Martyrs' Day or Shaheed Diwas, observed on 30 January, marks the death anniversary of whom?
- A.Bhagat Singh
- B.Chandra Shekhar Azad
- C.Mahatma Gandhi
- D.Lal Bahadur Shastri
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated on 30 January 1948. The day is observed across the country with two minutes of silence, and it is the best known of the several dates called Martyrs' Day in India.
Option A, Bhagat Singh, along with Rajguru and Sukhdev, was executed on 23 March 1931, and that date is also observed as a Martyrs' Day, which is why the two are so often interchanged in options. Option B, Chandra Shekhar Azad, died on 27 February 1931. Option D, Lal Bahadur Shastri, died at Tashkent on 11 January 1966, and his death anniversary falls in the same month as the day in the question. India also observes an anti-leprosy day on 30 January, because Gandhi worked among people affected by leprosy, while the international day falls on the last Sunday of January.
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Practice Questions
View allNational Youth Day is observed in India on 12 January to mark the birth anniversary of whom?
- A.Subhas Chandra Bose
- B.Lala Lajpat Rai
- C.Swami Vivekananda
- D.Bhagat Singh
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The Government of India chose his birth anniversary for National Youth Day because his writings and speeches were addressed above all to the young, and his address at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 remains the best known moment of his life.
Read the full explanation →Indian Army Day is celebrated every year on which date?
- A.4 December
- B.15 January
- C.8 October
- D.26 January
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On that date in 1949, Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa took over as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from the last British officer to hold the post, and the day marks the passing of command into Indian hands.
Read the full explanation →World Wetlands Day, observed on 2 February, marks the signing of which international agreement?
- A.Basel Convention
- B.CITES
- C.Montreal Protocol
- D.Ramsar Convention
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Wetlands listed for protection under the treaty are called Ramsar sites, and the name of the town has become the name of the agreement.
Read the full explanation →National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February in memory of which event?
- A.The discovery of the neutron
- B.The announcement of the Raman Effect
- C.The discovery of penicillin
- D.The launch of the satellite Aryabhata
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C. V. Raman announced his discovery of the scattering of light that carries his name on 28 February 1928, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for it in 1930.
Read the full explanation →International Mother Language Day is observed every year on which date?
- A.10 January
- B.13 February
- C.21 February
- D.26 January
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The day was declared by UNESCO to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and to protect languages that are dying out, and the date recalls the language movement in Dhaka in 1952, in which students were killed while demanding recognition for Bengali.
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