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important days and events current affairs Part 01

1.What is the theme of 107th Indian Science Congress?

A)Science for One India, Great India

B)Science and Technology for Children

C)Science & Technology: Rural Development

D)Science and Heritage: Hand in Hand

 

Correct Answer: C [Science & Technology: Rural Development]

Explantion:

University of Agricultural Sciences (UASB), GKVK Campus, Bangalore, Karnataka is hosting 107th Indian Science Congress from January 3 to 7, 2020  with the theme Science & Technology: Rural Development.

 

2.The ‘Buxa Bird Festival’, the famous bird festival is held in which state?

A)Gujarat

B)Odisha

C)West Bengal

D)Sikkim

 

 

Correct Answer: C [West Bengal]

Explantion:

The fourth edition of the ‘Buxa Bird Festival’ was recently inaugurated in the Buxa National Park of West Bengal. It is a famous bird festival which is held at the National Park organised by the Forest Department of West Bengal.

Several bird watchers and bird lovers across the country have registered to take part in the festival, which will be held for four days. Many rare bird species such as the Great Horn-bill, the Greater spotted eagle and several migratory birds are expected to arrive in the national park during this season.

 

3.On which date, ‘Armed Forces Veterans Day’ celebrated across India?

A)January 10

B)January 12

C)January 13

January 13

D)January 14

 

Correct Answer: D [January 14]

Explantion:

The Armed Forces Veterans Day is celebrated on January 14 every year and was instituted in the year 2017, to commemorate the retirement date of the first Indian Chief of Army Staff, K M Cariappa. He served as the Chief of Army Staff from 1949 to 1953.

The present Indian Army Chief General M M Naravane attended the event organised to observe the Armed Forces Veterans Day and announced that special pensions would be provided to the emergency commissioned and short service commissioned officers who fought in the wars of 1965 and 1971 against Pakistan.

 

4.When is ‘World Sparrow Day’ celebrated every year?

A)March 18

B)March 19

C)March 20

D)March 21

 

 

 

Correct Answer: C [March 20]

 

Explantion:

Every year March 20 is observed as World Sparrow Day to raise awareness about sparrows around the world. It highlights the huge decrease in population of the bird as the house sparrow is on the verge of extinction.

The initiative was started by the India-based Nature Forever Society (NFS), founded by the conservationist Mohammed Dilawar. The first World Sparrow Day was celebrated in 2010 across the globe.

 

5.What is the theme of the ‘World Down Syndrome Day 2020’?

A)Leaving no one behind

B)We decide

C)We and You

D)Together we can

 

 

 

Correct Answer: B [We decide]

Explantion:

World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated on March 21 every year, across the world. The United Nations General Assembly declared the day in the year 2011.

Down syndrome occurs when a person has an extra partial or whole copy of chromosome 21. The day is celebrated to raise public awareness of Down syndrome. On World Down Syndrome Day 2020, the forum-Down Syndrome International focuses on the theme “We Decide”.

 

6.Which day, that is celebrated on April 6, focusses on health benefits of participating in sporting and physical activity amid social-distancing, this year?

A)International Day of Sport and Physical Exercise

B)International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

C)International Day of Healthy Habits

D)International Day of Sports and Games

 

Correct Answer: B [International Day of Sport for Development and Peace]

Explantion:

The United Nation has been observing April 6 as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.

This year, the international day focusses on health benefits of participating in sporting and physical activity, during this time of pandemic and social distancing. The UN also announced a tagline for this day as “For the International Day of Sport this year, let’s Be Active and healthy to beat COVID19”.

 

7.April 9 is celebrated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as which day?

A)Anti-Doping Day

B)Play True Day

C)Fair Play Day

D)World Play Day

 

Correct Answer: B [Play True Day]

Explantion:

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is celebrating the ‘Play True Day 2020’ on April 9, which has been celebrated since 2014.

Canada-based World Anti-Doping Agency is a foundation launched by the International Olympic Committee, to promote awareness against drugs in sports. WADA is celebrating the day this year with the theme ‘Play Safe on Play True Day 2020’.

 

8.The International Day of Human Space Flight is celebrated on April 12, to commemorate the first flight carried out by which astronaut?

A)Neil Armstrong

B)Yuri Gagarin

C)Valentina Tereshkova

D)Alan Shepard

 

Correct Answer: B [Yuri Gagarin]

Explantion:

The United Nations General Assembly declared 12 April as the International Day of Human Space Flight in the year 2011.

12 April 1961 was the date of the first human space flight, carried out by the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who was the first person to fly in space. The day is celebrated to commemorate this historic event which opened the way for space exploration across the globe.

 

9.Who was the first Law and Justice Minister of independent India, who was conferred Bharat Ratna in 1990 posthumously?

A)C.D.Deshmukh

B)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

C)B.R.Ambedkar

D)R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

Correct Answer: C [B.R.Ambedkar]

Explantion:

The first Law and Justice Minister of independent India was Bhim Rao Ambedkar. He was born on 14th April, 1891.

His 129th birth anniversary has been commemorated this year, across the country. Dr B.R.Ambedkar was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee, which presented the final draft of the Indian Constitution in 1949. He was presented the highest civilian honour of India, Bharat Ratna in 1990, posthumously.

 

10.What is the theme of the World Immunization Week 2020, which is being celebrated from April 24 to 30, this year?

A)Vaccines Work for All

B)Let’s get vaccinated

C)Leave no one unvaccinated

D)Reaching all for vaccination

 

Correct Answer: A [Vaccines Work for All]

Explantion:

The World Immunization Week 2020 is being celebrated from April 24 to 30, this year by the World Health Organisation.

The day is celebrated with an aim to promote the use of vaccines for protecting people across the world from diseases. The theme of this year’s week is Vaccines Work for All. The theme highlights the importance of vaccines and the persons developing them. WHO also announced that about 20 million children in the world today remain unvaccinated.