A mock quiz conducted for Tirunelveli students

2. Aralvaimozhi (Aramboly)
• Name this town in our neighbouring district, that is
said to have the largest wind farm of Asia

3. Banatheertham
• Hidden jewel of Tirunelveli

4. • located in the Southern Western Ghats in Tirunelveli
District and Kanyakumari District in the South
Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is the second-largest
protected area in Tamil Nadu State (behind
only Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary in Erode)

5. Hamsa Damayanthi Saree from RMKV

6. Koodankulam

7. 133 feet (133 chapters in Tirukural)
• What is the height of Tiruvalluvar statue in
Kanyakumari?

8. The temple has the longest corridor among all
Hindu temples in India
Rameswaram

9. • Largest temple in the world
Ankor wat in Cambodia

10. • Wailing wall or Western wall in Jerusalem
Name this holy place which is sacred to both
christians and muslims

11. Mehabooba Mufti – CM of J&K

12. • Dadhasaheb phalke award winner of 2017
• K.Viswanath

13. • Three of these railways, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Nilgiri
Mountain Railway, and Kalka–Shimla Railway, are collectively
designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name
Mountain Railways of India.

14. • Marudur Gopalan ______ is his first name.
• was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politicaian.
• Is a cultural icon in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu,
and he is regarded as one of the most influential
actors of the Tamil film industry.
• His centenary celebrations this year

15. • Who is named 2017's Highest-Paid Woman in
music according to Forbes?
Beyonce
. Her earnings, mainly from album 'Lemonade'
and Formation World Tour, have been
estimated to be $105 million (Rs682 crore).
Adele, with earnings of $69 million came
second while Taylor Swift, with earnings of $44
million, was ranked third on the list.

16. Rukhmabai Raut, was an Indian woman who became
one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial
India. She was also at the heart of a landmark legal
case which led to the enactment of the Age of
Consent Act, 1891.

17. Identify this delicacy which is famous
in tuticorin?
Macaroon

18. Kalaallit Nunaat is the old name of
which country?
Greenland

19. Logo of World Toilet Day
2017,November 19

20. Identify this place
UN headquarters, new york

21. Alien, Cat, Chicken,Dog, Fox, Monkey,
Panda, Pig, Poo, Rabbit, Robot, Unicorn.
What are they?
animoji

22. Identify
Edible Water Balls

23. Identify this player who died recently?
Jana Novotna

24. What is this?What does this
represent?
Diwali Celebration in Ayodhya.it represents
the population of ayodhya

25. What is happening here?
Papal Election

27. 1. Pittsburg of India or Steel city of India-Jamshedpur
2. Switzerland of India-Kashmir
3. Blue Mountains-Nilgris
4. Sorrow of Bengal-Damodar
5. Golden City-Amritsar
6. Garden City of India-Bangalore
7. Queen of Arabian Sea-Cochin
8. Manchester of the South - Coimbatore
9. City of Seven islands-Mumbai
10. Oxford of the South India- Palayamkottai

28. • Dog of Tin Tin- Snowy
• Who are Hanna and Joe Barberra- Creators of Tom & Jerrry
• Girl Friend of Micky Mouse-Minny
• Girl friend of popeyye-Olive
• The luck Rabbit cartoon character created by Walt Disney-Oswald
• All children except one grow up is the first line of? Peter pan
• Mougli is the Hero of which famous children book? Jungle book
• Open sesame is the magical words of which story? Alibaba and 40
thieves
• How are Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles better known as? Power
Puff girls
• Who lives in 221 Baker street? Sherlock holmes

29. 1. What is the capital of Canada? Ottawa
2. What is the capital of Italy? Rome
3. What is the capital of Netherlands?
Amsterdam
4. What is the capital of Qatar? Doha
5. What is the capital of Zimbabwe? Harare
6. What is the capital of Finland? Helsinki
7. What is the capital of Austraia? Vienna
8. What is the capital of Peru? Lima
9. What is the Capital of Myanmar? Naypyidaw
10.What is the capital of Greenland? Nuuk

30. 1. Scientific study of past cultures and the way people lived.
Archaeology
2. Scientific study of plant cultivation like growing vegetables, fruits
and flowers Horticulture
3. Scientific study of Insects-Entomology
4. Study of pre-historic life and fossils. Paleontology
5. Study of rocks-Petrology
6. Study of Sound-Acoustics
7. Study of Scientific study of celestial objects like planets, stars etc.,
- Astronomy
8. Study of Weather- Meteorology
9. Study of origin and structure of earth? Geology
10. Study of coins-Numismatics

31. 1. World earth day- April 22
2. Hiroshima day-August 6
3. Human rights day –December 10
4. World water day- March 22
5. World Diabetes day-Novemeber 14
6. Labour’s day-May 1
7. Anti terrorism day-May 21
8. Non-violence day- October 2
9. Martyr’s day-January 30
10. Friendship day August 1

32. 1. instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure- Barometer
2. instrument used to measure density of milk-Lactometer
3. instrument used to detect density of liquids-Hydrometer
4. instrument used to measure Earthquakes- Seismograph
5. instrument used to measure speed of wind-Anemometer
6. instrument used to detect Lies –Polygraph
7. instrument used to watch celestial objects-Telescope
8. instrument used to magnify the objects –Microscope
9. instrument used by sailors to know directions-Mariner’s compass
10. Instrument used to measure the depth of the sea- phathom
meter.

