Question no 1806 SSC CGL Tier 1 Genral Awareness Questions and Answers Free Online Mock Test 43

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Name the acid attack victim who was honoured with prestigious "International Woman of Courage" award on 4 March 2014 at the State Department Ceremony in Washington by Michelle Obama, first lady of the U.S.

[ A ] Nirbhaya
[ B ] Shivani
[ C ] Malini
[ D ] Laxmi

Answer : Option D

Explanation :

US honoured Laxmi, an acid attack victim with the prestigious international women of Courage Award on 4 mach 2014. She has been honoured for being a standard-bearer for the movement to end acid attacks in India. She received the award at the state Department ceremony is Washington by Michelle Obama, first lady of US. The award was presented to Laxmi along with other awardees from different countries. About incident of Laxmi: An acquaintance threw acid on face of Laxmi in 2005, while she was waiting at a bus stop in New Delhi. The incident occurred when Laxmi was of 16-years old and the incident has disfigured her permanently. After the acid attack, Laxmi become the standard – bearer of India of end acid attacks and gathered 27000 signatures for a petition to curb acid sales and took her petition to the Supreme Court of India. Following the petition of Laxmi, supreme court ordered Indian Central and State Govts. to regulate the sale of acid and the Parli ament to make prosecutions of acid attacks easier to pursue.

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