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VOL. XXIV NO. 11, September 16-30, 2014
Quizzin' with Ram'nan

(Current Affairs questions are from the period August 16th to 31st. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)

1. Which popular film actor recently became the first Indian ambassador of Interpol’s Turn Back Crime campaign which highlights how everyone can play a role in preventing crime.?

2. The Prime Minister has set up the Ramanujam committee to identify what in an effort to help jurisprudence?

3. Name the Oscar-winning actor and acclaimed director of Gandhi who passed away recently.

4. The Union I&B Ministry recently with held the release of Punjabi film Kaum de Heere (Diamonds of the Community). Why?

5. In which Chinese city was the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held?

6. Which Indian was the Man-of-the-Series in the ODI series that India won 3-1 against England in England?

7. Name the new domain recently launched by the Union Government aimed at people who are non-English-speaking.

8. Name the ambitious scheme for comprehensive financial inclusion launched by the Prime Minister on August 28th.

9. With which online giant has the Ministry of Textiles signed an MoU for the welfare of handloom weavers?

10. Where in Maharashtra were India’s first ever Ethanol-run, environment-friendly public buses introduced by Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari?

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11. Three narrow roads connect North Mada Street and Kutchery Road in Mylapore. One is Kutchery Lane. Name the other two.

12. Which Tamil Nadu cricketer and squash star were recently awarded the Arjuna Award?

13. Who was the first Indian Governor of Madras?

14. Which most-recognised name in its business was named after a lawyer who became the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in 1924?

15. Bombay Mutual Building, Dare House and State Bank of Mysore Building in Parry’s are examples of which type of architecture?

16. Who composed ‘Satatatmu brovumayya chakravartini’ in honour of King George V?

17. What was started in 1917 by Annie Besant, Dorothy Jinarajadasa and Margaret Cousins?

18. How many Pagodas would 16,800 Kaasu get you?

19. To acknowledge what effort was the Trevelyan Fountain raised in the grounds of Victoria Public Hall?

20. Which famous cricket club was the first winner of the Madras Championship (for the Rajah of Palayampatti Shield) in 1932-33?

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1. Shah Rukh Khan; 2. Identify obsolete laws which hamper governance by creating avoidable confusion; 3. Sir Richard Attenborough; 4. It depicts and glorifies the acts of Indira Gandhi’s assassins 30 years ago; 5. Nanjing; 6. Suresh Raina; 7. Dot Bharat (in Devanagiri); 8. ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’; 9. Flipkart; 10. Nagpur.

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11. Chengazhuneer Pillayar Koil Street and Mathala Narayanan Street; 12. R. Ashwin and Anaka Alankamony; 13. Maharaja Rao Shri Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji Sahib Gohil; 14. Murray & Co. (named after Sir Victor Murray Coutts-Trotter); 15. Art-Deco; 16. ‘Poochi’ Srinivasa Iyengar; 17. Women’s Indian Association; 18. Five; 19. Governor Charles Trevelyan’s initiative towards providing Madras with adequate drinking water; 20. Triplicane CC

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