Question

Which year has been declared by UNO as the "International Year of Pulses"?
1. 2012
2. 2013
3. 2016
4. 2015

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : 2016

The correct answer is 2016.

• On December 20, 2013, the United Nations General Assembly's sixty-eighth session named 2016 the International Year of Pulses.
• The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been nominated to proclaim a year for pulses, often known as legumes.
• The FAO used the International Year of Pulses to raise public awareness of pulses' nutritional benefits, contribution to sustainability, and reliability of food.
• The year was spent facilitating cooperation among food production systems in order to improve the usage of protein in pulses.
• The United Nations General Assembly declared February 10th as World Pulses Day in 2019.