1212. When is International Migrants Day observed?

A. 25 January
B. 18 December
C. 24 October
D. 14 November
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Each year on 18 December, the United Nations, through the UN related agency International Organization for Migration (IOM), uses International Migrants Day to highlight the contributions made by the roughly 272 million migrants, including more than 41 million internally displaced persons, and the challenges they face.

1213. Which one of the following days does not synchronize with the birth anniversary of any eminent Indian?

A. Teacher’s Day
B. Children’s Day
C. Gandhi Jayanti
D. National Science Day
✅ The correct answer is option D.
National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on 28 February 1928.

1214. 17 May is celebrated as –

A. World Mathematics Day
B. World Information Society Day
C. International Day of Peace
D. World Car free Day
✅ The correct answer is option B.
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is an international day proclaimed in November 2006 by the International Telecommunication Union Plenipotentiary Conference in Antalya, Turkey, to be celebrated annually on 17 May.

1215. Which of the following year is celebrated as International Year of the Potato?

A. 2008
B. 2001
C. 2005
D. 2003
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The year 2008 was declared the International Year of the Potato by the United Nations, noting that the potato is a staple food in the diet of the world’s population, and affirming the need to focus world attention on the role that the potato can play in providing food security and eradicating poverty.

1219. The United Nations declared 24 – 30 October as the –

A. Disarmament Week
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. Peace Week
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The United Nations declared 24 – 30 October as the Disarmament Week.