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Q821.

Eminent economist Angus Deaton has won the 2015 economics Nobel Prize for his work on consumption, poverty and welfare which helped governments to improve policy through tools such as household surveys and tax changes. He belongs to which of following country ?

1)	USA	2)	British
3)	Germany	4)	France
5)	None of these

Q822.

Veteran actress, comedian, stage artiste and singer Manorama passed away on 11 October 2015 at the age 78. In her career spanning almost six decades she had acted in over 1,500 films, 1,000 stage performances and several television series in five languages. She had performed her skill in which languase ?

1)	Tamil	2)	Telugu
3)	Malayalam	4)	Kannada
5)	None of these

Q823.

Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)-CPN-UML was elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal.Which of the following statement/s is/are correct ?

1)	He became first Prime Minister of Nepal under the newly adopted secular, republic and federal Constitution of Himalayan country.	2)	Earlier had served as Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Girija Prasad Koirala-led interim government formed in 2006.
3)	He also had served as Minister for Home Affairs (MHA) in 1994 in the government led by the then UML Chairman Manmohan Adhikari.	4)	Only 1 and 2 are correct
5)	All 1,2 and 3 are correct

Q824.

Every year, 11th October is being observed as International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC). In which year it was observed for first time ?

1)	2009	2)	2010
3)	2011	4)	2012
5)	None of these

Q825.

Punjub National Bank (PNB) has won the 2015 Beighton Cup hockey tournament ,defeated 4 time winners Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) by 5-3 goals in penalty shoot outs. The final match played in which city ?

1)	Mumbai	2)	Kolkata
3)	Panaji	4)	Kochi
5)	None of these

Q826.

Recently,former Telecom secretary M F Farooqui has been appointed chairman of Broadband India Forum (BIF). Which of the following statement/s is/are correct about it ? A) The objective will be to promote content developers and bring all broadband technology players on board to support Digital India initiative. B) He has replaced ex-telecom secretary Shyamal Ghosh who has been appointed Chairman Emeritus of BIF. C) He was Former resident director-Regulatory Affairs at Vodafone India, elected as President at the eighth Annual General Meeting of BIF. D)The forum has more than 40 members which include technology providers, telecom operators, Internet service providers, cable TV operators, value added service providers and professionals.

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

Q827.

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

Q828.

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

Q829.

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

Q830.

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