Current Affairs July 2026 – Tamil Nadu (40 MCQs)

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1.  

Which became India's second major port with an 18-metre draft in July 2026?

Correct Answer: A [Kamarajar Port]

விளக்கம்:

Kamarajar Port at Ennore reached this on 7 July 2026; Visakhapatnam was the first.

2.  

Which was the first Indian major port to achieve an 18-metre draft?

Correct Answer: C [Visakhapatnam]

விளக்கம்:

Visakhapatnam was first; Kamarajar Port second (July 2026).

3.  

What was the approximate cost of capital dredging at Kamarajar Port?

Correct Answer: A [₹440 crore]

விளக்கம்:

About ₹440 crore was spent; Capesize ships of up to 1.7 lakh DWT can now be handled.

4.  

Which statement about Kamarajar Port is correct?

Correct Answer: B [It was the first major port registered as a company]

விளக்கம்:

Kamarajar (Ennore) is the 12th major port and the first corporatised one. Chennai and V.O.C. are TN's other major ports.

5.  

In which list of the Constitution are major ports placed?

Correct Answer: B [Union List]

விளக்கம்:

Major ports are in the Union List; other ports in the Concurrent List (Entry 31).

6.  

Who chairs the Revenue Augmentation Committee set up by Tamil Nadu in July 2026?

Correct Answer: C [Montek Singh Ahluwalia]

விளக்கம்:

Former Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia heads it (28 July 2026).

7.  

According to the June 2026 White Paper, Tamil Nadu's own tax revenue is what share of GSDP?

Correct Answer: D [5.45%]

விளக்கம்:

It fell from 5.93% to 5.45%. 3.77% is the fiscal deficit; 28.3% the debt–GSDP ratio.

8.  

When was NITI Aayog set up in place of the Planning Commission?

Correct Answer: A [1 January 2015]

விளக்கம்:

NITI Aayog was set up on 1 January 2015.

9.  

Which Article of the Constitution provides for the Finance Commission?

Correct Answer: D [Article 280]

விளக்கம்:

Art. 280: Finance Commission; 279A: GST Council; 293: borrowing by States.

10.  

What is the new name of Tamil Nadu's Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department?

Correct Answer: C [Social Justice Department]

விளக்கம்:

It was renamed the Social Justice Department; Minister Vanni Arasu explained the move.

11.  

Which VCK general secretary criticised the renaming of the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department as the Social Justice Department?

Correct Answer: B [D. Ravikumar]

விளக்கம்:

VCK general secretary D. Ravikumar criticised it; Social Justice Minister Vanni Arasu said the department's funds would not be diverted.

12.  

Which river did the Madurai Bench of the High Court recognise as a juristic person in July 2026?

Correct Answer: C [Thamirabarani]

விளக்கம்:

Order pronounced on 23 July 2026; worshipped as a deity, the river has the status of a person.

13.  

Which judges formed the Bench in the Thamirabarani order?

Correct Answer: B [G.R. Swaminathan, B. Pugalendhi]

விளக்கம்:

Justices G.R. Swaminathan and B. Pugalendhi of the Madurai Bench. Surya Kant and Bagchi sat on the Vanashakti case (Supreme Court).

14.  

Where does the Thamirabarani river originate?

Correct Answer: D [Pothigai hills]

விளக்கம்:

It rises in the Pothigai hills of the Western Ghats and joins the Gulf of Mannar.

15.  

The Thamirabarani case concerned a mandapam at which place?

Correct Answer: B [Papanasam]

விளக்கம்:

The petitioner challenged a notice to remove the mandapam at the Papanasam bathing ghat; the court upheld the notice.

16.  

Which court declared the Ganga and Yamuna 'living persons' in 2017?

Correct Answer: B [Uttarakhand High Court]

விளக்கம்:

The Supreme Court stayed the Uttarakhand High Court's ruling the same year.

17.  

Which New Zealand river got legal personhood in 2017?

Correct Answer: A [Whanganui]

விளக்கம்:

The Whanganui is a key example of the 'rights of nature' idea.

18.  

India's 98th Grandmaster Aswath S (July 2026) hails from which district?

Correct Answer: A [Kanyakumari]

விளக்கம்:

Aswath, 17, earned his final norm at the Pune International GM Round Robin.

19.  

Which Tamil film won Best Direction at the 72nd National Film Awards?

Correct Answer: C [Amaran]

விளக்கம்:

Rajkumar Periasamy (Amaran). Captain Miller won the values award; Maharaja the supporting actress award.

20.  

Which Tamil film won 'Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values' (72nd awards)?

Correct Answer: D [Captain Miller]

விளக்கம்:

Captain Miller, directed by Arun Matheswaran.

21.  

Who won Best Supporting Actress for 'Maharaja' at the 72nd National Film Awards?

