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World Wetlands Day, observed on 2 February, marks the signing of which international agreement?

  1. A.Basel Convention
  2. B.CITES
  3. C.Montreal Protocol
  4. D.Ramsar Convention

Correct answer

D. Ramsar Convention

Explanation

The correct answer is D, the Ramsar Convention, the Convention on Wetlands signed in the Iranian town of Ramsar on 2 February 1971. Wetlands listed for protection under the treaty are called Ramsar sites, and the name of the town has become the name of the agreement.

Option A, the Basel Convention, deals with the movement of hazardous wastes across national borders. Option B, CITES, is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which regulates trade in threatened plants and animals. Option C, the Montreal Protocol, controls substances that deplete the ozone layer and is paired in papers with 16 September, the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. All four are genuine environmental treaties, so the safest method is to attach each one to its own subject and date.

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National Youth Day is observed in India on 12 January to mark the birth anniversary of whom?

  1. A.Subhas Chandra Bose
  2. B.Lala Lajpat Rai
  3. C.Swami Vivekananda
  4. D.Bhagat Singh
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Correct answer: C. Swami Vivekananda

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.

Q2.Important Days & DatesEasy

Indian Army Day is celebrated every year on which date?

  1. A.4 December
  2. B.15 January
  3. C.8 October
  4. D.26 January
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Correct answer: B. 15 January

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.

Q3.Important Days & DatesEasy

National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February in memory of which event?

  1. A.The discovery of the neutron
  2. B.The announcement of the Raman Effect
  3. C.The discovery of penicillin
  4. D.The launch of the satellite Aryabhata
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Correct answer: B. The announcement of the Raman Effect

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.