{"id":2901,"date":"2026-04-23T08:22:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:52:32","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-in-respect-of-the-first-kho-kho-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/prelims\/consider-the-following-statements-in-respect-of-the-first-kho-kho-world-cup","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements in respect of the first Kho-Kho World Cup:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I. The event was&nbsp;<strong>held in<\/strong>&nbsp;Delhi, India.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">II. Indian&nbsp;<strong>men<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>beat&nbsp;<\/strong>Nepal with a score of 78-40 in the final to become the World Champion in the men category.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">III. Indian&nbsp;<strong>women<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>beat<\/strong>&nbsp;Nepal with a score of 54\u201436 in the final to become the World Champion in women category.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements above is\/are correct?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>I only\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>II and III only\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I and III only\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I, II and III\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (a) I only&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The inaugural\u00a0<strong>Kho Kho World Cup<\/strong>\u00a0took place from\u00a0<strong>13 to 19 January 2025<\/strong>\u00a0at the\u00a0Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>New Delhi<\/strong>, India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organised by the\u00a0<strong>Kho Kho Federation of India\u00a0(KKFI)<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>International Kho Kho Federation (IKKF)<\/strong>, the event featured 20 men\u2019s and 19 women\u2019s teams from 23 countries spanning six continents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Final Standings<\/strong>: Both finals featured a clash between India and Nepal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India\u00a0<strong>secured the titles in both men\u2019s and women\u2019s competition<\/strong>s.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The men\u2019s team also secured a 54-36 win over Nepal\u00a0<\/strong>in the title clash.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>India\u2019s women\u2019s team clinched t<\/strong>he inaugural Kho Kho World Cup with a commanding<strong>\u00a078-40 win over Nepal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mascots<\/strong>: The event featured two mascots\u2014<strong>Tejas<\/strong>, a blue gazelle for the men\u2019s team, and\u00a0<strong>Tara<\/strong>, an orange gazelle for the women\u2019s team.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Format<\/strong>: Matches used the fast-paced, seven-a-side format similar to\u00a0Ultimate Kho Kho.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I. The event was&nbsp;held in&nbsp;Delhi, India.&nbsp;&nbsp; II. Indian&nbsp;men&nbsp;beat&nbsp;Nepal with a score of 78-40 in the final to become the World Champion in the men category.&nbsp;&nbsp; III. Indian&nbsp;women&nbsp;beat&nbsp;Nepal with a score of 54\u201436 in the final to become the World Champion in women category.&nbsp;&nbsp; Which of the statements above is\/are correct?&nbsp;&nbsp; Answer: (a) I only&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[47],"years":[63],"class_list":["post-2901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prelims","category-upsc","tag-international-relations","years-63"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"},{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"}],"post_tag":[{"value":47,"label":"International Relations"}],"years":[{"value":63,"label":"2025"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1},{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":47,"name":"International Relations","slug":"international-relations","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":47,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":79,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2901"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}