1) Who took over as the first Chief Minister of the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh on 8 June 2014? –Nara Chandrababu Naidu (Naidu, the supremo of Telugu Desham Party (TDP) was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan. He has served for close to nine years from 1995 to 2004 as Chief Minister of united Andhra Pradesh. 19 ministers were also inducted into Naidu’s government)
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2) The oath ceremony of new government of the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh was held at which place on 8 June 2014? – at the grounds of Acharya Nagarjuna University at Numbur, which falls between Vijayawada and Guntur (The residuary Andhra Pradesh does not have a capital of its own at present and will share Hyderabad as joint-capital with Telangana for 10 years. By then it will have to develop a new capital of its own)
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3) Which international airport of Pakistan became target of a massive terrorist attack on 8 June 2014 in which at least 23 people were killed? – Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport (The old terminal building of the airport was targeted by terrorists who posed as Airport Security Force (ASF) personnel. All 10 terrorists were killed in a combined retaliatory operation of army units, ASF commandos, paramilitary rangers and police. The attack was reminiscent of the deadly attack carried out by some 15 militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in May, 2011 on the Mehran naval airbase here in which the attackers killed some 18 personnel and damaged aircrafts before being killed in a counter attack)
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4) Which former Indian cricketer joined the Supreme Court-appointed Mudgal committee as a member on 8 June 2014? – Sourav Ganguly (Ganguly joined the Mudgal committee, which is probing the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal, as an expert on cricketing affairs. The panel is headed by Retd. Justice Mukul Mudgal and includes advocates L. Nageswara Rao, Niloy Dutta and senior IPS officer B.B. Mishra. The Supreme Court had earlier directed the probe committee to select a cricketer of ‘impeccable integrity’ who would help the committee on the cricketing matters related to IPL betting and spot-fixing)
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5) In a dramatic race in the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix on 8 June 2014, team Mercedes was beaten for the first time in 2014. Who was the unexpected winner of this race? – Daniel Ricciardo for Red Bull (This was the first GP win for Daniel Ricciardo of Australia and Mercedes was beaten for the first time in this season. However, the second spot was taken by Mercedes Driver Nico Rosberg (Germany) and Ricciardo’s teammate Sebastian Vettel (Germany) claimed the third spot. A big event of the race was Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton being forced to retire from the race due to brake failure. Force India’s Hulkenberg (Germany) claimed fifth spot. With this result Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg extended his lead over Hamilton for the ongoing F1 season)
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6) Spain’s Rafael Nadal won the men’s singles title of 2014 French Open on 8 June 2014 by defeating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic by 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4. This was Nadal’s ……… singles title win at the French Open – 9th (In the modern era, no man has had a tighter grip on a Grand Slam event than Rafael Nadal, who won the French Open title for record ninth time at the age of just 28 years. Nadal has now won 14 Grand Slam singles titles; just three behind the career leader, his former archrival Roger Federer)
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