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

1. According to a recent news item, which South Indian university offered its Vice-Chancellor’s post to Albert Einstein?

2. In which media group did Reliance Industries make a huge investment recently?

3. Who recently won FIFA’s Ballon d’Or for best footballer of the year for the 3rd consecutive time?

4. Who recently became the first recipient of the Music Academy’s ‘Natya Kala Acharya’?

5. What recent news did WHO term as ‘India’s greatest public health achievement’?

6. Whom did Leander Paes partner in his triumph at the Aircel Chennai Open recently?

7. On January 14th, which African country marked the 1st anniversary of a revolution ending the Zine El Abidine Ben Ali dictatorship and triggered democracy movements in Africa?

8. Which southern State has become the first to put in place the ‘Special Tiger Protection Force’?

9. Which of India’s neighbours joined the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member on January 1st?

10. What record was set by a species of frog, Paedophryne amauensis, recently discovered in Papua New Guinea?

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11. Which bustling area of Chennai came up in the 1920s after draining the Long Tank?

12. Which political organisation’s seeds were sown at Dewan Bahadur Raghunatha Rao’s home in Mylapore in 1884?

13. Which academic institution of repute in Chennai was inaugurated 50 years ago on Jan. 3rd in the Presidency College campus?

14. What tradition, synonymous with the Tyagaraja Aradhana at Tiruvaiyaru, came about at the suggestion of Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavatar?

15. Which famous man was responsible for the Venkatramana Ayurvedic Dispensary & College, Kutchery Road, Mylapore?

16. Which Mount Road institution was founded by A.K. Ramachandra Iyer, the owner of Midland Theatre and the man behind brands like Coca Cola and Parker coming to India?

17. Which area in Chennai is said to get its name from the local term for ‘ruler’s district’?

18. What was the name of the South’s only ‘Princes’ College’, which was on Mount Road, opposite where the Kamaraj Memorial was built?

19. Which T’Nagar auditorium owes its name to a pharmacy?

20. Narasimhan Road, T’Nagar, once bore the name of a Dadasaheb Phalke awardee. Who?