Days and Years MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Army Day is celebrated on 15 January every year in India as it is on this historic day that General K. M. Cariappa became the first Indian to take charge of the Indian Army in 1949.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is observed globally on 21 May every year. The day aims to celebrate the richness of the world’s cultures and highlight the significance of its diversity as an agent of inclusion and positive change for achieving peace and sustainable development.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The United Nations celebrates World Development Information Day every year on 24 October. The UN General Assembly in 1972 established the World Development Information Day to direct people’s attention toward developmental problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed every year on 26 June with an aim to spread awareness about the global drug problem and eliminate drug misuse.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
National Maritime Day is celebrated every year on 5 April to commemorate the maiden voyage of the first Indian flag merchant vessel ‘S.S LOYALTY’ from Mumbai to London, on 5 April 1919.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
The Constitution of India, which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November, 1949, came into effect on 26 January, 1950. Therefore 26 January is celebrated as Republic day of India.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Non Resident Indian Day is a celebratory day observed on 9 January by the Republic of India to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community towards the development of India.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
The year 1991 was observed in India as the year of Tourism.

✅ The correct answer is option D.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
International Anti – Corruption Day is observed on 9 December every year to highlight how corruption affects health, education, justice, democracy, prosperity, and development.