Question: Who has recently been selected for ‘Time Person of the Year-2017’ by US prestigious international magazine ‘TIME’?
(a) Angela Merkel
(b) Ebola Fighters
(c) The Silence Breakers
(d) Donald Trump
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- On December 7th, 2017, ‘The Silence Breakers’ (The SILENCE BREAKERS: The Voices That Launched A Movement) has been selected as the ‘Time Person of the Year-2017’ by prestigious Times Magazine of America.
- The list of the individuals who have been selected for ‘Person of the Year’ include famous actresses of Hollywood and Women who have faced sexual harassment and misbehavior in public life.
- These women made public their harsh experiences of sexual harassment through a campaign of #MeToo on a social media.
- It is worth noting that by the time magazine, such persons, groups, ideas or events are selected every year since 1927 on the basis of voting of their readers who has affected the world community (positively or negatively).
- US President Trump stood second while Chinese President Xi Jinping remained in the third place in the race of ‘Person of the Year-2017’.
- It is worth mentioning that in the year 2016, Time Magazine selected US President Donald Trump as ‘Time Person of the Year’.
- Mahatma Gandhi was the first and only person from India who was selected by Time magazine as ‘Time Person of the Year’ in the year 1930.
Reference:
http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/
http://time.com/magazine/
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