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Question Number: Who won the Australian Open Super Series

badminton title 2014 in Sydney?

A) Saina Nehwal

B) Wang Shixian

C) P.V. Sindhu

D) Bae Yeon Ju

Answer & Explanation: Saina Nehwal won the Australian Open

Super Series badminton title.

Question Number: Saina Nehwal won the Australian Open Super

Series badminton title 2014 against whom?

A) P.V. Sindhu

B) Wang Shixian

C) Carolina Marin

D) Li Xuerui

Answer & Explanation: Saina Nehwal won the Australian Open

Super Series badminton title 2014 against ‘Carolina Marin’.

Question Number: Who has clinched the men’s singles title of

Indonesia badminton Open?

A) Lee Chong Wei

B) Tommy Sugiarto

C) Ajay Jairam

D) Jan O Jorgensen

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Answer & Explanation: Jan O Jorgensen has clinched the men’s

singles title of Indonesia Open.

Question Number: Who won the World Rapid Chess

Championship 2014 against Viswanathan Anand in the final in

Dubai?

A) Levon Aronian

B) Magnus Carlsen

C) Hikaru Nakamura

D) Anish Giri

Answer & Explanation: Magnus Carlsen won the World Rapid

Chess Championship.

Question Number: Who won the World Blitz Chess championship

2014 that concluded in Dubai?

A) Magnus Carlsen

B) Wesley So

C) Peter Svidler

D) Viswanathan Anand

Answer & Explanation: Magnus Carlsen won the World Blitz Chess

championship.

Question Number: Who won the golf US open 2014 title completing

an overwhelming wire-to-wire victory in Pinehurst?

A) Tiger Woods

B) Adam Scott

C) Martin Kaymer

D) Zack Sucher

Answer & Explanation: Martin Kaymer won the golf US open 2014

title.

Question Number: Who won the men’s hockey world cup title

2014 in Hague?

A) Netherlands

B) Australia

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C) India

D) Germany

Answer & Explanation: Australia won the men’s hockey world cup

title 2014.

Question Number: Who won the women’s hockey world cup title

2014 in Hague?

A) Australia

B) India

C) France

D) Netherlands

Answer & Explanation: Netherlands won the women’s hockey

world cup title 2014.

Question Number: Who won the Austrian Formula One Grand

Prix 2014?

A) Nico Rosberg

B) Fernando Alonso

C) Daniel Ricciardo

D) Lewis Hamilton

Answer & Explanation: Nico Rosberg won the Austrian Formula

One Grand Prix 2014.

Question Number: Nico Rosberg is currently world No-1 Formula

One driver, He belongs to which country?

A) Germany

B) Spain

C) England

D) Australia

Answer & Explanation: Nico Rosberg belongs to Germany.

Question Number: Who won the Canadian Formula-1 Grand Prix

2014?

A) Sebastian Vettel

B) Nico Rosberg

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C) Daniel Ricciardo

D) Lewis Hamilton

Answer & Explanation: Daniel Ricciardo won the Canadian

Formula-1 Grand Prix 2014.

Question Number: Who clinched the Gold in men’s singles air pistol

in Shooting World Cup in Slovenia?

A) Pablo Carrera

B) Jitu Rai

C) Peter Pang

D) Abhinav Bindra

Answer & Explanation: Jitu Rai clinched the Gold in men’s singles

10 meter air pistol.

Question Number: Jitu Rai won the Gold in men’s singles

_________ air pistol in Shooting World Cup in Slovenia?

A) 100 meter

B) 25 meter

C) 10 meter

D) 50 meter

Answer & Explanation: Jitu Rai won the Gold in men’s singles ‘10

meter’ air pistol.

Question Number: Who created history by becomes the first player

to win world cup titles in the longer and shorter formats of billiards

and snooker, after pocketing the IBSF World 6-red snooker

championship in Egypt?

A) Gregory Gaultier

B) Pankaj Advani

C) Chris Simpson

D) Saurav Ghosal

Answer & Explanation: Pankaj Advani becomes the first player to

win world cup titles in the longer and shorter formats of billiards and

snooker.

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Question Number: Who won Asian Billiards Championship title

2014, defeating compatriot Alok Kumar in the final in New Delhi?

A) Pankaj Advani

B) Piyush Chawla

C) Aditya Khanna

D) Saurav Kothari

Answer & Explanation: Saurav Kothari won Asian Billiards

Championship title 2014.

Question Number: Who clinched the 2014 French Open men’s

singles title?

