General Knowledge carries 50 marks in the AISSEE Class 6 paper and is also tested in the RMS CET. These 10 MCQs on Important Days and Dates cover facts that are asked again and again in Sainik and Military School entrance exams.
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Practice Questions
Q1. World Environment Day is celebrated on ________.
(A) 21 March
(B) 16 September
(C) 22 April
(D) 5 June
Q2. National Science Day is celebrated on 28 February to mark the discovery of the ________.
(A) Raman Effect
(B) Electricity
(C) Telescope
(D) Gravity
Q3. Earth Day is celebrated on ________.
(A) 22 March
(B) 1 May
(C) 5 June
(D) 22 April
Q4. World Water Day is celebrated on ________.
(A) 2 February
(B) 22 March
(C) 7 April
(D) 5 June
Q5. Republic Day is celebrated on 26 January because on this day in 1950 ________.
(A) Gandhiji was born
(B) the first election was held
(C) the Constitution came into force
(D) India became independent
Q6. International Yoga Day is observed on ________.
(A) 14 November
(B) 21 June
(C) 5 September
(D) 2 October
Q7. World Health Day is celebrated on ________.
(A) 7 April
(B) 1 December
(C) 31 May
(D) 10 October
Q8. Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas) is celebrated on ________.
(A) 26 January
(B) 15 August
(C) 2 October
(D) 26 November
Q9. National Sports Day is celebrated on 29 August, the birthday of ________.
(A) Milkha Singh
(B) P. T. Usha
(C) Major Dhyan Chand
(D) Sachin Tendulkar
Q10. Gandhi Jayanti is also observed by the UN as the International Day of ________.
(A) Peace
(B) Friendship
(C) Non-Violence
(D) Literacy
Answer Key with Explanations
(D) 5 June — World Environment Day is observed on 5 June.
(A) Raman Effect — C. V. Raman announced the Raman Effect on 28 February 1928.
(D) 22 April — Earth Day is observed every year on 22 April.
(B) 22 March — World Water Day is on 22 March.
(C) the Constitution came into force — The Constitution came into effect on 26 January 1950.
(B) 21 June — 21 June, the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere, is Yoga Day.
(A) 7 April — It marks the founding of the WHO in 1948.
(D) 26 November — The Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution on 26 November 1949.
(C) Major Dhyan Chand — It honours hockey legend Dhyan Chand.
(C) Non-Violence — 2 October is the International Day of Non-Violence.
How did you score?
9–10 correct: excellent — move on to a full-length mock test. 6–8: good — revise the explanations of the questions you missed. Below 6: study this topic again from your NCERT book and retry these questions after two days.
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