Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Days and Years-GK

Across the country, Children's Day is celebrated every year on November 14, on the occasion of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday.

The United Nations declared 1993 as a year of the indigenous people.

The year 1991 was observed in India as the year of Tourism.

World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year worldwide on 16 October to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945.

The International Drinking Water Decade or International Decade of Water or International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade, now known as The First Water Decade was the ten year period 1981 - 1990 designated by the United Nations to bring attention and support for clean water and sanitation worldwide.

The year 1995 was observed as poverty eradication year by SAARC.

28 February recalls the notable invention "Raman Effect" by India's greatest scientist C. V. Raman. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for this discovery.

The year 1985 was proclaimed by the United Nations as the International Youth Year (IYY). It was held to focus attention on issues of concern to and relating to youth.

The festival is called in Arabic 'Eid milad-un-Nabi'. However, it is to be emphasized that practicing this festival is not per religion; as the two festivals after end of Ramadan and that during hajj. Celebrating prophet Muhammad birthday, although not per religion, but it is not forbidden. It is considered as good occasion to remind Muslims with the prophet Muhammad teachings and morals and to renew the intention of following and adopting prophet Muhammad guides.