Ans: Australia.
F Belgium
became the runners up. Indian clinched the third place.
F The
2014-15 Women's FIH Hockey World League was won by Argentina. They defeated New
Zealand in the finals. The third spot was clinched by Germany.
F The
tournament is organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH)
2. Name the long handled tool used in polo to hit the ball.
Ans: Mallet
3. Which Indian chess player won the FIDE World Online Women's
Blitz Championship?
Ans: Harika Dronavali
4. The 2018 Asian Games will be hosted by Indonesia. For the
first time, two cities will host the games. Name the cities.
Ans: Jakarta and Palembang
5. Who were named the 2015 World Athletes of the year by the
International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF)?
Ans: Ashton Eaton (USA) and Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia).
F Both
athletes set world records during 2015, Eaton in the decathlon and Dibaba in
the 1500 meter race.
6. Who won the 2015 Player of the Year award, by the
Badminton World Federation?
Ans: Female Player of the Year - Carolina Marin (Spain)
F Male
Player of the Year - Chen Long (China)
7. Which are the two Indian players who are currently in the
first twenty of the World Squash rankings?
Ans: Joshua Chinnappa and Dipika Pallikkal
8. How many Indians are so far inducted into the ICC Cricket
Hall of Fame?
Ans: Four (Bishan Singh Bedi, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and
Anil Kumble)
9. Which games, involving nations from Asia, will be hosted
by the city of Sapporo in Japan in 2017?
Ans: Asian Winter Games
10. Virendar Sehwag, who retired from international test
cricket recently, belonged to which Ranji team?
Ans: Delhi
11. How many weight classes are there in the men's Olympic
weightlifting?
Ans: Eight
F There
are only seven weight classes in women's Olympic weightlifting
12. In the 2016 Olympic hockey, each match will be played in
four quarters of how many minutes?
Ans: Fifteen Minutes
13. According to the reforms proposals approved by the FIFA
Executive Committee, a FIFA President as well as the members of the FIFA
Council can have a maximum of how many terms?
Ans: Three.
F Each
term consists of four years.
14. The Rovers Cup championship was held for the first time
in 1891. It was discontinued after the 2000-2001 edition qf the tournament.
Which game is associated with this Indian tournament?
Ans: Football
15. Which is the only Indian player who is currently among
the first 100 of the world professional men's golf rankings?
Ans: Anirban Lahiri
16. A volleyball team consists of how many players?
Ans: Six
17. In which swimming style in Olympics is the athlete's
movements are similar to those of a frog?
Ans: Breaststroke
18. In which year was the Indian Premier League hosted by
South Africa?
Ans: 2009
19. Which tennis player, in 1960, reached world no. 6 in
rankings?
Ans: Ramanathan Krishnan
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