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H01 | HUMAN RIGHTS

 1) All Human Rights are inherent in all human beings

because

a) All Human Rights are provided by the state.

b) Human Rights are being provided by the United

Nations.

c) Human beings are rational beings. (Ans)

d) Human rights are the product of social revolutions

 2) Which of the following is not correct?

a) Human rights are universal.

b) Human rights are subjective.

c) Human rights are Constitutional. (Ans)

d) Human rights are incontrovertible.

 3) Which of the following are considered third generation

rights?

a) Individual Rights

b) Collective Rights (Ans)

c) Political Rights

d) Economic Rights

 4) Freedom from torture is

a) Inherent right
 b) Derogable human right

c) Absolute right (Ans)

d) None of the above

 5) The Indian tradition of human rights during war is best

exemplified in the work of

a) Mahabharata

b) Ramayana

c) Emperor Ashoka (Ans)

d) Emperor Akbar

 6) Which of the following thinkers did not give the idea of

natural rights?

a) Thomas Hobbes

b) J.J. Rousseau

c) John Locke

d) Jeremy Bentham (Ans)

 7) Which Article of Universal Declaration of Human

Rights declares, 'Everyone has the right to life, liberty and
security of person'?

a) Article 1

b) Article 3 (Ans)

c) Article 5

d) Article 6

 8) Convention on the elimination of All Forms of

Discrimination against Women was adopted in

a)1966

b)1979 (Ans)

c)1983

d)1993
 9) The Gandhian idea of individual rights was
characterized within the framework of

a) Human interdependence (Ans)

b) European liberal tradition

c) Socialist tradition

d) Vedic tradition

 10) When did India enact positive law on human rights?

a)1993 (Ans)

b)1950

c)1919

d)1935

 11) 'Mandala Theory' of inter-state relations in ancient

India was a contribution of

a) Manu

b) Brihaspati

c) Kautilya (Ans)

d) Aryabhatt

 12) When the Convention on the Rights of the child was

adopted by the UN General Assembly?

a) on 18th March 1992

b) on 24th January 1982

c) on 20th November 1989 (Ans)

d) on 10th December 1999

 13) 'Convention on the Indigenous and Tribal peoples in

independent countries' was adopted on the initiatives of

a) World Health Organization

b) International Labour Organization (Ans)

c) United Nations Human Rights Council

 d) Food and Agricultural Organisation

 14) Vishakha v. State of Rajasthan case dealt with

a) Prevention of Domestic violence against women

b) Sexual violence against women at workplace (Ans)

c) Ban on the practice of female infanticide

d) Promotion of educational and employment

opportunities for women

 15) The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten
amendments to the Constitution of

a) U.S.A. (Ans)

b) U.K.

c) France

d) Switzerland

 16) The Cortagena Declaration of 1984 deals with

a) Women

b) Refugees (Ans)

c) Children

d) Persons with Disability

 17) Article 340 of the Indian Constitution deals with

a) Backward Classes Commission (Ans)

b) Election Commission

c) Union Public Service Commission

d) Finance Commission

 18) International Humanitarian Law is a

a) Branch of International law which provides protection

to human beings from the consequences of armed
conflicts. (Ans)
 b) Branch of Environmental law which provides
protection to Environment.

c) Branch of international law seeking intervention in the

States violating human rights of the people.

d) Branch of international law providing for

humanitarian assistance to the people affected by
natural disasters.

 19) Universal Declaration of Human Rights contains

a) 20 Articles

b) 22 Articles

c) 30 Articles (Ans)

d) 36 Articles

 20) Sacher Committee Report dealt with the issue of

a) Socio-Economic Development of Muslims (Ans)

b) All round development of Minorities

c) Amelioration in the conditions of working women

d) Decent and dignified treatment with prisoners of war

 21) Which of the following provisions articulate the

constitutional vision of Justice in India?

a) Free and Independent Judiciary

b) Directive Principles of State policy (Ans)

c) Fundamental Duties

d) Special Status to the State of Jammu and Kashmir

 22) Which of the following is a seminal contribution of

the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

a) Making human rights implementable

b) International standard setting on human rights (Ans)

c) Paving way for conversion of human rights into

fundamental rights.
 d) Facilitating creation of machinery for ensuring rights
to all

 23) The General Assembly of the United Nations can

pass the resolution on human rights issues and

a) Compel States to change their internal laws to

include more human rights.

b) Recommend and request new human rights

standards for inclusion in State?s internal laws. (Ans)

c) Leave the matter to States as to how they deal with

human rights issues.

d) Look into enforcement and implementation of human

rights with the States.

