Days and Years MCQs

231. The United Nations declared 1999 as the International Year of –

A. International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
B. International Year of the World’s Indigenous People
C. Year of the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia
D. International Year of Older Persons
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The General Assembly decided to observe the year 1999 as the International Year of Older Persons (IYOP). The Year was celebrated by all sectors of society, in all corners of the globe.

233. The United Nations declared 2008 as the International Year of –

A. International Year of Languages
B. International Year of the Potato
C. International Year of Sanitation
D. All of the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The United Nations declared 2008 as the International Year of Languages, International Year of the Potato and International Year of Sanitation.

234. 24 October is celebrated as –

A. World Diabetes Day
B. World Prematurity Day
C. World Kindness Day
D. United Nations Day
✅ The correct answer is option D.
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.

235. 2 July is celebrated as –

A. World UFO Day
B. World Coffee Day
C. World Car free Day
D. World Post Day
✅ The correct answer is option A.
World UFO Day is observed on 2 July. It was founded by the UFO hunter Haktan Akdogan. The first World UFO Day was celebrated in 2001 and spread awareness among people to gaze at the heavens scanning for unidentified flying objects.

236. 15 May is celebrated as –

A. International Day of Family
B. International Women Day
C. World Wild Life Day
D. International Health Day
✅ The correct answer is option A.
In 1993, the General Assembly decided in a resolution that 15 May of every year should be observed as The International Day of Families.

237. World day to combat desertification and drought is observed on –

A. 17 June
B. 20 June
C. 17 April
D. 20 July
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is a United Nations observance celebrated each year on 17 June. Its purpose is to raise awareness of the presence of desertification and drought, highlighting methods of preventing desertification and recovering from drought. Each year’s global celebration has a unique, novel emphasis that had not been developed previously.

238. International Yoga Day is observed on –

A. 21 March
B. 21 May
C. 21 June
D. 25 December
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The International Day of Yoga has been celebrated annually on 21 June since 2015, following its inception in the United Nations General Assembly in 2014.

239. 7 April is observed as –

A. World Cancer Day
B. United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
C. World Telecommunication Day
D. World Health Day
✅ The correct answer is option D.
7 April of each year marks the celebration of World Health Day. From its inception at the First Health Assembly in 1948 and since taking effect in 1950, the celebration has aimed to create awareness of a specific health theme to highlight a priority area of concern for the World Health Organization.