Days and Years Questions and Answers

Answer: B

National Panchayati Raj Day is celebrated on 24th April.

The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, which gave constitutional status to Panchayati Raj institutions, came into force on 24 April 1993. The day has been observed as National Panchayati Raj Day since 2010.

20, 26 and 30 April have no link to the amendment.

Answer: C

National Tourism Day is observed on 25th January.

India marks National Tourism Day every year on 25 January to raise awareness of tourism's role in the economy and of the country's heritage and destinations. It is distinct from World Tourism Day, which the UN World Tourism Organization observes on 27 September.

The other dates belong to other observances: 23 April is World Book and Copyright Day, and 24 February is Central Excise Day. 27 March is World Theatre Day, not a tourism day.

Answer: C

25 December is celebrated as Good Governance day.

Since 2014 the Government of India has observed Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birthday (spelt 'Bajpayee' in the paper) as Good Governance Day, to promote accountability in government.

Children's Day is 14 November, Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday. National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) is 31 October, Sardar Patel's birthday, and National Integration Day is observed on 19 November, Indira Gandhi's birthday.

Answer: D

Vijay Diwas is celebrated on 16th December.

On 16 December 1971 the Pakistani forces in East Pakistan, about 93,000 troops, surrendered to the joint command of India and the Mukti Bahini in Dhaka. That ended the 1971 war and led to the creation of Bangladesh, and India marks the day as Vijay Diwas.

The other dates fall during the last days of the war, before the surrender.

Bangladesh observes the same date as its Victory Day (Bijoy Dibos).

Answer: A

World Environment Day is observed on 5th June.

The United Nations General Assembly designated 5 June as World Environment Day to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. It has been celebrated every year since 1974 under the UN Environment Programme. Each year has its own theme and host country; in 2021 the theme was ecosystem restoration, with Pakistan as host.

The other dates are not environment days: 6 August is Hiroshima Day and 2 May has no such observance.

Answer: C

National Voters' Day is observed on January, 25th.

The Election Commission of India was established on 25 January 1950, a day before the Republic came into being. Since 2011 that date has been observed as National Voters' Day, to encourage young citizens to enrol and vote.

25 June is the anniversary of the 1975 Emergency, and 25 July is the date on which several Presidents have taken office. 10 March has no link with voters' day.

Answer: D

The 2025 theme was A Just Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles.

World Consumer Rights Day is marked every year on 15 March, the date in 1962 when US President John F. Kennedy set out consumer rights in an address to Congress. Consumers International chose 'A Just Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles' for 2025, stressing that sustainable choices should be available and affordable to every consumer.

'Consumer Protection', 'Digital Consumer Rights' and 'Consumer Empowerment' are general descriptions of the field, not the 2025 theme.

Answer: B

National Science Day is observed on 28th February.

It marks the date in 1928 when C. V. Raman announced the discovery of the Raman effect, the scattering of light that won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. The day has been observed since 1987.

22 December is National Mathematics Day (Ramanujan's birthday), 15 September is Engineers' Day (Visvesvaraya's birthday), and 30 June is not associated with science in India.

Answer: C

The keyed answer is January 1, 2012.

The euro was introduced as a book-keeping currency on 1 January 1999, but euro notes and coins went into circulation on 1 January 2002, when it replaced the national currencies in daily use. The tenth anniversary of the euro as a cash currency was therefore 1 January 2012, which is the date the key takes.

1 January 2000 and 1 January 2001 are only one and two years after the launch, so neither can mark ten years.

Answer: C

National Law Day is observed on 26th November.

The Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India on 26 November 1949. The day was long observed as National Law Day, and since 2015 it has also been marked as Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas).

26 January is Republic Day, when the Constitution came into force in 1950, and 15 August is Independence Day. 3 December is not associated with the Constitution.