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1) Which Indian Cricketer was recently named one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year? (A) Virat Kohli (B) M S Dhoni (C) Sachin Tendulkar (D) Shikhar Dhawan Ans (D) Shikhar Dhawan 2) Name Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier which was sold to ship-breaker company for Rs 60 crore recently (April 2014)? (A) INS Virat (B) INS Vikrant (C) INS Vijay (D) INS Sindhurakshak Ans. (B) INS Vikrant 3) Which prolific cricketer adorned the covers of the 151st edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack released in April 2014? (A) Sachin Tendulkar (B) Jacques Kallis (C) Don Bradman (D) Sunil Gavaskar Ans. (A) Sachin Tendulkar 4) Which bollywood actor was recently appointed brand ambassador for Lenovo smartphones? (A) Aamir Khan (B) Shahid Kapoor (C) Irfan Khan (D) Ranbir Kapoor Ans. (D) Ranbir Kapoor 5) World Bank on 9 April 2014 projected an economic growth rate of ..... per cent in 2014-15 for India? (A) 5.7 (B) 4.5 (C) 5

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1) Which Indian Cricketer was recently named one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the

Year?

(A) Virat Kohli

(B) M S Dhoni

(C) Sachin Tendulkar

(D) Shikhar Dhawan

Ans (D) Shikhar Dhawan

2) Name Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier which was sold to ship-breaker company for Rs

60 crore recently (April 2014)?

(A) INS Virat

(B) INS Vikrant

(C) INS Vijay

(D) INS Sindhurakshak

Ans. (B) INS Vikrant

3) Which prolific cricketer adorned the covers of the 151st edition of the Wisden

Cricketers' Almanack released in April 2014?

(A) Sachin Tendulkar

(B) Jacques Kallis

(C) Don Bradman

(D) Sunil Gavaskar

Ans. (A) Sachin Tendulkar

4) Which bollywood actor was recently appointed brand ambassador for Lenovo

smartphones?

(A) Aamir Khan

(B) Shahid Kapoor

(C) Irfan Khan

(D) Ranbir Kapoor

Ans. (D) Ranbir Kapoor

5) World Bank on 9 April 2014 projected an economic growth rate of ..... per cent in

2014-15 for India?

(A) 5.7

(B) 4.5

(C) 5

(D) 6.7

Ans. (A) 5.7

6) Software services industry group Nasscom (National Association of Software and

Services Companies) has named whom, as its new chairman for the 2014-15 financial

year?

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(A) Krishnakumar Natarajan

(B) B.V.R. Mohan Reddy

(C) R. Chandrasekaran

(D) Rana Kapoor

Ans. (C) R. Chandrasekaran

7) Which Israeli Startup has developed a smartphone battery which charges in just 30

Seconds, demonstrated their pioneering progress at Microsoft's Think Next symposium in

Tel Aviv recently?

(A) Bat Cell

(B) Charge thunder

(C) Limelight

(D) StoreDot

Ans. (D) StoreDot

8) Which player was named icon of IPL team Mumbai Indians for IPL season 7?

(A) Rohit Sharma

(B) Sachin Tendulkar

(C) Ricky Ponting

(D) Ambadi Rayidu

Ans. (B) Sachin Tendulkar

9) A new law legalizing sale of self-testing kits for HIV came into force in which country

on 6 April 2014?

(A) Bangladesh

(B) Australia

(C) UK

(D) China

Ans. (C) UK

10) India's first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant was recently sold for 60 crore rupees to a

company named?

(A) IB Commercial Pvt Ltd

(B) IRB Construction Ltd

(C) JRB Ships Pvt Ltd

(D) ITBB Scraps pvt Ltd.

Ans. (A) IB Commercial Pvt Ltd