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Vol. XXVI No. 06, July 1-15, 2016
Quizzin with Ramanan
(Current Affairs questions are from the period June 1st to 15th. Questions 11 to 20 pertain to Chennai and Tamil Nadu.)
1. The UN entity tasked with promoting gender equality recently announced an Oscar-winning actress as its global Goodwill Ambassador who is she?
2. In a major shock to world environmentalists, what infamous first has the Australian Great Barrier Reef rodent (also known as Bramble Cay melomys) achieved recently?
3. Which West African country bestowed President Pranab Mukherjee with the Grand Cross National Order, its highest civilian award, recently?
4. Elements with Atomic Nos. 113 and 115 have been named after an Asian country and a National Capital. What are the new names?
5. Which Nordic country has become the first country in the world to prohibit deforestation?
6. Name the new Indian Railways initiative for mothers, which makes hot milk, hot water and baby food available at major railway stations.
7. With a demand of 4.1 million barrels a day, India is now the world’s third-largest oil consumer. Which countries occupy the top two places?
8. The ‘Louisville Lip’, one of the greatest sportspersons of all time and respected globally for his civil rights activism, passed away on June 4th. Name this legendary American champion.
9. Which eminent industrialist’s wife and social activist has become the first Indian woman candidate to be nominated to the International Olympic Committee?
10. In which European country was the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world’s longest (57km) and deepest railway tunnel (2.3km under the Alps), inaugurated recently?
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11. How did Kuzha Kathiresan and Lakshmi Saravana Kumar make news in the national literary scene recently?
12. Which iconic institution on Mount Road was started by a Portuguese named Misquith in 1842?
13. Name the famous film director, who debuted with Veera Thirumagan and made films like Anbey Vaa and Ramu, who passed away recently?
14. Where in Sivaganga district has an archaeological dig have experts comparing it finds to Harappa?
15. Which popular establishment in Chennai, with a seahorse as its logo, was founded by the recently-deceased N. Arunachalam?
16. By what more popular name was Modavarapu Venkatamahipati Nayudu, a doyen of sports in this region, better known?
17. Simple. On the banks of which river does Kanchipuram nestle?
18. Which popular public attraction near Tambaram was declared open by the then Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran on July 24, 1985?
19. Which bustling area in Chennai gets its name from the Tamil word for the tree with the scientific name Butea monosperma?
20. What is the name given to the vegetable-tanned leather produced in Tiruchi and Dindigul that has an exclusive GI tag?
1. Anne Hathaway, 2. It has become the first mammal driven to extinction by human-induced climate change, 3. Republic of Cote D’Ivoirie (Ivory Coast), 4. Nihonium and Moscovium, 5. Norway, 6. Janani Sewa, 7. USA and China, 8. Muhammad Ali, 9. Nita Ambani, 10. Switzerland.
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11. They have been awarded the Sahitya Akademi puraskar, 12. Musee Musicals, 13. A.C. Tiurlokachandar, 14. Pallisanthai Thidal, 15. Adyar Student’s Xerox, 16. Buchi Babu, 17. Vegavathi, 18. Vandalur Zoo, 19. Purasaiwalkkam (from the Purasai maram or Flame of the Forest tree), 20. East India (E.I.) Leather.
