Important Days & Dates Mixed Quiz: Set 10

The correct answer is A, 29 July. International Tiger Day was agreed at the tiger summit held at Saint Petersburg in Russia in 2010, where the countries that still have wild tigers pledged to work towards doubling their numbers, and it has been observed on this date since then. Option B is wrong because 12 August is World Elephant Day, kept for the conservation of Asian and African elephants. Option C is wrong because 3 March is World Wildlife Day, which takes its date from the adoption of CITES in 1973 and covers all wild species rather than one. Option D is wrong because 4 October is World Animal Welfare Day; in India Wildlife Week runs from 2 to 8 October, and Project Tiger, which protects the tiger, was launched in 1973.

The correct answer is B, the World Health Organization came into being. The constitution of the World Health Organization took effect on 7 April 1948, and the anniversary of that day has been kept as World Health Day since 1950, with a theme chosen by the organisation; its headquarters are at Geneva in Switzerland. Option A is wrong because the Red Cross was founded in the eighteen sixties by Henry Dunant, and the day linked to it is 8 May, his birthday. Option C is wrong because penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, well before the World Health Organization existed, and no international day marks it. Option D is wrong because Edward Jenner gave the first vaccination against smallpox in 1796, which is not the reason for this date either.

The correct answer is A, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, born on 11 November 1888, was a scholar and freedom fighter who became independent India's first Minister of Education and set up the University Grants Commission and the early Indian Institutes of Technology. The day has been observed since 2008 and he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna. Option B is wrong because Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan's birthday, 5 September, is Teachers' Day, a related observance that is always placed among the options. Option C is wrong because Jyotirao Phule, who opened schools for girls and for the depressed classes, is remembered on his own anniversaries rather than on this day. Option D is wrong because Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the reformer and educationist of Bengal, is not linked to this date.

The correct answer is C, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The General Assembly adopted it on 10 December 1948 at Paris, and the observance of the anniversary began in 1950; the Declaration has thirty articles and is the most translated document in the world. Option A, the Charter of the United Nations, came into force on 24 October 1945 and is commemorated by United Nations Day. Option B, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, was adopted on 20 November 1989, which is why World Children’s Day falls on 20 November. Option D, the Montreal Protocol, was signed on 16 September 1987 and is marked by the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. Each date therefore carries its own document, and that pairing is the whole question.

The correct answer is B, 1 to 7 September. National Nutrition Week is observed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development through anganwadis, schools and health centres to spread the message of balanced diet, and the whole of September is separately kept as a nutrition month. Option A is wrong because 1 to 7 August is World Breastfeeding Week, coordinated by the World Health Organization and UNICEF; the two are close in theme and in shape, which is why they are placed together as options. Option C is wrong because 2 to 8 October is Wildlife Week in India. Option D is wrong because 19 to 25 November is Qaumi Ekta Week, the national integration week. Notice how many of these weeks run from the first to the seventh of a month, and separate them by month rather than by date.

The correct answer is A, Dr S. Radhakrishnan. He was born on 5 September 1888, was a philosopher and teacher before entering public life, and served as the first Vice-President and the second President of India. When admirers wished to celebrate his birthday, he asked that it be kept as Teachers' Day instead.

Option B, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, was independent India's first Education Minister, and his birthday, 11 November, is observed as National Education Day, which makes him the strongest distractor. Option C, Dr Zakir Husain, was an educationist and the third President of India, but no national day is named for him. Option D, Dr Rajendra Prasad, was the first President of India and presided over the Constituent Assembly. Remember the pair: 5 September for teachers and 11 November for education.

The correct answer is B, millets. The United Nations General Assembly declared 2023 the International Year of Millets on a proposal moved by India and supported by more than seventy countries, and the Food and Agriculture Organization led the observance; India promoted the crops at home under the name Shree Anna. Option A is wrong because pulses had their own year in 2016, which is the pairing most often swapped with this one. Option C is wrong because camelids, the family that includes camels, llamas and alpacas, were the subject of the year 2024. Option D is wrong because plant health was the theme of 2020. Notice that every option is a real international year placed against the wrong number, which is how these questions are always built, so learn the year together with the name.

