General Awareness

Important National and International Days

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This hub offers practice questions on important national and international days, including environmental, cultural, and awareness dates. Memorizing these days is essential for the general awareness section of many competitive exams. Use these questions to quickly revise global holidays, United Nations days, and historical dates.

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Important National and International Days Questions

Multiple choice

World Environment Day is observed on

  1. 5th June

  2. 15th April

  3. 19th September

  4. 23rd October
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

World Environment Day was established by the United Nations in 1974 and is celebrated annually on June 5th. It serves as the principal vehicle for the UN to encourage worldwide awareness and action for environmental protection, engaging governments, businesses, and citizens in over 150 countries.

Multiple choice

The International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on

  1. 20th February

  2. 21st February

  3. 20th March

  4. 21st March
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on March 21st, commemorating the 1960 Sharpeville massacre in South Africa where police killed 69 peaceful protesters against apartheid pass laws. The UN designated this day in 1966 to call for global action against racism and discrimination.

Multiple choice

In which of the following months is Van Mahotsav celebrated?

  1. May

  2. June

  3. July

  4. August
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Van Mahotsav is a week-long festival of tree planting that is organised every year in the month of July all across India and lakhs of trees are planted. It is one of the best ways of preventing Earth from global warming. 

Multiple choice

The World Information Society Summit declared which day as World Information Society Day?

  1. January 30

  2. March 14

  3. May 17

  4. August 3
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was a pair of United Nations-sponsored conferences about information, communication and, in broad terms, the information society. One of its chief aims was to bridge the so-called global digital divide separating rich countries from poor countries by spreading access to the Internet in the developing world. The conferences established 17 May as World Information Society Day.

Multiple choice

Consider the following facts:

  1. World Environment Day is celebrated each year on 22nd April to promote awareness on the importance of preserving our biodiversity.
  2. ‘Think. Eat. Save’, is the theme of World Environment Day 2013.
  3. Mongolia is the host country for World Environment Day 2013.

Which of the above are true?

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. All three
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

World Environment Day (WED) is observed on June 5 every year to promote awareness on the importance of preserving our biodiversity, the need to identify problems related to the environment and ways to take corrective action. April 22nd is when the Earth Day is observed.