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Madras Day Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Enter your Name

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2.

The year .......... is widely agreed to be the year of purchase of the village of Madraspatnam or Chennapatnam by East India Company factors Andrew Cogan and Francis Day from Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka, the viceroy of the Vijayanagar Empire

a)

1639

b)

1636

c)

1628

d)

1641

3.

The Southern Regional Headquarters of the Life Insurance Corporation of India was the tallest building in India, when inaugurated in 1959. How many floors does it comprise of .....?

a)

14

b)

17

c)

18

d)

15

4.

................... connects the Northern & Southern banks of Adyar River

a)

Napier Bridge

b)

Marmalong Bridge

c)

Periyar Bridge

d)

Black Bridge

5.

Mylapore Fine Art Club's open-air theatre was inaugurated by this Governor in 1959

a)

Jayachamaraja Wadiyar

b)

VV Giri

c)

Bhishnuram Medhi

d)

C Rajagopalachari

6.

102-year-old Batcha Theatre, earlier known as .................. is one of South India’s oldest cinema halls

a)

Casino

b)

Minerva

c)

Safire

d)

Agastya

7.

......................., was the first English newspaper in Chennai to be owned by an Indian and became the city's first daily newspaper in 1853

a)

The Hindu

b)

Swadesimitran

c)

Madras Courier

d)

The Spectator

8.

Madras is home to the first European-style banking style in India, way back in 1683 with the establishment of ....................

a)

Madras Bank

b)

Carnatic Bank

c)

Bank of Hindustan

d)

Imperial Bank of India

9.

The Cancer Institute (WIA), also called as Adyar Cancer Institute was established in 1954. What does WIA stand for?

a)

Women's Indian Association

b)

World Innovation Association

c)

Women's Impact Alliance

d)

Women's Indian Alliance

10.

At the entrance of this school in Mylapore ..................... you can find a statue of Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort?

a)

Santhome Higher Secondary School

b)

St Bedes. Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School

c)

Rosary Matriculation Higher Secondary School

d)

St Anthony's Girls Higher Secondary School

11.

Shri S. Muthiah in his book, 'Down by the River' chronicled this institution

a)

Madras High Court

b)

Fort St. George

c)

Madras Boat Club

d)

Government Museum

12.

This church ................designed by W.N. Baakson has the distinction of having no wood used in its Gothic-style construct

a)

CSI, Church of the Good Shepherd

b)

Santhome Cathedral Basilica

c)

Zion Church

d)

Luz Church

13.

.................. represented the State in Rajya Sabha and is popularly known by his title 'Quaid-e-Millat'

a)

Muhammad Ismail

b)

Ali Khan Wallajah

c)

Mir Mahbub Ali

d)

Nawab Razak

14.

This Chennai suburb .................... is named after the adopted name of the Tamil scholar Vedachalam

a)

Maraimalai Nagar

b)

Kovalam

c)

Pattabiram

d)

Pazhaverkadu

15.

Edouard Michelin Auditorium is located in ............................

a)

British Council

b)

Alliance Française of Madras

c)

Fort St George

d)

Goethe-Institut

16.

Founded in 1925, 'Malabar Samachar' was the first magazine in which language to come out of Madras Presidency

a)

Kerala

b)

Bengali

c)

Saurashtra

d)

Gujarati

17.

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