Gk for XAT 2017 | XAT GK Preparation | Sports News (Part III)

XAT 2017 GK Preparation

Learn the most important GK pointers for the XAT 2017 exam. This article contains the Gk current affairs from sports section for the year 2016 which are very important for the GK preparation for XAT 2017 exam. 

(1) Who won the silver medal in women’s singles badminton event at 2016 Rio Olympics

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu

(2) Who won India’s first medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games by clinching the bronze in the 58kg category

Sakshi Malik

(3) Who won the Gold medal in 100 meters final event at 2016 Rio Olympics by sprinting at recorded time of 9.81 seconds?

Usain bolt

(4) Who won the prestigious PSA Australian Open held in Melbourne?

Dipika Pallikal (Indian Squash Player)

(5) Who has created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to qualify for the apparatus finals of artistic Gymnastics at the Rio 2016 Olympics?

Dipa Karmakar (Gymnast)

(6) Who has won the 20th Commonwealth Chess championship crown 2016 held in Colombo, Sri Lanka?

Abhijeet Gupta

(7) Who is elected as the new chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC’s) Athletes’ Commission?

Angela Ruggiero

(8) Who has won the 2016 ATP Toronto Masters also known as the Rogers club title in the men’s single category?

Novak Djokovic

(9) Who had won the fourth edition of STAR Sports-ProKabaddi League by defeating Jaipur Pink Panthers?

Patna Pirates

(10) Who won the 2016 German Grand Prix title of Formula One?

Lewis Hemilton 

(11) Who all were selected to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame by ICC?

Muttiah Muralidaran, Karen Rolton, Arthur Morris and George Lohmann

(12) Who won the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix title of Formula One

Lewis Hemilton 

(13) Who has created history by becoming first Indian Junior athlete to create a World Record in Junior athletics Championship?

Neeraj Chopra

(14) Who has become the first Indian captain to score a double century outside India?

Virat Kohli 

(15) Who won the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship in men’s and women’s single categories respectively?

Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal Karthik

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