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1. Which leader united 72 Palayakkarar chiefs against the British under one Polygar Federation?

2. Where is Vivekanandar Illam located, the place where Swami Vivekananda stayed in 1897?

3. Name the only empress to rule the imperial Cholas in her own right from South India.

4. Which king built the famous Thanjavur Brihadeeswara Temple showing off Chola might?

5. Who founded the Mahajana Sabha political party representing non-Brahmins which later merged into the DMK?

6. Ulagalantha Perumal Temple in Kanchipuram was built by which Pallava ruler?

7. Known as the “City of Looms and Lungis”, which town is famous for handloom weaving?

8. What type of textile has the towns of Kanchipuram, Arani and Arni been famous for?

9. What is the state flower of Tamil Nadu?

10. What is India’s southernmost state?

11. Name the Tamil scholar and activist known for her contributions to Dalit upliftment and Tamil language.

12. Who built the Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram during his reign?

13. Who invented the world’s first dam over Kallanai across Cauvery river?

14. Nagapattinam native V.O. Chidambaram Pillai founded which shipping company challenging a British monopoly over navigation?

15. Which river flows through Erode district?

16. The Anamalai Tiger Reserve is located within which protected wilderness area?

17. Which freedom fighter led protests against the Mulagumoodum duty taxes?

18. Who wrote the poem Kalingathu Parani, praising Kulothunga Chola’s victory over the Chalukya kingdom?

19. Which Tamil leader aroused national consciousness among the masses with his writings in journals like Kudi Arasu?

20. Who founded the Mahakavi Bharathiar Padaippugal Vizha in 1921 to preserve and spread Bharathiar’s poetry and literary works?

21. Which German missionary helped compile the first Tamil-English dictionary in the early 19th century?

22. The Thiruvilayadal Puranam recounts 64 divine plays of which deity worshipped in Madurai’s Meenakshi Amman Temple?

23. In 1956, which Chief Minister passed a bill to change the name of the Madras State to Tamil Nadu, meaning Tamil Land?

24. What reform movement opposed child marriage and dowry system besides advocating widow remarriage?

25. When was the world’s first sub-4 minute mile run achieved by Roger Bannister in 1954?