 24) Arrange in sequence the adoption of following Acts

in India (i) The protection of women from Domestic
Violence Act. (ii) The Dowry Prohibition Act. (iii) The Child
Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act (iv) Protection of
Civil Rights Act. Codes:

a) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i) (Ans)

b) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)

c) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

d) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)

 25) When a person is arrested, the police cannot keep

the accused in its custody for more than

a) 36 hours

b) 24 hours (Ans)

c) 12 hours

d) 48 hours

 26) United Nations decade for Human Rights Education

was

a) 1965-1974
 b) 1985-1994

c) 1995-2004 (Ans)

d) 2000-2009

 27) Which UN Agency was established to contribute to

peace and security by promoting international
collaboration through education, science and culture in
order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of
law and the human rights proclaimed in the UN Charter?

a) UNESCO (Ans)

b) UNHCR

c) UNIDO

d) IBRD

 28) The United Nations convention on the right of

persons with disabilities came into force in

a)2007

b)2008

c)2009 (Ans)

d)2010

 29) The statement that 'All human rights are universal,

indivisible and interdependent and interrelated' is
associated with

a) Universal Declaration of Human Rights ? 1948

b) Tehran Conference ? 1969

c) Vienna Conference ? 1993 (Ans)

d) Beijing Conference ? 1995

 30) 'Apartheid' term came to be linked with a practice of

discrimination in which of the following countries?

a) South Africa (Ans)

b) South America
 c) Tanzania

d) Mozambique

 31) To which of the following conventions India is not a

party?

a) CEDAW

b) Convention against torture (Ans)

c) Convention on rights of the child

d) Covenant on civil & political rights

 32) The case, State of Arunachal Pradesh V. Khudiram

Chakma, 1994 is concerned

a) Minorities

b) SCs and STs

c) Torture

d) Refugees (Ans)

 33) The Supreme Court of India expanded the reach of

the Article 21 to also include the right to livelihood in

a) D.K. Basu case

b) Olga Tellis case (Ans)

c) Menaka Gandhi case

d) Mohini Jain case

 34) Arrange in proper sequence the following

fundamental rights as given under various provisions of
the constitution of India: i. Right to Life ii. Right to Equality
iii. Right to Constitutional Remedies iv. Right to Freedom.
Codes:

a) i ii iii iv

b) ii iv i iii (Ans)

c) iv iii ii i

d) iii i iv ii
 35) The United Nations Commission on Human Rights
(UNCHR) was established on

a) 10th December 1946 (Ans)

b) 10th December 1947

c) 10th December 1948

d) 10th December 1949

 36) According to the Constitution of India, which one of

the following rights cannot be taken away during
emergency?

a) Right to speak

b) Right to freedom of movement

c) Right to life (Ans)

d) Right to organize

 37) Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted

in the year

a)1948 (Ans)

b)1947

c)1958

d)1950

 38) Human Rights entitles/mankind to

a) Comfort

b) Convenience

c) Decent, civilized and dignified life (Ans)

d) Guarantee of existence

 39) Which of the following is false?

a) All Human Rights are for all.

b) Governments should see that domestic laws confirm

to the standards of human rights instrument.
 c) Human Rights are interdependent but hierarchical
(Ans)

d) UN Charter mentions its concern for Human Rights

 40) The Framers of the Indian Constitution borrowed the

concept of Fundamental Rights from the Constitution of

a) U.S.A. (Ans)

b) U.K.

c) Ireland

d) Canada

 41) Which Convention outlaws Hate Speech?

a) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

b) International Covenant on Economic, Social and

Cultural Rights

c) Convention on the Rights of the Child

d) International Convention on the Elimination of All

Forms of Racial Discrimination (Ans)