A) Roger Federer

B) Rafael Nadal

C) Novak Djokovic

D) Stan Wawrinka

Answer & Explanation: Rafael Nadal clinched the 2014 French

Open men’s singles title.

Question Number: Who clinched the 2014 French Open women’s

singles title?

A) Serena Williams

B) Li Na

C) Maria Sharapova

D) Victoria Azarenka

Answer & Explanation: Maria Sharapova clinched the 2014 French

Open women’s singles title.

Question Number: Maria Sharapova won the 2014 French Open

women’s singles title against whom?

A) Simona Halep

B) Petra Kovitova

C) Jelena Jankovic

D) Serena Williams

Answer & Explanation: Sharapova won the 2014 French Open

women’s singles title against ‘Simona Halep’.

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Question Number: Who won the ‘Cricketer of the Year’ honour at

the CEAT Awards function in Mumbai?

A) Shikhar Dhawan

B) Ravindra Jadeja

C) Virat Kohli

D) Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Answer & Explanation: Virat Kohli won the ‘Cricketer of the Year’

honour.

Question Number: Who won the ‘ODI Player of the Year’ award at

the CEAT Awards function in Mumbai?

A) Virat Kohli

B) Shikhar Dhawan

C) R. Aswin

D) Ravindra Jadeja

Answer & Explanation: Shikhar Dhawan won the ‘ODI Player of

the Year’ award.

Question Number: Who was named as the next President of

European Commission?

A) Herman V. Rompuy

B) Yukiya Amano

C) Le Luong Minh

D) Jean-Claude Juncker

Answer & Explanation: Jean-Claude Juncker was named as the

next President of European Commission.

Question Number: Who was succeeded as the King of Spain?

A) Felipe II

B) Felipe VI

C) Felipe III

D) Felipe V

Answer & Explanation: Felipe VI was succeeded as the King of

Spain.

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Question Number: What was the name of Indian-origin judge, who

was appointed as the 8th Attorney-General of Singapore?

A) A. Mayaram

B) P. Patniak

C) V.K. Rajah

D) R.K. Sinha

Answer & Explanation: V.K. Rajah was the name of Indian-origin

judge.

Question Number: Who was appointed as CEO of India’s second

largest IT exporter, Infosys for a five year term?

A) N. Chandrasekaran

B) Phaneesh Murthy

C) Cyrus Mistry

D) Vishal Sikka

Answer & Explanation: Vishal Sikka was appointed as CEO of

Infosys.

Question Number: UK firm East India Company issued exclusive

legal tender gold coins in the honour of ______?

A) Amitabh Bachchan

B) Narendra Modi

C) Sachin Tendulkar

D) Mahatama Gandhi

Answer & Explanation: UK firm East India Company issued

exclusive legal tender gold coins in honour of ‘Sachin Tendulkar’.

Question Number: Who has recently become the top-ranking

batsman in both Test and One Day ICC rankings?

A) Virat Kohli

B) AB de Villiers

C) David Warner

D) Hashim Amla

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Answer & Explanation: AB de Villiers has become the top-ranking

batsman in both Test and One Day ICC rankings.

Question Number: Who won the Australian Open 2014

(Badminton) after defeating Spain’s Carolina Marin in women’s

singles final?

A) Sania Mirza

B) Saina Nehwal

C) Jawala Gutta

D) P.V. Sindhu

Answer & Explanation Saina Nehwal won the Australian Open

2014.

Question Number: Who created history by becoming the first Indian

to win two medals at the same World Cup tournament and also the

first to win three medals in successive ISSF events?

A) Abhinav Bindra

B) Donald Pinter

C) Jitu Rai

D) Gagan Narang

Answer & Explanation: Jitu Rai created history by becoming the

first Indian to win two medals at the same World Cup tournament.

Question Number: Who visited China from India to attend the events

to mark the 60th anniversary of Panchsheel agreement?

A) Narendra Modi

B) Hamid Ansari

C) Sushma Swaraj

D) Meneka Gandhi

Answer & Explanation: Hamid Ansari visited China from India to

attend the events to mark the 60th anniversary of Panchsheel

agreement.

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Question Number: Who inaugurated the 240-Megawatt Uri-II Hydro

Electric Project (HEP) located near the Line of Control (LoC) in

Baramulla district in Kashmir?

A) Pranab Mukherjee

B) Sushma Swaraj

C) Rajnath Singh

D) Narendra Modi

Answer & Explanation: Narendra Modi inaugurated the 240-

Megawatt Uri-II Hydro Electric Project (HEP).

