Tamil Nadu Current Affairs Questions and Answers

Practice questions

Chef Damu, who died in Chennai at 72 on 25 October 2026, was a judge of which TV show?
1. Bigg Boss Tamil
2. Super Singer
3. Cooku with Comali
4. Kalakka Povathu Yaaru
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Answer: C. Cooku with Comali — Chef Damu was a Padma Shri awardee and a judge of the cooking show Cooku with Comali.
Tamil Nadu plans a cake treat for school students on which day?
1. 5 September
2. 14 November
3. 2 October
4. 26 January
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Answer: B. 14 November — The treat is planned for 14 November, which is Children's Day.
Which Union minister thanked the Tamil Nadu government for cutting the state VAT on aviation turbine fuel in October 2026?
1. Ram Mohan Naidu
2. Rajnath Singh
3. Nitin Gadkari
4. Piyush Goyal
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Answer: A. Ram Mohan Naidu — Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu welcomed and thanked Tamil Nadu for the ATF VAT cut.
Kashi Tamil Sangamam 5.0 is planned for which period?
1. 28 November to 12 December 2026
2. 1 to 15 November 2026
3. 5 to 19 January 2027
4. 10 to 24 December 2026
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Answer: A. 28 November to 12 December 2026 — The Ministry of Education opened the registration portal for the fifth edition, to be held 28 November to 12 December 2026.
Who was appointed the full-time Governor of Tamil Nadu in October 2026?
1. R. N. Ravi
2. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
3. Om Prakash Mathur
4. Dhal Singh Bisen
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Answer: B. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar — Arlekar, who had been holding Tamil Nadu as an additional charge, was appointed on a regular basis on 12 October 2026.
INS Samarthak, commissioned in October 2026, is the Navy's first indigenous ship of which type?
1. Hydrographic survey vessel
2. Multi-purpose vessel
3. Fleet tanker
4. Landing platform dock
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Answer: B. Multi-purpose vessel — INS Samarthak is a multi-purpose vessel built by L&T at Kattupalli, with over 75% indigenous content.
The Mekedatu balancing reservoir proposed by Karnataka is on which river?
1. Krishna
2. Cauvery
3. Tungabhadra
4. Sharavathi
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Answer: B. Cauvery — It would be built in Ramanagara district, and Tamil Nadu opposes it.
The Annan Seer scheme of Tamil Nadu gives brides how much gold?
1. 8 gram
2. 4 gram
3. 1 gram
4. 10 gram
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Answer: A. 8 gram — The 22-carat coin comes with a silk saree for families earning up to Rs 2.5 lakh.
The Vetri Payanam free bus travel scheme for women in Tamil Nadu started from which date?
1. 15 August 2026
2. 28 September 2026
3. 12 October 2026
4. 2 October 2026
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Answer: D. 2 October 2026 — It was launched on Gandhi Jayanti from Koyambedu, Chennai.
Which foreign university received UGC final approval to set up a campus at Velachery, Chennai?
1. University of Southampton
2. Deakin University
3. University of Western Australia
4. University of Liverpool
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Answer: C. University of Western Australia — It is the first foreign higher education institution in Tamil Nadu, costing Rs 772 crore.

The Chennai ring main project costing Rs 3,108.55 crore is assisted by which institution?
1. World Bank
2. Asian Development Bank
3. JICA
4. New Development Bank
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Answer: B. Asian Development Bank — It links nine water sources through a closed loop of pipelines.
India's first dugong conservation reserve in Tamil Nadu lies in which water body?
1. Palk Bay
2. Gulf of Kutch
3. Chilika Lake
4. Pulicat Lake
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Answer: A. Palk Bay — It covers 448.34 sq km, and a 2026 count found 270 dugongs.
Which zoo in Tamil Nadu was closed after H5N1 avian influenza was confirmed in October 2026?
1. Guindy Children's Park
2. Mysuru Zoo
3. Vallalar Zoo, Salem
4. Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur
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Answer: D. Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur — Seven water birds died between 3 and 7 October 2026.
Which state recorded the highest retail inflation in India in September 2026?
1. Odisha
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Telangana
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Answer: B. Tamil Nadu — Tamil Nadu recorded 6.81%.
Andhra Pradesh received an award for renewable energy investment at which event?
1. Windergy India 2026, Chennai
2. Global Energy Summit, Mumbai
3. RE-Invest 2026, Gandhinagar
4. India Energy Week, Bengaluru
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Answer: A. Windergy India 2026, Chennai — The event was held at the Chennai Trade Centre from 7 to 9 October.
INS Samarthak was built at which shipyard?
1. Kattupalli shipyard
2. Cochin Shipyard
3. Mazagon Dock
4. GRSE Kolkata
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Answer: A. Kattupalli shipyard — Larsen & Toubro built it at Kattupalli near Chennai.
The Tamil Nadu-Meghalaya biodiversity project (2025-2030) received a $4.88 million grant from which agencies?
1. World Bank and ADB
2. GEF and UNDP
3. UNESCO and FAO
4. IMF and WTO
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Answer: B. GEF and UNDP — The Global Environment Facility and the UN Development Programme funded the project, launched on 26 April 2026.
Which Chennai start-up tested the world's first fully 3D-printed booster rocket engine, Agnite?
1. Agnikul Cosmos
2. Skyroot Aerospace
3. Dhruva Space
4. Omspace
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Answer: A. Agnikul Cosmos — Agnikul Cosmos tested Agnite, made from the nickel superalloy Inconel.
R. Vairamuthu, chosen for the 60th Jnanpith Award, writes in which language?
1. Telugu
2. Malayalam
3. Tamil
4. Kannada
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Answer: C. Tamil — Vairamuthu is a Tamil poet and lyricist, the third Tamil writer to win the Jnanpith.
Which state was India's largest textile exporter in 2024-25, according to NIRYAT data?
1. Gujarat
2. Maharashtra
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Tamil Nadu
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Answer: D. Tamil Nadu — Tamil Nadu exported about $7,998 million of textiles, around 21.84% of the total.

