Which day is observed as the World Population Day?
Answer: D
World Population Day is observed on 11 July.
It was inspired by the Day of Five Billion on 11 July 1987, when world population passed that mark, and has been kept since 1989. Population passed eight billion in November 2022.
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15th of January is known as the
Answer: D
15 January is Army Day in India.
It marks the day in 1949 when Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa took over as the first Indian commander-in-chief of the Indian Army from General Sir Francis Butcher, the last British holder of the post.
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The centenary of Mahatma Gandhi's arrival in South Africa was celebrated in the month of
Answer: A
The centenary of Gandhi's arrival in South Africa was celebrated in May 1993.
He landed at Durban in May 1893 as a young barrister engaged on a one-year contract, and stayed twenty-one years. It was there that he developed satyagraha, which he brought back to India in 1915.
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National Maritime Day falls in the month of
Answer: A
National Maritime Day in India falls on 5 April.
It marks the sailing of the SS Loyalty, the first ship of the Scindia Steam Navigation Company, from Bombay to London on that date in 1919 - the first voyage by an Indian-owned ship on that route.
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The International Day of Charity is observed on which date ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: 5th September
The UN chose 5 September because it is the anniversary of Mother Teresa’s death in 1997. The day was established in 2012 to encourage charitable giving and voluntary service worldwide.
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The International Day of the Girl Child is observed on which date ?
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.
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The World Environment Day is celebrated on which date?
Answer: B
World Environment Day is celebrated on 5 June.
The date marks the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. Each year a different country hosts it under a chosen theme.
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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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which leader's birthday in India is observed as Children's day?
Answer: D
14 November is Children's Day in India, the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru.
Nehru was known to children as Chacha Nehru and held that children are the future of the nation. The day has been marked since his death in 1964.
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