Days and Years MCQs

281. 24 May is celebrated as –

A. World Refugee Day
B. International Youth Day
C. Women’s Equality Day
D. Commonwealth Day
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Commonwealth Day is celebrated on the second Monday in the month of March every year. However, in India, another Commonwealth Day is also celebrated on May 24.

282. 12 July is celebrated as –

A. Mandela Day
B. Malala Day
C. World UFO Day
D. World Mathematics Day
✅ The correct answer is option B.
12 July is dedicated to celebrating Malala Yousafzai, the young activist from Pakistan. Malala was shot at by Taliban insurgents while she was on her way to school in 2012. Later, the United Nations declared 12 July, Malala’s birthday, as World Malala Day in honour of the young education activist.

283. 13 November is celebrated as –

A. World Television Day
B. World Kindness Day
C. International Civil Aviation Day
D. International Human Rights Day
✅ The correct answer is option B.
World Kindness Day is an international observance on 13 November. It was introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, a coalition of nations kindness NGOs.

285. 20 February is celebrated as –

A. World Day of Social Justice
B. National Youth Day
C. World Turtle Day
D. World UFO Day
✅ The correct answer is option A.
On 26 November 2007, the General Assembly declared that, starting from the sixty – third session of the General Assembly, 20 February will be celebrated annually as the World Day of Social Justice.

286. 6 January is observed as –

A. World day of War Orphans
B. United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
C. World Telecommunication Day
D. International Human Solidarity Day
✅ The correct answer is option A.
On 6 January every year, World Day of War Orphans is celebrated to create awareness about the plight of the war orphans and to address the traumatic conditions faced by them.

287. 31 May is observed as –

A. World day for War Orphans
B. United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
C. World No Tobacco Day, recognized by the UN
D. International Human Solidarity Day
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Every Year 31 May is observed as World No Tobacco Day(WNTD).

288. 16 October is observed as –

A. World Habitat Day, recognized by the UN
B. United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
C. World Day for Laboratory Animals, recognized by the UN
D. World Food Day, recognized by the UN
✅ The correct answer is option D.
World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year worldwide on 16 October to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945.

289. Which of the following days is celebrated as the International Labour Day?

A. 1 January
B. 21 July
C. 31 December
D. 1 May
✅ The correct answer is option D.
International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day in most countries and often referred to as May Day, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on 1 May.