When is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, recognized by the UN observed?
Answer: D
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities falls on 3 December.
The UN proclaimed it in 1992, at the end of the Decade of Disabled Persons. It promotes the rights and well-being of the roughly one billion people living with a disability.
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The United Nations declared 2009 as the International Year of-
Answer: D
2009 was the International Year of Astronomy, of Natural Fibres and of Reconciliation - all three.
The astronomy year marked four hundred years since Galileo first turned a telescope on the sky and since Kepler published his laws of planetary motion.
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The United Nations declared May 25-31 Week as the
Answer: C
25–31 May is the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories.
It is observed by the UN's Special Committee on Decolonisation, and draws attention to the seventeen territories still on the UN list as not fully self-governing.
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On which of the following dates the country observed Police Commemoration Day ?
Answer: B
Police Commemoration Day is observed on 21 October.
On that date in 1959 a Central Reserve Police Force patrol was ambushed by Chinese troops at Hot Springs in Ladakh, and ten policemen were killed. The day honours police personnel who die in the line of duty.
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The decade 1981-1990 was observed as International Decade for
Answer: A
1981–1990 was the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade.
It followed the UN Water Conference at Mar del Plata in 1977, and over the decade about 1.3 billion people gained access to safe drinking water.
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When is World Day for Water, recognized by the UN observed?
Answer: B
World Day for Water falls on 22 March, designated at the Rio Earth Summit of 1992.
Each year has a theme - groundwater, valuing water, wastewater - and the UN World Water Development Report is released on the day.
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Civil Service Day is celebrated in India on
Answer: A
Civil Services Day is celebrated in India on 21 April.
It marks the day in 1947 when Sardar Patel addressed the first batch of probationers at Metcalfe House, calling them the steel frame of India. The Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration are given on the day.
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October 16 is observed as-
Answer: D
16 October is World Food Day.
It marks the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization on that date in 1945, and has been observed since 1981. Each year takes a theme relating to hunger and food security.
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What is the theme of the 2016 World Down syndrome Day?
Answer: B
The 2016 theme for World Down Syndrome Day was 'My Friends, My Community'.
The day falls on 21 March - the twenty-first day of the third month, for the trisomy of chromosome 21 that causes the condition.
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On which of the following dates,Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas is observed in India every year on the birth day of Rajiv Gandhi?
Answer: C
Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas is observed on 20 August, his birthday.
It has been marked since 2004 by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, to promote renewable sources of energy. The same date is also Sadbhavana Divas.
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