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Q831.

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

Q832.

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

Q833.

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

Q834.

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

Q835.

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

Q836.

The government is going to soon make it mandatory to furnish PAN card details for cash transactions beyond a certain threshold to check generation of domestic black money which quoted of PAN is being made mandatory for any purchase or sale exceeding the value of  how much  rupees from various persons, including MPs, MLAs, trade and industry associations among others ?

1)	Rs 1 lakh	2)	Rs 1.5 lakh
3)	Rs 2 lakh	4)	Rs 2.5 lakh
5)	None of these

Q837.

Recently,The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved to implement the World Bank (WB)-assisted National Watershed Management Project “Neeranchal”. Which of the following stament is/are correct ? A) The CCEA is chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. B) It  gave its nod with a total outlay of USD 357 million (Rs 2142.30 crore). C) The proposed project will be implemented at the national level as well as in Andhra Pradesh Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan and Telangana. D) The government’s share of 50 % will be Rs 1071.15 crore and remaining is loan component from the World Bank.

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

Q838.

Recently, which state  government has abolished the Goseva Ayoga (Cattle Conservation Commission) which was constituted by the BJP regime in 2012  and decided to transfer its functions and powers to the Animal Welfare Board of the Animal Husbandry Department ?

1)	Himachal Pradesh	2)	Haryana
3)	Karnataka	4)	Bihar
5)	None of these

Q839.

The music composer AR Rahman will be honoured with the Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award for 2015 by veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai on the birth anniversary of Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar. The first Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award was given to ----------- .

1)	Lata Mageshkar	2)	Asha Bhosle
3)	Amitah Bachan	4)	Rabindra Jain
5)	None of these

Q840.

Recently, UNESCO has observed the Wold Teacher's Day which  has been celebrating every year since 1994.The World Teacher's Day is fall on which day ?

1)	September 5	2)	September 16
3)	October 5	4)	October 8
5)	None of these