Important days and events for every month are important and this can be asked in the major banking, government and insurance exams. Important days and dates are usually a part of the General Awareness section which is quite important from these exams point of view. GA is one section that cannot be simply cramped in just one day. This section is quite vast and one must prepare for it on a daily basis, just trying to prepare for General Awareness in one go won’t suffice. This is something all candidates must have to stay aware of and since there is nothing that is to be crammed up this section is quite easy to ace and aspirants can really score well in this.
As far as current affairs are concerned these are being asked in almost every banking, government and insurance exams. So, if you are preparing right now for RRB PO mains, RRB Clerk Mains, IBPS PO Prelims, IBPS Clerk prelims, SEBI Grade A and other such exams this is going to be very useful for you. Generally, questions related to current affairs are asked from past 6 to 7 months of GA. Thus, while preparing for this section a candidate will have to study current affairs of past 6 to 7 months.
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Usually, questions related to important days and events are asked in the banking and government exams, thus in this article we have come up with a complete list of important days along with their themes for the month of October 2020.
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Let’s have a look at the table below:
| Date | Event | Theme |
| October 1 | International Day for the Elderly | “Pandemics: Do They Change How We Address Age and Ageing?” |
| October 2 | Gandhi Jayanti | |
| October 4 | World Animal Welfare Day | “Sustaining all life on Earth” |
| October 5 | World Teachers’ Day | “Teachers: Leading in Crisis, Reimagining the Future” |
| October 6 | World Wildlife day | “Sustaining all life on Earth” |
| October 8 | Indian Air Force Day | |
| October 9 | World Postal Day or World Post Office Day | |
| October 10 | World Mental Health Day | Mental Health for All Greater Investment – Greater Access |
| October 11 | International Day of the Girl Child | “My voice, our equal future” |
| October 12 | World Arthritis day | Time2Work |
| October 13 | UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction | Disaster risk governance |
| October 15 | Global Handwashing Day | “SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands” |
| October 15 | World Students’ Day | |
| October 16 | World Food Day | |
| October 17 | International Poverty Eradication Day | |
| October 20 | World statistics day | “Connecting the world with data we can trust” |
| October 24 | United Nations Day | |
| October 24 | World Development Information Day | |
| October 30 | World Thrift Day | |
| October 31 | Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day |
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These were all the important days in the month of October 2020. This list will definitely be helpful in the general awareness section of upcoming exams such as RRB PO Mains, IBPS Clerk, IBPS PO etc. We suggest that you revise this list on a regular basis. You can easily secure 1-3 marks by memorizing this list.
Important Days/Dates 2019-20 with Themes for Banking/ SSC/ RRB NTPC/ Govt. Exams
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