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(Current Affairs questions are from the period July 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. NASA recently announced discovery of water in the atmosphere of which planet after a flypast by the ‘Messenger’ probe?
2. Following a legal battle with which media giant, over allegations of copyright infringement, has Google been told by a U.S. court that it must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube?
3. Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela is the new…?
4. The third largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System has been christened …?
5. Which book was chosen ‘The Best of the Booker’ on July 10th?
6. Why was ‘Lupa Capitolina’ in the news recently?
7. What was added by UNESCO to the Mountain Railways of India in the World Heritage List?
8. Which common fruit, with the scientific name Citrullus vulgaris, is said to have properties similar to Viagra, according to scientists?
9. Where was the 34th G8 summit held recently?
10. Who destroyed India in the Asia Cup final with a haul of six for 13?
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11. Name the first Swadeshi ship launched by V.O. Chidambaram Pillai from Tuticorin in 1906.
12. Simple. Name the maternal uncle of the music director of the next Rajini-starrer Kuselan.
13. Name the two districts of Tamil Nadu that begin with the English letter S.
14. The State flower of Tamil Nadu is…?
15. Where in the State (according to the Tamil Nadu Police’s official website) was Asia’s largest and most modern prison inaugurated in 2006?
16. As per the size of constituencies for the last Lok Sabha elections, which constituency from Tamil Nadu was among the top five LS constituencies in the country (based on number of voters)?
17. Name the Collector of Chennai District.
18. Name the sanctuary in the State that has been created for the protection of the blackbuck antelope.
19. How many chapters are there to the Porul segment of Thirukkural?
20. Which planet’s deity is worshipped at Alangudi?
Click here to view answers for the quiz
1. Mercury; 2. Viacom; 3. Miss Universe; 4. Makemake; 5. Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children; 6. This statue of the famed she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus has now been proved to be from the 1200s and not 500 BC, as reckoned for so long!; 7. Kalka-Shimla Railway; 8. Watermelon; 9. Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan; 10. Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis.
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11. s.s. Gaelia; 12. A.R. Rahman (uncle of G.V Prakash); 13. Salem and Sivagangai; 14. Gloriosa superba; 15. Puzhal; 16. Chennai North; 17. Kakarla Usha; 18. Vallanadu Wildlife Sanctuary; 19. 70; 20. Jupiter or Guru.
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