Days and Years MCQs

111. Human Rights Day, is observed on –

A. 18 December
B. 14 November
C. 25 January
D. 10 December
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December every year.

112. Which of the following festivals is celebrated on Prophet Mohammed birthday?

A. Id-Ul-Zuha
B. Id-e-Milad
C. Id-Ul-Fitr
D. Muharram
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The festival is called in Arabic ‘Eid milad-un-Nabi’. However, it is to be emphasized that practicing this festival is not per religion; as the two festivals after end of Ramadan and that during hajj. Celebrating prophet Muhammad birthday, although not per religion, but it is not forbidden. It is considered as good occasion to remind Muslims with the prophet Muhammad teachings and morals and to renew the intention of following and adopting prophet Muhammad guides.

113. Which day is celebrated as United Nations Day every year?

A. 7 April
B. 24 October
C. 14 November
D. 27 December
✅ The correct answer is option B.
24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that the day be observed by Member States as a public holiday.

114. World Human Rights Day is observed on –

A. 8 April
B. 10 December
C. 7 December
D. 5 September
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The date was chosen to honour the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations.

115. April 16 is observed as –

A. Rabindranath Tagore’s Anniversary Day
B. United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
C. World Entrepreneurship Day (WED) site
D. World Suicide Prevention Day
✅ The correct answer is option C.

116. 17 December is observed as –

A. Global Family Day
B. United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
C. International Rabbit’s Day
D. International Human Solidarity Day
✅ The correct answer is option C.

119. The United Nations declared 1994 – 2004 as the International Decade for –

A. United Nations Literacy Decade
B. First International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
C. Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
D. International Decade for Nature Disaster Reduction
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The United Nations declared 1994 – 2004 as the First International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People.

120. 13th August is celebrated as

A. World Soil Day
B. International Lefthanders day
C. International Volunteers Day
D. International Human Rights Day
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Every year on 13 August Lefthanders Day is observed. It raises awareness about the problems and difficulties that left handed persons face.