1311. 17 April is observed as –

A. World Haemophilia Day
B. United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
C. World Telecommunication Day
D. International Human Solidarity Day
✅ The correct answer is option A.
World Haemophilia Day is observed on 17 April every year to increase awareness about haemophilia disease and other inherited bleeding disorders. In 1989, World Haemophilia Day was started by the World Federation of Haemophilia (WFH) in honour of WFH founder Frank Schnavel’s birthday.

1312. When is the ‘National Science Day’ celebrated in India?

A. 5 April
B. 5 September
C. 28 February
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
National Science Day is celebrated every year on 28 February. This day recalls the notable invention “Raman Effect” by India’s greatest scientist C. V. Raman. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for this discovery. Since that day, 28 February is being commemorated as National Science Day to recall the great discovery of C. V. Raman.

1315. Match List-I (Year) with List-II (UN’s International Year and select the correct answer. List-I List-II a. 2002 1. International Year of Ecotourism b. 2004 2. International Year of Microcredit c. 2005 3. International Year of Planet Earth d. 2008 4. International Year of Struggle against Slavery and its abolition

A. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
B. a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3
C. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
D. a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
✅ The correct answer is option B.
2002 – International Year of Ecotourism2004 – International Year of Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition2005 – International Year of Microcredit2008 – International Year of Planet Earth

1316. When is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, recognized by the UN observed?

A. 28 January
B. 27 January
C. 27 October
D. 20 February
✅ The correct answer is option B.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is an international memorial day on 27 January that commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945.

1317. 20 August is being celebrated as –

A. World Malaria Day
B. World Mathematics Day
C. World Mosquito Day
D. International Dance Day
✅ The correct answer is option C.
World Mosquito Day is observed on 20 August every year to commemorate the British doctor, Sir Ronald Ross’s discovery in 1897 that ‘female mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans’.

1320. 2 April is celebrated as –

A. International Children’s Books Day
B. Commonwealth Day
C. World No Tobacco Day
D. World Ocean Day
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Since 1967, on or around Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday, 2 April, International Children’s Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children’s books.