The correct answer is B, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Dr Radhakrishnan, philosopher, professor and the second President of India, was born on 5 September 1888. When students wished to celebrate his birthday in 1962, he suggested that the day be kept for teachers instead, and it has been Teachers' Day ever since. Option A is wrong because Dr Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India and his birthday is not linked to this observance. Option C is wrong because Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, independent India's first Education Minister, is honoured on 11 November as National Education Day, a closely related fact that is often set as the distractor. Option D is wrong because Dr Zakir Husain, an educationist who became President, is not the person behind this day. Note also that World Teachers' Day falls on 5 October.

The correct answer is A, Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy. Bidhan Chandra Roy was born on 1 July 1882 and died on the same date in 1962, and since both fall on one day India keeps 1 July as National Doctors' Day; he was a distinguished physician, served as Chief Minister of West Bengal and was awarded the Bharat Ratna. Option B is wrong because Dr Jivraj Mehta, though the first Chief Minister of Gujarat and a noted doctor, has no day named after him. Option C is wrong because Dr Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India, a lawyer by training, and the doctor in his title was an academic degree. Option D is wrong because Dr Hargobind Khorana was a Nobel laureate in medicine for work on the genetic code, and no national day is kept on his birthday.

The correct answer is B, adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The General Assembly adopted the Declaration in Paris on 10 December 1948, and the date has been observed as Human Rights Day since 1950. India observes its own National Human Rights Day on 12 October, the day the National Human Rights Commission was set up in 1993.

Option A is wrong because the United Nations Charter was signed in June 1945 and came into force on 24 October 1945, which is United Nations Day. Option C, the Human Rights Council, was created in 2006 and replaced the older Commission on Human Rights; no separate day marks it. Option D, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, was adopted on 20 November 1989, and that date is World Children's Day. The Nobel Prizes are also presented on 10 December, the death anniversary of Alfred Nobel, so the date carries two facts.

The correct answer is A, Louis Braille. Louis Braille, born in France on 4 January 1809, lost his sight in childhood and devised the system of raised dots that allows blind and partially sighted people to read and write by touch. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the day in 2018 and it has been observed since 2019. Option B is wrong because Helen Keller, the deaf and blind American author and campaigner, is honoured on other occasions but not on this date. Option C is wrong because Thomas Edison, the inventor of the practical electric lamp and the phonograph, has no day named after him in this list. Option D is wrong because Alexander Graham Bell, who patented the telephone and worked with the deaf, is not the person this day honours.

The correct answer is C, 26 June. The United Nations keeps this day to strengthen action against the production, trafficking and abuse of narcotic drugs, and the same date is also the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

Option A, 20 June, is World Refugee Day, which concerns people forced to flee their countries. Option B, 23 June, is International Olympic Day, marking the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894, and is also International Widows' Day and United Nations Public Service Day. Option D, 29 June, is National Statistics Day in India, the birth anniversary of P. C. Mahalanobis. The last ten days of June are crowded with observances, so revise them as a single run of dates rather than one at a time.

The correct answer is A, 1 to 7 August. The week is coordinated worldwide by the World Health Organization and UNICEF and argues for feeding a baby only mother's milk for the first six months, and for beginning that feeding within an hour of birth. Option B is wrong because 4 to 10 March is National Safety Week in India, which opens on National Safety Day and deals with workplace and industrial safety. Option C is wrong because 14 to 20 April is Fire Service Week, beginning on the anniversary of the Bombay dock explosion of 1944. Option D is wrong because 18 to 24 November is the World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week, a health observance of a different kind, about the misuse of antibiotics. Both August weeks and September weeks concern nutrition, so anchor them by their month.

The correct answer is B, Chartered Accountants Day. The first of July is observed as Chartered Accountants Day because the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India was established on 1 July 1949 by an Act of Parliament. The same date is also observed as GST Day, since the goods and services tax came into force on 1 July 2017, and as National Doctors Day.

