📘 IAS Prelims 2025 — GS-I | Q.96 | Classroom Explanation
(International Relations | United Nations | International Years)

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📌 Question

Q.96)
Consider the following pairs:

International Year	Year
I. International Year of the Woman Farmer	2026
II. International Year of Sustainable and Resilient Tourism	2027
III. International Year of Peace and Trust	2025
IV. International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence	2029

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) Only three
(d) All the four

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✅ Correct Answer: (d) All the four

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🧑‍🏫 Classroom Explanation

This is a UN-resolution-based current affairs question. UPSC often frames traps by:

• changing the year, or
• mixing theme + year across resolutions.

Here, all four are correctly matched.

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🔍 Pair-wise Verification (High-Confidence)

🔹 I. International Year of the Woman Farmer — 2026 ✅

• Declared by the UN General Assembly
• Objective:
  • Highlight women’s role in agrifood systems
  • Address gender inequality in agriculture
• Strong GS linkage:
  • SDG 2 (Zero Hunger)
  • SDG 5 (Gender Equality)

📌 India relevance: Women farmers, SHGs, millets, agrarian reforms

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🔹 II. International Year of Sustainable and Resilient Tourism — 2027 ✅

• Declared by the United Nations
• Focus:
  • Climate-resilient tourism
  • Sustainable livelihoods
  • Post-pandemic recovery

📌 UPSC angle: Tourism + climate change + sustainable development

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🔹 III. International Year of Peace and Trust — 2025 ✅

• Declared by UN General Assembly
• Aim:
  • Conflict resolution through dialogue & diplomacy
  • Promote trust among nations
• Strongly linked to:
  • Multilateralism
  • Preventive diplomacy

📌 GS-II core theme: International peace & security

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🔹 IV. International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence — 2029 ✅

• Declared in 2024 by UNGA
• Trigger:
  • Close approach of Asteroid 99942 Apophis in 2029
• Purpose:
  • Awareness about Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)
  • Strengthen planetary defence cooperation

📌 S&T + IR crossover: COPUOS, space governance

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🧠 One-Line Memory Hook (Prelims Gold)

“2025 peace, 2026 women farmers, 2027 tourism, 2029 asteroids — UN has calendar discipline.”

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📍 GS Mapping

United Nations & Global Initiatives

GS Paper II mains

International Relations

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