 42) The Right to Health recognised under the

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights is contained in

a) Article 8

b) Article 10

c) Article 12 (Ans)

d) Article 14

 43) Arrange the following instruments in their

chronological order of their introduction using codes
given below: (i) International Convention on the
Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination. (ii) Bill of
Rights. (iii) Torture Convention. (iv) United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child. Codes:

a) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)

 b) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv) (Ans)

c) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

d) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

 44) Arrange chronologically the ascending order of the

establishment of the following international
organizations using the codes given below: (i) WHO (ii)
ILO (iii) WTO (iv) UNESCO. Codes:

a) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)

b) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)

c) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

d) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii) (Ans)

 45) What is the correct sequence of the following? (i)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (ii) Declaration
on the Rights of Disabled persons. (iii) Convention on the
Rights of the Child. (iv) Convention on the status of
refugees. Codes:

a) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii) (Ans)

b) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

c) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)

d) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)

 46) Consider the following events and choose the

correct chronological sequence for recognition of
human rights: (i) Magna Carta (ii) French Revolution (iii)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (iv) Adoption of
International Covenant on civil and political Rights.
Codes:

a) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)

b) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) (Ans)

c) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)

d) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

 47) Concept of 'Universal Jurisdiction' is founded on
which principles?

a) Vienna

b) Princeton (Ans)

c) The Hague

d) Delhi Declaration

 48) Mention the number of instruments included in the

concept of the International Bill of Rights?

a) Four

b) Six

c) Three

d) Five (Ans)

 49) The National Human Rights Commission is a

a) Constitutional body

b) Statutory body (Ans)

c) Executive body

d) NGO

 50) Article 21 of the Indian Constitution provides for

a) Right to die

b) Right to subsist

c) Right to life and personal liberty (Ans)

d) Right to lively and liberal life

 51) Which one of the following is not recognised by the

UNHCR as a durable solution to refugee problem?

a) Burden sharing (Ans)

b) Voluntary Repatriation

c) Resettlement

d) Local Integration
 52) Under the UN Charter the prohibition on the use of
force is found in

a) Article 2(i)

b) Article 2(ii)

c) Article 2(iii)

d) Article 2(iv) (Ans)

 53) Which of the following NGOs advocates for abolition

of death penalty?

a) Green Peace

b) International Commission of Jurists

c) ICRC

d) Amnesty International (Ans)

 54) In which year Human Rights Council replaced the UN

Commission of Human Rights?

a)2001

b)1993

c)1958

d)2006 (Ans)

 55) European Commission on Human Rights is abolished

in

a)1994

b)1998 (Ans)

c)1950

d)2008

 56) Which one of the following rights is not protected

under Article 27 of the ICCPR?

a) To enjoy their own culture

b) To profess and practice their own religion

 c) To use their own language

d) To participate in political process. (Ans)

 57) Which of the following is not a principle aim of the

UN?

a) To promote international law

b) To facilitate co-operation among States

c) To ensure world peace

d) To ensure economic development for minorities (Ans)

 58) Which Article of UDHR concerns the Right to benefit

from scientific advancement?

a) Article 3

b) Article 14

c) Article 27 (Ans)

d) Article 24

 59) The International Criminal Court is located at

a) Paris

b) Geneva

c) The Hague (Ans)

d) Brussels

 60) The Directive Principles of State Policy have been

given in the Indian Constitution

a) Part ? III

b) Part ? II

c) Part ? XIII

d) Part ? IV (Ans)

 61) When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

(UDHR) made?

a) 10th December 1948 (Ans)

 b) 8th August 1956

c) 20th June 1950

d) 10th November 1942

 62) Who cannot be appointed as member of the

National Human Rights Commission?

a) District Judge (Ans)

b) Chief Justice of any High Court

c) Eminent Scholar having expertise in the field of

human rights.

d) Judge of the Supreme Court of India.

