(Current Affairs questions are from the period May 16th to 31st. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu).

1. Who recently became the world's richest person for the first time since 2007 with a fortune of approximately $72.7 billion?

2. At 2.6 billion years old, what was it that was discovered deep inside a mine near the city of Timmins in Ontario to make it the oldest of its kind, even older than multi-cellular life?

3. Which popular former England football captain has retired after winning the Ligue 1 title with his last club, Paris Saint-Germain?

4. Name Microsoft's latest and eighth generation gaming console announced recently.

5. At which prestigious festival did French film Blue Is the Warmest Colour win the highest award, the Palme d'Or?

6. At 349 x 227 metres, about three times the size of a football field, which European country's national flag recently became the largest flag ever made?

7. Name the talented young film-maker from Bengal, who won 12 National awards and who passed away on May 30th.

8. Which IT giant recently got a six-year contract from the Department of Posts, worth over Rs. 1100 crore, for a project called 'India Post 2012'?

9. Name the players who won the Orange and Purple Cap respectively in the most recent IPL.

10. In which State did an audacious attack by Maoists kill 24 people including some prominent Congress leaders?

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11. Where in the State was the first fighter plane base of the IAF in the southern peninsula dedicated to the nation on May 27th by the Defence Minister?

12. What technical first did Annai Bhoomi, made in 1985, achieve?

13. With whom do you associate Indu Nesan, which was known for its scandalous stories?

14. What was the peerage title of George Frederick Samuel Robinson, now the name of an important edifice in Chennai?

15. What had its genesis in the house of Shanmugam Pillai, at 7 Coral Merchant Street, George Town, in September 1949?

16. Moses de Castro, who left Madras in 1786, is considered the last merchant from which community that once did a thriving trade in the city?

17. In the language of John Company, if Persewacca was Pursawalkam and Yegmore was Egmore, then what was Lungambacca?

18. Which building came up in 1680 thanks to the circulation of a voluntary subscription paper by Streynsham Master, the then Governor of Madras?

19. Which village was the first addition to it, some twenty years after the acquisition of Madras by the Company?

20. Name the legendary playback singer, who had sung for all popular matinee idols over four decades, and who passed away recently.