Days and Years Questions and Answers

Answer: D

World AIDS Day is observed on 1st December.

It was first observed in 1988 and is marked every year on 1 December to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, show support for people living with HIV and remember those who have died.

7 April is World Health Day, the founding day of WHO. 1 July is National Doctors' Day in India. None of the other dates is World AIDS Day.

Answer: B

World Water Day is observed on 22nd March.

The UN General Assembly designated 22 March as World Water Day in 1992, following the recommendation of the UN Conference on Environment and Development at Rio, and it has been observed since 1993 to draw attention to fresh water and the people without safe access to it. Each year has its own theme.

5 June is World Environment Day, and 5 September is Teachers' Day in India. 3 January is not an international water observance.

Answer: A

World Bamboo Day is observed on 18th September.

The day was declared by the World Bamboo Organization at the 8th World Bamboo Congress held in Bangkok in 2009. It is observed on 18 September each year to raise awareness of bamboo as a sustainable resource for housing, crafts, food and soil conservation, and to promote its cultivation.

October 18th, November 18th and December 18th repeat the day of the month with the wrong months. In India the day is relevant to the north-east, where Tripura is among the major bamboo-growing states.

Answer: A

The International Year of Millets was celebrated in 2023.

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2023 the International Year of Millets in March 2021, on a proposal moved by India and supported by more than 70 countries. The aim was to raise awareness of the nutritional value of millets such as jowar, bajra and ragi and of their ability to grow on poor soils with little water.

2020 and 2021 came before the declaration took effect, and 2024 was the year after it. India also renamed millets Shree Anna during the observance.

Answer: D

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on January 9th.

The date marks Mahatma Gandhi's return to India from South Africa on 9 January 1915. The day, first observed in 2003, honours the contribution of the Indian diaspora; since 2015 the full convention has been held every two years.

November 22nd, December 14th and December 30th are not associated with the day.

Answer: B

8th March is observed as International Women's Day.

The day celebrates the achievements of women and calls for gender equality; the United Nations has observed it since 1975.

World Environment Day is 5 June, International Literacy Day 8 September and World Food Day 16 October.

Answer: C

The 2025 theme was Beat Plastic Pollution.

World Environment Day 2025, on 5 June, was hosted by the Republic of Korea and focused on ending plastic pollution worldwide, with the campaign slogan #BeatPlasticPollution. The UN Environment Programme leads the day each year.

'Only One Earth' was the theme of 2022, marking fifty years since the 1972 Stockholm Conference. 'Restore Our Earth' and 'Save the Forests' were not the 2025 theme.

Answer: D

World Population Day is observed on 11th July.

The day was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It grew out of the interest in the 'Day of Five Billion', 11 July 1987, the approximate date on which the world's population reached five billion.

The other dates do not mark it. 15 October is the International Day of Rural Women, 14 June is World Blood Donor Day, and 11 November is observed in India as National Education Day, the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

Answer: D

Kokborok Day is observed on 19th January.

Kokborok, the language of the Tripuri (Borok) people, was recognised as an official language of Tripura on 19 January 1979, alongside Bengali. The state marks the date each year as Kokborok Day, also called Tripuri Language Day, with events promoting the language and its literature.

The other dates belong to other observances: 5 September is Teachers' Day in India, 8 March is International Women's Day, and 13 February is World Radio Day as well as Sarojini Naidu's birth anniversary.

Answer: A

National Science Day is celebrated on 28 February.

The date marks the announcement of the Raman effect by C.V. Raman in 1928: the change in the wavelength of light scattered by molecules. The discovery won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930, and India has observed 28 February as National Science Day since 1987.

The other dates are not National Science Day. 15 January is Indian Army Day and 12 August is International Youth Day, while 4 April has no link with Raman's discovery.