The United Nations declared 2011 as the International Year of
Answer: C
The UN declared 2011 the International Year of Forests and of People of African Descent - both.
The forests year was themed 'Forests for People', and the year for people of African descent aimed at strengthening national action against racism and discrimination.
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When is Human Rights Day celebrated?
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Human Rights Day is celebrated on 10 December.
The UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on that date in 1948. The Nobel Peace Prize is presented on the same day each year, in Oslo.
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The World Environment Day is celebrated on-
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World Environment Day is celebrated on 5 June.
The date marks the opening of the 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. India hosted the day in 2011 and 2018.
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Which of the following is observed as Sports Day every Year?
Answer: C
National Sports Day is observed on 29 August in India.
It is the birthday of Major Dhyan Chand, the hockey player who won Olympic gold in 1928, 1932 and 1936. The Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dronacharya awards are presented on the day.
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When is World Day against Child Labour observed?
Answer: C
World Day Against Child Labour is observed on 12 June.
The International Labour Organization launched it in 2002. About 160 million children worldwide are in child labour, roughly half of them in hazardous work.
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June 1 is observed as-
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1 June is observed as International Children's Day.
The date has been kept since 1950, chiefly in the former socialist countries and in much of Asia. The UN's own Universal Children's Day is 20 November, and India keeps Children's Day on 14 November.
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The United Nations declared 2005 as the International Year of-
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2005 was the International Year for Sport and Physical Education, the International Year of Microcredit and the World Year of Physics - all three.
The microcredit year preceded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank.
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Which of the following year is celebrated as International Year of the Shark?
Answer: C
2009 was celebrated as the International Year of the Shark.
It drew attention to the collapse of shark populations from finning and by-catch. Sharks grow slowly and produce few young, so a heavily fished population recovers very slowly.
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Which of the following year is celebrated as Internatioanl Year of the Potato?
Answer: A
2008 was the International Year of the Potato.
The FAO chose it under the slogan 'Hidden treasure', to promote a crop that yields more food per hectare and per litre of water than any cereal, and grows where cereals will not.
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Which of the following year is celebrated as International Year of Sanitation?
Answer: D
2008 was the International Year of Sanitation.
Some 2.5 billion people then lacked basic sanitation, and diarrhoeal disease from contaminated water and poor hygiene was killing about 1.5 million children a year. The year sought to accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goal on sanitation.
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