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(ARCHIVE) Vol. XXIII No. 7, July 16-31, 2013
Quizzin' with Ram'nan

(Current Affairs questions are from the period June 16th to 30th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)

1. Which eminent business group launched Indicash, the country's first-ever network of white label ATMs, on June 27th?

2. Who won the man-of-the-match award in the final as well as the Golden Ball in the ICC Champions Trophy won by India?

3. According to a survey conducted by UNCTAD, India was the third most attractive destination for investment in the world. Name the top two.

4. Who has again become Prime Minister of Australia after a gap of three years?

5. Which Indian properties have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage Sites list this year under the Cultural category?

6. What type of creature is 'Ammu', the mascot for the 35th National Games to be held later in the year in Kerala?

7. With an objective to help simplify the web for Indian users, which online giant recently launched a campaign called 'Start Searching India'?

8. Which eminent Indian origin sculptor has been honoured with a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in her birthday honours list, for services to Visual Arts?

9. The lawmakers of which central American nation have granted rights to an Asian company to build a $40-billion shipping canal to rival the Panama Canal?

10. What was Operation Rahat that made news recently?

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11. Name the Tamilian who has been appointed the next Chief Justice of India.

12. Name the three MPs from the State who were re-elected to the Rajya Sabha recently.

13. Name the trophy given to the second division champion in the TNCA league.

14. Vaduvoor K. Duraiswamy Iyengar's work Bhaskara Vilas Puraanam was an adaptation of which famous Sherlock Holmes story?

15. Expand the initials in the name of the popular yesteryear actor T.R. Mahalingam.

16. The city's corporation before moving into Ripon Buildings was housed on which street?

17. Which respected medical institution in Chennai gets its name from a Portuguese queen from the 13-14th Centuries?

18. Where in the State is the post-independence avatar of the Army Staff College that was first established in Deolali in 1905?

19. Between which two places was the first railway line in the South laid with the first sod cut in 1853?

20. What now stands where the 'Pleasant', the Rane Group's hotel, once stood?

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1. The Tatas; 2. Ravindra Jadeja; 3. China and USA respectively; 4. Kevin Rudd; 5. Six hill forts of Rajasthan; 6. Hornbill; 7. Google; 8. Anish Kapoor; 9. Nicaragua; 10. The IAF's massive operation to rescue stranded pilgrims in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

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11. P. Sathasivam; 12. Kanimozhi (DMK), D. Raja (CPI) and V. Maithreyan (AIADMK); 13. C.P. Johnstone Shield; 14. 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'; 15. Thenkarai Ramakrishna; 16. Errabalu Chetty Street; 17. St. Isabel's Hospital; 18. Wellington. It is now called Defence Services Staff College; 19. Vyasarpadi to Wallajah Road; 20. The Trident.

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