Happy Children’s Day 2024! Take this quiz to test how much you know of child rights and education in India

NEW DELHI: Children’s Day is celebrated in India on November 14, the birthday of India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, to draw attention to the welfare and well-being of children.

India has the largest adolescent population in the world, according to the United Nations, with 253 million under the age of 18 and is estimated to have 19% of the world’s child population.

But on many counts, India is failing her children. The Global Hunger Index 2024 has ranked India 105 out of 127 in four components, three of which look at child nutrition and child mortality.

As per the Index, India is actually the worst performer in the world when it comes to child stunting, which looks at the share of children under age five who have low height for their age, reflecting chronic undernutrition.

According to the central government’s National Family Health Survey (NFHS), 1050 children below the minimum age for legal marriage were married off in 2021. Moreover, around 12.6% of all school children in Classes 9 and 10 drop out of school every year.

While the realities many children live with are sobering, November 14 is for celebrating children and is observed in schools across the country.

On the occasion of Children’s Day, take Careers360’s Children’s Day 2024 quiz where we look at some of the important dates, charters, and legislations around child welfare in India and the world.

Q1. In which year was November 14 declared as Children's Day in India?

1. 1957

2. 1959

3. 1964

Q2. Before it was moved to November 14 to commemorate Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday, India celebrated Children’s Day on November 20. Why?

1. United Kingdom’s Children’s Day

2. World Children’s Day

3. World Human Rights Day

Q3. When was the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child formally declared?

1. 1955
2. 1975
3. 1989

Q4. When did India ban child labour by passing The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulaion) Act?

1. 1972

2. 1986

3. 1988

Q5. Jawaharlal Nehru was instrumental in creating a government organisation for producing children’s films. What was the organisation called and what was its first film?

1. Children’s Film Society of India; Jaldeep

2. Children’s Film Production Society; Bapu Ne Kaha Tha

3. National Children’s Film Society; Charandas Chor

Q6. Which quasi-judicial body is tasked with ensuring that all laws and policies conform to the rights of children?

1. Child Rights Commission of India

2. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

3. National Human Rights Commission

Q7. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act in 2006 replaced which existing Act?

1. The Prevention of Child Marriage Act

2. The Child Marriage Restraint Act

3. The Child Marriage Prevention Act

Q8. Chandamama is the oldest children’s magazine in India and was published in various Indian languages. What is the name of the oldest children’s magazine published solely in English?

1. Tinkle

2. Children’s World

3. Magic Pot

Q9. Which Indian city is known as the ‘Toy City’ or ‘Town of Toys’?

1. Kondapalli, Andhra Pradesh

2. Sawantwadi, Maharashtra

3. Channapatna, Karnataka

Q10. In which year was the Right to Education Act passed in Parliament?

1. 1968

2. 1986

3. 2009

Q11. Which is the oldest school in India?

1. Bishop Heber Higher secondary School, Tiruchirapalli

2. St Thomas School, Kolkata

3. St George’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Chennai

Q12. Who won the first National Film Award for Best Child Artist?

1. Baby Rani

2. Rishi Kapoor

3. Sachin Pilgaonkar

Q13. Which Indian chess player became the youngest in the country and second youngest in the world by earning the Grandmaster title at the age of 12?

1. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu

2. Gukesh Dommaraju

3. Nihal Sarin

Q14. Which was the first state to start providing mid-day meals in schools?

1. Kerala

2. Tamil Nadu

3. Karnataka

Q15. The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) was launched in India primarily to tackle the nutritional deficiencies of children up to the age of 6 years. When was the scheme launched?

1. 1975

2. 1995

3. 2004

Teachers Day Quiz: Answers

Q1. a

Q2. c

Q3. c

Q4. b

Q5. a

Q6. b

Q7. b

Q8. b

Q9. c

Q10. c

Q11. c

Q12. a

Q13. b

Q14. b

Q15. a

Check out some of the previous Children's Day quizzes by Careers360:

Children’s Day Quiz: 10 questions on Jawaharlal Nehru, child rights in India
Children’s Day Quiz: Test your knowledge of children and childhood in India