World Elephant Day is celebrated on _______ every year to raise awareness…
2021
World Elephant Day is celebrated on _______ every year to raise awareness about the plight of elephants all over the world.
- A.
August 6
- B.
August 7
- C.
August 9
- D.
August 11
- E.
August 12
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Correct answer: E
Concept: International observance days are fixed calendar dates designated by an organisation or campaign to focus global attention on a cause. The correct date is a matter of established record set when the observance was founded, so the answer is recalled, not derived. World Elephant Day is the annual day dedicated to the conservation and protection of elephants worldwide.
Application: World Elephant Day was launched in 2012, co-founded by the Canadian filmmakers Patricia Sims and the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation of Thailand. The date set for the observance is 12 August, and it has been marked on that day every year since. Filling the blank in the statement therefore gives 12 August.
Cross-check / contrast: The nearby August dates are distractors that share the same month but are not the founding date of this observance:
6 August is observed as Hiroshima Day, marking the 1945 atomic bombing — unrelated to elephants.
9 August is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
7 August and 11 August are not the designated date for this elephant observance.
Among the options, 12 August is the date on which World Elephant Day is celebrated.