On which date, World Press Freedom Day is observed?
Answer: D
World Press Freedom Day is celebrated on 3 May.
It marks the Windhoek Declaration on press freedom, adopted by African journalists on that date in 1991. The UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize is awarded on the day.
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On which date, International Dance Day is observed?
Answer: A
International Dance Day is observed on 29 April.
It is the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre, the reformer of ballet. UNESCO's International Theatre Institute began the day in 1982, and a message is issued each year by a chosen figure from the dance world.
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International Day of Rural Women is observed on __:
Answer: B
The International Day of Rural Women is observed on 15 October.
The UN designated it in 2007. Rural women are more than a quarter of the world's population and produce much of its food, yet hold a small fraction of the land titles.
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Which of the following days has been declared as National Handloom Day by the government of India?
Answer: B
National Handloom Day is observed in India on 7 August.
The date marks the launch of the Swadeshi movement at Calcutta on 7 August 1905, in protest against the partition of Bengal. Handloom weaving is India's largest cottage industry, employing about 3.5 million people.
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When is the Central Excise Day observed?
Answer: D
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.
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8 March is observed internationally as
Answer: A
International Women's Day is celebrated on 8 March.
It grew out of the labour movements of the early twentieth century and was recognised by the UN in 1975. In several countries it is a public holiday.
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22 March is observed internationally as
Answer: B
World Day for Water falls on 22 March, designated at the Rio Earth Summit of 1992.
Each year has a theme - groundwater, valuing water, wastewater - and the UN World Water Development Report is released on the day.
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The World Sparrow Day (WSD) is observed on which date?
Answer: A
World Sparrow Day is observed on 20 March.
It was begun in 2010 by the Nature Forever Society in India with an international partnership, to draw attention to the sharp decline of the house sparrow in cities.
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The “International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade” is observed on which date?
Answer: B
The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is observed on 25 March.
The General Assembly designated it in 2007, on the bicentenary of Britain's abolition of the slave trade. Some 15 million Africans were carried across the Atlantic over four centuries.
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The World Theatre Day (WTD) is observed on which date?
Answer: C
27 March is World Theatre Day.
The International Theatre Institute began it in 1962, and an international figure of the theatre delivers a message each year. World No Tobacco Day falls on 31 May.
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