Days and Years Questions and Answers

Answer: C

World AIDS Day is observed on 1st December.

It was first observed on 1 December 1988 and is held every year on that date to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS and to remember those who have died.

1 October, 12 December and 13 November are not the date of World AIDS Day. A useful anchor is that it falls two days before the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December.

Answer: C

World Water Day is observed on 22nd March.

The United Nations General Assembly declared 22 March World Water Day in 1993, following the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Each year it highlights a theme on fresh water, sanitation and water management.

4 March is National Safety Day in India, 16 March National Vaccination Day, and 27 March World Theatre Day. None of them is World Water Day.

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.