Current Affairs October 2014 (Sports)

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1. India bagged how many gold medals in the 20th Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow?
Answer :- 15

2.  Which squash legend of Pakisthan who won seven British Open title from 1951 to 1958, passed away recently?
Answer :-Hashim Khan

3. Which Indian state will host the 2015 Para Gliding World Cup Tour?
Himachal Pradesh

4. Which Indian weightlifting clinched silver in the men's 77 kg category in the Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China?
Answer :-Ragala Venkat Rahul

5. Who won the gold in the men's badminton singles in the Commonwealth Games?
Answer :-Paruppalli Kashyap

6. Which teenager from Netherlands is set to become the youngest Formula One driver in the world?
Answer :-Max Verstappen (16 Years old)

7. Which Yugoslavian footballer, considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers ever, passed away recently?
Answer :-Vladimar Beara

8. Who won the Pataudi Trophy test series?
Answer :-England

9. Name the batsman and former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team who retired from test cricket recently?
Answer :-  Mahela Jayawardhane

10. Which international chess playesr and world No 1 in FIDE Women's Rankings announced her retirement?
Answer :- Judit Polgar

11. Which country won the Open Section in the 41st Chess Olympiad organized by FIDE?
Answer :- China

12. Who won gold medal in men's discus throw in the Commonwealth Games?
Answer :- Vikas Gowda
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