Correct Answer: D [Sachana Namidass]

விளக்கம்:

The award was shared by Sachana Namidass (Maharaja) and Ropashree Varkady (Mithya, Kannada).

22.  

Who won the National Award for the background music of 'Amaran'?

Correct Answer: C [G.V. Prakash Kumar]

விளக்கம்:

G.V. Prakash Kumar – background score for 'Amaran' (his third National Award); Shashwat Sachdev (Article 370) also won for music.

23.  

Where in Tamil Nadu was the 29th NTCA meeting (July 2026) held?

Correct Answer: C [Coimbatore]

விளக்கம்:

At the Central Academy for State Forest Service (CASFOS), Coimbatore, on 9 July 2026.

24.  

Which of these is NOT a tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu?

Correct Answer: C [Periyar]

விளக்கம்:

Periyar is in Keralam. TN's are Kalakad–Mundanthurai, Anamalai, Mudumalai, Sathyamangalam and Srivilliputhur–Megamalai.

25.  

What new name was given to the Chief Minister's Breakfast Scheme in July 2026?

Correct Answer: B [Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast Scheme]

விளக்கம்:

The G.O. is dated 15.07.2026, Kamaraj's birth anniversary.

26.  

How is 15 July, Kamaraj's birth anniversary, observed in Tamil Nadu?

Correct Answer: A [Education Development Day]

விளக்கம்:

17 September (Periyar's birthday) is Social Justice Day.

27.  

How many additional students will benefit from the breakfast scheme expansion?

Correct Answer: A [15,14,274]

விளக்கம்:

In 15,454 government schools; allocation ₹217.63 crore.

28.  

When was the Phase I self-enumeration of Census 2027 held in Tamil Nadu?

Correct Answer: C [17–31 July 2026]

விளக்கம்:

Door-to-door HLO – 1–30 August 2026.

29.  

In which list of the Constitution is the Census placed?

Correct Answer: A [Union List (Entry 69)]

விளக்கம்:

The law is the Census Act, 1948.

30.  

Along with Tamil Nadu, in which State did Census 2027 self-enumeration begin on 17 July 2026?

Correct Answer: C [Tripura]

விளக்கம்:

Announced by the Union Home Ministry.

31.  

In which district is Karivalamvanthanallur, where evidence of Sangam-era iron, bead and shell-bangle workshops was found?

Correct Answer: A [Tenkasi]

விளக்கம்:

The Malaiyadipatti excavation by the TN State Department of Archaeology.

32.  

The artefacts from the Karivalamvanthanallur excavation belong to which periods?

Correct Answer: C [Microlithic to Sangam]

விளக்கம்:

Over 100 artefacts.

33.  

At which point must Karnataka ensure the Cauvery flow ordered by the CWRC on 28 July 2026?

Correct Answer: C [Biligundlu]

விளக்கம்:

The CWRC ordered 3,500 cusecs a day at Biligundlu for 15 days from 29 July 2026.

34.  

How much water a day did the CWRC direct Karnataka to release to Tamil Nadu from 29 July 2026?

Correct Answer: A [3,500 cusecs]

விளக்கம்:

3,500 cusecs a day for 15 days – about 4 TMC.

35.  

In which year were the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) set up?

Correct Answer: A [2018]

விளக்கம்:

Both were set up in 2018 to implement the Supreme Court judgment of 16.02.2018; 2007 was the Tribunal's final award.

36.  

What is ‘Nalam TN’, launched by the Tamil Nadu government on 14 July 2026?

Correct Answer: A [An integrated health platform that also lets donors fund government hospitals]

விளக்கம்:

Nalam TN works under the Tamil Nadu Health Foundation; donors can give directly to a hospital of their choice.

37.  

On what main ground did the Madurai Bench quash government jobs given to families of Karur stampede victims (27 July 2026)?

Correct Answer: A [Violation of Articles 14 and 16]

விளக்கம்:

Equality before law (14) and equality of opportunity in public employment (16); executive power under Article 162 must stay within constitutional limits.

38.  

Which Article of the Constitution defines the extent of the executive power of a State?

Correct Answer: B [Article 162]

விளக்கம்:

Article 162 – extent; Article 154 vests it in the Governor; Article 73 – Union executive power; Article 166 – conduct of business.

39.  

Until when has the service of Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Dr M. Sai Kumar been extended (order of July 2026)?

Correct Answer: C [28 February 2027]

விளக்கம்:

Six months, 01.09.2026 – 28.02.2027; he was due to retire on 31.08.2026. The State had sought three months.

40.  

Under which Article of the Constitution are the All India Services created?

Correct Answer: B [Article 312]

விளக்கம்:

Article 312 – All India Services; 309 – recruitment rules; 315 – Public Service Commissions; 320 – functions of PSCs.

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