FUNDAMENTALS
Demonetisation has made currency a hot topic of discussion. Find out how much you know about currencies across the globe. Write to us with questions (with answers), suggestions and cribs to senjam@gmail.com.
CURRENCY NOTES
1. In 1996, Australia had a major demonetisation exercise where all notes were made legal non tender. How was this move significant in the world of currency?
2. Many currencies carry famous architectural landmarks of that country. Which currency deliberately carries nonexistent architectural structures?
3. Shahrukh Irani, Shibin K.K., Hitesh Padmashali and Nondita Correa-Mehrotra made it to the shortlist. Who was ultimately declared the winner?
4. The currency of which country is named after its founder Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba?
5. Name the currency of Peru used between 1985 and 1991 that was named after Inca Sun god.
6. Charles Darwin appears on the reverse of a note of which country?
7. Which country’s currency is named after the ridge where most of its gold deposits were found?
8. Which currency means “jagged” in its native language and was originally used to refer to the serrated edges of silver Spanish dollars which circulated widely in the area?
9. In the bank note of which country would you find image of a Le Corbusier building in Chandigarh?
10. What is common to these wildlife species: jaguar, great egret, hawksbill turtle, greenwing macaw, golden lion tamarin and sapphire-spangled emerald hummingbird?
ANYTHING GOES
1. In October 2016, the US Postal department issued a stamp with the image of a lamp and the words ‘Forever USA’. What did the stamp commemorate? (P. Nivriti Sreelekha, Secunderabad)
2. The shortened version of ‘Association Football’ gave rise to the present name of this game. Which game? (Commander G.R. Balakrishnan, Retd, Chennai)
3. The Reserve Bank of India was formally inaugurated in 1935 and was empowered to issue Government of India notes. Which was the first note issued by the RBI? (Philip Joshua, Secunderabad)
4. Which is the oldest fort in India that was said to have been mentioned in War Records of Alexander
the Great and has a unique distinction of being ruled by Hindu kings, Muslim invaders, a Sikh Maharaja and Christian rulers of the British Empire? (A.S.M. Rao, Vijaywada)
5. This former cricketer appeared only in one Test match and that too as captain of his team! He later became an actor and appeared in movies along with stalwarts like Laurence Olivier, Ronald Coleman, Boris Karloff and others. He acted in films like Prisoner of
Zenda and Rebecca. Identify. (B.K. Harinath, Mysuru)
6. When was the first ever International cricket match played between two countries and which two countries? (U.N. Murthy, Secunderabad)
7. In Indian mythology, whose name literally meant one having winnow-like nails’? (Aadisht Grover, Kolkata)