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

1. Whom did Leander Paes partner in his mixed doubles triumph at Wimbledon?

2. The body of which sporting legend was exhumed in Iceland recently in an effort to settle a paternity dispute?

3. Who took the Golden Ball honours for being the best player on show at the recent FIFA World Cup?

4. According to an EU announcement, which country is to become the 17th member of the Union on January 1, 2011?

5. Which mathematician again made news by firmly and finally refusing the $1,000,000 Millennium Prize he won for having solved the 106-year-old Poincare conjecture?

6. Sakshi Singh Rawat has become a household name by marrying her childhood friend and one of India’s most eligible bachelors recently. Name the bridegroom.

7. The Union Government recently launched the GANDHI project in Dandi. Expand GANDHI.

8. What is the creation of an IIT academic D. Udaya Kumar that made news on July 15th?

9. Which company has the highest rank of 125 among the Indian companies featured in the prestigious list of World’s 500 Largest Companies compiled by Fortune magazine?

10. Which great Carnatic vocalist has been appointed lifetime court musician of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams?

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11. When was the first time the Indian National Congress held its sessions in Madras?

12. Who is called the Father of Library Science in India (Hint: He was associated with the University of Madras)?

13. How was Sri Ramalinga Swami of Vadalur commonly referred to?

14. The present Sivaganga and Virudhunagar Districts were carved out of which district in the 1980s?

15. Which are the two temples specifically covered in the Chennai city ‘Hop On Hop Off’ tour?

16. Who is said to have collated and classified the Tevaram hymns of the Nayanmar?

17. Which type of clothing, with a nomenclature linked to the city, is also called George?

18. Which actress of yesteryear was called ‘The Shirley Temple of South India’?

19. Avvai Kalai Kazhagam in North Madras houses a museum honouring which Indian genius?

20. What was the pen name of Bhashyam Iyengar, the writer of historical fiction in Tamil?