Days And Years - Study Mode
[#81] In which year was the first world environment day observed?
Correct Answer
(D) 1974
Explanation
Solution: 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".
[#82] Hong Kong will be transferred to China in -
Correct Answer
(C) 1997
Explanation
Solution: 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.
[#83] Which of the following year is celebrated as International Year of Biodiversity?
Correct Answer
(B) 2010
Explanation
Solution: The United Nations General Assembly declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity.
[#84] Which of the following year is celebrated as International Year of the Potato?
Correct Answer
(A) 2008
Explanation
Solution: 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.
[#85] First Indian Arctic Expedition was launched in the year -
Correct Answer
(D) 2007
Explanation
Solution: India embarked upon the Arctic research by launching First Indian scientific expedition to Arctic in the first week of August 2007 using the international research facility at Ny-Alesund in the Spitsbergen Island of Norway.