National Maritime Day is observed in India on
- A.1 April
- B.5 April
- C.11 April
- D.21 April
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, 5 April. The day marks the first voyage of an Indian owned merchant ship from Mumbai to Britain in 1919, a landmark in the history of Indian shipping, and it is observed to recognise the role of the merchant navy in trade.
Option A, 1 April, is Odisha Day, also called Utkal Divas, and is remembered in another chapter as the date on which the Reserve Bank of India began functioning in 1935. Option C, 11 April, is National Safe Motherhood Day, kept on the birth anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi. Option D, 21 April, is National Civil Services Day, which recalls the address of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to the first batch of administrative service probationers in 1947. These four Indian observances fall within three weeks of each other, so they are best learnt as one short list in date order.
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View allWorld Water Day is observed every year on which date?
- A.3 March
- B.22 March
- C.22 April
- D.5 June
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The United Nations observes this day to draw attention to fresh water and the management of water resources, and in India the same date is also kept as Bihar Diwas, which makes it doubly useful for examinations.
Read the full explanation →International Women's Day is observed on
- A.1 March
- B.8 March
- C.15 March
- D.8 April
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The day grew out of the movements for women's rights in the early twentieth century and is now observed across the world, with the United Nations adopting a different subject for it each year while the date itself stays fixed.
Read the full explanation →World Health Day is observed on 7 April to mark which event?
- A.The founding of the Red Cross
- B.The coming into being of the World Health Organization in 1948
- C.The discovery of penicillin
- D.The eradication of smallpox
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The constitution of the organisation took effect on 7 April 1948, and that date was chosen for the annual observance, which has been held since 1950 with a different subject each year.
Read the full explanation →Shaheed Diwas, marking the execution of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru, is observed on
- A.30 January
- B.23 March
- C.13 April
- D.8 August
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Read the full explanation →World Wildlife Day is observed on which date?
- A.3 March
- B.20 March
- C.21 March
- D.5 April
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The United Nations chose this date because the international convention on trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora was signed on 3 March, and the day is used to draw attention to wild animals and plants and to the trade that threatens them.
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