Days and Years Questions and Answers

Answer: C

World Environment Day is celebrated on 5th June every year.

The United Nations General Assembly chose the date in 1972, the year of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, which opened on 5 June. The day has been observed since 1973 and is led by the United Nations Environment Programme, with a different host country and theme each year.

The other dates do not mark it: 5th May, 5th July and 5th August are not associated with World Environment Day. A common confusion is with Earth Day, which falls on 22 April.

Answer: C

The correct statements are (3) and (4) only.

The UN General Assembly declared 20 February the World Day of Social Justice by a resolution of 26 November 2007, first observed in 2009. The day promotes efforts to tackle poverty, unemployment and social exclusion and to promote decent work. So statements 3 and 4 are correct.

Statement 1 is wrong because the day falls on 20 February, not 28 February. Statement 2 is wrong because the 2025 theme was 'Strengthening a Just Transition for a Sustainable Future'.

Answer: A

The correct match is a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i.

• Jan Aushadhi Diwas: 7 March, for the scheme selling affordable generic medicines.
• World Sparrow Day: 20 March.
• Pi Day: 14 March, written 3/14 after the first digits of pi, 3.14.
• World Heritage Day (International Day for Monuments and Sites): 18 April.

Option B gives Jan Aushadhi Diwas the sparrow date, and options C and D misplace Pi Day or World Heritage Day.

Answer: D

A platinum jubilee marks the 70th anniversary, which is option D.

The term entered wide use with Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee in 2022, which celebrated 70 years on the throne. Silver is 25, golden 50 and diamond 60 years in the usual British scale.

Some lists, including some Indian usage, place the platinum jubilee at 75 years (as with the 75 years of independence, called the Amrit Mahotsav), which is what option A offers. The Board's key follows the standard 70-year meaning. Options B and C are the golden and diamond jubilees.

Answer: A

National Science Day is celebrated on 28th February.

It marks the date in 1928 when C. V. Raman announced the discovery of the Raman effect, the change in wavelength of light scattered by molecules, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. India has observed the day since 1987.

8 March is International Women's Day, 5 June is World Environment Day, and 1 July is National Doctors' Day in India.

Answer: B

Parakram Divas marks the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

The Government of India declared in 2021 that Netaji's birthday, 23 January (he was born in 1897), would be observed every year as Parakram Divas, 'day of valour', to honour his courage and the Indian National Army.

Bhagat Singh's birthday (28 September), Sardar Patel's (31 October, National Unity Day) and Indira Gandhi's (19 November, National Integration Day) are observed under other names.

Answer: D

Human Rights Day is celebrated on 10 December.

It marks the day in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

8 March is International Women's Day, and 6 June and 10 November are not Human Rights Day.

The day is marked each year by the United Nations and, in India, by the National Human Rights Commission, which itself was set up under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.

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.

Answer: D

World Milk Day is observed on 1 June.

The FAO began it in 2001 to recognise the place of milk in nutrition and in rural livelihoods. India is the world's largest milk producer, with about a quarter of global output.

Answer: B

Friendship Day is popularly celebrated on the first Sunday of August, which the date given here reflects.

Because it is tied to a weekday the date moves each year. The UN's own International Day of Friendship, proclaimed in 2011, falls on the fixed date of 30 July.