"National Sports Day is observed on—?" Every SSC and RRB paper has two or three questions exactly like this, and they are the cheapest marks on the paper: no calculation, no confusion, pure recall. This month-by-month master list covers the days that have actually been asked in SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, GD and RRB NTPC/Group D papers. Revise one month per day for twelve days and this topic is permanently closed.
| Date | Day |
|---|---|
| 9 January | Pravasi Bharatiya Divas |
| 12 January | National Youth Day (birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda) |
| 15 January | Indian Army Day |
| 25 January | National Voters' Day; National Tourism Day |
| 26 January | Republic Day; International Customs Day |
| 30 January | Martyrs' Day (Shaheed Diwas); World Leprosy Day (last Sunday of Jan) |
| 4 February | World Cancer Day |
| 21 February | International Mother Language Day |
| 28 February | National Science Day (Raman Effect, 1928) |
| 3 March | World Wildlife Day |
| 8 March | International Women's Day |
| 15 March | World Consumer Rights Day |
| 21 March | International Day of Forests; World Poetry Day |
| 22 March | World Water Day |
| 23 March | Martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev; World Meteorological Day |
| 24 March | World Tuberculosis Day |
| Date | Day |
|---|---|
| 7 April | World Health Day |
| 14 April | Ambedkar Jayanti |
| 22 April | Earth Day |
| 1 May | International Labour Day; Maharashtra & Gujarat Day |
| 8 May | World Red Cross Day |
| 11 May | National Technology Day (Pokhran tests, 1998) |
| 21 May | National Anti-Terrorism Day |
| 31 May | World No-Tobacco Day |
| 5 June | World Environment Day |
| 14 June | World Blood Donor Day |
| 21 June | International Day of Yoga; World Music Day |
| Date | Day |
|---|---|
| 1 July | National Doctors' Day (Dr B. C. Roy); GST Day |
| 11 July | World Population Day |
| 26 July | Kargil Vijay Diwas |
| 29 July | International Tiger Day |
| 7 August | National Handloom Day |
| 9 August | Quit India Movement anniversary (1942) |
| 12 August | International Youth Day |
| 15 August | Independence Day |
| 29 August | National Sports Day (birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand) |
| 5 September | Teachers' Day (Dr S. Radhakrishnan) |
| 8 September | International Literacy Day |
| 14 September | Hindi Diwas |
| 16 September | World Ozone Day |
| 27 September | World Tourism Day |
| Date | Day |
|---|---|
| 2 October | Gandhi Jayanti; International Day of Non-Violence; Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti |
| 8 October | Indian Air Force Day |
| 16 October | World Food Day |
| 24 October | United Nations Day |
| 31 October | Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (Sardar Patel Jayanti) |
| 14 November | Children's Day (Nehru Jayanti); World Diabetes Day |
| 19 November | International Men's Day; Indira Gandhi Jayanti |
| 26 November | Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas); National Milk Day (Verghese Kurien) |
| 1 December | World AIDS Day |
| 4 December | Indian Navy Day |
| 7 December | Armed Forces Flag Day |
| 10 December | Human Rights Day |
| 16 December | Vijay Diwas (1971 war) |
| 22 December | National Mathematics Day (Ramanujan Jayanti) |
| 23 December | Kisan Diwas (Chaudhary Charan Singh Jayanti) |
| 25 December | Good Governance Day (Atal Bihari Vajpayee Jayanti); Christmas |
Most wrong answers on this topic come from four confusable pairs. National Youth Day is 12 January (Vivekananda) but International Youth Day is 12 August. National Science Day is 28 February (Raman Effect) but National Technology Day is 11 May (Pokhran). Teachers' Day in India is 5 September but World Teachers' Day is 5 October. And Constitution Day is 26 November (adoption, 1949) while Republic Day is 26 January (commencement, 1950). Write these four pairs on one page - they alone cover a large share of the tricky questions. Then lock it in with a timed GK set on Pareeksha practice.
It marks the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. The National Sports Awards are conferred on this day.
The Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949 (Constitution Day / Samvidhan Divas) and came into force on 26 January 1950 (Republic Day). Exams test exactly this distinction.
Typically 1–3 questions per paper across SSC CGL/CHSL/MTS/GD and RRB NTPC/Group D - among the easiest guaranteed marks in General Awareness.