Days and Years MCQs

251. When is Right to Know Day observed?

A. 25 January
B. 18 December
C. 24 October
D. 28 September
✅ The correct answer is option D.
28 September is International Right to Know Day. Since 2003, advocates have marked the occasion by calling for greater access to government held information.

252. The United Nations declared May 25 – 31 Week as the –

A. Breast Cancer Awareness Month
B. Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
C. Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Selfgoverning Territories
D. None of these
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The United Nations declared 25 – 31 May week as the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Selfgoverning Territories.

253. What was the code name for the Indian Air Force operations during the Kargil Conflict of 1999?

A. Operation Vijay
B. Operation Meghdoot
C. Operation Indradhanush
D. Operation Safed Sagar
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The Indian Air Force’s role in acting jointly with Indian Army ground troops during the war was aimed at flushing out regular and irregular troops of the Pakistan Army from vacated Indian positions along the LoC. This particular operation was given the codename Operation Safed Sagar.

254. 31 May is celebrated as –

A. World No Tobacco Day
B. World Tuberculosis Day
C. International Health Day
D. World Earth Day
✅ The correct answer is option A.
World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on 31 May. This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, what the World Health Organization (WHO) is doing to fight against the use of tobacco, and what people around the world can do to claim their right to health and healthy living and to protect future generations.

256. 29 August is Celebrated as –

A. World Radio Day
B. Hindi Day
C. National Sports Day
D. Thinking Day
✅ The correct answer is option C.
National Sports Day is celebrated on 29 August every year to honour the birthday of Dhyan Chand a field hockey player. National Sports Day is also known as Rashtriya Khel Diwas.

257. When is World Wetlands Day observed?

A. 11 December
B. 9 October
C. 21 March
D. 2 February
✅ The correct answer is option D.
World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally each year on 2 February. It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) in Ramsar, Iran, on 2 February 1971.

258. The United Nations declared 2003 – 2012 as the International Decade for –

A. Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa
B. First International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
C. First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
D. United Nations Literacy Decade
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The United Nations declared 2003 – 2012 as United Nations Literacy Decade: Education for All.

259. 14 November is celebrated as –

A. World Mathematics Day
B. World Mosquito Day
C. Women’s Equality Day
D. World Diabetes Day
✅ The correct answer is option D.
World Diabetes Day is the primary global awareness campaign focusing on diabetes mellitus and is held on 14 November each year.

260. 9 November is observed as –

A. World Freedom Day
B. United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
C. Labour Day
D. World Alzheimer’s Day
✅ The correct answer is option A.
World Freedom Day is a United States federal observance declared by then President George Washington Bush to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe. It started in 2001 and is celebrated on 9 November.