1241. When is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, recognized by the UN is observed?

A. 11 December
B. 21 May
C. 3rd Sunday of November
D. 9 August
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims takes place on the third Sunday in November every year as the appropriate acknowledgment of victims of road traffic crashes and their families.

1242. 28 July is celebrated as –

A. World Coffee Day
B. World Animal Day
C. World Hepatitis Day
D. World Post Day
✅ The correct answer is option C.
World Hepatitis Day is observed annually on 28 July to generate an opportunity to step up national and international efforts on hepatitis. Also, this day make people aware of the hepatitis disease and its consequences in the life of the people suffering from it.

1243. International Literacy Day is observed on which one of the following days every year?

A. 8 September
B. 18 March
C. 28 March
D. 18 September
✅ The correct answer is option A.
International Literacy Day is observed on 8 September across the globe to promote and support the development of literacy and skills, universal access to quality education, and learning opportunities throughout people’s lives.

1247. 10 December is celebrated as –

A. World Kindness Day
B. International Human Rights Day
C. World Prematurity Day
D. World Television Day
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

1249. First Indian Arctic Expedition was launched in the year –

A. 2004
B. 2005
C. 2006
D. 2007
✅ The correct answer is option D.
India embarked upon the Arctic research by launching First Indian scientific expedition to Arctic in the first week of August 2007 using the international research facility at Ny-Alesund in the Spitsbergen Island of Norway.

1250. The United Nations declared 1997 – 2006 as the International Decade for –

A. Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
B. First International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People
C. First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
D. International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The United Nations declared 1997 – 2006 as the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty.