Important Days in News Questions and Answers

Answer: A

The UN declared 2023 The International Year of Millets.

The UN General Assembly adopted the resolution in March 2021 on a proposal sponsored by India, to raise awareness of millets such as jowar, bajra and ragi as nutritious, climate-resilient crops. India used the year to promote millets at home and abroad.

The International Year of Rice was 2004. No international year of wheat or of oil-seeds was declared for 2023, so the other options are wrong.

Answer: A

Vimukta Jati Day is celebrated on 31 August.

Under the colonial Criminal Tribes Act, many communities were labelled 'criminal tribes'. The Act was repealed on 31 August 1952, and the communities were 'denotified', which is why they are called Vimukta Jatis (denotified tribes). Madhya Pradesh observes 31 August each year as Vimukta Jati Divas to mark that day.

15 July, 15 September and 21 March have no connection with the repeal, so they are wrong.

Answer: A

The year 2024 was declared International Year of Camelids by the UN.

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution, and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) led the observance. The aim was to highlight the role of camels, llamas, alpacas and their relatives in the livelihoods and food security of people in arid and mountain regions.

UNESCO deals with education, science and culture, and WHO with health; neither declares international years on its own in this way. The USA is a member state, not the body that proclaims UN international years.

Answer: A

World Health Day is observed on 7th April.

The date marks the founding of the World Health Organization, whose constitution came into force on 7 April 1948. Each year the WHO chooses a theme for the day to draw attention to a priority area of global health.

8, 9 and 10 April have no connection with the WHO's founding; the observance is fixed on 7 April every year.

Answer: D

Minorities Rights Day is observed on 18th December.

It marks the adoption by the United Nations, on 18 December 1992, of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. In India the National Commission for Minorities observes the day.

23 December is Kisan Diwas (National Farmers' Day), 5 September is Teachers' Day, and 1 December is World AIDS Day.