Days and Years MCQs

201. 22 April is observed as –

A. Rabindranath Tagore’s Anniversary Day
B. United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
C. World Entrepreneurship Day (WED) site
D. Earth Day
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Earth Day is an annual event on 22 April to demonstrate support for environmental protection.

202. 14 September is celebrated as –

A. Engineer’s Day
B. National Hindi Diwas
C. National Voters Day
D. World Cancer Day
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Hindi Diwas is celebrated on 14 September as on this day the Constituent Assembly of India had adopted Hindi written in Devanagri script in 1949 as the official language of the Republic of India.

204. 19 November is celebrated as –

A. International Men’s Day
B. World Coffee Day
C. World Book Day
D. World Malaria Day
✅ The correct answer is option A.
International Men’s Day is celebrated on 19 November.

205. The United Nations declared 2011 as the International Year of –

A. International Year of Forests
B. International Year for People of African Descent
C. International Year for People of Asian Descent
D. Both A and B
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The United Nations declared 2011 as the International Year of forests and International Year for People of African Descent.

206. 27 September is celebrated as –

A. World Tuberculosis Day
B. World Tourism Day
C. International Day of forest
D. World Poetry Day
✅ The correct answer is option B.
World Tourism Day (WTD) has been commemorated on 27 September each year since 1980. The date marks the anniversary of the adoption of the UNWTO Statutes in 1970.

207. 20 March is observed as –

A. World day for War Orphans
B. United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
C. World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People
D. World Suicide Prevention Day
✅ The correct answer is option C.
20 March is celebrated worldwide as a World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People by the international community of theatre practitioners for childen and young people. On that occasion, in all theatres, messages written by distinguished artists from the field are read before the performances and special events are organized.

208. The United Nations declared 2001 – 2010 as the International Decade for –

A. United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development
B. First International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
C. Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
D. Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The United Nations declared 2001 – 2010 as the International Decade for Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World.

209. The United Nations declared 2005 – 2014 as the International Decade for –

A. United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
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 A.
The United Nations declared 2005 – 2014 as United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.