When is International Migrants Day observed?
Answer: B
International Migrants Day is observed on 18 December.
The date marks the adoption in 1990 of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. About 281 million people live outside their country of birth.
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The Andhra Pradesh state government celebrated ............... from September 15th, 2011
Answer: C
Andhra Pradesh observed Farmer and Women Week from 15 September 2011.
It combined the observance of Engineers' Day with a programme addressing the concerns of farmers and rural women, at a time of severe agrarian distress in the state.
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Valentine’s Day is celebrated on
Answer: C
Valentine's Day is celebrated on 14 February.
It is named after Saint Valentine, a Roman priest martyred in the third century. Its association with romantic love dates from Chaucer's time in the fourteenth century.
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National Pollution Control Day is observed in India on which date ?
Answer: D
Correct answer: 2nd December
National Pollution Control Day is observed on 2 December in memory of those who died in the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984. It is intended to raise awareness of industrial safety and of the laws framed to control pollution.
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International Womens Day is celebrated on which of the following dates?
Answer: B
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.
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World Leprosy Eradication Day is observed every year on:
Answer: A
World Leprosy Day is observed at the end of January, and the date given here is 29 January.
It is more usually kept on the last Sunday of January, chosen by Raoul Follereau in 1954 to fall near the anniversary of Gandhi's death on 30 January, since Gandhi had worked among leprosy patients.
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Which of the following decade is celebrated as First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty?
Answer: D
1997–2006 was the First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty.
A second decade followed from 2008 to 2017. The first grew out of the Copenhagen Social Summit of 1995, at which governments committed themselves for the first time to eradicating absolute poverty by a target date.
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When is World Day against Death Penalty, recognized by the WCADP observed?
Answer: D
The World Day against the Death Penalty is observed on 10 October.
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty began it in 2003. More than two-thirds of the world's countries have now abolished capital punishment in law or in practice.
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The United Nations declared 1994-2004 as the International Decade for-
Answer: B
1994–2004 was the First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People.
It was proclaimed to strengthen international cooperation on the problems indigenous communities face in human rights, environment, development, education and health.
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‘World Consumer Rights Day’ is celebrated every year on:
Answer: A
15 March is World Consumer Rights Day.
It marks President Kennedy's address to the US Congress on 15 March 1962, the first time a head of state set out the basic rights of consumers - to safety, to be informed, to choose and to be heard.
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