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As a result of FIFA’s restrictions on players wearing [1] rainbow armbands during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the German football association (DFB) has taken the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). In a protest against FIFA’s rule regarding the armband meant to support the [2] community, the German players covered their lips in a team picture taken before their 2-1 defeat to Japan. On Wednesday, Germany played against Japan. Before the game, FIFA warned the DFB of “severe” athletic fines if they breached tournament regulations by allowing their captain to wear the [1] armband, which promotes diversity and inclusion. The DFB told German captain Manuel Neuer not to wear the rainbow armband during the game. & nbsp;
If CAS rules quickly against the suspension’s legality, Neuer might continue to wear the captain’s armband for Germany’s next game against Spain on Sunday. CAS has set up a special ad hoc branch for this World Cup to ensure that applications are processed within 48 hours. Germany’s players protested by covering their lips as they sought to wear the rainbow armband during their team’s dramatic 2-1 defeat to Japan at the Khalifa Stadium.

Question: 1

What is the name of the armband which has been replaced with ‘[1]’ in the passage above?

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When reading sports-related current affairs, look for symbolic campaigns—terms like *“OneLove”* are commonly associated with inclusion and anti-discrimination movements.
Updated On: Jul 10, 2026
  • FreeLove
  • OneLove
  • Pride
  • PlayLove
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The Correct Option is B

Approach Solution - 1

Pride is a real and widely known idea, which is exactly why it is tempting here, so it is worth separating it from the specific campaign in this passage.

  1. Pride: This word broadly describes LGBTQ+ celebration and visibility in general, not a specific armband campaign tied to the 2022 World Cup.
  2. FreeLove and PlayLove: Neither of these names corresponds to any real campaign at all; they simply sound similar to the real one.
  3. OneLove: This is the actual, specifically named armband campaign that several European captains, including Germany's, planned to wear at the tournament before FIFA stepped in.

The correct answer is OneLove.

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Approach Solution -2

Sort the four options into three types: made-up sounding names, a general term, and the actual named campaign.

  1. Invented-sounding names (FreeLove, PlayLove): Neither corresponds to any real, documented campaign from this World Cup.
  2. General term (Pride): This is a genuine concept, but too broad and not the specific armband name used by FIFA and the teams involved.
  3. The actual named campaign (OneLove): This is the specific, real armband campaign at the centre of the 2022 World Cup dispute.

So the correct answer is OneLove.

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Question: 2

The name of which community has been replaced with ‘[2]’ in the passage above?

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In context of rainbow symbols, global sports protests, or inclusivity campaigns, the associated community is almost always the LGBTQ\(+\) community.
Updated On: Jul 10, 2026
  • Kurdish
  • Rohingya
  • Uyghur
  • LGBTQ+
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The Correct Option is D

Approach Solution - 1

Kurdish, Rohingya, and Uyghur are all real communities facing real issues, just none of them connected to this particular passage, so it helps to place them correctly first.

  1. Kurdish: This community's issues are tied to political and territorial disputes in the Middle East, unrelated to football or rainbow symbolism.
  2. Rohingya: This community's issues centre on displacement and persecution, again with no link to the World Cup armband dispute.
  3. Uyghur: This community's issues involve separate human rights concerns, also unconnected to this passage.
  4. LGBTQ+: This is the community actually tied to the rainbow colours and the OneLove armband, which is why FIFA's restriction on the armband was read as a restriction on showing solidarity with it.

The correct answer is LGBTQ+.

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Approach Solution -2

Group the four options by what kind of community each one is.

  1. Ethnic groups with unrelated political contexts (Kurdish, Rohingya, Uyghur): All three names refer to real ethnic communities, but each is tied to a distinct political or humanitarian issue that has nothing to do with rainbow symbolism or football armbands.
  2. The community tied to rainbow symbolism (LGBTQ+): This is the one option that actually matches the rainbow colours used on the OneLove armband and the reason FIFA's restriction drew criticism.

So the correct answer is LGBTQ+.

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Question: 3

What is the name of the system used to monitor and regulate migrant labourers, which is used in Qatar and a few other countries, and which came under heavy criticism in the build-up to the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar?

