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Vol. XXVI No. 11, September 16-31, 2016
Quizzin with Ramanan
(Current Affairs questions are from the period August 16th to 31st. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. In an innovative first, the Union Government has signed a MoU with Amar Chitra Katha to publish and distribute a comic book on which of its ambitious initiative?
2. President Barack Obama recently gave assent for the creation of the largest ecologically protected area on the planet (582,578 square miles of land) when he expanded the Papahanaumokuakea national marine monument. In which US State is it?
3. Which Indian’s London Olympics bronze medal was recently upgraded to silver?
4. Name the four athletes decorated with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna on August 29.
5. Name the Indian-origin former Singapore President, who held that office from 1999 to 2011, who passed away recently aged 92.
6. Which Indian actor has been chosen for the prestigious Chevalier de L’Ordre Arts et Lettres?
7. The maiden flight of the world’s longest aircraft (92m long) happened in Bedfordshire on August 17. Name it.
8. President Pranab Mukherjee recently launched AIR’s Akashvani Maitree to showcase the culture and heritage of which neighbouring nation?
9. With a view to create a global-size bank, SBI has approved the merger of its five associate banks and which other bank with itself?
10. Laljibhai Patel, a diamond baron and from Suarat recently set a world record for a suit by paying a whopping Rs 4.31 crores. Who made news last year by wearing this suit?
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11. On Harris Road (Adithanar Salai) in Pudupet, there is a run-down market in the peerage name of Robert Bourke. How is he known to us?
12. When Madras was elevated to a Presidency in 1684, the person who took charge is famous worldwide in academic circles. Name him.
13. Which star-daughter/wife, a resident of Chennai, has been made an ‘United Nations Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in India’?
14. Name the new DGP of Tamil Nadu.
15. In which coastal stretch in the city is the Corporation planning to plant 2000 three to five feet tall palm trees to reduce the impact of natural calamities and soil erosion?
16. Which bustling area of Chennai was once called Jinachintamani Chaturvedimangalam?
17. If it is 100 for police and 108 for ambulance service, what does 104 cater?
18. How did the Periyavadagampatti village in Salem district make sporting headlines recently?
19. The English got the grant for which three villages in Madras from Aurangazeb in 1693?
20. Why is October 12, 1785 a significant date in the history of Madras journalism?
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11. Baron Connemara, 12. Elihu Yale, 13. Aishwarya Dhanush, the daughter of Rajinikanth, 14. T.K. Rajendran, 15. Lighthouse to Pattinapakkam, 16. Velacheri, 17. Information on medical counselling and institutons, 18. Rio Paralympics high jump gold medallist Thangavelu Mariyappan hails from that place, 19. Egmore, Purasawalkam, and Tondiarpet, 20. The city’s earliest newspaper ‘Madras Courier’ was first published on that date.