 63) Mention the name of the instrument which set

international standards of human rights

a) Geneva Convention (Ans)

b) European Convention on Human

c) African Charter on Human Rights & People?s Rights

d) Arab Charter on Human Rights

 64) Which case decided by the Indian Judiciary

provided jurisprudential genesis for human rights
development in India?

a) M.C. Mehta v. Union of India

b) Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India (Ans)

c) Visakha v. State of Rajasthan

d) Mandal Case

 65) Which international event resulted into the

beginning of the international movement of the
contemporary concept of human rights?

a) Incidents of Discrimination

b) Inhuman Treatment during Tudor?s period

c) Slavery
 d) World War II (Ans)

 66) Name the basic international instrument, which does

not carry binding effect

a) Magna Carta

b) CEDAW

c) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Ans)

d) Geneva Conventions

 67) Who coined the term 'Genocide'?

a) Raphael Lemkin (Ans)

b) Robert H. Jackson

c) Martin Shaw

d) Woodrow Wilson

 68) The International Criminal Court has jurisdiction with

respect to following crimes: (i) Crime of Genocide (ii)
Crimes against Humanity (iii) War Crimes (iv) Crimes
against Peace. Codes:

a) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

b) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct. (Ans)

c) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.

d) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

 69) A refugee is a person who is outside the country of

his nationality owing to well- founded fear of being
persecuted for reasons of: (i) Race (ii) Religion (iii)
Nationality (iv) Ethnicity. Codes:

a) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct. (Ans)

b) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.

c) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

d) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

 70) Who of the following was the main mover behind the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

a) Woodrow Wilson

b) Franklin D. Roosevelt

c) Thomas Paine

d) Eleanor Roosevelt (Ans)

 71) Third Generation of Human Rights is also known as

a) Citizen?s Rights

b) Developmental Rights

c) Group Rights (Ans)

d) Women?s Rights

 72) Who among the following defined rights as 'those

conditions of social life without which no man can reacts
in general, to be his best'?

a) Harold J. Laski (Ans)

b) Bernard Bosanquet

c) Leonard Hobhouse

d) Hurst Hannum

 73) In which case Supreme Court held that Parliament

has no power to amend the Fundamental Rights?

a) Golak Nath Case (Ans)

b) Sajjan Singh Case

c) Shankari Prasad Case

d) None of these

 74) The protection of Human Rights Act in India was

enacted in the year

a)1993 (Ans)

b)1994
 c)1995

d)1996

 75) Who introduced the concept of third generation

Human Rights?

a) TulliusCesero

b) Jermy Bentham

c) John Finnis

d) Karel Vasak (Ans)

 76) Which one of the following is not a UN Agency?

a) UNICEF

b) UNESCO

c) WTO (Ans)

d) ILO

 77) Which one of the following statements is not correct

about the Refugees?

a) They are outside their country

b) Fear of persecution

c) Absence of National protection

d) Poverty as reason of being outside the country (Ans)

 78) Who among the following propounded the modern

principles of Natural Justice?

a) Locke

b) J.S. Mill

c) A.V. Dicey (Ans)

d) John Rawals

 79) 'Crimes against humanity' is defined as acts when

committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack
directed against any civilian population, with knowledge
 of the attack. Which of the following is an example of
crimes against humanity?

a) Genocide

b) Aggression

c) Enslavement (Ans)

d) Killing members of the group

 80) Which article of the Rome Statute of the ICC provides

for individual criminal responsibility?

a)23

b)24

c)25 (Ans)

d)26

 81) Which of the following statements is not true?

a) The ICJ states the existing law and does not legislate.
This is so even if, in stating and applying the law, the
court necessarily has to specify its scope and
sometimes note its general trend.

b) The task of the court must be to respond, on the basis

of international law, to the particular legal dispute
brought before it. As it interprets and applies the law, it
will be mindful of context, bu

c) The ICJ was founded to work towards the progressive

development and codification of international law. (Ans)

d) The ICJ lacks compulsory jurisdiction and can settle

disputes only if States are willing to submit themselves
to its jurisdiction.

