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1221. 6 February is celebrated as –

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A. World Book Day
B. International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
C. Thinking Day
D. International Civil Aviation Day
✅ The correct answer is option B.
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is a United Nations-sponsored annual awareness day that takes place on 6 February as part of the UN’s efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation.

1222. When is International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, recognized by the UN observed?

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A. 11 December
B. 11 July
C. 8 March
D. 9 August
✅ The correct answer is option D.
International Day of World’s Indigenous People Day is celebrated on 9 August every year. The day is celebrated to spread awareness about the indigenous population around the world and to also protect their rights.

1223. Which of the following year is celebrated as International Year of Sanitation?

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A. 2006
B. 2010
C. 2015
D. 2008
✅ The correct answer is option D.
The year 2008 was declared the International Year of Sanitation by the United Nations in conjunction with the Water for Life Decade. The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2008 the International Year of Sanitation.

1226. The United Nations declared 1994 as the International Year of –

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A. International Year of Sport and Olympic Ideal
B. International Year of the Family
C. Both A and B
D. International Space Year
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The United Nations declared 1994 as the International Year of Sport and Olympic Ideal and International Year of the Family.

1227. The United Nations declared 2004 as the International Year of –

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A. International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition
B. International Year of Rice
C. Both A and B
D. International Space Year
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The United Nations declared 2004 as the International Year of Rice and International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition.

1228. 9 December is celebrated as –

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A. International Volunteers Day
B. World Soil Day
C. United Nations Day
D. International Anti-Corruption Day
✅ The correct answer is option D.
International Anti-Corruption Day is observed on 9 December every year to highlight how corruption affects health, education, justice, democracy, prosperity, and development.

1229. When is International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda, recognized by the UN observed?

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A. 7 April
B. 20 December
C. 6 November
D. 14 November
✅ The correct answer is option A.
On 7 April, UNESCO commemorates the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, which was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003. The date marks the beginning of the genocide perpetrated against members of the Tutsi minority by the Hutu extremist led government. Within just over 100 days, more than 1 million Tutsi were systematically murdered. Moderate Hutu and others who opposed the massacres were also killed during this period.