Question Number: A passenger train set a new speed record of

running 160 km an hour during a trial run between ______?

A) Delhi to Agra

B) Mumbai to Ahmedabad

C) Bangalore to Chennai

D) Thane to Pune

Answer & Explanation: A passenger train set a new speed record of

running 160 km an hour during a trial run between ‘Delhi to Agra’.

The train will be started by the Railways in due course.

Question Number: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s made his first

foreign visit to ______?

A) Bhutan

B) Russia

C) Bangladesh

D) Brazil

Answer & Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s made his

first foreign visit to ‘Bhutan’

Question Number: Which country become the first country to ratify

the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for

persons who are blind and visually impaired or otherwise print

disabled (VIPs)?

A) Russia

B) India

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C) Japan

D) China

Answer & Explanation: India becomes the first country to ratify the

Marrakesh Treaty.

Question Number: What is RIMPAC?

A) India’s largest aircraft carrier

B) World’s largest maritime exercise

C) NASA missile mission

D) World’s first largest telescope

Answer & Explanation: World’s largest maritime exercise. RIMPAC,

the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, is the world's largest international

maritime warfare exercise.

Question Number: Bodu Bala Sena belongs to which country?

A) Bhutan

B) Sri Lanka

C) Pakistan

D) Bangladesh

Answer & Explanation: Bodu Bala Sena belongs to ‘Sri Lanka’.

Question Number: What was the rank of India according to Global

Peace Index-2014?

A) 140

B) 121

C) 143

D) 136

Answer & Explanation: ‘143’ was the rank of India according to

Global Peace Index-2014.

Question Number: World’s first Modern Slavery Bill was published

by which country?

A) India

B) Britain

C) France

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D) USA

Answer & Explanation: World’s first Modern Slavery Bill was

published by ‘Britain’.

Question Number: According the World Bank the economic growth

forecast for the developing world in 2014 is lowered from 5.3% to

_______?

A) 4.5%

B) 5.2%

C) 4.8%

D) 5.1%

Answer & Explanation: Economic growth forecast for the

developing world in 2014 is lowered from 5.3% to ‘4.8%’.

Question Number: What was the Bank Rate as on July 05, 2014?

A) 10%

B) 8%

C) 7%

D) 9%

Answer & Explanation: 9% was the Bank Rate as on July 05, 2014.

Question Number: What was the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) as on

July 05, 2014?

A) 2%

B) 4%

C) 3%

D) 5%

Answer & Explanation: 4% was the Cash Reserve Ratio as on July

05, 2014.

Question Number: What was the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) as

on July 05, 2014?

A) 23%

B) 24%

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C) 22.5%

D) 21.5%

Answer & Explanation: 22.5% was the Statutory Liquidity Ratio as

on July 05, 2014.

Question Number: What is IIP in Economy?

A) Index of Industrial Production

B) Investment of Industrial Production

C) Index of India Production

D) Investment of India Production

Answer & Explanation: Index of Industrial Production.

Question Number: What is QFI in Economy?

A) Qualified Forward Investors

B) Qualified Forward Industries

C) Qualified Foreign Investors

D) Qualified Foreign Industries

Answer & Explanation: Qualified Foreign Investors.

Question Number: Arvind Mayaram Committee was constituted by

Union government for?

A) FDI & FII

B) OIC & PIO Status

C) Tax Residency Certificates and

D) Tax Clearance Certificates

Answer & Explanation: Arvind Mayaram Committee was

constituted by Union government for ‘FDI & FII’.

Question Number: What is FTAs in economics field?

A) Free Transport Agreement

B) Free Trade Agreement

C) Free Tax Agreement

D) Free Telecommunication Agreement

Answer & Explanation: Free Trade Agreement

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Question Number: What is TARC?

A) Tax Administration Reform Commission

B) Tax Administration Reform Committee

C) Taxation Administration Reform Commission

D) Taxation Administration Reform Committee

Answer & Explanation: Tax Administration Reform Commission

Question Number: What is the name of Chairman of TARC?

A) B.S.Chauchan

B) Ajit Devol

C) Parthasarathi Shome

D) A.K. Dubey

Answer & Explanation: Parthasarathi Shome is the name of

Chairman of TARC.

Question Number: Who is the Director-General of Confederation of

Indian Industry (CII)?

A) Aditi Khanna

B) Prithviraj Singh

C) Alok Patidar

D) Chandrajit Banerjee

Answer & Explanation: Chandrajit Banerjee is the Director-

General of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

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