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(Current Affairs questions are from the period September 16th to 30th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. Which African country recently achieved the distinction of becoming the first nation where women outnumber men in Parliament?
2. The International Astronomical Union on September 17th named the fifth dwarf planet as…?
3. What is the ‘Chronophage’ that was unveiled at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, recently?
4. Who is Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe?
5. Which famous prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire is now said, after radiocarbon dating, to have been built around 2500 BC?
6. Name the heavily guarded, luxury hotel in Islamabad that was hit by a suicide attack on September 25th, killing at least 40 people and wounding at least 250.
7. Name the dashing, blue-eyed superstar Hollywood actor, philanthropist, race car driver, and food impresario who passed away recently.
8. What incident on September 19th has forced the Large Hadron Collider to be shut off until spring 2009?
9. Who won Formula One’s first night race held in Singapore recently?
10. Name the temple near Jodhpur where 147 people were killed after a stampede on the opening day of Navaratri.
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11. Where can you see a natural cavern called Ezhadippattam that has polished rock beds of Jaina ascetics?
12. What does the acronym CECRI stand for? (Hint: Karaikudi.)
13. Which place around 25 km from Hosur is called ‘Little England’ because of its pleasant climate?
14. Which Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer is known for novels such as Ahaya Thamarai, Helicoptergal Keezhe Irangivittana and Yesuvin Thozhargal?
15. What distinction does St. George’s School in Chennai have as regards its pattern of education?
16. Which scheme in Coimbatore was originally conceived by S.P. Narasimhalu Naidu in 1889 but implemented in 1929 after an acute water crisis?
17. In Madurai, the one-time residence of the CEOs of J.B. Coats Limited, UK, since 1890, is now a part of…?
18. According to Hindu tradition, in which place did Rama consecrate a shrine for Shiva to wash off the Brahmahatti dosha?
19. The present name of the hospital once called Monegar Choultry Hospital is…?
20. What appeared for the first time in Madras on October 12, 1785, thanks to one Richard Johnston, the East India Company’s printer?
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1. Rwanda; 2. Haumea; 3. Dubbed ‘the strangest clock in the world’, it features a giant grasshopper and has 60 slits cut into its face which light up to show the time; 4. He is the new President of South Africa; 5. Stonehenge; 6. Marriott Hotel; 7. Paul Newman; 8. A magnet failure that has caused a tonne of liquid helium to leak out into the experiment’s 27km-long tunnel; 9. Fernando Alonso; 10. Chamunda Temple.
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11. Sittannavasal; 12. Central Electro Chemical Research Institute; 13. Thalli; 14. Indira Parthasarathy; 15. It’s the oldest school in India following the British pattern of education; 16. Siruvani; 17. Taj Garden Retreat, a luxury hotel; 18. Rameswaram; 19. Stanley Hospital; 20. The city’s earliest newspaper, Madras Courier.
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