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Vol. XXVI No. 02, May 1-15, 2016
Quizzin with Ramanan
(Current Affairs questions are from the period April 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. The Union Government has renamed Panagarh Air Force Base in West Bengal after which only ‘five star’ rank officer of the IAF?
2. According to the World Wildlife Fund, the global population of which highly endangered majestic animal, of which India has the maximum number, increased by 22 per cent after a century of constant decline?
3. What is the new name of the famous Haryana town Gurgaon?
4. The bronze bust of which legendary Indian mathematician and astronomer was unveiled recently at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris?
5. The first-of-its-kind ATM was installed recently by the DCB Bank in the Peninsula Business Park, Lower Parel, Mumbai. What is special about it?
6. Name the temple in Kerala where at least 110 people were charred to death in a fireworks accident on April 10th.
7. Gatimaan Express, India’s fastest train at 160km/h, had its inaugural run on April 5th. What are its terminal points?
8. Name the two Indians who top the Forbes Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen 2016 list.
9. What was the theme of this year’s World Health Day on April 7th?
10. The Government has designated which Bharat Ratna awardee to endorse the ‘I Support Skill India’ campaign?
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11. Which popular sanctuary in the Tamil Nadu was formally established in 1858 by order of the Collector of the then Chingelpet District?
12. Which of the ‘Pancha Rathas’ in Mamallapuram is built to a rectangular plan with lion-mounted, columned (four columns) galleries on both long sides?
13. What is the name of Shiva in the famous Thirukazhukundram temple near Chennai?
14. Which Chennai institution was ranked the top engineering institute in the first National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)?
15. Which aquatic bird is called ‘kondai neer kagam’ in Tamil?
16. According to the UN Global Report on Urban Health 2016, Chennai ranks world No. 2 in what unwanted fatal statistic?
17. Which ‘reigning’ pontiff was born Subramanyam Mahadeva Iyer?
18. Whose war-cry is ‘Veera Madrassi, Adi Kollu, Adi Kollu’?
19. After which legendary leader is the Indian Navy’s VLF-transmission facility at Vijayanarayanam, near Tirunelveli, named?
20. Where can you spot seven tombs of Ceylon kings, including the biggest one for Sri Vikrama Raja Singha?
1. Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh; 2. Tiger; 3. Gurugram; 4. Aryabhatta; 5. First Aadhaar-based ATM that will dispense cash from the bank account by accepting Aadhaar number and Aadhaar fingerprint (biometric) of the customer; 6. Puttingal Devi temple at Paravur in Kollam district; 7. Hazrat Nizamuddin and Agra; 8. Nita Ambani (Reliance Industries) and Arundhati Bhattacharya (chairman of SBI); 9. ‘Beat Diabetes’; 10. Sachin Tendulkar.
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11. Vedanthangal; 12. Bhima Ratha; 13. Vedagiriswarar; 14. IIT Madras; 15. Indian cormorant; 16. 26.6 reported traffic fatalities per 1 lakh inhabitants; 17. Jayendra Saraswathi of Kanchi Math; 18. Madras Regiment; 19. Kattabomman (it is called INS Kattabomman); 20. Vellore.
