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Organisations and Events Dates

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Remembering the establishment years of major organizations and historical event dates is vital for competitive exams. This includes nationalization acts, budgets, and environmental laws. These questions will help you memorize important dates for your upcoming government test.

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Organisations and Events Dates Questions

Multiple choice geography ocean currents movements of ocean water movements of ocean and sea water oceanic circulations

In which year the tsunami waves devastated the east coast of India?

  1. 2002

  2. 2004

  3. 2005

  4. 2006
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004, hit the coast of several countries of South and Southeast Asia in December 2004. An earthquake undersea of magnitude 9.1 struck off the coast of the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. Tens of thousands were reported dead and missing in Sri Lanka and India. The tsunami and its aftereffect were responsible for great devastation and loss at the end of the Indian Ocean.

Multiple choice zoology forest and wildlife laws - environmental ethics and resource use participation of people in conservation people's contribution in forest conservation laws and movements for the conservation of forests and wildlife

Social Forestry Programme was adopted in India during

  1. 1961

  2. 1971

  3. 1976

  4. 1986
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Social Forestry Programme was adopted in India during 1961. It is concerned with taking the pressure off currently existing forests by planting trees on all unused and fallow land. It aims at management and protection of forests and afforestation on barren lands with the purpose of helping in the environmental, social and rural development.

Thus, the correct answer is '1961.'

Multiple choice zoology forest and wildlife laws - environmental ethics and resource use participation of people in conservation people's contribution in forest conservation laws and movements for the conservation of forests and wildlife

Chipko movement originated in Gopeshwar in

  1. 1953

  2. 1963

  3. 1973

  4. 1983
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The "Chipko Movement" has its roots in the early 1970s in the Chamoli District of Uttarakhand in India. Under the guidance of the spiritual leader Chandi Prasad Bhatt, activists from the Himalayan village of Gopeshwar formed in 1973 a human chain and encircled trees to keep them from being cut down for a factory.

So the correct answer is '1973'.

Multiple choice function, distinction and objectives of chambers of commerce role of chambers of commerce & industry and trade associations internal trade commerce business studies

In which year FICCI was established in India?

  1. 1972

  2. 1965

  3. 1947

  4. 1975
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry is an association of business organisations in India. Established in 1927, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi by GD Birla and Purushottam Das Thakurdas, it is the largest, oldest and the apex business organisation in India.

Multiple choice importance of waste disposal need and method for reducing, reusing and recycling waste geography

The Environment Protection Act started in which year?

  1. 1985

  2. 1986

  3. 1987

  4. 1988
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Environment Protection act was protective legislation enacted by the parliament in the year 1986, to combat environmental degradation and to lay down rules and regulation for use of the environment and natural resources and to provide liability and penalty for the violators. It seeks to provide the protection and improvement of the environment and other such related matters comprehensively.

Multiple choice challenges and solutions india - challenges and solutions poverty in india understanding poverty social science

When the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) was launched?

  1. January 1999

  2. December 2000

  3. March 2000

  4. April 2000
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Antyodaya Anna Yojana was launched in December 2000. Under this scheme one crore of the poorer among the BPL families, covered by the Public Distribution System (PDS) were identified. Twenty-five kilograms of food grains were made available to each of the eligible family at a highly subsidised rate.

Multiple choice evs - i science and technology human beings in space our pride - iii our scientist

When ISRO was established?

  1. 15 August 1969

  2. 1 August 1969

  3. 26 January 1969

  4. 16 December 1969
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

After the success of the basic programme is space research and rocket related project, Indian Space research Organisation was established on 15th August 1969 in order to carry out further space research.

Multiple choice political science india’s international relations india's relations with other countries india and her neighbours india and other countries

South Asian Association for Regional Organization was formed in the year ______________.

  1. 1985

  2. 1986

  3. 1950

  4. 1946
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation was founded in Dhaka on 8th December, 1985. Its secretariat is based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The organization promotes development of economic and regional integration. It launched the South Asian Free Trade Area in 2006. SAARC maintains permanent diplomatic relations with the United Nations as an observer and has developed links with multilateral entities, including the European Union.

Multiple choice political science india’s international relations india's relations with other countries india and her neighbours india and other countries

India hosted the second SAARC summit in New Delhi in _________.

  1. 1985

  2. 1986

  3. 1991

  4. 1995
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The second summit of SAARC was held in November 16–17 Bengaluru, India in 1986. The Heads of State or Government welcomed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of the SAARC Secretariat by the Council of Ministers and their decision to locate the Secretariat in Kathmandu and appoint Ambassador Abul Ahsan of Bangladesh as the first Secretary-General of south Asian association of regional cooperation.

Multiple choice political science india’s international relations india's relations with other countries india and her neighbours india and other countries

When was the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) founded?

  1. 1984

  2. 1985

  3. 1986

  4. 1987
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation was founded in Dhaka on 8the December 1985. It was established to promote the welfare of the peoples of South Asia and to improve their quality of life, to accelerate economic growth, social progress, and cultural development and for other similar aims and purposes. It comprises of 8 members.