The 2015 Cricket World Cup will be held in

The answer is A) Australia and New Zealand. The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup was a joint hosting by the two countries, and Australia beat New Zealand by 7 wickets in the final at the MCG in Melbourne. This is a straight fact question, so the test is whether you remember the rotation and co-hosting pattern of ICC events.

• B) England is wrong. England hosted the 1975, 1979, 1983, 1999 and 2019 editions, so 2015 was not theirs.
• C) South Africa is wrong. South Africa co-hosted the 2003 edition with Zimbabwe and Kenya, not 2015.
• D) West Indies is wrong. The West Indies hosted the 2007 edition, with matches spread across Caribbean nations.

The core idea is that ICC events are allotted to host nations on a rotating basis, and co-hosting is common for ODI World Cups. For the Mains, this links to sports governance, the economics of mega events and soft power diplomacy.

Trap: aspirants mix up the 2011 edition (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh) or the 2019 edition (England and Wales) with 2015.