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Vol. XXVI No. 10, September 1-16, 2016
Quizzin with Ramanan
(Current Affairs questions are from the period August 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. Which globally popular travel company has decided to merge its China operations with its rival Didi Chuxing, with the new entity being valued at $35 billion?
2. Who recently transferred to Manchester United for a world record transfer fee of £89m?
3. Why did the Greenland Shark make news recently?
4. Name the ‘Iron Lady of Manipur’ who ended her much publicised, 16-year-long hunger strike for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in her State?
5. On August 3rd, the historic Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2014 was approved by the Rajya Sabha. What does it pertain to?
6. Who is back as the Prime -Minister of Nepal after holding office in 2008-2009?
7. How did Havildar Hangpan Dada of the Assam Regiment make news recently?
8. Who on August 15th became the only second Indian artiste, after M.S. Subbulakshmi, to perform in the General Assembly hall of the United Nations?
9. What big change with regard to the annual Budget did the Finance Minsitry give nod to on August 14th?
10. Which ‘Maharatna’ entity recently launched a Rs. 100-crore start-up fund to mark as its Diamond Jubilee year?
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11. Name the eminent Gandhian, the daughter of ‘Sriman’ Srinivasa Iyengar, who translated the Ram Charit Manas into Tamil and set up the Srinivasa Gandhi Nilayam for destitute children?
12. What is the present name of the modified version of the building once called Somerford?
13. Name these two eminent Knights of the city: one a founder-chairman of ICICI and a representative at the UN and the other a Chairman of UNESCO and WHO.
14. What is located in a building once called Grassmere in Egmore?
15. Who is said to have authored Nannul, which is considered the most significant work on Tamil grammar after Tolkappiyam?
16. What is common to Nutmeg, Ottimo-Cucina Italiana, Tran-que-bar and Royal Vega?
17. Madras’ biggest fire that killed 400 occurred 130 years ago during an annual carnival. Where?
18. What major discovery did John Smith, an Officer of the 28th Cavalry of the Madras Regiment, make in April 1819?
19. Which suburb of Chennai is the initial M in the former Chief Minister, M. Bakthavatsalam’s name?
20. In 1922, which composer-singer made his appearance felt in Chennai thanks to the munificence of one A.K. Ramachandra Iyer?
1. Uber; 2. Paul Pogba (from Juventus); 3. They are now the longest-living vertebrates known on Earth, scientists say; 4. Irom Sharmila; 5. The adoption of the Goods and Services Tax; 6. Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, 7. He was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India’s highest peacetime military decoration, 8. A.R. Rahman, 9. The Railway budget will be merged with the General budget, 10. ONGC.
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11. Ambujammal; 12. Chettinad Palace; 13. Sir A. Ramaswami and Lakshmanaswami Mudaliars; 14. The Tamil Nadu Archives; 15. Pavananthi Munivar; 16. All are restaurants at the ITC Grand Chola; 17. People’s Park; 18. Ajanta Caves; 19. Minjur; 20. Papanasam Sivan.
