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(Current Affairs questions are from the period August 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. Which country’s engineers did Pakistan allow, according to US officials, to photograph the remains of a hi-tech helicopter used in the Osama bin Laden raid.
2. Name the popular star of Hindi films known for his Yahoo! Cry, who passed away recently. (Hint: His first name was once Shamsher.)
3. Which agency’s recent downgrading of the credit rating of the U.S. led to panic in the global markets?
4. Astronomers discovered ‘TrES-2b’ recently. What is its claim to fame?
5. What was the ‘single’ paying tribute to India released by A.R. Rahman and his group ‘SuperHeavy’ recently?
6. Which cyber-giant bought Motorola’s Mobility business for a $12.5 billion recently?
7. Which high-profile Arsenal player recently moved to Barcelona FC?
8. Name the solar-powered NASA spacecraft launched recently on a five-year journey to Jupiter.
9. What was the fall-out of the killing of 29-year-old Mark Duggan by the British police in early August?
10. Which in-the-news temple recently saw a Devaprasnam, an astrological process to ‘discern the will of the god or a deity’?
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11. Which garden house in Chennai, owned by Gilbert Ricketts, was taken over by Government in the 19th Century by settling a Rs. 35,000 mortgage?
12. The statue of Subburathinam is on the Marina. How is he better known?
13. In the context of the present civic administration in Chennai, who is J.K. Tripathy?
14. Which road in Chennai was named either for the father John or son Henry, both Chief Secretaries of Madras?
15. Which eight-lettered, one-word description could be used for 43 acres in Egmore granted on August 21, 1778 to Hall Plummer (civil servant and contractor)?
16. What was the erstwhile name of the Sriramulu Park in Chennai?
17. What first can be attributed to the HQ of Grundfors in Chennai?
18. What does the frieze at the bottom of the massive Cornwallis statue in the Fort Museum depict?
19. Name the church in Vepery, once known as the New Mission Church, deemed to be an example of ‘humphy-dumphy’ Gothoid architecture.
20. In Chennai, what will you find where the Nawab’s Octagon/ Marine Villa stood?
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1. China; 2. Shammi Kapoor; 3. Standard & Poor's; 4. It is considered the darkest exoplanet ever; 5. 'Satyameva Jayathe'; 6. Google; 7. Cesc Fabregas; 8. Juno; 9. Widespread riots across London and other places in the UK; 10. Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram.
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11. Raj Bhavan; 12. Bharathidasan; 13. He is the Commissioner of Police; 14. Chamier's Road; 15. Pantheon; 16. Loane Square; 17. It is the first commercial building in India to win a Green Gold rating; 18. Tipu Sultan handing over his two young sons as collateral security; 19. St. Matthias' Church; 20. The University Library and the Teaching (clock tower) Block.
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