 82) Are there any limits to the application of Article 103 of

the UN Charter?

a) Yes, it is limited by jus cogens norms (Ans)

b) Yes, it is limited by treaties

 c) Yes, it is limited by the pronouncements of the ICJ

d) No limits

 83) Which of the following is not a regional human rights

instruments?

a) The African Charter on Human and Peoples? Rights

for Africa

b) The American Convention on Human Rights for the

Americas

c) The European Convention on Human Rights for Europe

d) The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of

Racial Discrimination (Ans)

 84) What is a derogation?

a) To follow a variation of certain human rights on a

regional level.

b) The suspension of particular rights (but not

fundamental ones) for a specific period of time during a
public emergency that threatens the life of a nation.
(Ans)

c) Violation of human rights by the executive.

d) Suspension of human rights during a public

emergency

 85) Which of the following is a collective right?

a) Right to life and liberty(

b) Right to fair trial

c) Self-determination (Ans)

d) Freedom of religion

 86) What is the legal nature of the Universal Declaration

of Human Rights?

a) It is a UN General Assembly resolution. (Ans)

b) It is a UN Security Council resolution

 c) It is part of the American Constitution.

d) It is a multilateral treaty.

 87) Is the UDHR a binding legal instrument?

a) Yes

b) No (Ans)

c) Yes, only on States that have agreed to be bound by it

d) None of the above

 88) Under what circumstances do human rights

violations taking place outside the territory of ECHR
Member States fall within the remit of the ECHR?

a) Where a Member State exercises control

b) Where a Member State requests the ECHR to do so

c) Never

d) Where a Member State exercises effective control

(Ans)

 89) What is the rationale for the exhaustion of local

remedies in international human rights?

a) To restrict the volume of petitions to international

tribunals

b) To build up judicial capacity of local courts

c) Both a and b (Ans)

d) Either a or b

 90) Which of the following is not a non-derogable right

as per Article 4 of the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights?

a) Rights to life

b) The freedoms of thought

c) Prohibition on torture

d) Right to fair trial (Ans)

 91) The Minority Schools in Albania case that noted that
equality in law precludes discrimination of any kind, was
determined by which of the following?

a) ICJ

b) PCIJ (Ans)

c) ECHR

d) ICC

 92) Which of the following cases determined by the

Human Rights Committee does not deal with the
protection of minority rights under Article 27 of the
ICCPR?

a) The Kitok case

b) The Lovelace case

c) The Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community case

(Ans)

d) The Lubicon Lake Band case

 93) In which of the following cases the applicant,

arrested for drug-trafficking in France, was in police
custody severely ill-treated, including being beaten,
tortured and raped. The national authorities finally held
the police liable. As this process took a significant
number of years, the applicant argued that his right to
be free from torture had been violated as well as his
right to a fair hearing.

a) Selmouni v. France (Ans)

b) A and ors v. France

c) Trident v. France

d) None of the above

 94) In which of the following cases were the relationship

between the ICJ and the Security Council, and their
separation of powers, considered by the court?
 a) Pan Am case (Ans)

b) Paquete Habana case

c) Corfu Channel case

d) Chorzow Factory case

 95) International Bill of Human Rights includes:

a) Universal Declaration of Human Rights

b) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

and International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights

c) Both a and b (Ans)

d) Either a or b

 96) The United Nations Commission on Human Rights

was replaced with the United Nations Human Rights
Council for the enforcement of international human
rights law in the year:

a)2000

b)2001

c)2006 (Ans)

d)1998

 97) The content of the principle of respect for human

rights in international law maybe expressed in which of
the following propositions as expounded by G. Tunkin in
Theory of International Law?

a) All States have a duty to respect the fundamental

rights and freedoms of all persons within their territories.

b) States have a duty not to permit discrimination by

reason of sex, race, religion or language.

c) States have a duty to promote universal respect for

human rights and to co-operate with each other to
achieve this objective.
 d) All of the above. (Ans)

 98) 'Genocide' includes which of the following?

a) Killing members of the group.

b)Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of

the group.

c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life

calculated to bring about its physical destruction in
whole or in part.

d) All of the above. (Ans)

 99) Which of thefollowing is not considered as a crime

against humanity?

a) Torture

b) Rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced

pregnancy, enforced sterilization

c)Persecution against any identifiable group or

collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural,
religious groups

d) Forcibly transferring children of one group to another

group (Ans)

 100) the jurisdiction of the ICC is 'ratione temporis'.

