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Which day is observed as International Mother Earth Day?

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Remember that “Mother Earth Day” and “Earth Day” are often used interchangeably, and both fall on April 22.
Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • April 20
  • April 21
  • April 23
  • April 22
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The Correct Option is D

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This question checks a specific UN observance date. April 20, April 21 and April 23 are all close to the real date but none of them is correct, so they can be dismissed as a group.

The United Nations fixed April 22 as International Mother Earth Day in 2009, building on the Earth Day tradition that started in 1970, to draw attention to environmental protection and sustainable living worldwide.

So the correct answer is April 22.

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Tracing where this observance came from makes the correct date easier to pin down than simply memorising a number. The tradition begins with the original Earth Day, first organised in the United States in 1970 as a grassroots environmental movement.

  1. April 20: close to the date associated with the movement's origins but not the one the UN eventually settled on.
  2. April 21: another near neighbour of the actual date, without any formal designation behind it.
  3. April 23: also just a day removed from the real observance, again with no UN resolution attached to it.
  4. April 22: in 2009, the United Nations General Assembly formally adopted this date as International Mother Earth Day, carrying forward the spirit of the 1970 Earth Day into an officially recognised global observance.

The line from the 1970 grassroots Earth Day to its 2009 formal adoption by the UN lands on one specific date out of the four offered.

Therefore, the correct answer is April 22.

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