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Vol. XXV No. 13, October 16-31, 2015
Quizzin with Ramanan
(Current Affairs questions are from the period September 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. Which State topped the World Bank’s first ever ranking of States on the ease of doing business in India?
2. On September 9th, which institution was conferred the prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014?
3. Whose record did Queen Elizabeth II break recently to become the longest-reigning female monarch in history?
4. The Union Government is going to develop which place as the ‘Spiritual Capital’ of the country in order to serve the civilisational bond between India and the Buddhist world?
5. Which South African city will host the 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games in 2022?
6. The United States has changed the name of the tallest mountain in North America, Mount McKinley, to its original native name. What is it?
7. What is Project Nilgiri?
8. According to the World Federation of Exchanges, what distinction did the Bombay Stock Exchange achieve recently?
9. On whom did Prime Minister Narendra Modi release a commemorative coin of Rs.125 value recently? Hint: He had been awarded the Bharat Ratna.
10. The Supreme Court recently stayed the Rajasthan High Court’s order declaring Santhara as illegal. What is Santhara?
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11. Name the Chennai-based umpire who has been included in the ICC’s elite panel of umpires.
12. What is Natesa Mudaliar, after whom the road connecting Mylapore to Triplicane is named, noted for?
13. Name the café in Triplicane that made Periyar protest for a year because it had a board that said Brahmins only.
14. What is now located at the place which once housed the White Memorial Hall of the Anglo-Indian Association of Southern India in Egmore?
15. Where in Chennai can you find the oldest Western inscription on the East Coast of India, dating back to the early 16th Century?
16. What is the nom-de-plume of the eminent writer J. Thyagarajan?
17. Which prominent college taught Law in Chennai before the Law College was founded?
18. Which edifice in Chennai celebrated the British victories in Plassey and Seringapatnam?
19. Who, during his only visit to Madras, is said to have stayed at the home of his disciple Venna Kuppiar in Bunder Street?
20. Eminent art director Thota Tharani has won the National Award twice and both for Kamal Haasan starrers. One was Nayakan. Name the other.
1. ASTROSAT; 2. Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharma, 3. Court,4. Nepal, 5. E. Sreedharan of Delhi Metro fame, 6. Godavari and Krishna, 7. USA, 8. Bonn, 9. ‘Netaji’ Subhash Chandra Bose, 10. Stoning the devil ritual held as part of the Haj.
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11. Cuddalore, 12. Kennedy Streets, 13. Karneeswarar Koil,14. P. James, the magician, 15. Chepauk Palace, 16. Fort Museum,17. Ashokamitran, 18. Madras Roads, 19. Ellis Road (after F.W. Ellis),20. Triplicane.