Thismeans:

a) Its jurisdiction is temporary or optional

b) Its jurisdiction applies to crimes that have been

committed after the entry into force of the Rome Statute
(Ans)

c) Its jurisdiction attaches even to non-Member States

d) That a State may accept jurisdiction and waive

immunity

 101) The purpose of human rights law is to ensure that

a)The individuals are protected from the excesses of

states (Ans)
 b)To refrain the states from causing harm to its own
nationals

c)To erode the absolvent control of the state which it

had in classical period

d)All the above

 102) On 15th March, 2006 the general assembly adopted

a resolution to Establish

a)Human rights council (Ans)

b)Human rights sub-committee

c)Working group on human rights

d)High power committee on Human rights

 103) Human rights council is based in

a)Washington

b)Geneva (Ans)

c)Delhi

d)New York

 104) The Human Right council performs following

functions

a)To promote human rights education

b)To make recommendation to general assembly for

international law in the field of human rights

c)To promote full implementation of Human Rights

obligations undertaken by the states

d)All the above (Ans)

 105) Consider the following-

a)The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an

important instrument on human being

b)Not being a treaty, the declaration is not legally

binding on States
 c)Both are true

d)a. only is true (Ans)

 106) Which of the following is empowered to set up

Commission for the promotion of Human Rights under
the U.N. Charter

a)the Economic and Social Council

b)the General Assembly (Ans)

c)The Trusteeship Council

d)The Secretary-General

 107) International Bill of Rights is said to consists of:

a)Universal Declaration of Human Rights

b)International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

c)International Covenant on Social

d)All the above (Ans)

 108) Consider the following statement upon violation of

human rights by a State, the victim may petition the: 1.
U.N. Human Rights Commissioner 2. Human Rights
Council 3. Economic and Social Council 4. U.N. Secretary
?General. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a)1, 3, 4

b)1 alone

c)1, 2, 3

d)2 alone (Ans)

 109) Which one of the following in India is not a party?

a)International Convention of Economic, Social and

Cultural Rights

b)International Convention on Civil and Political Right

c)International Convention on the elimination of all

forms of racial discrimination (Ans)
 d)International Convention against torture and other
cruel in human or degrading treatment or punishment

 110) Universal respect for, and observance of Human

Rights and fundamental freedoms for all without
distinction as to race, sex, language or religion:

a)Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Ans)

b)UN Charter

c)European Covenant on Human Rights and

Fundamental Freedoms

d)International covenant on civil and political rights

 111) Which one of the following statements does not

occur in article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights?

a)All human beings are born free and equal dignity and
rights

b)They are endowed with reason and conscience

c)They should always live together peacefully (Ans)

d)They should act towards one another in a spirit of

brotherhood

 112) The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted

and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights on:

a)10-Dec-48 (Ans)

b)10-Aug-49

c)11-Nov-46

d)15-Sep-48

 113) Which of the following Articles of the Universal

Declaration of Human Rights states that ?Everyone has
the right to recognition everywhere as a person before
the law??

a)Article 4
 b)Article 6 (Ans)

c)Article 5

d)Article 7

 114) UDHR are adopted by:

a)General Assembly (Ans)

b)Security Council

c)The General Assembly on the recommendation of

Security Council

d)ECOSOC

 115) The European Convention of Human Rights and

fundamental freedoms was signed on:

a)October 24, 1945

b)December 10, 1998

c)January 1, 1950

d)November 4, 1950 (Ans)

 116) The declaration of the rights of the child was

adopted in 1959 by which of the following

a)The U.N. ECOSOC

b)The U.N. General Assembly (Ans)

c)The U.N. Trusteeship Council

d)The U.N. Administrative Tribunal

 117) Which is/are the true from the following?

a)Civil and political rights are contained in articles 3 to

21

b)Economic, Social and Cultural Rights are contained in

articles 22 to article 27

c)both the above (Ans)

d)none
 118) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights contains

a)Civil and political rights

b)Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

c)Foundational principles of equality and non-

discrimination

d)All the above (Ans)

