{"id":50957,"date":"2024-04-15T23:17:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T23:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=50957"},"modified":"2024-04-15T23:17:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T23:17:52","slug":"20-august-is-being-celebrated-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/20-august-is-being-celebrated-as\/","title":{"rendered":"20 August is being celebrated as &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n    <!-- Check if it's an AMP page -->\r\n            <!-- Non-AMP version -->\r\n        <div class=\"mcq-container\" data-quiz-id=\"quizState_6a977c348550d\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option1\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    World Malaria Day                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option2\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    World Mathematics Day                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option3\" data-is-correct=\"true\">\r\n                    World Mosquito Day                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option4\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    International Dance Day                <\/div>\r\n                            \r\n            <!-- Feedback messages for non-AMP -->\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"wrong\">Answer is Right!<\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"right\">Answer is Wrong!<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <script>\r\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {\r\n            var containers = document.querySelectorAll('.mcq-container');\r\n\r\n            containers.forEach(function(container) {\r\n                var options = container.querySelectorAll('.option');\r\n                var feedbackSelect = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"select\"]');\r\n                var feedbackWrong = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"wrong\"]');\r\n                var feedbackRight = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"right\"]');\r\n\r\n                options.forEach(function(option) {\r\n                    option.addEventListener('click', function() {\r\n                        var selectedOption = option.getAttribute('data-option-key');\r\n                        var isCorrect = option.getAttribute('data-is-correct') === 'true';\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Remove previous selections\r\n                        options.forEach(function(opt) {\r\n                            opt.classList.remove('correct', 'incorrect');\r\n                        });\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Add the correct\/incorrect class\r\n                        if (isCorrect) {\r\n                            option.classList.add('correct');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = false;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = true;\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            option.classList.add('incorrect');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = true;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = false;\r\n                        }\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Hide select feedback\r\n                        feedbackSelect.hidden = true;\r\n                    });\r\n                });\r\n            });\r\n        });\r\n        <\/script>\r\n    \r\n    <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is: <strong>World Mosquito Day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>World Mosquito Day is celebrated on August 20 each year to raise awareness of the dangers of mosquitoes and the diseases they carry, such as malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and chikungunya. The day was first observed in 2007, following the World Health Organization&#8217;s (WHO) decision to designate August 20 as World Mosquito Day.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO estimates that malaria kills more than 400,000 people each year, most of them children under the age of five. Dengue fever is a viral disease that causes fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, and a rash. 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