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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

When did Sachin tendulkar retire?

  1. December 2, 2014

  2. November 12, 2014

  3. October 23, 2013

  4. November 16, 2013
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Sachin Tendulkar played his final Test match against the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, which concluded on November 16, 2013.

Multiple choice civics right to information legal awareness and right to information right to information (rti) consumer and legal awareness and right to information

When does RTI come into force?

  1. 12 October 2005

  2. 01 June 2005

  3. 15 August 2005

  4. 26 January 2005
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Right to Information Act was passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came fully into force  on 12 October 2005.  With this law anyone can attain any information by writing an application. 

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In which year The Legal Service Authority Act came into force?

  1. 5th November 1995

  2. 25th december 1995

  3. 5th November 1987

  4. 23rd January 1999
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The passing of this act gave free legal service to a citizen of India when he or she is unable to bear the expenditure of legal fees.

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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.'

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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'.

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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.

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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.

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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.