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Answer: (b)

B. S. Chandrasekhar s a former Indian cricketer who specialised in leg-spin. Considered amongst the top echelon of leg-spinners, Chandrasekhar along with E.A.S. Prasanna, Bishen Singh Bedi and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan constituted the Indian spin quartet that dominated spin bowling in the 1960s and 1970s.

He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1972 and won Wisden’s “Best bowling performance of the century” award in 2002, for his 6 wickets for 38 runs against England at the Oval in 1971.

Former skipper Kapil Dev was chosen as the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century by an eminent jury of 35 cricketers, journalists and thinkers in a televised ceremony at Wembley Stadium.;

Answer: (a)

Answer: (a)

Mahela Jayawardene smashed the fourth-highest score of 374 and shared a world record stand of 624 with Kumar Sangakkara as Sri Lanka battered South Africa in the first Test in Colombo in July 2006.

The batting feast at the Sinhalese sports club saw Sri Lanka pile up a mammoth 756-5 declared in reply to South Africa’s modest 169 to gain a match-winning lead of 587 runs. The third-wicket pair surpassed the previous best of 576 for the second wicket by fellow Sri Lankans Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama against India at the Premadasa stadium here in 1997.

Left-handed Sangakkara fell for 287, caught behind chasing a wide ball from Andrew Hall, but Jayawardene batted on to surpass Jayasuriya’s Sri Lankan record of 340. Jayawardene crossed West Indian Garfield Sobers’ 365 not out and was one run away from equalling Brian Lara’s 375 against England in 1994 when he was bowled by an express Andre Nel delivery.

Answer: (a)

Jitu Rai won Gold medal in Air Pistol in the Shooting world cup held in Slovenia.

Answer: (a)

In basketball, free throws or foul shots are unopposed attempts to score points from a restricted area on the court (the free-throw line; informally known as the foul line) and are generally awarded after a foul on the shooter by the opposing team. Each successful free throw is worth one point. Free throws can normally be made at a high percentage by good players.

In the NBA, most players make between 70– 80% of their attempts. There are many situations when free throws can be awarded. The first and most common is when a player is fouled while in the act of shooting.

If the foul causes the player to miss the shot, the player receives two or three free throws depending on whether the shot was taken in front of or behind the three-point line.;

Answer: (c)

The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2004 or Euro 2004, was the 12th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football tournament for men’s national teams in Europe.

It was held in Portugal for the first time, after their bid was selected by UEFA on 12 October 1999, over bids from Spain and Austria/ Hungary. For the first time in a major football tournament, the final featured the same teams as the opening match, and like in their previous encounter, Portugal was beaten by Greece, with the winning goal scored by Angelos Charisteas.

Greece’s triumph was unexpected, considering that they had only qualified for two other major tournaments – Euro 1980 and the 1994 World Cup – and their victory in the opening match was their first in a major tournament.

Note: The UEFA Euro 2016 Final that took place on 10 July 2016 in France, Portugal defeated the hosts and two-time winners France 1–0 after extra time.;