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When a question refers to migrant labour controversies in Gulf countries, especially Qatar, the term to remember is Kafala system.
Updated On: Jul 3, 2026
  • Iddat
  • Khalifa
  • Kafala
  • Jazeera
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The Correct Option is C

Solution and Explanation

Under the Kafala system, a migrant worker's visa and legal residency are tied directly to their employer, who acts as their sponsor. This gives employers significant control over workers' movement and jobs, and it was strongly criticised internationally in the run-up to the 2022 Qatar World Cup for enabling exploitation. So the correct answer is Kafala.
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Question: 4

Where is the Court of Arbitration for Sport based?

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Switzerland—especially Lausanne—is home to many major international sports bodies, including the IOC and CAS.
Updated On: Jul 10, 2026
  • Lausanne, Switzerland
  • The Hague, Netherlands
  • Brussels, Belgium
  • Paris, France
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The Correct Option is A

Approach Solution - 1

To answer this, check which of the four cities is actually tied to international sport administration rather than general diplomacy.

  1. Lausanne, Switzerland: Along with the IOC, several international sports federations use Switzerland as a base, and the country's neutral legal status made it the natural home for a body that settles sport-related arbitration cases.
  2. The Hague, Netherlands: This city is tied to interstate legal disputes and war-crimes tribunals, a completely different area of law from sports arbitration.
  3. Brussels, Belgium: This city's institutions handle European policy making and trade, again unrelated to resolving disputes between athletes and sports bodies.
  4. Paris, France: France hosts some sport federation offices, but the specific body that arbitrates Olympic and sport disputes is not headquartered there.

Only Lausanne matches the specific function of hosting sport arbitration, so the answer is Lausanne, Switzerland.

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This question is testing a simple fact, the seat city of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. One way to work it out without already knowing the fact is to think about why international bodies choose their host country.

  1. Lausanne, Switzerland: Switzerland's long-standing neutrality and stable legal system make it a preferred seat for international bodies that need to be seen as impartial, which is exactly the quality an arbitration court for sport needs. Lausanne specifically is the traditional home of Olympic administration.
  2. The Hague, Netherlands: The Netherlands is chosen for bodies handling disputes between sovereign states, a different category from arbitrating between an athlete and a federation.
  3. Brussels, Belgium: Belgium's role comes from being the seat of EU decision-making, chosen for political convenience within Europe rather than for neutrality in dispute resolution.
  4. Paris, France: France hosts cultural and diplomatic bodies such as UNESCO, but a sports arbitration court would not gain anything from being based here instead of in neutral Switzerland.

Applying the neutrality test points straight to Switzerland, and specifically to Lausanne as the city already associated with Olympic governance.

So the correct answer is Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Question: 5

Who is the current captain of the Indian men’s football team?

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For Indian football, remember: Bhaichung Bhutia → past legend, Sunil Chhetri → current captain and leading goal scorer.
Updated On: Jul 10, 2026
  • Shabbir Ali
  • Bhaichung Bhutia
  • Sunil Chhetri
  • I. M. Vijayan
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The Correct Option is C

Approach Solution - 1

A quick way to answer this is to think about which of these four names is still active on the field today.

  1. Shabbir Ali: A respected name from Indian football's past, but he stopped playing decades ago and plays no part in today's team.
  2. Bhaichung Bhutia: Widely seen as the face of Indian football in the 2000s, he retired from the national side in 2011 and has since moved into administration and coaching, not captaincy.
  3. Sunil Chhetri: He is the only player among the four still turning out for India, and he has worn the captain's armband continuously since taking it over, making him the answer to a question about who currently leads the team.
  4. I. M. Vijayan: A celebrated striker of his era, but like Shabbir Ali his playing days are well in the past, with no current tie to the team.

Since three of the four options belong to earlier eras and only one is still active, the answer is Sunil Chhetri.

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Another way to approach this is to recall each player's specific claim to fame in Indian football and see which one lines up with being the present-day captain.

  1. Shabbir Ali: Remembered mainly for leading India at a time when the team competed at the Asian Games level in the 1970s, not for any modern-day role.
  2. Bhaichung Bhutia: Known as the Sikkimese Sniper and for being the first Indian to play top-flight football in England, but his national team career closed out in 2011.
  3. Sunil Chhetri: Holds the record as India's highest international goal-scorer and has represented the country continuously across the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s, wearing the captain's armband for most of that stretch.
  4. I. M. Vijayan: Best known for iconic performances such as the 1997 SAFF Cup, but his international appearances ended long before the present team was formed.

