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(Current Affairs questions are from the period November 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. Who was recently ranked the richest Indian by Forbes, with a net worth of $22.6 billion?
2. Name the two men of science honoured by having Elements 111 and 112 named after them?
3. Name the former Olympic and undisputed World Heavyweight boxing champion, nicknamed ‘Smokin’ Joe’, who passed away on November 7th.
4. According to the latest annual index produced by the United Nations, which are the top three countries to live in?
5. Which is the first Asian country to join two space vehicles together in orbit for the first time?
6. Who have been named the ‘World Athletes of the Year’ by the IAAF?
7. How did an image of the Rhine by German artist Andreas Gursky make news recently?
8. Which Pacific island nation, with Yaren as its capital, saw three Presidents in a week?
9. Name a much read and respected cricket writer (and a columnist for The Hindu) who committed suicide recently.
10. Name the two eminent sportspersons who were made honorary Lt. Colonels in the Territorial Army on November 1st.
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11. Which publication is considered the first general interest Tamil magazine to attain a circulation of one lakh?
12. Where in Chennai can you see a chronogram, engraved in stone, considered unique for being perhaps the only work by a Hindu in a mosque in Tamil Nadu?
13. The HQ of which bank is now on Lloyd’s Road where Lalitha Sadan, a huge property, stood ?
14. Which 225-year-old institution has also functioned in what is now the Fort Museum, then at ‘Garden House’ on Popham’s Broadway, before it moved to its present location in 1884?
15. Where is the largest Cornwallis Cupolas in Chennai?
16. Where in Nungambakkam is the State Government planning an Integrated Knowledge Park?
17. Which specific art form features in 135 Tamil Nadu temples?
18. Where is the Trevelyan Fountain that was raised to mark the contribution of Governor Charles Trevelyan, towards providing Madras with adequate drinking water?
19. Which industrial suburb of Chennai, once called Tiruvalidayil (or Tiruvalidayam), has a 7th Century Siva temple?
20. If it is Arthur Conan Doyle for Sherlock Holmes, then who is it for Thuppariyum Sambu?
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1. Mukesh Ambani; 2. Wilhelm Roentgen and Nicolaus Copernicus; 3. Joe Frazier; 4. Norway, Australia and the Netherlands; 5. China; 6. Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Sally Pearson of Australia; 7. At $4.3 million, it has become the most expensive photograph ever sold; 8. Nauru, 9. Peter Roebuck; 10. Abhinav Bindra and M.S. Dhoni.
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11. Dinamani Kathir; 12. Wallajah Mosque; 13. Indian Bank; 14. Madras GPO; 15. At the Collectorate (where once Bentinck Building stood); 16. At the DPI campus; 17. Frescoes; 18. In the grounds of the Victoria Public Hall; 19. Padi; 20. Devan.
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