Archery - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   Which archer bagged a silver medal at Archery World Cup Final in Mexico City in October 2015?

a. Chou Misun
b. Deepika Kumari
c. Bombayala Devi
d. Dola Banerjee
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Deepika Kumari

Explanation:
Indian archer Deepika Kumari has won the silver medal in the Archery World Cup Final held in Mexico City losing first place to South Korea’s Chou Misun. She is currently world number 5. She won her first World Cup individual stage recurve gold medal at Turkey in 2012. She is also the winner of the 2012 Arjuna award and FICCI sportsperson of the year in 2014.


2)   On 16th July’15 the Archery Association of India (AAI) constituted a three-member committee to probe the reasons behind men’s compound archery team’s failure to appear for the bronze medal play-off at the ______.

a. Asian Games 2015
b. Common Wealth Games 2011
c. World University Games 2015
d. Paralympics Games 2015
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: World University Games 2015

Explanation:
World University Games was held in Gwangzhou, Korea from 3 July to 14 July 2015. Men’s compound team of India comprising Gurwinder Singh, Kanwalpreet Singh and and Aman were unavailable at the start of the match against Italy at 10am local time in Gwangju and as per the World Archery rules the game was forfeited.