Chhetri's ongoing career and scoring record are what single him out as the man currently leading the side, unlike the other three whose contributions belong to earlier decades.

So the correct answer is Sunil Chhetri.

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Question: 6

Timothy Weah, the Paris Saint Germain and U.S. national team player in the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, is the son of the President of which country?

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Remember: George Weah — legendary footballer turned President of Liberia; his son Timothy Weah represents the U.S. national team.
Updated On: Jul 10, 2026
  • Senegal
  • Uruguay
  • Honduras
  • Liberia
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The Correct Option is D

Approach Solution - 1

The key clue in the question is the shared last name Weah between the footballer and the president. Let's test that against each country.

  1. Senegal: No connection between the surname Weah and Senegal's political leadership exists.
  2. Uruguay: Same problem, there is no Uruguayan leader by that name.
  3. Honduras: Again, no match between the surname and this country's presidency.
  4. Liberia: Liberia's president at the relevant time was George Weah, a former striker who played for clubs like AC Milan and Chelsea before entering politics, and Timothy Weah is his son.

Since only Liberia's leader carries the surname Weah, that is the country being asked about.

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Another way into this question is to recall which country made global headlines for electing a football legend as its president, since that is the underlying trivia being tested.

  1. Senegal: Senegal has produced many football stars, such as Sadio Mane, but none of them have become the country's president.
  2. Uruguay: Uruguay is famous for football success on the pitch, including two World Cup titles, but no former player has led the country politically.
  3. Honduras: Honduras has no similar case of a footballer turned head of state.
  4. Liberia: Liberia stands out globally as the only nation whose president was previously a global football superstar, George Weah, whose Ballon d'Or-winning career made this transition to politics widely reported.

Recognising the footballer-who-became-president story as specifically Liberia's confirms the answer.

So the correct answer is Liberia.

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Question: 7

Which of the following is the oldest football tournament in India?

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Among Indian football tournaments, remember: Durand Cup (1888) → oldest, IFA Shield (1893) → also historic, Santosh Trophy → state-level competition (much later).
Updated On: Jul 10, 2026
  • Indian Super League
  • IFA Shield Cup
  • Santosh Trophy
  • Durand Cup
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The Correct Option is D

Approach Solution - 1

Instead of only comparing years, think about which body created each tournament and how long that kind of organised competition has existed in India.

  1. Indian Super League: Created recently as a franchise-based league, so it cannot be the oldest.
  2. IFA Shield Cup: A long-running Bengal competition, but younger than the Durand Cup.
  3. Santosh Trophy: A national inter-state tournament that began in the 20th century, much later than the other two older competitions.
  4. Durand Cup: Set up by British Army officers in Shimla in 1888, it is the oldest of the four and one of the oldest football tournaments still played anywhere in the world.

Ranking the four by how far back their organising history goes places the Durand Cup first, so that is the answer.

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A useful check here is to recall any oldest-surviving-tournament trivia associated with world football, since India's oldest competition is often cited in that global context.

  1. Indian Super League: Never mentioned in oldest-tournament trivia, since it is a 21st-century creation.
  2. IFA Shield Cup: Sometimes cited as an old regional competition, but it does not carry the oldest-in-India distinction.
  3. Santosh Trophy: Well known as India's top state-level tournament, but not linked to any oldest record.
  4. Durand Cup: Regularly cited in football trivia as being among the three oldest football tournaments in the world, behind only England's FA Cup and Scotland's Scottish Cup, which also makes it clearly India's oldest.

This global oldest-tournament trivia angle points to the same answer as the historical origin check: the Durand Cup.

So the correct answer is Durand Cup.

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Passage (extract): In the political struggle, the fight was against a foreign power and all one could do was either join it or wish it success and give it his/her moral support. Experience shows that man values his possessions even more than his life because in the former he sees the means for perpetuation and survival of his descendants even after his body is reduced to ashes. We have seen, in our time, attempts to achieve a kind of egalitarian society and the picture of it after it was achieved. But this was done, by and large, through the use of physical force. This enforced egalitarianism contains, in its bosom, the seed of its own destruction. The root cause of class conflict is possessiveness or the acquisitive instinct.

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