 119) Right to work, free choice of employment and

protection against employment is contained in Universal
Declaration of Human Rights in:

a)Article 21

b)Article 22

c)Article 23 (Ans)

d)Article 27

 120) Which right is not guaranteed by the UDHR, 1948?

a)Right to Nationality

b)Right against arbitrary arrest

c)Right to be granted Asylum

d)All the above (Ans)

 121) Indicate the rights guaranteed under UDHR, 1948:

a)Right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion

(Ans)

b)Right to freedom of opinion and expression

c)Right to peaceful assembly

d)All the above

 122) Indicate the rights guaranteed under article 23:

a)Right to work

b)Right tom equal pay for equal work

c)Right to join trade union

 d)All the above (Ans)

 123) With regard to education what are the other rights

guaranteed under UDHR 1948?

a)Education is free in elementary stage

b)Elementary education shall be compulsory

c)High education shall be accessible to all on the basis

of merit

d)All the above (Ans)

 124) The UDHR is :

a)Mandatory standard of achievement for all people

and all nations

b)Natural standard of achievement for all peoples and

all nations

c)A common standard of achievement for all people

and all nations (Ans)

d)None of the above

 125) The preamble of UDHR declares that equal and

inalienable rights if all human family are:

a)The foundation of all well being in the world

b)The foundation of security in the world

c)The foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the

world (Ans)

d)None of the above

 126) With regard to the right of work, what are the other
freedoms guaranteed under UDHR?

a)Free choice of employment

b)Just and favorable condition

c)Protection against environment

d)All the above (Ans)

 127) Indicate the rights not guaranteed under UDHR, 1948

a)Right to compulsory association (Ans)

b)Right to take part in the government of his country

c)Right not to be deprived of the property

d)None of the above

 128) UDHR prohibits discrimination between human

beings on the basis of:

a)National or Social origin

b)Property

c)Birth

d)All the above (Ans)

 129) UDHR consists of how many articles:

a)24 articles

b)30 articles (Ans)

c)35 articles

d)48 articles

 130) Article 16 of UDHR guarantees certain rights. Indicate

the correct one:

a)Men and women of full age without any limitation due

to race, nationally have the right to marry and to found a
family

b)Men and women are entitled to equal rights as to

marriage, during marriage and its dissolution

c)Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and

full consent of the intending purpose

d)All the above (Ans)

 131) Which one of the following is empowered to set up

Commission for the promotion of human rights under
U.N. Charter?
 a)Secretary General

b)UNHCR (Ans)

c)Security council

d)General Assembly

 132) Which one of the following organizations deals with

refugees?

a)UNESCO

b)UNHR (Ans)

c)SWAPO

d)EEC

 133) The General Assembly of the United Nations passed

?Unity for peace resolution? on:

a)November 10, 1950

b)October 24, 1945

c)July 20, 1963

d)November 3, 1950 (Ans)

 134) The General Assembly Resolution of 15th March,

2006 decided to establish the Human Rights Council,
based in Geneva

a)As a new and additional subsidiary organ of the

General Assembly

b)As a specialized agency of the U.N.

c)In replacement of the human rights commission (Ans)

d)None of the above

 135) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948

was adopted by

a)The Security Council

b)The General Assembly (Ans)

 c)The General Assembly on the recommendation of the
security council

d)Economic and social council on the recommendation

of the security council

 136) In which of the articles of UDHR ?Social and

International Order? provides?

a)Article 27

b)Article 28 (Ans)

c)Article 29

d)Article 30

 137) Under Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which

article envisages the duties and declaration of limitation
to these rights and freedoms?

a)Article 27

b)Article 28

c)Article 29 (Ans)

d)Article 30

 138) Which one of the following has no legal significance

or binding in the court of justice?

a)International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

(Ans)

b)International Covenant on Economic Social and

Cultural Rights

c)Universal Declaration of Human Rights

d)Committee on the Right of Persons with Disabilities

 139) On which date of the following the Covenant on Civil

and Political Rights was adopted?