33. 1. Founder of Brahmo samaj-Rajaram mohan roy
2. Founder of Arya samaj-Swami Dayananda
saraswathy.
3. Founder of Vivekananda Mission-Swami Vivekananda
4. Founder of Theosophical society in India- Annie
Besant
5. Founder of Indian National Congress-A.O.Hume
6. Founder of Indian National Army-S.C.Bose
7. Founder of Boodhan Movement-Vinobha bave
8. Bird man of India-Dr.Salim Ali
9. Father of Green Revolution-Dr.M.S.Swaminathan
10. Father of White revolution-Dr.Virgheese kurian

34. 1. Who Invented Telescope? Gallileo
2. Who Invented Stethoscope? Rene Laennec
3. Who Invented Penicillin? Alexander Fleming
4. Who Invented Telegraph? Samuel Morse
5. Who Invented Steam engine? James watt
6. Who Invented paper? Tsai lun
7. Who Invented Printing press? Gutenberg
8. Who Invented Braille script? Louis Braille
9. Who Invented Electric bulb? Thomas Alva Edison
10. Who Invented Shaving razor? Gillette
11. Who Invented radio? Marconi
12. Who Invented Lightning conductor? Benjamin
Franklin

35. • Father of History-Herodotus
• Father of Medicine-Hippocrates
• Father of Genetics-Mendel
• Father of Immunology-Edward Jenner
• Father of Economics-Adam smith
• Father of computer-Charles Babbage
• Father of Indian Cinema-Dadha Saheb Phalke
• Father of Indian Space Science-Vikram Sarabai
• Father of Indian Civil Aviation- J.R.D.Tata
• Father of Railways-George Stephenson

36. 1. First Indian Governor General-Rajaji
2. First Indian Cosmonaut-Rakesh sharma
3. First Indian Nobel prize winner-Tagore
4. First Indian Talkie movie-Alam ara
5. First Indian Newspaper-Bengal gazette
6. First Indian Vice president-Dr.S.Radhakrishnan
7. First Indian Commander in chief: General
K.M.Kariappa
8. First Indian Deputy Prime minister-Patel
9. First Indian Education minister-Abul kalam Azad
10.First Indian Artificial satellite-Aryabatta

37. 1. Little Japan-Sivakasi
2. Spa of the South- Courtallam
3. The State emblem of Tamil Nadu Government is the
Gopuram of? Srivilliputhur
4. City famopus for Locks-Dindukkal
5. The place where the music festival Thyagaraja Aradhana is
held every year? Thiruvaiyaru
6. Birth place of Barathiar-Ettayapuram
7. Place famous for Mats-Pathamadai
8. Place where Flowers are famous-Thovalai
9. Gate way of Tamilnadu-Tuticorin
10. Granary of Tamilnadu-Tanjore

38. 1. What is the new name of Siam-Thailand
2. What is the new name of Formossa-Taiwan
3. What is the new name of Burma- Myanmar
4. What is the new name of Dutch east Indies-
Indonesia
5. What is the new name of Holland-Netherland
6. What is the new name of Mesapotomia-Iraq
7. What is the new name of Persia-Iran
8. What is the new name of Congo-Zaire
9. What is the new name of Gold coast-Ghana
10.What is the new name of South Rhodesia-
Zimbabwe

39. 1. The longest bone femur or the thigh bone. ( about 51cm long)
2. The longest muscle is Sartorius, which runs from pelvis to just
below the knee.
3. The strongest joint is hip joint.
4. The strongest bone is shin bone that connects knee to ankle.
5. The smallest bone is the stirrup in the ear.
6. The smallest joint is in the ear, between the stirrup and the anvil.
7. The biggest muscle is gluteus maximus, above the thigh.
8. The largest internal organ liver.
9. The longest nerve Sciatic nerve, stretching from the base of spine
to the knees.
10. The fastest muscle eyelids
11. The hardest substance is the teeth enamel.

40. • IF ANSWERED IN FIRST CLUE CORRECTLY PLUS 30
• IF ANSWERED IN SECOND CLUE CORRECTLY PLUS 20
• IF ANSWERED IN THIRD CLUE CORRECTLY PLUS 10
• FOR WRONG ANSWERS -15, 10, -5 RESPECTIVELY

41. • Gopishantha is her original
name
• appeared in more than
1,500 films, 5,000 stage
performances, and several
television series until 2015.
• Only person to act with five
Chief ministers and won
national award for the best
supporting actress for the
movie Puthiya Pathai

42. • Head of Common wealth & Supreme
Governor of Church of England
• World’s oldest living Monarch
• Longest reigning female monarch in
history

43. • He played his first One Day International in 1999 .
• the only Indian to be honoured as the Wisden Leading
Cricketer in the World for his performance in 2008
• He is one of only two players in the world to score a
double hundred in ODI and a triple hundred in Test
Cricket, the other being Chris Gayle

44. • Even before its release this Tamil movie was
screened in September 2014 at the 39th Toronto
International Film Festival.
• It went on to win two National Film Awards at
the 2015 ceremony.
• Jointly produced by Dhanush and Vetrimaaran

45. • Only Indian to win Bharat Ratna, Padma shri,
Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, Dhada Saheb
Phalke award, Legion de honor and oscar.
• Indian film maker born on 2nd
May 1921 Whose first
film was Pather panchali.
• Feluda was the detective character created by him

46. • is currently ranked No.2 in the world by Badminton World
Federation Women's Singles 2015.
• She is also the first Indian after Prakash Padukone and the first
Indian woman to become world number 1.
• she is the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton
Championships and was also the first Indian to win a Super
Series tournament, by clinching the Indonesia Open on 21 June
2009.

47. • The trailer released on June 1, 2015 amassed 1
crore views on YouTube.
• For the first time ever, a museum has been created
for the film.
• Statues in the film were inspired by the Colossus of
Rhodes.

48. • In 1970’s He directed two projects, Project
Devil and Project Valiant.
• received honorary doctorates from 40
universities, plays Veena as hobby.
• Though not a brahmin by birth, his friends call
him “Iyer”