Tamilnadu GK : Practice Questions and Answers

Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi announced on June 14, 2022, that the 'Illam Thedi Kalvi' (Education at Doorsteps) scheme would be extended for 6 more months until normalcy returns to school functioning. The scheme was launched by the MK Stalin government to bridge the learning gap caused by school closures during the pandemic, and during a Reading Marathon Summer Session, 17 lakh students from classes 2–8 read 227 crore words in 8.6 lakh hours using the Google Read-Along app.

CS Lakshmi, writing under the pen name Ambai, is a pioneering feminist writer in Tamil literature and the author of the novel Andhi Malai. Her works explore feminist themes of identity, freedom, and societal roles through short stories, essays, and critical writing. The other options — Akka Mahadevi (12th-century Veerashaiva poet), Nalapat Balamani Amma (Malayalam poet, 'Grandmother of Malayalam Literature'), and Daya Pawar (Dalit writer, author of Baluta) — are writers from different languages and traditions.