General Knowledge - Dates
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
'International Literacy Day', celebrated on September 8th, was proclaimed by
- (a)
WHO
- (b)
UNESCO
- (c)
Virginia Literacy
- (d)
Feed The Minds Foundation
The Andhra Pradesh state government celebrated from September 15th as
- (a)
Farmers Week
- (b)
Children's Week
- (c)
Farmer and Women Week
- (d)
Human Rights Week
'World Food Day' is celebrated on
- (a)
Oct 15th
- (b)
Oct 19th
- (c)
Oct 12th
- (d)
Oct 16th
Match the following
List I | List II |
A. 19th November | 1. World Citizen Day |
B. 10th December | 2. International Human Rights Day |
C. November 26th | 3. National Law Day |
D. September 5th | 4. World Teacher's Day |
- (a)
A B C D 2 1 3 4 - (b)
A B C D 1 3 2 4 - (c)
A B C D 3 2 1 4 - (d)
A B C D 1 2 3 4
Which of the following is not observed on March 21st
- (a)
World Poetry Day
- (b)
World Forestry Day
- (c)
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- (d)
World Drama Day
Consider the following statements
1. Martyr's Day is celebrated on 30th January.
2. Martyrdom Day is celebrated on 23rd March.
Which of the above statement is right?
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
1 and 2
- (d)
None of these
Army Day is celebrated on ........ in India in recognition of Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa's taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from Sir Francis Butcher in 1948.
- (a)
January 20th
- (b)
January 12th
- (c)
January 15th
- (d)
December 26th
Which day has been declared by the Californian governor as 'Steve Jobs day'?
- (a)
October 5th
- (b)
October 4th
- (c)
October 16th
- (d)
October 20th
'World Cancer Day' is observed every year on
- (a)
February 19th
- (b)
February 4th
- (c)
February 12th
- (d)
January 17th
UNESCO celebrates the 'World Radio day' on
- (a)
February 19th
- (b)
February 13th
- (c)
February 8th
- (d)
February 25th
Match the following
List I | List II |
A. July 1st | 1. International Joke day |
B. October 1st | 2. Halloween |
C. October 31st | 3. Senior citizen Day |
D. December 31th | 4. Pearl Harbour day |
- (a)
A B C D 2 1 3 4 - (b)
A B C D 1 3 2 4 - (c)
A B C D 3 2 1 4 - (d)
A B C D 1 2 3 4
2012 has been officially declared as the 'national mathematics Year' to mark the 125th birth anniversary of
- (a)
Ramchundra
- (b)
A A Krishnaswami
- (c)
M S RaghunathanAyyangar
- (d)
None of the above
Match the following
List I | List II |
A. Cosmology Day | 1. 14th April |
B. World Hemophilia Day | 2. 17th April |
C. World Heritage Day | 3. 18th April |
- (a)
A B C 2 1 3 - (b)
A B C 1 2 3 - (c)
A B C 3 2 1 - (d)
A B C 1 3 2
Commonwealth Day, the annual celebration of the commonwealth of Nations is held every year on
- (a)
March 12th
- (b)
Second Sunday of March
- (c)
Second Monday of March
- (d)
March 1st
National Sports Day, in tribute to the legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand, is celebrated every year on in India.
- (a)
August 29th
- (b)
August 16th
- (c)
August 12th
- (d)
August 20th
April 23 is observed as
- (a)
World day for War orphans
- (b)
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
- (c)
World Book and Copyright Day, recognised by the UN
- (d)
International Day for Biological Diversity, recognised by the UN
Septemeber 26th is observed as
- (a)
International Cooperative Day
- (b)
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
- (c)
European Day of Languages
- (d)
International Day of Deliberately Unemployed
Which of the following decade is celebrated as Water for Life Decade?
- (a)
1997-2006
- (b)
2001-2010
- (c)
2005-2015
- (d)
2003-2012
When are National girls child day of Inda Day?
- (a)
January 25th
- (b)
January 24th
- (c)
October 24th
- (d)
November 14th
The United Nations declared 2001-2010 as the International Decade for
- (a)
United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development
- (b)
First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
- (c)
Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
- (d)
Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the world
Match the following
List I | List II |
A. January 25 | 1. Ordnance Factories Day(India) |
B. March 18 | 2. World Leprosy Eradication Day |
C. January 30 | 3. National Voters day |
D. December 3 | 4. World Day of the Handicapped |
- (a)
A B C D 1 2 3 4 - (b)
A B C D 2 1 4 3 - (c)
A B C D 3 1 2 4 - (d)
A B C D 4 1 2 3
When is World Environment Day, recognized by the UN, observed?
- (a)
December 11th
- (b)
December 20th
- (c)
September 15th
- (d)
June 5th
September 11th is observed as
- (a)
World Vegetarian Day
- (b)
United Nations Day of South-South Co-operation
- (c)
World First Aid Day
- (d)
World Television Day
In a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of brotherhood and peace, the UN General Assembly declared his birth anniversary, October 2, as the
- (a)
International Day of Non-Violence
- (b)
International Day of Co-operation
- (c)
International Day of peace and Co-operation
- (d)
International Day of Prace and Non-Violence
International Day of Human Space Flight is observed on
- (a)
April, 12
- (b)
November, 17
- (c)
March, 23
- (d)
August, 17
When is International Day for the Eradication of poverty, recognised by the UN is observed?
- (a)
August 11
- (b)
August 29
- (c)
October 17
- (d)
December 9
October 24 is observed as
- (a)
United Nations Day
- (b)
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
- (c)
World Immunisation Day
- (d)
World vegetarian Day
When is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, recognised by the UN is observed?
- (a)
December 11th
- (b)
May 21th
- (c)
third Sunday of November
- (d)
August 9th
May 4th observed as
- (a)
International Cooperative Day
- (b)
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
- (c)
European Day of Languages
- (d)
International Firefighters Day
January 6th is observed as
- (a)
World day for war orphans
- (b)
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
- (c)
World telecommunication day
- (d)
International Human Solidarity Day