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

5th June is celebrated as ____________.

  1. the World Forest Day

  2. the World Earth Day

  3. the World Environment Day

  4. the World Population Day

  5. the World AIDS Day
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

World Environment Day – 5th June

Multiple choice

When is the Wildlife Week celebrated in India?

  1. First week of August

  2. First week of September

  3. First week of October

  4. First week of November
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The World Wildlife Week, as well as the Indian Wildlife Week are celebrated from 1st to 7th October, each year.

Multiple choice

Consider the following facts;

  1. The name and concept of Earth Day was pioneered by John McConnell, who proposed March 21 as the global celebration for Mother Earth.
  2. It is celebrated each year, across a network of 192 countries, on June 23rd.
  3. The Earth Hour is not observed on the same date each year.

Which of the above statements are true?

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

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

Earth Day is an annual day on which events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Earth Day is observed on April 22 each year. The name and concept of Earth Day was pioneered by John McConnell in 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco. He proposed March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. The Earth Hour is not observed on the same date each year. It began in 2008 and was held on March 29 that year. In 2013, it was observed internationally on March 23.

Multiple choice

World Environment Day is observed on which date?

  1. 22nd April

  2. 5th June

  3. 5th July

  4. 1st December

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

World Environment Day is an annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. World Environment Day activities take place all year round and climax on 5 June every year, involving everyone from everywhere. The World Environment Day celebration began in 1972. 

Multiple choice

Van Mahotsav is celebrated in which month of the year?

  1. April

  2. June

  3. July

  4. December

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Van Mahotsav is celebrated in the month of July. Van Mahotsav is a week long festival. Tree planting is organized 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.