the under-17 and under-21 age groups.

Answer: C

The first Indian athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics was K. T. Irfan.

Irfan, a race walker from Kerala, met the Olympic qualifying standard in the men's 20 km walk at the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan, in March 2019, making him the first Indian track and field athlete to book a place at the Tokyo Games.

P. T. Usha is a retired sprinter from an earlier era. Dutee Chand did go to Tokyo in the 100 m and 200 m, but she qualified later, so she was not the first. 'None of them' is wrong because Irfan is listed.

Answer: C

The 2022 FIFA World Cup was held in Qatar.

FIFA awarded the tournament to Qatar in December 2010. It was the first World Cup held in the Arab world, and it was moved to November and December 2022 to avoid the Gulf summer heat.

Germany hosted in 2006 and Brazil in 2014. Argentina last hosted in 1978. None of them was the 2022 host.