In which year, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was conferred Bharat Ratna?
Answer: C
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was conferred the Bharat Ratna in 1992.
The award was made posthumously but was withdrawn after the Supreme Court took up a petition objecting to the presumption of his death, and it remains the only Bharat Ratna ever rescinded.
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On which of the following dates is World Forestry Day observed?
Answer: A
World Forestry Day is celebrated on 21 March.
It has been kept since 1971, and the UN made it the International Day of Forests in 2012. The date is the equinox, when day and night are equal in both hemispheres.
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The Universal Health Coverage Day (UHCD) is observed on which date?
Answer: B
Universal Health Coverage Day is observed on 12 December.
The UN General Assembly endorsed universal health coverage unanimously on that date in 2012. About half the world's people still lack full coverage of essential health services.
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Vijay Diwas is celebrated on what date every year?
Answer: A
Vijay Diwas is celebrated on 16 December.
Pakistan's eastern command surrendered at Dhaka on that date in 1971, ending the war and creating Bangladesh. About 93,000 prisoners were taken, the largest surrender since the Second World War.
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“National Consumer Rights Day” is observed on which among the following?
Answer: A
National Consumer Rights Day is observed in India on 24 December.
The Consumer Protection Act received presidential assent on that date in 1986. World Consumer Rights Day, a separate observance, falls on 15 March.
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Last Sunday of which of the following months is observed as “World Leprosy Day”?
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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On which of the following dates, International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed?
Answer: C
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed on 27 January.
The date is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops in 1945. The UN General Assembly designated it in 2005.
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World Meteorological day is celebrated on:
Answer: A
World Meteorological Day is celebrated on 23 March.
The convention establishing the World Meteorological Organization came into force on that date in 1950. Each year takes a theme relating to weather, climate or water.
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National Cadet Corps Day is celebrated on which among the following dates?
Answer: B
NCC Day is celebrated on 23 November.
The National Cadet Corps was formed under the NCC Act of 1948, and the day is kept on the fourth Sunday of November, which the date given here reflects. The NCC has about 1.4 million cadets.
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The Indian Navy Day (IND) is celebrated on which date?
Answer: B
Navy Day is celebrated in India on 4 December.
It marks Operation Trident of 1971, in which Indian missile boats attacked Karachi harbour, sinking several Pakistani vessels and setting the oil storage alight without losing a ship.
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