When is the Navy Day celebrated every year in India?
Answer: B
Navy Day is celebrated in India on 4 December.
It marks Operation Trident of 1971, in which Indian missile boats attacked Karachi harbour, sinking several Pakistani vessels and setting the oil storage alight without losing a ship.
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The United Nations declared 1999 as the International Year of-
Answer: D
1999 was the International Year of Older Persons.
Its theme was 'Towards a society for all ages'. It responded to the rapid ageing of the world's population: the number of people over 60 is expected to double between 2000 and 2050.
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‘World Disability Day’ is observed annually on:
Answer: B
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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2012 has not been designated as:
Answer: A
2012 was not the International Year of Chemistry - that was 2011.
2012 was the International Year of Cooperatives, the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, and Alan Turing Year, marking the centenary of Turing's birth.
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The International Criminal Justice Day is observed on which date?
Answer: A
The Day of International Criminal Justice is observed on 17 July.
The Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court was adopted on that date in 1998. The court tries genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and aggression.
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March 8 is observed as-
Answer: C
8 March is International Women's Day.
It grew out of the labour and suffrage movements of the early twentieth century and was recognised by the UN in 1975. World Red Cross Day is 8 May, two months later.
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The International Mother Language Day is observed on which date?
Answer: B
International Mother Language Day was first celebrated on 21 February 2000.
UNESCO chose the date to mark the Bengali Language Movement of 1952, when students were shot dead at Dhaka demonstrating for the recognition of Bengali. A language dies about every two weeks.
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June 1 is observed as-
Answer: D
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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What was the code name for the Indian Air Force operations during the Kargil Conflict of 1999?
Answer: D
The Indian Air Force operations in the Kargil conflict of 1999 were code-named Operation Safed Sagar.
The army's operation was Operation Vijay and the navy's Operation Talwar. Safed Sagar - white sea - was the first large-scale use of air power at that altitude, above 30,000 feet.
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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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