World Heritage Day, the International Day for Monuments and Sites, is observed on
- A.17 April
- B.18 April
- C.23 April
- D.26 April
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, 18 April. The day was proposed by the International Council on Monuments and Sites and later approved by UNESCO, and it is used to draw attention to the protection of monuments, historic places and cultural landscapes.
Option A, 17 April, is World Haemophilia Day, kept on the birth anniversary of the founder of the world federation for that disorder. Option C, 23 April, is World Book and Copyright Day, another UNESCO observance and therefore an easy date to confuse with this one. Option D, 26 April, is World Intellectual Property Day, marking the coming into force in 1970 of the convention that established the world organisation for intellectual property. The last third of April carries three UNESCO linked days in a row, so learn 18, 23 and 26 as a set.
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Practice Questions
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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The three revolutionaries were hanged in Lahore jail on 23 March 1931 in connection with the Lahore conspiracy case, and the day is observed in their memory across the country.
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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