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Current Affairs 7 April 2015

Sania Mirza's by paring (double partner) with which player has continued on winning streak as the Indo-Swiss pair strolled through the Miami Open draw to capture their second title together on 6 April 2015?: Martina Hingis

Explanation: The top seeds overcame a rocky start to beat the second-seeded Russian duo of Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 6-1 in the Miami final and thus in the final, the top seeds were broken thrice in the first set and were down 2-5. But Martina and Sania bounced back to take the next five games and the first set 7-5. The second set was even more lopsided as Team Mirza conceded just one game to wrap up the match 7-5, 6-1 in 66 minutes.

On 6 April 2015 who was appointed as the new Chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council to replace Ranjib Biswal?: Rajeev Shukla

Explanation: Congress leader Rajeev Shukla was the IPL chairman till 2013 when he resigned from the post in the aftermath of the IPL ‘spot-fixing’ scandal. Sourav Ganguly was, however, chosen as a member of the IPL Governing Council while the senior national selection committee led by Sandeep Patil was retained for another season. Team India Director Ravi Shastri also remained in the IPL Governing Council.

Current Affairs 6 April 2015

21 athletes were suspended on 4 April 2015 on charges on doping scandal which is one of the biggest doping scandals in recent years in India. These sportspersons are associated with which field of sports?: Weightlifting

Explanation: During the National Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships, 8 weightlifters had tested positive. Some of the prominent lifters caught in doping related cases include 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medallist weightlifter Geeta Rani (Punjab), Harjeet Kaur (Haryana), Mangte P Kom (Chandigarh) and Punjab’s Simranpreet Kaur, who won a gold medal in 63kg in both the Youth and Junior categories. The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) on 4 April tested positive across different championships – both out-of-competition and in-competition. But the maximum numbers of offenders were caught at the National Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships, which was held in Yamunanagar in January 2015.

Posted on: 06th April 2015 Read complete Article →

Current Affairs 4 April 2015

World number one Lydia Ko equaled the LPGA Tour record with her 29th consecutive under-par round in the ANA Inspiration in California. The record was equaled with which player?: Swede Annika Sorenstam

Explanation: Lydia Ko hails from New Zealand, who has won six LPGA Tour titles and is bidding to become the youngest major champion in LPGA Tour history. American Morgan Pressel hit five under par to take the first-round lead. Pressel holds the record as the youngest winner of a major, at 18 years, 313 days when she won this tournament in 2007, as the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

Posted on: 04th April 2015 Read complete Article →

Current Affairs 3 April 2015

Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal was officially crowned as No.1 woman Badminton player in the world on 2 April 2015. Thus Saina replaced which Chinese player?: Li Xuerui

Explanation: Nehwal’s ascent to the top of women’s badminton was officially confirmed on 2 April 2015 by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). China’s Li Xuerui slipped to third position while Spain’s Carolina Marin claimed the second position.

Posted on: 03rd April 2015 Read complete Article →

Current Affairs 2 April 2015

Name the President of the International Cricket Council (ICC) who resigned from the post on 1 April 2015 alleging widespread constitutional violations by the governing body?: Mustafa Kamal (Bangladesh)

Explanation: Mustafa Kamal is President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and also functioning as the President of ICC since 2014. He resigned from this post as he was apparently hurt at not being given the opportunity to hand out the World Cup trophy to champions Australia as it was handed over bu the ICC Chairman. However Kamal was reportedly denied the honors after he blamed poor umpiring for Bangladesh’s comprehensive loss to India in the quarterfinals. 

Posted on: 02nd April 2015 Read complete Article →

Current Affairs 30 March 2015

Which country has lifted the ICC World Cup 2015 on 29 March 2015 by defeating New Zealand in the final by 7 wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)? Australia

Explanation: This was the 5th ODI cricket World Cup title for Australia and Mitchell Starc was named the Player of the Tournament who finished with a figure of 22 wickets in the tournament. Australian all-rounder James Faulkner was named man-of-the-match for his devastating spell which helped set up a seven-wicket victory for Australia. In the final, New Zealand made a paltry 183 all out after winning the toss and batting first while Australia chased town the target in the 34th over for loss of 3 wickets to take the Cricket World Cup of 2015.

Posted on: 30th March 2015 Read complete Article →

On 29 March 2015, who won the Malaysian Grand Prix, the second F1 GP race of 2015 season?: Sebastian Vettel (Germany)

Explanation: It was Ferrari’s first victory since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. Ferrari team’s Sebastian Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix held at the Sepang International Circuit. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) of Mercedes took second place while his German teammate Nico Rosberg was third. However, Mercedes had won the previous eight races last season and had been expected to dominate through 2015.

Who won the women’s and men’s title of India Open badminton championship at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi on 29 March 2015?: Saina Nehwal and K. Srikanth

Explanation: The newly crowned World No. 1 Saina Nehwal defeated former World Champion Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand) by 21-16, 21-14 to won her maiden India Open title and Second-seeded K. Srikanth defeated World No. 6 Viktor Axelsen (Denmark ) by 18-21, 21-13, 21-12 to win the men’s title. Saina Nehwal and K. Srikanth, respectively, won the women’s and men’s title of $275,000 India Open badminton championship.

Current Affairs 27 March 2015

On 26 March 2015, in the 2nd cricket world cup Semi Final match between Australia and India, Australia had won the match by how many runs?: 95 runs

Explanation: By winning the Toss, Australia selected to bat 1st and posted 329 runs for the India. In reply while chasing the target India got all out 233. With the score of 329 in World cup semi –final Australia become 1st country to pass the 300 mark in semis till now and also this was the highest total by any team against India in this world cup 2015.

Posted on: 27th March 2015 Read complete Article →
Posted on: 27th March 2015 Read complete Article →
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