Which day is observed as World Food Day?
Answer: D
World Food Day is observed on 16 October.
The date marks the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. About 735 million people go hungry, and a third of all food produced is lost or wasted.
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Which one of the following days not synchronize with the birth anniversary of any eminent Indian?
Answer: D
National Science Day does not mark anyone's birth anniversary - it marks the discovery of the Raman effect on 28 February 1928.
Teachers' Day is Radhakrishnan's birthday, Children's Day is Nehru's and Gandhi Jayanti is Gandhi's.
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December 1 is observed as-
Answer: C
World AIDS Day is observed on 1 December.
It has been marked since 1988, the first global health day of its kind. Its symbol is the red ribbon, and about 39 million people are living with HIV worldwide.
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Which of the following decades is celebrated as the United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development, recognised by the UN?
Answer: A
2005–2014 was the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
Led by UNESCO, it sought to build sustainability into education at every level, so that schooling would form the values and skills the transition requires.
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Hong Kong was transferred to China in
Answer: C
Hong Kong was transferred to China on 1 July 1997.
The New Territories lease of 1898 was for 99 years, and Britain returned the whole colony at its expiry under the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, on the basis of 'one country, two systems' for fifty years.
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Which among the following has been decided by the government to observe as India Corporate Week ?
Answer: C
India Corporate Week is observed in the third week of December.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs began it in 2009 to promote corporate social responsibility and better governance, and it surrounds the anniversary of the Companies Act.
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What is the theme of the 2016 International Day of Forests?
Answer: B
The theme of the International Day of Forests 2016 was 'Forests and Water'.
Forested catchments supply about three-quarters of the world's accessible fresh water, and forest cover controls how much of the rainfall reaches the rivers and how clean it is.
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What is the theme of the 2016 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples?
Answer: A
The 2016 theme for the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was Indigenous Peoples' Right to Education.
Indigenous children are far less likely to attend school and far more likely to be taught in a language not their own, which is one reason their languages are disappearing so fast.
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Which of the following decade is celebrated as United Nations Literacy Decade, recognized by the UN?
Answer: A
2003–2012 was the United Nations Literacy Decade.
UNESCO coordinated it under the theme 'Literacy as freedom', with the aim of raising adult literacy rates by half over the period.
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The United Nations declared 4th week of September as the-
Answer: D
The fourth week of September is observed by the UN as Peace Week.
It surrounds the International Day of Peace on 21 September, on which the UN calls for a global ceasefire and a day of non-violence.
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