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Answer: A

6 January is the World Day for War Orphans.

It was begun by the French organisation SOS Enfants en Détresses, to draw attention to children orphaned by armed conflict and to the lasting psychological damage war does to them.

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When will Bharat Parv be celebrated?

Answer: A

Bharat Parv is recorded here as being celebrated on 12 August.

The festival showcases the country's crafts, cuisines and cultural traditions, and is organised by the Ministry of Tourism with the participation of the states.

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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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Answer: A

1992 was International Space Year.

It marked 35 years since Sputnik and 500 years since Columbus's voyage, and its central programme, Mission to Planet Earth, coordinated earth observation between the world's space agencies.

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On which date, the World Braille Day is observed?

Answer: A

World Braille Day is observed on 4 January.

It is the birthday of Louis Braille, born in 1809, who was blinded at three and devised his six-dot system at fifteen. The UN designated the day in 2018.

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Answer: A

4 February is World Cancer Day.

It was established by the Union for International Cancer Control at the World Summit Against Cancer in Paris in 2000. Cancer causes about one death in six worldwide, and a third of cases are preventable.

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International Yoga Day is observed on-

Answer: C

International Yoga Day is observed on 21 June.

The UN adopted the resolution in December 2014, on India's proposal and with 175 co-sponsors, the largest number for any General Assembly resolution. The date is the summer solstice, the longest day in the northern hemisphere.

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Answer: C

UNESCO declared 2011 the International Year of Chemistry.

Its theme was 'Chemistry - our life, our future'. The year marked the centenary of Marie Curie's Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the International Association of Chemical Societies.

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419.

Which of the following decade is celebrated as United Nations Decade for Women?

Answer: C

1976–1985 was the United Nations Decade for Women.

It followed International Women's Year in 1975 and the first World Conference on Women at Mexico City, and its theme was equality, development and peace. It produced the CEDAW convention in 1979.

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Answer: D

All three pairs are correctly matched.

International Migrants Day falls on 18 December, marking the 1990 convention on migrant workers' rights; International Volunteer Day on 5 December; and the International Day of Older Persons on 1 October.

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