(Current Affairs questions are from the period April 16th to 30th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)

1.Which entertainer recently broke a most viewed YouTube record, becoming ‘Queen of YouTube’, with more than one billion viewings?

2. According to an independent UN commission of inquiry, which Asian leader’s assassination in 2007 could have been prevented? The report also stated that the subsequent inquiry was bungled.

3. What mountaineering feat did South Korea’s Oh Eun-San become the first woman and the 21st person to achieve?

4. Which famous Mumbai hotel reopened on April 24th, nearly 18 months after sustaining extensive damage in the 2008 Mumbai attacks?

5. Hailed as the largest in history, in which bustling Asian city did ‘Expo 2010’ open on April 30th?

6. The NY Society Library, the city’s only lender of books at the time of this person’s presidency in the 18th Century, has revealed this U.S. President failed to return two books and faces a late fine of $300,000. Who?

7. A recently unearthed track, ‘Plundered My Soul’, by a legendary, still-performing group from the 1960s has been released as a limited edition 7" single. Name the group.

8. Islamists recently warned the creators of which popular American TV show that they could face violent retribution for depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit in its 200th episode?

9. Which Indian film world legend recently revealed that he has cirrhosis of the liver as a result of a blood transfusion after an accident three decades ago?

10. How did 53-year-old IFS officer Madhuri Gupta make news recently for the wrong reasons?

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11. According to the latest data on its website, who is the only unattached member in the present Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly?

12. Who was appointed the acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court following Justice H.L. Gokhale’s elevation as a Supreme Court judge?

13. Name the three women Rajya Sabha MPs from Tamil Nadu.

14. Which coastal town was once called ‘Cholakula Vallippatinam’ and referred to as ‘Padarithitha’ in ancient Buddhist literature?

15. How do you better know Pattamadai’s Kuppuswamy Iyer?

16. Jayakanthan’s Oru Kadhasiriyarin Kadhai is a biographical work on which famous writer?

17. Whose memorial do you see at Pallivasal in Samattipuram?

18. What is common to the offices of the Honorary Consular Representatives of Denmark, Greece and Spain in Chennai?

19. Name the two temples mentioned as important tourist spots on TTDC’s ‘Hop On Hop Off’ tour from Chennai to Mamallapuram.

20. DakshinaChitra, which opened to the public in December 1996, is a project of which non-profit organisation?