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Q861.

In a Poverty Pyramid index, which one of the following segments of population face highest poverty risk ?

1)	Formal wage employment	2)	Informal Self Employment : Employers
3)	Regular Informal Wage employment	4)	Informal Self Employment own account
5)	Casual Informal Wage Employment and domestic work

Q862.

Recently,which country's government summoned the Czech ambassador to protest against a new translation of Salman Rushdie's book "Satanic Verses" after 27 years, the novel triggered global demonstrations and a death threat against the author ?

1)	Iran	2)	Saudi Arabia
3)	Pakistan	4)	Afghanistan
5)	None of these

Q863.

The world-renowned Indian composer, singer, songwriter, music producer, musician, and philanthropist, Allah-Rakha Rahman, has been named as a cultural ambassador for which country in India ?

1)	UAE	2)	Saudi Arab
3)	Seychelles	4)	Jordan
5)	None of these

Q864.

Prominent personality N Ramani passed away in Chennai at the age of 81, recently. He is associated with the field of ---------.

1)	Scientist	2)	Fluatist
3)	Social Worker	4)	Vocalist
5)	None of these

Q865.

Bhagwati Agrawal, Indian-American social entrepreneur has been inducted in the CNN’s Top Ten Heroes of 2015 for creating a rainwater harvesting system that now provides life-changing, safe drinking water across six villages in which state in India ?

1)	Gujarat	2)	Madhya Pradesh
3)	Rajasthan	4)	Maharashtra
5)	None of these

Q866.

Svetlana Alexievich, a prolific writer whose oral histories have recorded thousands of individual voices to map the implosion of the Soviet Union, has won the Nobel prize for literature -2015. Which of the following statement/s is are correct ? A) She becomes the 14th woman to win the prize since it was first awarded in 1901. B) The last woman to win, Canada’s Alice Munro, was handed the award in 2013. C) She is a Belarusian writer and journalist.

1)	Only A and B are correct	2)	Only A and C are correct
3)	Only B and C are correct	4)	All A,B and C are correct
5)	None of these

Q867.

Recently, which  personality launched “Full Stop”, a national campaign against child sexual abuse,interacted with Facebook users which is to raise awareness about child sexual abuse as well as to empower and educate survivors and child victims and their loved ones and also provide resources for teachers, social workers, medical professionals and the police ?

1)	Malala Yousafzai	2)	Kailash Satyarthi
3)	Alice Walker	4)	Jane Waldfogel
5)	None of these

Q868.

World's richest cricket league  tournament Indian Premier League (IPL) will have a new title sponsor in its next edition because its old sponsor expressed its interest to terminate the association with the BCCI due to " Match Fixing"  issue. What is the name of the its old sponsor ?

1)	PepsiCo	2)	Star Sports
3)	Sahara India	4)	Airtel
5)	None of these

Q869.

John Williams has receive a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute by U.S. President Barack Obama , the National Medal of Arts in the East Room of the White House in Washington. He has given this award for  his contribution as a  --------- .

1)	Music Composer	2)	Film Director
3)	Actor	4)	Film Producer
5)	None of these

Q870.

World’s most prestigious international sports authority of soccer, FIFA  has suspended its three highest incumbents Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini and Jerome Valcke from its officials due to involvement in corruption. The head quarters of FIFA is located in -------- .

1)	Paris	2)	Lausanne
3)	Zürich	4)	Geneva
5)	None of these