R. N. Ravi moved from Tamil Nadu to be the Governor of which state?
1. Telangana
2. West Bengal
3. Bihar
4. Nagaland
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Answer: B. West Bengal — R. N. Ravi became Governor of West Bengal in the March 2026 reshuffle.
Which airport in Tamil Nadu was given international status by the Union Cabinet?
1. Madurai
2. Salem
3. Tuticorin
4. Vellore
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Answer: A. Madurai — Madurai airport, which already had flights to Colombo, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, became an international airport.
Who won the 60th Jnanpith Award (2025)?
1. Vairamuthu
2. Gulzar
3. Vinod Kumar Shukla
4. Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay
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Answer: A. Vairamuthu — Tamil poet and lyricist Vairamuthu won it, the first writer honoured for Tamil poetry.

One-liner questions: fill in the blank

_____ won bronze in the women's 400 m hurdles at the Asian Games 2026 in 54.75 seconds, beating P. T. Usha's national record of 1984. She was the first Tamil Nadu woman with three medals at one Games.
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Answer: Vithya Ramraj
Tamil Nadu launched _____ on 2 October 2026 from Koyambedu, extending free bus travel for women and transgender persons to express and deluxe buses. About 84.32 lakh women travel daily on 12,695 buses.
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Answer: Vetri Payanam
Tamil Nadu issued a Government Order on 5 October 2026 for the _____ scheme, giving brides from families earning up to Rs 2.5 lakh a year an 8-gram gold coin and a silk saree. Rs 812 crore was allotted.
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Answer: Annan Seer
The UGC gave final approval on 5 October 2026 for the _____ to open a campus at Velachery, Chennai, costing Rs 772 crore. It is the first foreign higher education institution in Tamil Nadu.
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Answer: University of Western Australia
Chief Minister Vijay laid the foundation of the _____ at Sholinganallur. The Rs 3,108.55 crore project, with Asian Development Bank help, links nine water sources through 91.2 km of pipelines.
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Answer: Chennai ring main
The _____ set in over Tamil Nadu about five days before its normal date of 20 October. The southwest monsoon had ended with a 20% rainfall deficit in the state.
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Answer: northeast monsoon
Tamil Nadu is preparing _____, a platform meant to bring about 1,000 government services under one roof.
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Answer: AI-enabled e-Sevai 2.0
The Tamil Nadu government under Chief Minister Vijay has cut the state _____, reported to be 16 per cent. Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu thanked the state.
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Answer: VAT on aviation turbine fuel (ATF)
Celebrity chef _____, a Padma Shri awardee, Guinness World Record holder and judge of the TV show *Cooku with Comali*, died in Chennai at the age of 72.
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Answer: Chef Damu
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court barred registration of documents on lands covered by an 1887 deed dedicating property to the _____, a Vishnu shrine on a Cauvery-Coleroon islet with 21 gopurams.
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Answer: Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
Filmmaker _____, director of *Pushpaka Vimanam* and *Aditya 369*, died in Chennai at 94.
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Answer: Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
The WMO warned that the 2026-27 _____ could be among the strongest on record, which may bring heavier Northeast Monsoon rain to Tamil Nadu.
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Answer: El Niño
Mridangam maestro and Padma Shri (2025) awardee _____ died in Chennai at the age of 91.
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Answer: Guruvayur Dorai
Tamil music composer _____ (Devanesan Chokkalingam), who scored more than 400 films, died in Chennai at the age of 75.
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Answer: Deva
Maersk chose L&T's _____ near Chennai for its first planned drydocking in India.
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Answer: Kattupalli Shipyard
BHASHINI and IISc released text-to-speech models for the _____ language, from MeitY's DIBD and IISc SPIRE Lab, available on the AIKosh platform.
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Answer: Sourashtra
Vultr announced a _____ in Chennai.
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Answer: 20 MW AI supercluster
The _____ dog of Tamil Nadu was recognised as a new indigenous breed.
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Answer: Kombai
Tamil Nadu CM _____ launched the "Thuli" rainwater-harvesting awareness campaign in Chennai; the mascot "Thuli" means a drop. The state also allocated Rs 340 crore for water supply amid deficit rain.
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Answer: C. Joseph Vijay
