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

1. On June 2nd, who became the first Chief Minister of India’s newest and 29th State?

2. Who won the Orange and Purple Caps in the latest edition of the IPL that concluded with Kolkata Knight Riders winning for the second time?

3. Apple’s new programming language for iOS and OS X development is called...?

4. What is the much-talked-about ‘European Reassurance Initiative’ announced by US President Barack Obama recently?

5. June 6th marked the 70th anniversary of the largest sea-borne invasion in history and one of the major turning points of World War II. What was it?

6. Who recently became the first man to win nine titles in one Grand Slam tennis championship?

7. Reuven Rivlin is the President-elect of which influential Asian nation?

8. Who dethroned two-time defending champion Miami Heat to win the NBA Finals recently?

9. Name the English actor, the only person to win three Best Actor Oscars, who was recently knighted for his services to the world of drama.

10. Name the new CEO and MD of tech giant Infosys.

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11. On which famous painter’s death did Subramania Bharati pay this tribute “The master’s light has lit the palaces of kings and the huts of the poor bringing delight to all”?

12. Which famous Chennai-based institution’s first office was located in the dispensary of Dr. U. Rama Rau at 323 Thambu Chetty Street?

13. Which eminent son of the soil wrote ‘On the mechanical theory of vibrations of musical instruments of the violin family’?

14. Where in Chennai are you dining if the theme was all Mona Lisa with various interpretations of the famed painting on its walls?

15. What natural wonder is located on Schwarz Avenue in Huddleston Gardens, Adyar?

16. Which famous ‘lost’ hotel in the metropolis was built in 1954 by M.S. Ramaswami Chettiar of Mahalakshmi Films?

17. Name the octogenarian, Madras-born theoretical physicist, a co-discoverer of the Higgs mechanism and Higgs boson, who was knighted recently.

18. What is Venkatesh Ramakrishnan’s sequel to Kalki’s Sivakamiyin Sabadam called?

19. Where in the city can you see an Ashoka Pillar, unveiled in 1948 by the then Mayor Dr. U. Krishna Rau?

20. In which Mylapore temple is Sukra (Venus) said to have regained his eyesight after being blinded by the Vamana avatar of Vishnu?