Days and Years

21.26 November is celebrated as –
a.
b.
c.
d.

Option “B” is correct.
Since 2015, the Constitution Day or the Samvidhan Diwas is celebrated on 26 November every year. The day, also called the National Law Day, commemorates the formal adoption of the Constitution of India by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November, 1949.
22.1 December is celebrated as –
a.
b.
c.
d.

Option “D” is correct.
The World AIDS Day is observed on 1 December each year globally. The day is observed to raise awareness among people towards the problem of AIDS and HIV, a disease that affects the immune system of the body.
23.5 December is celebrated as –
a.
b.
c.
d.

Option “C” is correct.
World Soil Day is observed on 5 December to raise awareness about the importance of soil, healthy ecosystems and human well – being.
International Volunteers Day (IVD) mandated by the UN General Assembly, is held each year on 5 December.
24.7 December is celebrated as –
a.
b.
c.
d.

Option “A” is correct.
International Civil Aviation Day is observed on 7 December worldwide to raise awareness about its importance to the social and economic development of States and the role that ICAO plays in International air transport.
25.9 December is celebrated as –
a.
b.
c.
d.

Option “D” is correct.
International Anti-Corruption Day is observed on 9 December every year to highlight how corruption affects health, education, justice, democracy, prosperity, and development.
26.The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty came into force in –
a.1967
b.1970
c.1971
d.1974

Option “B” is correct.
Opened for signature in 1968, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty entered into force in 1970. On 11 May 1995, the Treaty was extended indefinitely. A total of 191 States have joined the Treaty, including the five nuclear-weapon States.
27.In which year was the first world environment day observed?
a.1973
b.1972
c.1980
d.1974

Option “D” is correct.
The day was first observed in 1974 in the city of Spokane in the USA. In 1972, the United Nations General Assembly established the World Environment Day on the first day of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Two years later, in 1974 the first WED was held with the theme “Only One Earth”.
28.Hong Kong will be transferred to China in –
a.1990
b.1996
c.1997
d.2000

Option “C” is correct.
The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, commonly known as the handover of Hong Kong (shortened to the Handover and the Return in mainland China), was the formal passing of responsibility for the territory of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People’s Republic of China at midnight on 1 July 1997.
29.Which of the following year is celebrated as International Year of Biodiversity?
a.1997
b.2010
c.2005
d.2003

Option “B” is correct.
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity.
30.Which of the following year is celebrated as International Year of the Potato?
a.2008
b.2001
c.2005
d.2003

Option “A” is correct.
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.
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