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Vol. XXVI No. 14, November 1-15, 2016
Quizzin with Ramanan
(Current Affairs questions are from the period October 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. In which Indian State was the 8th BRICS Summit held recently?
2. The Union Government has decided to utilise the vast network of post offices across the country to sell which essential food item at subsidised rates for the festival season?
3. At the recent 28th meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol at Kigali in Rwanda, India decided to eliminate by 2030 which greenhouse gas that harms the ozone layer?
4. In a decision that raised eyebrows, which American singer-songwriter, artist and writer has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature?
5. The United Nations General Assembly formally elected which Portuguese take over on January 17 as the new Secretary-General?
6. In which north Indian State will the country’s 20th Indian Institute of Management come up?
7. In a major administrative reform, how many districts has been newly created in Telengana to add to the existing 10 districts?
8. The Supreme Court in a landmark judgement has widened the scope of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 by deleting what two words in Section 2(q) of the Act to make it gender-neutral?
9. Which eminent space scientist has become the first Indian to be inducted the Hall of Fame of the International Astronautical Federation?
10. With which Indian business group has Dassault Aviation signed a deal to set up a joint venture to execute offsets for the recently concluded India-France deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets?
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11. Where in the State will India’s first medical devices manufacturing park (Medipark) be set up with HLL Lifecare, a miniratna PSU, sub-leasing 330 acres of land for the purpose?
12. Which varsity in the State awards the annual Ramanujan Prize worth $10000, to mathematician under 32 years of age, for outstanding contributions to areas influenced by the genius?
13. In which Chennai school are the houses called Charter, Eton, Harrow and Rugby as a tribute to famous schools in the UK?
14. Veeraraghava Mudali Street in Triplicane is commonly called…?
15. Which restaurant, named after a Nobel Laureate, was started by Gomathy Subramanimam and Patrick Davenport?
16. As per the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, which place did the French get back for returning Madras to the English?
17. After whom is the Poondi reservoir officially named?
18. If it was Super Kings in the IPL, what was it in the Indian Volleyball League?
19. The first of its kind in the country was started thanks to a meeting called by G. Selvapathi Chettiar and G. Ramanujulu Naidu in March 1918. What?
20. Why was Platform 2A, from where the Shatabdi starts, originally built?
1. Goa, 2. Pulses, 3. HFC-23, a by-product of HCFC-22 (Hydro-chloroflurocarbon-22), which is used in industrial refrigeration, 4. Bob Dylan, 5. Antonio Guterres, 6. Jammu & Kashmir, 7. 21, 8. “adult male” before the word ‘person’ to make it gender-neutral. The remaining part of the legislation would remain operative and was kept untouched, 9. Former ISRO Chairman Prof. Udupi Ramachandra Rao, 10. Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group.
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11. Chengalpattu, 12. SASTRA University, 13. Christ Church Anglo-Indian higher Secondary School, 14. Big Street, 15. Kipling Café, 16. Fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, 17. Satyamurthy, 18. Chennai Spikers, 19. The Madras Labour Union, the first organised labour union in India, 20. To deliver water and goods to the station staff.
