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(Current Affairs questions are from the period May 16th to 31st. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. Which video by an Asian artiste recently became the first video to reach two billion views on YouTube?
2. The heads of which three countries have signed a treaty to form the ‘Eurasian Economic Union’?
3. How did two Indian-American teenagers, Sriram Hathwar and Ansun Sujoe, make news recently?
4. In which African nation did scientists recently announce the discovery of a remote mine the size of England?
5. In a big deal, Apple Inc. has paid $3 billion to buy which popular headphone and music-streaming service co-founded by rapper Dr. Dre?
6. Russia and China recently vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have asked the International Criminal Court to investigate war crimes in which embattled Asian country?
7. How is the ‘Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad’, which is wreaking havoc on ideological grounds in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, etc. better known?
8. Name the world-famous African-American author, poet, dancer, and singer, known for her first book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, who passed away on May 28th.
9. To what sensitive and strategic post has the former chief of IB, Ajit Doval, been appointed?
10. Name the new index, launched by Asia Index, that comprises the top 30 companies based on market capitalisation from five sectors (Energy, Transportation, Non-Banking Financial Institutions, Telecommunications, and Utilities).
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11. Apart from the Puzhal prison, where in Chennai can you shop at the outlets of ‘Freedom Prison Bazar’?
12. Where in Mylapore can you pray at the chapel named after St. Rita and built by the Armenians?
13. Which knight, a VC of the University of Madras, was the first recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University. It was a Doctor of Law degree awarded in 1908.
14. Which institution started functioning at Locock’s Garden, Kilpauk, from May 1871?
15. What name would connect famous film-maker Shakti Samanta to the popular drive-in theatre ‘Prarthana’?
16. The name of which building located on the Marina would roughly translate to ‘essence of grace’?
17. What once stood where Prince Kushal Towers is on Mount Road?
18. What claim to fame does Benjamin Schultze, a German Lutheran, have with regard to Madras’ religious fabric?
19. Which prominent place’s name in Madras derives from an amalgam of sodium chloride and the Telugu word for ‘godown’?
20. What is the present name of Esplanade Road?
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1. Psy’s Gangnam Style; 2. Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus; 3. They jointly won the prestigious 87th Scripps National Spelling Bee in the USA; 4. Republic of the Congo; 5. Beats Electronics; 6. Syria; 7. Boko Haram; 8. Maya Angelou; 9. National Security Advisor; 10. India Infrastructure Index.
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11. At the CMDA Office in Egmore and near the Saidapet Metropolitan Magistrates’ Courts; 12. San Thome school campus; 13. Sir Subramania Iyer; 14. Institute of Mental Health, Chennai; 15. Aradhana, a theatre; 16. Ezhilagam; 17. ‘Alankar’; 18. In 1726, he became the first Protestant missionary in Madras; 19. Salt Cotaurs; 20. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Road.
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