Human Rights Day is observed on 10 December because on that day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly did which of the following?
- A.Adopted the United Nations Charter
- B.Adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- C.Created the Human Rights Council
- D.Adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child
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Explanation
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.
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- A.Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- B.Jawaharlal Nehru
- C.Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
- D.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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India's first Prime Minister was born on 14 November 1889, and because of his known fondness for children, who called him Chacha Nehru, his birthday was adopted as Children's Day after his death in 1964.
Read the full explanation →National Education Day is observed in India on which date?
- A.5 September
- B.11 November
- C.14 November
- D.26 November
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Read the full explanation →Constitution Day is observed in India on 26 November because on that day in 1949 the Constituent Assembly did which of the following?
- A.Held its first sitting
- B.Adopted the Constitution of India
- C.Brought the Constitution into force
- D.Elected the Drafting Committee
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The Constituent Assembly adopted, enacted and gave to itself the Constitution on 26 November 1949, and the Government of India has observed the date as Constitution Day, or Samvidhan Divas, since 2015.
Read the full explanation →National Milk Day is observed in India on 26 November to mark the birth anniversary of which person?
- A.M. S. Swaminathan
- B.Verghese Kurien
- C.Tribhuvandas Patel
- D.Norman Borlaug
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Read the full explanation →World AIDS Day is observed every year on which date?
- A.1 December
- B.7 December
- C.10 December
- D.2 December
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World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988 and was the first global health day of its kind, set aside to spread awareness of HIV and AIDS and to remember those who have died of the disease.
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