From which year did the celebration of 21st June as International Yoga Day begin?
- (a)2014
- (b)2015
- (c)2016
- (d)2017
Correct — B, 2015. The UN General Assembly adopted the resolution declaring 21 June as International Day of Yoga on 11 December 2014, and the first International Yoga Day was actually celebrated on 21 June 2015.
- (a)2014 — 2014 is the year the UN resolution was adopted (11 December 2014), not the year the day was first celebrated.
- (c)2016 — By 2016, International Yoga Day had already been celebrated for a year; this is not the inaugural year.
- (d)2017 — Not the year of the first celebration — the inaugural International Yoga Day was in 2015.
International Day of Yoga is a UN-designated observance promoting the practice of yoga globally. It was proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his UN General Assembly address in September 2014, and the resolution was adopted with record co-sponsorship soon after.
The trap is conflating the year of the UN resolution's adoption (2014) with the year of the first actual observance (2015) — the question specifically asks about the year the celebration began, not the year it was declared/adopted.
- Date observed: 21 June every year
- UN resolution adopted: 11 December 2014
- First International Yoga Day celebrated: 21 June 2015
- Proposed by India at the UN General Assembly in 2014
- Mixing up the UN resolution/declaration year (2014) with the first-celebration year (2015)
- Assuming the day was proposed and celebrated in the same calendar year
MPPSC and UPSC-adjacent GK frequently tests the first-celebration year of UN international days; expect the declaration year offered as a tempting wrong option.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
In which year did the UN General Assembly adopt the resolution declaring 21 June as International Day of Yoga?
- (a)2014
- (b)2015
- (c)2012
- (d)2016
Answer(a) 2014 — the resolution was adopted on 11 December 2014.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Who proposed the idea of an International Day of Yoga at the United Nations?
- (a)Dr. Manmohan Singh
- (b)Narendra Modi
- (c)Sushma Swaraj
- (d)Pranab Mukherjee
Answer(b) Narendra Modi, in his UN General Assembly address in September 2014.