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VOL. XXIV NO. 2, May 1-15, 2014
Quizzin' with Ram'nan

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

1. Scientists from NASA and the European Space Agency recently estimated that Enceladus has an ocean of liquid water under its surface. Of which planet – is it a moon?

2. Lafarge and Holcim, the two largest manufacturers of which product have agreed to a merger to create a behemoth in that industry?

3. Who was chosen the man of the series in the ICC World Cup Twenty 20 that was won by Sri Lanka beating India in the final?

4. On April 9th, Microsoft officially concluded which popular product of its after 12 years of support?

5. On April 12th, which movie­dom legend was named to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award?

6. Name the India-born poet who has been awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in poetry.

7. Which swashbuckling Indian batsman has been chosen as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year?

8. The book Accidental Prime Minister: The making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh has created headlines for some critical observations made by the ­author. Name him?

9. The World Meteorological ­Organisation announced on April 4th which place in India as having ­regained the world record with the highest 2493 m.m. rainfall?

10. A company called IB ­Commercial Pvt. Ltd. recently purchased which iconic Indian Naval property for Rs. 60 crore?

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11. Name the hotel that stood where the ‘Oberoi Trident’ is now located.

12. Why did S.S. Vasan pay Rs. 200 for taking over Ananda Vikatan?

13. Which reputed Chennai-headquartered company was started by T.R. Ganapathy Iyer in 1936?

14. Which waterway that flows through Chennai is considered the shortest classified river ­draining into the Bay of Bengal?

15. What came up on ‘Man­thope’, a 56-acre property near Ambattur, in the early 1950s?

16. Which prestigious award in the world of music was presented for the first time on January 1, 1943 at the RR Sabha?

17. Which educational institution in Chennai is located on the site of Old Jail, Madras’ first civil jail?

18. Where in Chennai is the church replicating the famous ­basilica in Lourdes, France?

19. Which legend in the textiles industry started a Tamil daily, Tamil Nadu, and is considered the first Nagarathar to become a full-time journalist with an ­English language daily?

20. Which locality near the Chennai airport was created for World War II veterans?

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1. Saturn; 2. Cement; 3. Virat Kohli; 4. Windows XP; 5. Gulzar; 6. Vijay Seshadri; 7. Shikhar Dhawan; 8. Sanjaya Baru; 9. Cherrapunji; 10. INS Vikrant.

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11. Pleasant; 12. He priced each (Tamil) letter of the name at Rs. 25; 13. Rane; 14. Cooum; 15. TI Cycles; 16. Sangita Kalanidhi; 17. Bharati Women’s College; 18. Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Perambur; 19. Karumuttu Thiagaraja Chettiar; 20. Veteran Lines in Pallavaram. 

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