International Literacy Day is celebrated every year on which date?
- A.8 September
- B.8 October
- C.21 September
- D.11 October
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Explanation
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.
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Practice Questions
View allTeachers' Day is celebrated in India on 5 September, the birth anniversary of which person?
- A.Dr Rajendra Prasad
- B.Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- C.Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- D.Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
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He was a philosopher and a teacher who became the first Vice President and the second President of India, and when his students wished to celebrate his birthday he asked that the day be kept for teachers instead.
Read the full explanation →Hindi Diwas is observed on 14 September every year to mark which event?
- A.The declaration of Hindi as the national language of India
- B.The adoption of Hindi in the Devanagari script as an official language in 1949
- C.The publication of the first Hindi newspaper
- D.The birth anniversary of Munshi Premchand
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On 14 September 1949 the Constituent Assembly decided that Hindi written in the Devanagari script would be an official language of the Union, a decision that later became Article 343 of the Constitution, and that date is kept every year as Hindi Diwas.
Read the full explanation →Engineers' Day is observed in India on 15 September in memory of which engineer?
- A.Sir M. Visvesvaraya
- B.Homi J. Bhabha
- C.Vikram Sarabhai
- D.Satish Dhawan
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He was the engineer behind the Krishna Raja Sagara dam and the flood protection works of Hyderabad, served as Diwan of Mysore and was given the Bharat Ratna in 1955.
Read the full explanation →World Ozone Day is observed on which date?
- A.5 September
- B.16 September
- C.16 October
- D.5 June
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The day, formally the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, marks the signing of the Montreal Protocol on 16 September 1987, the agreement under which countries agreed to stop using chlorofluorocarbons and other substances that thin the ozone layer.
Read the full explanation →World Tourism Day is observed on which of the following dates?
- A.21 September
- B.25 September
- C.27 September
- D.29 September
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World Tourism Day has been observed on this date since 1980 by the World Tourism Organization, the United Nations body for tourism, and each year a member country hosts the main celebration with a chosen theme.
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