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2008 Current Affairs - Sports Focus

Test your knowledge of 2008 current events with special focus on sports achievements including the Beijing Olympics, cricket, and Indian athletes.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
_______ is appointed as the chairman of selection committee, the Indian cricket team?

  1. Sunil Gavasker
  2. Kapil Dev
  3. Sunil Joshi
  4. K.Sreekanth
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

_______ became the first ever Indian women Shuttler to win two grand Prix singles titles by winning the Yonex Chinese Taipei grand prix badminton championship in Taiwan?

  1. Serena Mathews
  2. Beena Adrian
  3. Sania Mirza
  4. Saina Nehwal
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Who won the women's crown in the US open tennis championship in New York, 2008?

  1. Serena Williams
  2. Venus Williams
  3. Sania Mirza
  4. Neha Dhupia
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
_______ won her fourth successive world boxing championship in china?

  1. Jennet Julie
  2. M.C Marykom
  3. Fellia rune
  4. Jane Samuel
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Common wealth youth games 2008 started at _______?

  1. Chennai
  2. Goa
  3. Pune
  4. Cochin
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Who won the Border -Gavaskar test series trophy, 2008?

  1. Australia
  2. India
  3. Sri-Lanka
  4. England
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
_______become the first ever individual gold medalist winning the 10 m rifle competition at Beijing 2008?

  1. Pankaj Advani
  2. Saina Nehwal
  3. Roger Federer
  4. Abinav Bindra
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
American swimmer Michael Phelps overtakes _______ record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics, with eight in Beijing?

  1. Mark Owen
  2. Jenna Gael
  3. Ussain Bolt
  4. Mark Spitz
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Jamaica's Ussain Bolt created new world record _______ seconds in the men's 100 m final in Beijing Olympics?

  1. 9.78
  2. 9.69
  3. 9.76
  4. 9.98
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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_______ won the Nippon series JT up in Tokyo?

  1. Gagan Narang
  2. Chetan Anand
  3. Pankaj Advani
  4. Jeev Milkha Singh
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Saina Nehwal won the world junior _______ title at Pune?

  1. Snooker
  2. Billiards
  3. Golf
  4. Badminton
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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_______ became the first Indian to win the men's singles title in a grand prix badminton, at Germany?

  1. Chetan Anand
  2. Rithu Sharma
  3. Rohan Andrews
  4. Jain Shaw
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Samuel Huntington, a famous _______ passed away recently?

  1. Actor
  2. Film maker
  3. Businessman
  4. Political scientist
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Which of the following cricketer(s) recently announced the retirement?

  1. Saurav Ganguly
  2. Anil Kumble
  3. Khaled Mashud
  4. All of the above
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Directions: Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Sachin Tendulkar became the highest run getter in test cricket, and he achieved this feet when playing the test against _______?

  1. Sri-Lanka
  2. Pakistan
  3. Australia
  4. England
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Sydney Pollack, a famous _______ passed away recently?

  1. Director
  2. Actor
  3. Film maker
  4. Businessman
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Paul Newman, famous _______ passed away recently?

  1. actor
  2. film maker
  3. businessman
  4. political scientist
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Who is the director of the famous film “to kill a mocking bird”?

  1. Robert Mulligan
  2. Carol Chomsky
  3. Arnold Jones
  4. Ajith panda
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Time magazine elected _______ as the person of the year 2008?

  1. Sheik Hasina
  2. Michel Phelps
  3. Ban-ki-moon
  4. Barack Obama
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Awami league got a massive mandate bagging _______ seats in the 299 member parliament?

  1. 233
  2. 230
  3. 256
  4. 222
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Who is the new Prime Minister of the Thailand?

  1. Sheik Hasina
  2. Mohammed Haneefa
  3. Abhisit Vejjajiva
  4. None
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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“Midnights children” was written by?

  1. Arun Sharma
  2. Nikesh Lal
  3. Salman Rushdie
  4. Jegaru Saina
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Lehman Brothers is a _______ investment bank?

  1. UK
  2. Russian
  3. US
  4. Indian
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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In November 20008, _______ sworn in as Zambian president?

  1. Jaffrey Khan
  2. Gregory Hein
  3. Hasina Hussain
  4. Rupiah Banda
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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Who is the CEO of the SAARC University?

  1. G.K Chaddha
  2. Arundha Menon
  3. O.P Butt
  4. Sreeram Kapil
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