Which one of the following days not synchronize with the birth anniversary of any eminent Indian?
Answer: D
National Science Day does not mark anyone's birth anniversary - it marks the discovery of the Raman effect on 28 February 1928.
Teachers' Day is Radhakrishnan's birthday, Children's Day is Nehru's and Gandhi Jayanti is Gandhi's.
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National Voluntary Blood Donation Day is observed in India on
Answer: C
India observes National Voluntary Blood Donation Day on 1 October, first marked in 1975.
It promotes unpaid voluntary donation, which is safer than replacement or paid donation because the donor has no incentive to conceal a disqualifying condition. World Blood Donor Day is observed globally on 14 June.
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Who among the following won the 2003 Indira Gandhi Award for National Integrations?
Answer: B
Baba Amte received the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in 2003.
He founded Anandwan in Maharashtra for the rehabilitation of leprosy patients, and led the Bharat Jodo march across the country in the 1980s.
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Minorities Rights Day is observed in India on-
Answer: B
Minorities Rights Day is observed in India on 18 December.
The date marks the UN's adoption in 1992 of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. India's National Commission for Minorities observes it.
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International Literacy Day is observed on which one of the following days every year?
Answer: A
International Literacy Day is observed on 8 September.
UNESCO declared it in 1966, and it has been marked every year since 1967. About 770 million adults worldwide still cannot read.
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The International Day of persons with Disabilities is celebrated on
Answer: D
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities falls on 3 December.
The UN proclaimed it in 1992, at the end of the Decade of Disabled Persons. It promotes the rights and well-being of the roughly one billion people living with a disability.
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What was the code name for the Indian Air Force operations during the Kargil Conflict of 1999?
Answer: D
The Indian Air Force operations in the Kargil conflict of 1999 were code-named Operation Safed Sagar.
The army's operation was Operation Vijay and the navy's Operation Talwar. Safed Sagar - white sea - was the first large-scale use of air power at that altitude, above 30,000 feet.
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'Teacher's Day' is observed on which of the date?
Answer: B
Teachers' Day is observed on 5 September, the birthday of Dr S. Radhakrishnan.
When his students asked to celebrate his birthday in 1962, the philosopher-president suggested it be marked as Teachers' Day instead. World Teachers' Day is 5 October.
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When was the last telegram sent in India?
Answer: B
The last telegram in India was sent on 14 July 2013, and the service closed the next day.
It had run for 163 years, from 1850. At its peak in 1985 the network handled 60 million telegrams a year; by 2013 it was carrying about 5,000 a day and losing money heavily.
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In which year was the first world environment day observed?
Answer: A
The first World Environment Day was observed in 1973.
The UN General Assembly established it in 1972, at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, and it has been marked on 5 June every year since, each with a different host country and theme.
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