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Questions : Who won the Golden Ball award for the best player at the FIFA World Cup 2002 tournament ?

(a) Ahn Jung-hwan

(b) Michael Ballack

(c) Oliver Kahn

(d) Rivaldo

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each FIFA World Cup finals, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted for by representatives of the media.

Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.

At the end of the tournament which was won by Brazil, the Golden Boot Award was given to Ronaldo and Golden Ball Award to Oliver Kahn who was the German football goalkeeper. At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, he became the first and only goalkeeper in the tournament’s history to win the Golden Ball.

Note: The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men’s national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014.

  • Golden Ball: Lionel Messi
  • Golden Boot: James Rodríguez
  • Golden Glove: Manuel Neuer
  • Best Young Player: Paul Pogba

IFFA is scheduled to take place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018.

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Question : 1

In which of the following games, Heena Sandhu became the first Indian woman ever to hold a world record?

a) Air Pistol Shooting

b) Table Tennis

c) Volleyball

d) Lusofonia Games

Answer: (a)

Heena also became the first Indian woman to win Gold in Shooting World Cup. She shot to fame with winning the Gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

Question : 2

Consider the following statements:

  1. Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy for season 2014-2015.
  2. In the history of Ranji Trophy, Mumbai (formerly Bombay) has recorded most wins i.e. 40 wins.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 2 only

b) Both 1 and 2

c) 1 only

d) None of the above

Answer: (a)

Karnataka won the Ranji Trophy for season 2014-2015.

Question : 3

The cricketer who scored the highest ODI score are

a) Rohit Sharma

b) Corey Anderson

c) Sachin Tendulkar

d) Virendra Sehwag

Answer: (a)

The Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma on November 2014 scored the highest ODI score ever of 264 runs. With this he became the only cricketer to score two double ODI became the first tennis player to win three world score of 219 runs made by Virendra Sehwag. Rohit Sharma achieved this distinction during the 4th ODI between India and Sri Lanka at Kolkata.

Question : 4

Maradona is a famous player associated with

a) Football

b) Cricket

c) Hockey

d) Golf

Answer: (a)

Question : 5

Who won Australian Open Mixed Doubles Final 2015?

a) Murray (U.K.) and Maria Sharapova (Russia)

b) Djokovic (Serbia) and Serena Williams (U.S.A.)

c) Martina Hingis (Switzerland) and Leander Paes (India

d) Kristina Mladenovic (France) and Daniel Nester (Canada)

Answer: (c)

India’s Leander Paes and Swiss Martina Hingis won the Australian Open mixed-doubles final by beating the Canadian-French pair of Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne in January 2015. While Paes clinched his seventh mixed doubles crown, Hingis collected her tenth doubles Slam apart from her five singles titles.;

Question : 6

Who became the first Indian footballer to conferred AFC Hall of Fame award ?

a) Syed Abdul Rahim

b) None of these

c) Baichung Bhutia

d) Sunil Chhetri

Answer: (c)

Former Indian Football Captain Baichung Bhutia became the first Indian Footballer to conferred AFC Hall of Fame Award. The award was conferred by FIFA president Sepp Blatter in Philippines. Baichung has played 107 matches for India and scored 42 goals.

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