(Current Affairs questions are from the period November 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)

1. Who on November 2nd became the youngest and first black Formula One World Champion in history?

2. Who was crowned on November 6th to become the world's youngest monarch?

3. Given the present scenario, which Asian country has announced a stimulus package involving $586 billion to finance programmes in ten major domestic areas in the next two years?

4. Name the new state-of-the-art canisterised missile that India successfully test-fired on November 12th.

5. Why was an area 32 km from the Shackleton crater on the Moon's south pole in the news on November 14th?

6. Name the once Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience who has become the Maldives' new President.

7. Which famous vessel made its last voyage from Southampton on November 11th?

8. Which Indian won the world junior badminton championship for women in Pune recently?

9. Which very senior Congress leader was stripped of all party positions for going public with grievances about candidates' selection?

10. Who are the two Indian cricket captains who bid adieu to the international game recently?

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11. Under what name does Srivenugopal write his stories?

12. Who created the fictional detectives Narendran and Vaijayanthi of Eagle Eye Detective Agency?

13. Who was the first Indian Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras?

14. Who sculpted the famous horseman statues near the Gemini Flyover?

15. Borassus flabellifer is the scientific name of the State tree of Tamil Nadu. What is it commonly called?

16. George Frederick Samuel Robinson has an imposing edifice in Chennai named after his titular name. How was he better known?

17. Name the FM radio station in Chennai owned by the Muthoot Group.

18. If you are walking down York Street or Hanover Square Street, where in Chennai are you?
19. Whose motto is "To make the unseen, seen"?

20. Which European city became Chennai's first 'sister city' back in 1966?