|
(Current Affairs questions are from the period January 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. Which country adopted euro on January 1st to become the 16th member of Eurozone?
2. The United States’ final Nimitz class aircraft carrier, commissioned on January 10th, is named after which living President?
3. Name the American-Indian and CNN’s medical correspondent who was offered the position of Surgeon General by Barack Obama.
4. Pakistan’s NSA Mahmud Ali Durrani was dismissed on January 8th for making what revelation?
5. Who said, and about what, in his resignation letter that shocked the world, “It was like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten”?
6. Carol Bartz is the new CEO of which online pioneer?
7. On January 15th, in which river did an US Airways flight land for a miraculous escape following total engine failure?
8. After a revision in its estimate, which country’s economy has
now become the world’s third largest, dislodging Germany?
9. A.R. Rahman became the first Indian to win a Golden Globe for
which of his works?
10. Which prolific Australian cricket opener, once holder of the
highest individual innings batting record, called it a day recently?
* * *
11. Which famous name in silks in this part of the world came up
with a saree with a border called ‘Durbar Pet’ for George V in
1911/12?
12. One of the giant cannons in the Government Museum, Chennai, brought back by Colonel William Draper, is thought to be the spoils of which war?
13. Which widely appreciated anthology has such stories as
‘Matchstick Number One’ by Rajesh Kumar, ‘Tokyo Rose’ by Tamilvanan, and ‘The Rebirth of Jeeva’ by Indra Soundar Rajan?
14. Which popular eating place, famous for a particular delicacy,
has five outlets in Chennai (three in T. Nagar and one each in Besant Nagar and Triplicane)?
15. The head of which public sector undertaking has his/her
residence at Underwood Gardens, on the banks of the Adyar?
16. For which place did the French swap Madras in 1749?
17. Which drink is traditionally made of edible sea algae, cold
milk, nannari (Sarsaparilla) syrup and ice cream (made of boiled milk in a clay-charcoal oven)?
18. Karuvarai Vasanai, Agathinai and Karukum Marudani are
some literary endeavours from which sitting MP from Tamil Nadu?
19. What is housed in Singaravelar Maaligai, named after the first advocate from the fisherman community?
20. How many taluks come under the Chennai District Collectorate?
Click here to view answers for the quiz
1. Slovakia; 2. George H.W. Bush; 3. Sanjay Gupta; 4. Ajmal
Amir, the only surviving terrorist in the Mumbai attacks, is a Pakistani; 5. Satyam’s ex-boss Ramalinga Raju, on the manipulation of figures in the company’s accounts; 6. Yahoo!; 7. Hudson; 8. China; 9. The song ‘Jai Ho’ from Slumdog Millionaire; 10. Matthew Hayden.
* * *
11. Nalli Chinnasami Chetty; 12. Siege of Manila (part of the Seven Years War); 13. The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction (translated by Pritham K. Chakravarthy); 14. Murugan Idli Shop; 15. SBI’s Chief General Manager (South Zone); 16. Cape Breton and Fortress of Louisburg; 17. Jigar Thanda; 18. Kanimozhi; 19. The Chennai Collectorate offices; 20. Five (Egmore-Nungambakkam, Mylapore-Triplicane, Mambalam-Guindy, Fort-Tondiarpet, Perambur-Pursawakkam).
|
