Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – July 09, 2022 [Mock Test]

Notes:
The Sumatran rhinoceros and Black rhinoceros are listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The Greater one-horned rhinoceros is classified as Vulnerable, while the White rhinoceros is listed as Near Threatened. Thus, only Sumatran and Black rhinoceros fulfil the criteria mentioned in the question.

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International Dark Sky Week and World Immunization Week are both celebrated in April. World Interfaith Harmony Week is observed in February, while World Breastfeeding Week is held in August. Hence, only statements 1 and 3 are correct as these events fall within the month of April in the international calendar.

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• Id ul Fitr is celebrated to mark the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting. It is celebrated on the first day in the month of Shawwal. It literally means ‘Feast of the Breaking Fast’.
• Muharram also called as Muharram-ul-Haram, is the most auspicious occasion in Islam after Ramadan and is the first month of the Islamic Hijri calendar.
• Eid al-Adha also known as the ‘Feast of Sacrifice,’ is celebrated on the tenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah (the twelfth and the last month of the Islamic calendar).