UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 every year. Test what you know about this day.
Q1. The observance of World Health Day on 7 April each year primarily commemorates which one of the following?
- A. The entry into force of the Constitution of the World Health Organization in 1948
- B. The signing of the WHO Constitution by 61 States at New York in 1946
- C. The first meeting of the WHO Executive Board in Geneva
- D. The adoption of the Declaration of Alma-Ata on primary health care
Q2. Under its 'Together for health. Stand with science' One Health framing, the World Health Day 2026 campaign speaks of protecting the interconnected health of how many domains?
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Five
Q3. The World Health Day 2025 campaign on maternal and newborn health was led globally by which one of the following, being the custodian body of World Health Day worldwide?
- A. The World Health Organization
- B. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- C. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- D. UN Women
Q4. The World Health Day 2025 campaign 'Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures' was advanced by WHO together with which of the following WHO-hosted partnerships for women's, children's and adolescents' health?
- A. Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH)
- B. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
- C. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
- D. Stop TB Partnership
Q5. As emphasised at the International One Health Summit 2026, the term 'One Health' most precisely refers to which one of the following?
- A. An integrated, unifying approach that recognises the interdependence of human, animal, plant and ecosystem health
- B. A universal health coverage scheme guaranteeing one standard package of health services to all citizens
- C. A single global electronic health record shared across all WHO Member States
- D. A doctrine that human health should always be prioritised over animal and environmental health
Q6. The Quadripartite alliance promoting the One Health approach, showcased at the 2026 One Health Summit in Lyon, comprises how many organizations?
- A. Three
- B. Four
- C. Five
- D. Six
Q7. An institution is formally designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre by which one of the following?
- A. The Director-General of WHO
- B. The World Health Assembly by resolution
- C. The relevant WHO Regional Director alone
- D. The national health ministry of the host country
Q8. An institution is initially designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre for a term of how many years, renewable thereafter?
- A. Four
- B. Two
- C. Five
- D. Six
Q9. WHO focuses particular attention on how many 'official' global public health days (in addition to two weeks) that its Member States have mandated?