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Which city of Tamil Nadu is also known as Oxford of South India ?
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Answer: Option B
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Palayamkottai is called the Oxford of South India as it is a hub of many schools and colleges. It has many important government offices. Tirunelveli is an ancient city, more than 2,000 years old.
42
The first Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to be awarded Bharat Ratna is ?
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Answer: Option D
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Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari popularly known as Rajaji. Rajagopalachari founded the Swatantra Party and was one of the first recipients of India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
43
Which city is also known as temple city of Tamil Nadu ?
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Answer: Option A
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Madurai is temple city of India, also known as the city that never sleeps, technically because of its nightlife, is supposedly said to be the second capital of Tamil Nadu. Getting its name as the temple city, it was built around the Meenakshi Amman temple.
44
The Madras High Court was established in the year ?
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Answer: Option B
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The Tamil Nadu Mediation and Conciliation Centre, India's first Court-Annexed Mediation Centre, was inaugurated on 9th April, 2005, thus marking another significant milestone in the hoary history of the Madras High Court established on 15th August, 1862.
45
Who was the first Indian to become Chief Justice of Madras High Court after independence ?
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Answer: Option C
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Pakala Venkataramana Rao Rajamannar (1901-1979) was an Indian judge and politician who served as the acting Governor of Madras State from 1957 to 1958. P.V. Rajamannar was the first Indian to become Chief Justice of Madras High Court after independence from 1948 to 1961.
46
Jayamkondam in Tamil Nadu is famous for which among the following minerals?
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Answer: Option C
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Jayamkondam is known for good quality lignite.Lignite is mined all around the world and is used almost exclusively as a fuel for steam-electric power generation.
47
Which City is known as the Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu ?
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Answer: Option C
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Thanjavur district is called 'The Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu' because of its agricultural activities in the delta region of river Cauvey. The temple, culture and architecture of Thanjavur are famous throughout world
48
In which year, the publication of "The Madras Mail", India's first evening newspaper started?
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Answer: Option A
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The Mail, known as The Madras Mail till 1928, was an English-language daily evening newspaper published in the Madras Presidency (later Madras State, and then, Tamil Nadu) from 1868 to 1981. It was the first evening newspaper in India.
49
The "oor panchayats" of Tamil Nadu can be placed in which among the following categories?
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Answer: Option D
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The "oor panchayats" of Tamil Nadu can be placed in which among the following categories are Alternate Dispute Settlement Centres.
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Which among the following is a Tamil grammatical treatise ?
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Answer: Option A
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Tolkappiyam is a work on the grammar of the Tamil language It is written in the form of short formulaic compositions and comprises three books - the Ezhuttadikaram, the Solladikaram and the Poruladikaram.It deals with orthography, phonology, morphology, semantics, prosody and the subject matter of literature.