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(ARCHIVE) Vol. XX No. 6, july 1-15, 2010
Quizzin' with Ram'nan

(Current Affairs questions are from the period June 1st to 15th. Questions 11-20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)

1. On June 3rd in Moscow, six men were shut out from the rest of the world for 520 days to be the subjects of an experiment. What is the experiment?

2. Recently, NASA scientists discovered that one of Saturn's moons has the necessary atmosphere to support life. Which one?

3. How much money has BP Plc tentatively agreed to put, over time, into a fund to pay damages resulting from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill?

4. Why is the Chalon Sombrero peak in the Peruvian Andes being painted white?

5. Name the famous author of English novels like Distant Drum and The Devil's Wind and works of history like Kanhoji Angrey and Chhatrapatis of Kolhapur who passed away recently.

6. Which Asian country has $1 trillion in mineral deposits, according to a recent finding by the United States Geological Survey?

7. To make divorce easier under the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, amendments introducing an additional ground have been cleared by the Union Cabinet. What is the additional ground?

8. After which famous work has the International Congress of Mathematicians decided to name a one-time international prize of Rs.10 lakh to popularise mathematics?

9. Name the four campuses in Chennai where the University of Madras has its libraries.

10. Who recently became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title by triumphing in the French Open?

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11. After which herbivore is the journal of the Madras Naturalists' Society named?

12. To whom does the upcoming Tamil film Idhyathil Oruvan pay tribute?

13. Who composed the song and shot the video used to promote the World Classical Tamil Conference held in Coimbatore?

14. On the above theme, who was awarded the Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Award?

15. According to the Mayor of Chennai, why has it been decided to retain the name of Ellis Road, whereas many other roads with European names are to be renamed?

16. Which media baron from the State recently topped a list of top earning CEOs in the country with a Rs. 37 crore income?

17. Which Lok Sabha constituency does the Union Minister of State for Finance, S.S. Palani Manickam, represent?

18. If the DMK’s newspaper is Murasoli, then what is the MDMK’s?

19. Which airport in Tamil Nadu has the IATA code VOVR?

20. How many consonants are there in the Tamil script?

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1. The ‘Mars 500 project’ which aims to simulate a mission to the Red Planet; 2. Titan; 3. $20 billion; 4. To highlight the effects of climate change and, hopefully, allow glaciers to form again; 5. Manohar Malgonkar; 6. Afghanistan; 7. ‘Irretrievable breakdown of marriage’; 8. Leelavathi by Bhaskaracharya; 9. Chepauk, Marina, Guindy and Taramani; 10. Francesca Schiavone.

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11. Blackbuck; 12. MGR and his brand of movies; 13. A.R. Rahman and Gautam Menon; 14. Finland’s Asko Parpola; 15. Because he had translated Thirukkural; 16. Kalanidhi Maran, MD of Sun TV Network; 17. Thanjavur; 18. Sangoli; 19. Vellore; 20. 18.

 

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