Common Sense
Miscellaneous statistics and important facts
National Important Dates
January 26 – Republic Day of India
August 15 – Independence Day of India
January 15 – Army Day
October 8 – Air Force Day
December 4 – Navy Day
December 7 – Armed Flag Day, Army Service Corps Day
January 1 – Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
January 12 – National Youth Day
January 24 – National Girl Child Day
January 30 – Martyrs’ Day
February 28 – National Science Day
April 14 – Ambedkar Jayanti
July 1 – Doctor’s Day and State Bank of India Foundation Day
August 20 – Goodwill Day
August 29 – National Sports Day
September 5 – Teacher’s Day
September 14 – Hindi Day
October 2 – Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti, Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti
October 31 – National Unity Day, National Resolution Day
November 14 – Children’s Day
December 23 – Farmer’s Day
May 1 – Labor Day
October 1 – Post Office Day
Note
Martyr’s Day is celebrated in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi. National Science Day is celebrated to commemorate the discovery of Raman Effect by Dr. Raman. Sadbhavna Diwas is celebrated in the memory of Rajiv Gandhi. National Sports Day is celebrated in the memory of Major Dhyan Chand. Teacher’s Day is celebrated in the memory of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
Prepare for Indian Army Gd/Tradesmen Exam from here Important question 1.
- Which of the following creatures was sent to space for the first time?
(a) Rat (b) Dog (c) Cat (d) Monkey
- Where is Green Park Stadium located?
(a) Kanpur (b) Chennai (c) Bangalore (d) Hyderabad
- U.A.V. made by India. what is the name of?
(a) Trishul (b) Maitri (c) Nishant (d) Udaan
- When is Science Day celebrated?
(a) 26 January (b) 28 January (c) 28 February (d) 28 March
- ‘Bullfighting’ is the national sport of which country?
(a) Spain (b) Japan (c) Canada (d) India
- When is the ‘National Youth Day’ celebrated?
(a) 12 January (b) 12 February (c) 22 January _ (d) 22 March __
- When is International Women’s Day celebrated?
(a) 11th March (b) 8th March (c) 7th March (d) 8th June (b)
- When is World Labor Day celebrated?
(a) 1st April (b) 30th April (c) 1st May (d) 30th May (c)
- When is the National Sports Day celebrated?
(a) 29th February (b) 29th January (c) 29th August (d) 28th August (c) __
- When is ‘World Population Day’ celebrated?
(a) 11th July (b) 11th June (c) 22nd July (d) 22nd June (a)
- On which occasion ‘National Science Day’ is celebrated?
(a) CV On Raman’s birthday (b) on the occasion of Raman Effect discovery (c) on the successful observation of the first spacecraft
(d) On the birthday of Jagadish Chandra Bose _
- ‘National Sports Day’ is celebrated on the occasion of the birthday of which player?
(a) Sachin Tendulkar
(b) Milkha Singh (c) Major Dhyan Chand
(d) Mary Kom __(b)
- Children’s Day is celebrated on 14th November on the birthday of which great man?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Sardar Patel
(d) Gandhiji
- On whose death anniversary is the Martyr’s Day celebrated on 30th January?
(a) Gandhiji (b) Sardar Patel (c) Indira Gandhi (d) Bhagat Singh (a) _
- World Human Rights Day is
(a) 5th December (b) 1st December (c) 10th December (d) 5th September (c)
National Resolution Day is celebrated in the memory of Smt. Indira Gandhi.
= Ekta Diwas is celebrated in the memory of Sardar Patel.
→ Children’s Day is celebrated in the memory of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
Prepare for Indian Army Gd/Tradesmen Exam from here International Key Dates
March 8 – International Women’s Day
14 March – World Consumer Day
20 March – World Disabled Day
March 21 – World Forestry Day, International Day for the Elimination of Apartheid
7 April – World Health Day
22 April – World Earth Day
May 1 – World Labor Day
31 May – World No Smoking and Tobacco Day
5 June – World Environment Day
21 June – International Yoga Day
11 July – World Population Day
8 September – World Literacy Day
27 September – World Tourism Day
9 October – World Post Day
24 October – World Development Information Day, United Nations Day
1 December – World AIDS Day
9 December – International Anti-Corruption Day
10 December – World Human Rights Day – 29 December
world biodiversity day
The first space shuttle to be sent to the world’s first space – Colombia (April 1991)
The first man to reach space – Yuri Gagarin (Russia)
reaching space
First Lady – Valentina Tereshkova (Russia)
First Space Tourist – Denise Tito First Woman Space Tourist – Anusheh Ansari
First country to launch artificial satellite in space – Russia First spacecraft to land on Mars – Viking-1
The first country to send a man to the Moon – America _ on the Moon
First Step Man – Neil Armstrong
Everest – the first person to reach the summit – Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing
The first woman to reach Everest – Junko Tebai (Japan)
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