Days and Years Questions and Answers

Answer: C

World Environment Day is celebrated on 5th June every year.

The United Nations General Assembly chose the date in 1972, the year of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, which opened on 5 June. The day has been observed since 1973 and is led by the United Nations Environment Programme, with a different host country and theme each year.

The other dates do not mark it: 5th May, 5th July and 5th August are not associated with World Environment Day. A common confusion is with Earth Day, which falls on 22 April.

Answer: A

Correct answer: 11th October

The UN declared 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child in 2011, to address the particular disadvantages girls face in education, health and protection from early marriage. India separately observes National Girl Child Day on 24 January.

Answer: D

World Milk Day is observed on 1 June.

The FAO began it in 2001 to recognise the place of milk in nutrition and in rural livelihoods. India is the world's largest milk producer, with about a quarter of global output.

Answer: B

Friendship Day is popularly celebrated on the first Sunday of August, which the date given here reflects.

Because it is tied to a weekday the date moves each year. The UN's own International Day of Friendship, proclaimed in 2011, falls on the fixed date of 30 July.

Answer: D

4 May is recorded here as the International Day of the Deliberately Unemployed.

It is an informal observance rather than a UN one, marked chiefly in Germany and Austria as a satirical protest at attitudes to work and unemployment.

Answer: D

The International Day of Happiness is celebrated on 20 March.

The UN designated it in 2012 on Bhutan's initiative, recognising happiness and well-being as universal goals and calling for a more inclusive and balanced approach to economic growth.

Answer: A

Central Excise Day is observed on 24 February.

The Central Excise and Salt Act received assent on that date in 1944. The day honours the service that collected excise duty, now merged into the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs under GST.

Answer: D

World Thrift Day is observed on 30 October.

It was founded at the first International Thrift Congress in Milan in 1924 to promote saving through savings banks. In India it is observed on 30 October, and the day is marked in schools and banks.

Answer: A

Human Rights Day is celebrated on 10 December.

The UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on that date in 1948. The Nobel Peace Prize is presented on the same day each year, in Oslo.

Answer: A

International Women's Day is celebrated on 8 March.

It grew out of the labour movements of the early twentieth century and was recognised by the UN in 1975. In several countries it is a public holiday.