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Important Days & DatesHard

World Space Week, declared by the United Nations, is observed from:

  1. A.2 to 8 October
  2. B.4 to 10 October
  3. C.12 to 18 August
  4. D.1 to 7 November

Correct answer

B. 4 to 10 October

Explanation

The correct answer is B, 4 to 10 October. The two dates were chosen for two events: on 4 October 1957 the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was placed in orbit, and on 10 October 1967 the Outer Space Treaty came into force. Option A is wrong because 2 to 8 October is Wildlife Week in India, and mixing the two October weeks is the commonest error here. Option C is wrong because August holds no space week; National Space Day in India marks a lunar landing and is a separate single day. Option D is wrong because the first week of November has no such observance either. The easy hold is the anniversary of Sputnik: space week opens on the day the space age began.

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Q1.Important Days & DatesEasy

National Nutrition Week in India is observed every year from:

  1. A.1 to 7 August
  2. B.1 to 7 September
  3. C.2 to 8 October
  4. D.19 to 25 November
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Correct answer: B. 1 to 7 September

National Nutrition Week is observed by the Ministry of Women and Child Development through anganwadis, schools and health centres to spread the message of balanced diet, and the whole of September is separately kept as a nutrition month.

Q2.Important Days & DatesMedium

World Breastfeeding Week is observed every year from:

  1. A.1 to 7 August
  2. B.4 to 10 March
  3. C.14 to 20 April
  4. D.18 to 24 November
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Correct answer: A. 1 to 7 August

The week is coordinated worldwide by the World Health Organization and UNICEF and argues for feeding a baby only mother's milk for the first six months, and for beginning that feeding within an hour of birth.

Q3.Important Days & DatesMedium

Wildlife Week in India is observed from:

  1. A.1 to 7 July
  2. B.2 to 8 October
  3. C.4 to 10 October
  4. D.22 to 28 April
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Correct answer: B. 2 to 8 October

Wildlife Week is observed in national parks, sanctuaries, zoos and schools across India with exhibitions, walks and competitions, and it is coordinated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Q4.Important Days & DatesMedium

Van Mahotsav, the national tree planting festival of India, is observed in:

  1. A.The first week of July
  2. B.The first week of June
  3. C.The last week of August
  4. D.The second week of September
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Correct answer: A. The first week of July

Van Mahotsav was begun in 1950 on the initiative of K. M. Munshi, then the union minister for agriculture and food, and July was chosen because the monsoon has set in over most of the country by then and a sapling planted in wet ground has the best chance of…

Q5.Important Days & DatesMedium

Vigilance Awareness Week is observed by the Central Vigilance Commission around the birth anniversary of:

  1. A.Mahatma Gandhi
  2. B.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  3. C.Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. D.Dr B. R. Ambedkar
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Correct answer: B. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

The Central Vigilance Commission arranges the week around that date, and it opens with an integrity pledge taken in government offices and public sector undertakings; the same day is also observed as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, the national unity day.