Option A, National Statistics Day, falls on 29 June, the birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. Option C, National Technology Day, is observed on 11 May, marking the Pokhran nuclear tests of 1998 and the first flight of the Hansa aircraft. Option D, National Science Day, is observed on 28 February, the date on which C. V. Raman announced the discovery of the effect named after him.

The correct answer is B, India. India moved the proposal, it was supported by more than seventy member states, the General Assembly adopted it in 2021 and the year was observed in 2023 with the Food and Agriculture Organization as the lead agency. India's interest is easy to explain in an examination: it is among the largest growers of millets such as jowar, bajra and ragi, which need little water and grow on poor soil. Option A is wrong because Brazil, though a large agricultural producer, did not move this proposal. Option C is wrong because Nigeria grows millets in quantity but was a supporter, not the proposer. Option D is wrong because China did not propose the year. India's other well known success of this kind is the International Day of Yoga on 21 June.

The correct answer is A, 8 September. International Literacy Day was declared by UNESCO in 1966 and has been observed every year since to remind governments of the work left in teaching people to read and write. Each year the day is kept with a theme chosen by UNESCO.

Option B, 8 October, is Indian Air Force Day, which marks the raising of the force in 1932. Option C, 21 September, is the International Day of Peace, observed by the United Nations. Option D, 11 October, is the International Day of the Girl Child. The literacy day and the air force day share the date of the month, which is the confusion this question is built on. The reason behind the date is worth noting as well: the observance came from a UNESCO resolution and not from any single country's decision, which is why it is called international.

The correct answer is B, Florence Nightingale. Florence Nightingale was born on 12 May 1820 and became famous for organising nursing care during the Crimean War, where her rounds at night earned her the name the Lady with the Lamp. She founded the first modern school of nursing and introduced record keeping and sanitation into hospital practice, and the day named after her honours nurses everywhere. Option A is wrong because Mother Teresa, who worked among the poor of Kolkata and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, is remembered on other dates. Option C is wrong because Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross, which is a separate story. Option D is wrong because Sister Nivedita, the Irish disciple of Swami Vivekananda who worked in education in Bengal, is not linked to this observance.

The correct answer is B, 2 to 8 October. Wildlife Week is observed in national parks, sanctuaries, zoos and schools across India with exhibitions, walks and competitions, and it is coordinated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Option A is wrong because the first week of July is Van Mahotsav, the tree planting festival begun in 1950. Option C is wrong and is the closest trap in the list, since 4 to 10 October is World Space Week, declared by the United Nations; both fall in the same October fortnight, so learn the starting dates, 2 October for wildlife and 4 October for space. Option D is wrong because the last week of April is World Immunization Week, which changes its dates slightly each year with the calendar.

The correct answer is C, the United Nations General Assembly. An international year exists because the Assembly, in which every member state has one vote, adopts a resolution declaring it, usually on a proposal from one or more states. Option A is wrong because UNESCO may be named the lead agency for a year about science, culture or languages, and may recommend one, but it does not declare the year. Option D is wrong for the same reason: the Food and Agriculture Organization led the International Year of Millets and the International Year of Pulses without declaring either. Option B is wrong because the Security Council deals with international peace and security, and its work is resolutions on conflicts, sanctions and peacekeeping, not observances. The same rule holds for international days and decades.

The correct answer is A, the first week of July. Van Mahotsav was begun in 1950 on the initiative of K. M. Munshi, then the union minister for agriculture and food, and July was chosen because the monsoon has set in over most of the country by then and a sapling planted in wet ground has the best chance of surviving. Option B is wrong because the first week of June holds World Environment Day on 5 June, a single day and not a planting festival. Option C is wrong because the last week of August has no national plantation observance of this kind. Option D is wrong because the second week of September falls in the nutrition month and carries Hindi Diwas on 14 September. Tie the festival to the rain: monsoon first, planting second.