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Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. Yendala Soundarya and Etimarpu Rajani scripted history by becoming the first-ever women hockey players from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to be members of the Indian team which qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics. India made it to the next edition of Olympics (for the first time after 36 years) by virtue of defeating Japan 1-0 in the play-off match for the fifth place and both Miss Soundarya and Ms. Rajani were part of the team in the World Cup semi-final league matches in Belgium. For someone who took to hockey watching seniors and playing for India since 2006, the 25-year-old Ms. Soundarya was also a member of the Indian team, which won the silver in the Senior Asia Cup and the Champions Trophy. "I feel honored to play for India, coming from a place like Nizamabad (she was a student of Modem Public School) which has no history of hockey players," Ms. Soundarya exclaims. "I owe my success to my first coach Maqbool in Nizamabad and then to the SAI coaches, including Gloria, at the SAI Centre in Hyderabad, where I trained for five years," the star player recalled. SAI hockey coach P. Madhukaran, who was earlier the Indian women's World Cup coach, recalls the abundance of talent these girls have shown in their formative years. To him this achievement by women?s hockey team is no surprise because of their commitment and sincerity to keep improving. The last time India played in Olympics was in the 1980 edition when it was given a direct entry because of the boycott led by USA in the Moscow edition.

Last time India got a direct entry to play in Olympics. Why?

A) Because Indian team was Asia champion

B) Because USA boycotted the Olympics held in Moscow

C) Because of India's higher ranking in world league

D) All of these

E) None of these