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100

T V Sundaram Iyengar founded which company?

TVS Motor

100

Which creature is Lord Murugan's 'vaahanam'

Peacock

100

What is the percussion instrument held by Shiva

Udukkai

100

Who wrote the screenplay for the 1952 film 'Parashakti'?

M.Karunanidhi

100

The Financial expert,The English Teacher and The Bachelor of Arts are books written by?

R K Narayan

200

Which Australian cricketer was called 'Namakkal Anjaneyar' by his IPL team mates?

Matthew Hayden

200

Which of Lord Murugan's Aarupadai veedu is located on the seashore?

Tiruchendur

200

Apart from India, for which country did Rabindranath Tagore write the National Anthem?

Bangladesh

200

For which film did Dhanush win his first National award?

Aadukalam.

200

In the Mahabharata, who is the son of Dronacharya

Ashwatthama

300

The Chennai Corporation building is named after Lord..

Ripon

300

The Uchi Pillaiyar kovil is located in..

Tirucchirapalli

300

Who founded Kalakshetra?

Rukmini Devi Arundale

300

Which Kamal Hassan movie takes its title from a song from the MGR starrer 'Adimai PeNN'

'Thayillaamal naanillai'


300

Who is known as 'Tamil Thatha'

U Ve Swaminatha Iyer

400

Rajendra Chola, following his conquests on the Gangetic plains, built a replica of the Tanjavur Periya Kovil at..

Gangaikonda Cholapuram.

400

Where would you go to see the 'Makara Jyoti'

Sabarimala

400

Who is found to be dancing on the demoniac figure 'Muyalakan'

Lord Siva

400

Which body of water is referred to in the AR Rahman hit from the film 'Bombay'?

Arabian sea

400

Into which language did Veera Mamunivar translate the Tirukkural into in the year 1730

Latin

500

Which country has provided the Technological know how for the Nuclear power plant at Kudankulam?

Russia

500

Which temple is home to Jambukeswarar-Akhilandeswari?

Tiruvanaikkaval

500

'Mari mari ninne' a Tyagaraja composition originally in kambhoji was rendered by composer Ilayaraja in the '85 film 'Sindhu Bhairavi' in the raga..

Saramati.

500

In 'MMKR' how many lakhs of rupees did Kameswaran ask Avinashi to throw in his face

Six

500

Jayakanthan won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1972 for his novel..

'Sila nerangalil sila manithargal'