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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. South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock married which high-profile royal on July 2nd?
2. Name the new Wimbledon champions.
3. Thanks to hackers, which U.S. broadcaster got into trouble for falsely tweeting “@BarackObama has just passed. The President is dead”?
4. Which South American country celebrated the bi-centenary of its independence from Spain on July 5th?
5. Name the 168-year-old British tabloid that shut down on July 10th, after serious allegations of phone-hacking, and its owner forced to appear before a parliamentary commission.
6. On July 14th, which planet completed its first orbit of the Sun since its discovery in 1846?
7. Name the noted film-maker of the critically acclaimed off-beat films like Nazar and Uski Roti who passed away recently.
8. What adventurous feat did Welsh rugby player Richard David Parks achieve on July 12th?
9. Which is the latest sovereign nation which became independent on July 9th?
10. Name the three areas in Mumbai that were the scene of terrorist attacks on July 13th, killing more than 20 people.
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11. What film studio did Spring Gardens in Teynampet metamorphose into?
12. Who was defeated in the Battle of Chengam in 1767 after he attacked Madras?
13. If Srivilliputhur enshrines ‘Kattazhagar’, which place enshrines ‘Koodalazhagar’?
14. What was the last-released film starring Sivaji Ganesan to celebrate a silver jubilee?
15. Which area in Chennai is popularly called ‘mini Brazil’ because many leading footballers hail from there?
16. Name the apprentice to Ibrahim Peer Mohammed & Co., dealers in fine glassware and china, who took over the business and gave it his name?
17. The Sacred Heart Matriculation Higher Secondary School is run by the Presentation Convent (PBVM). What does PBVM stand for?
18. Which Tamil Nadu player won the ‘Man of the Match’ award in the first-ever T20 international played by India?
19. Who was the Governor of Madras when India won Independence?
20. If Vishnu Kanchi was the area also known as ‘Little Conjeevaram’ and Siva Kanchi was ‘Big Conjeevaram’, what was known as ‘Jina Kanchi’?
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1. Albert II, Prince of Monaco; 2. Petra Kvitova (women) and Novak Djokovic (men); 3. Fox News; 4. Venezuela; 5. News of the World; 6. Neptune; 7. Mani Kaul; 8. He became the first human to reach the highest summits on each of the continents and also to trek to both poles in the same calendar year; 9. South Sudan; 10. Zaveri Bazaar, Dadar and Opera House.
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11. S.S. Vasan's Gemini Studios; 12. Hyder Ali; 13. Madurai; 14. Padaiyappa; 15. Vyasarpadi; 16. Poppat Jamal (of Poppat Jamal & Sons fame); 17. Presentation Of The Blessed Virgin Mary; 18. Dinesh Karthik; 19. Sir Archibald Edward Nye; 20. Pillai Palayam.
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