_____ (1926-2026), the Chennai jeweller who helped craft the Sengol at age 20, died aged 99. The Sengol was given to Nehru in 1947 and installed in the new Parliament by PM Modi on 28 May 2023.
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Answer: Vummidi Ethiraj
Karnataka asked the Centre to approve the _____ balancing reservoir on the Cauvery in Ramanagara district, which would submerge about 5,000 hectares of forest. Tamil Nadu, as the lower riparian state, opposes the project.
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Answer: Mekedatu
The _____ scheme gives a 1-gram gold ring to every baby born in a government hospital. Babies who are premature or ill are referred to 34 District Early Intervention Centres.
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Answer: Thaai Maaman Thanga Mothiram
Tamil Nadu has India's first _____, covering 448.34 sq km of Palk Bay. A 2026 Wildlife Institute of India count found 270 dugongs, 158 in Palk Bay and 112 in the Gulf of Mannar.
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Answer: dugong conservation reserve
Project Nilgiri Tahr counted _____ in Tamil Nadu in 2026, up from 1,303 in 2025. The state animal is protected under the project.
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Answer: 1,364 Nilgiri tahr
The Tamil Nadu power utility called tenders to install about _____ under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme, of which about 56.85 lakh are for the Chennai region.
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Answer: 1.7 crore smart meters
The Tamil Nadu _____ gives combined Central and State subsidy of Rs 35,000 for 1 kW, Rs 70,000 for 2 kW and Rs 1,00,000 for 3 kW.
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Answer: Rooftop Solar Subsidy Scheme
At the Asian Para Games 2026, _____ retained his long jump gold with an Asian record of 7.15 m and Tamil Nadu announced Rs 75 lakh for him. Thulasimathi Murugesan also won gold in badminton doubles.
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Answer: Dharmaraj Solairaj
Tamil Nadu announced Rs 75 lakh for cricketer _____, a member of the Indian team that won the Asian Games 2026 cricket gold.
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Answer: Washington Sundar
Seventeen-year-old tennis player _____ of Coimbatore became the youngest Indian woman to win a professional singles title, beating Sania Mirza's 22-year-old record.
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Answer: Maya Rajeswaran Revathi
The National Green Tribunal banned construction within 1 km of the _____ Ramsar wetland in Chennai. The state wetlands authority proposed an interim zone of influence of 128.19 hectares.
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Answer: Pallikaranai
The Madras High Court upheld the Speaker's acceptance of _____ resignations and told the Speaker to decide disqualification petitions against four members within two months.
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Answer: six MLAs'
Tamil Nadu recorded the highest retail inflation in India for September 2026 at _____; rural inflation was 6.08% and urban inflation 4.88%.
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Answer: 6.81%
Tamil Nadu launched the _____, which adds state incentives to central help under the India Semiconductor Mission and also supports projects outside it.
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Answer: Semiconductor Ecosystem Scheme 2026
Tamil Nadu cut VAT on aviation turbine fuel for scheduled airlines from 29% to _____ and to 1% at other state airports from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027.
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Answer: 16% at Chennai
The Tamil Nadu _____, from 1 January 2026, needs 10 years' service and pays 50% of average basic pay of the last 12 months, with a floor of Rs 10,000 a month.
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Answer: Assured Pension Scheme
The state's special incentive of _____ lifts the sugarcane price to Rs 4,000 per tonne, above the Centre's FRP of Rs 3,290.50, benefiting about 90,000 farmers.
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Answer: Rs 709.50 per tonne
Tamil Nadu sent a site clearance request for an airport at _____ near Keelakarai in Ramanathapuram district to serve Rameswaram, on over 600 acres.
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Answer: Manikaneri
The international container terminal of _____, Thoothukudi, was declared a green terminal after all operating equipment was electrified.
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Answer: V. O. Chidambaranar Port
Tamil Nadu became the first state to take the _____ to the field, with a study at the Kadayanallur government hospital in Tenkasi with the National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai.
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Answer: dengue vaccine
Tamil Nadu met the _____ in September 2026; HIV prevalence fell from 0.40% in 2010 to 0.19% in 2023 and 1,63,151 people are on treatment.
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Answer: 95-95-95 HIV target

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