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(Current Affairs questions are from the period January 16th to 31st. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. Which Japanese car-maker became on January 21st the world’s largest automaker for the first time, surpassing General Motors?
2. On January 23rd, Japan launched the satellite ‘Ibuki’ for what specific purpose and a world first?
3. Name the two songs of A.R. Rahman nominated for the ‘Best Original Song’ Oscar.
4. In one of the biggest deals, which giant drugmaker took over rival Wyeth in a deal worth $68 billion recently?
5. In which American river did an US Airways flight ditch after a bird-hit recently?
6. Which British newspaper was recently bought by a Russian ex-KGB agent, Alexander Lebedev, for all of one Pound?
7. The discovery of which gas on Mars recently has raised the possibility that life might exist on the planet?
8. Which legendary soul singer sang ‘Let Freedom Ring’ at Barack Obama’s inauguration?
9. January 24th saw the silver jubilee of which pathbreaking computer?
10. Between which years was R. Venkataraman, who passed away recently, the President of India?
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11. If non-vegetarian hotels are/were called ‘military’ hotels, how are/were vegetarian eateries referred to?
12. What is the anglicised name of Rajamahendravaram, once part of Madras Presidency, now in AP?
13. Who is associated with Cinema Thoothu, launched in the early 1940s and known for salacious writing, and Indhu Nesan?
14. What was the train that ran between Madras Egmore and Dhanushkodi till 1964, when cyclone destroyed the line at Dhanushkodi, called?
15. Expand the initials in the name of the music legend G. N. Balasubramaniam.
16. Which ‘siddha’ was born Thiruvengadar at Kaveripoompattinam and is associated with the Thiruvotriyur temple in Madras?
17. After whom is the 2.2 km Pamban bridge named?
18. Which Chennai-based dance couple has been honoured with the Padma Bhushan this year?
19. Which venerable institution in Chennai for disseminating knowledge was inaugurated on December 5, 1896?
20. The Badagas of the Nilgiris call which grain ‘Sullivan Gangi’ as a tribute to John Sullivan, the founder of Udhagamandalam?
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1. Toyota Motor Corp; 2. To monitor greenhouse gas; 3. ‘Jai Ho’ and ‘O Saya’; 4. Pfizer; 5. Hudson; 6. London Evening Standard; 7. Methane; 8. Aretha Franklin; 9. Apple Macintosh; 10. 1987 and 1992.
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11. ‘Civil’ hotels; 12. Rajahmundry; 13. C.N. Lakshmikantham; 14. Boat Mail; 15. Gudalur Narayanaswamy; 16. Pattinaththaar; 17. Indira Gandhi; 18. V.P. Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan; 19. Connemara Public Library; 20. Barley.
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