a)March 23, 1976

b)January 3, 1976

c)December 16, 1966 (Ans)

 d)December 19, 1966

 140) The Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ratified by

India:

a)On March 17, 1979

b)March 27, 1979

c)April 10, 1979 (Ans)

d)December 10, 1948

 141) The charter of the United Nations came into force on:

a)June 26, 1945

b)October 15, 1945

c)October 24, 1945 (Ans)

d)Jan 1, 1942

 142) Which one of the following organization is first one

which has been made specified agency of U.N.?

a)ILO

b)WHO

c)ICAO (Ans)

d)ECOSOC

 143) The Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural

Rights came into force on:

a)Marc 23, 1976

b)January 3, 1976 (Ans)

c)December 16, 1966

d)December 19, 1666

 144) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

was adopted by the General Assembly of the United
Nations on:

a)15th August, 1965

 b)16th December, 1967

c)16th December, 1966 (Ans)

d)14th June, 1966

 145) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was

adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on

a)10th December, 1945

b)10th December, 1946

c)10th December, 1948 (Ans)

d)26th October, 1945

 146) The Human Rights declaration approved by the

General Assembly include:

a)Declaration on the Rights of all People to peace(1984)

b)Declaration on the elimination of all forms of racial

discrimination(1963)

c)Declaration on the Rights of the Civil(1959) (Ans)

d)All the above

 147) Which of the following articles of the United Nations

charter refers to Human Rights?

a)Article 55

b)Article 68

c)Article 76

d)All the above (Ans)

 148) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

was adopted by the General Assembly on

a)January 3, 1966

b)October 13, 1966

c)November 5, 1966

d)December 16, 1966 (Ans)

 149) The International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, 1966 comprises:

a)50 Articles, VI Parts

b)53 Articles, VI Parts (Ans)

c)45 Articles, VII Parts

d)55 Articles, VI Parts

 150) Right in emergency under International Covenant

on Civil and Political Rights, defined in article

a)Article 3

b)Article 4 (Ans)

c)Article5

d)Article6

 151) Substantive rights under ICCPR-1966 defined:

a)Articles 6-27 (Ans)

b)Articles 6-29

c)Articles 5-25

d)Articles 6-30

 152) Article 13 International Covenant on Civil and

Political Rights, empowers a state to expel an alien:

a)Whenever it desires to do so

b)In pursuance of a decision taken by it (Ans)

c)Without assigning any reason

d)Without extending an opportunity to submit a petition

to review the decision

 153) Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and

Political Rights declares:

a)Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of

person
 b)Every human being has the inherent right to life and
liberty

c)Everyone has the inalienable right to life (Ans)

d)None of these

 154) The primary responsibility to establish international

peace and security rest with the:

a)General Assembly

b)Security Council (Ans)

c)ECOSOC

d)Trusteeship Council

 155) The Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural

Rights declares that equal inalienable rights of members
is derived from:

a)Natural Tendency of human persons

b)The civilized society

c)The inherent dignity of the human person (Ans)

d)The inherent reasoning of the human person

 156) ICESCR 1966 guarantees rights without

discrimination of:

a)Language

b)Religion

c)Property

d)All the above (Ans)

 157) The ratifications of International Covenant on

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will be deposited
with:

a)Security Council

b)General Assembly

c)Secretary-General (Ans)
 d)None of the above

 158) Indicate the rights guaranteed in Universal

Declaration of Human Rights but not in Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:

a)Right to work

b)Right to education

c)Right to Nationality (Ans)

d)Right to equal pay

 159) According to ICESCR, 1966 family is:

a)The basic unit of society

b)The most important group of society

c)The natural and fundamental group of society (Ans)

d)None of the above

 160) Under article 26, the ICESCR, is open for signature:

a)By any state member of the UN

b)Member of any of its specialized agencies

c)By any state party to the statute of International Court

of Jusyicd

d)All the above (Ans)

 161) Right to education under article 13 if ICESCR includes:

a)Compulsory and free primary education

b)Higher education accessible to all on the basis of

capacity

c)Respect the liberty of parents to choose schools for

their children

d)All the above (Ans)

 162) The General Assembly established the office of the

UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees) in the year:
 a)1947

b)1949

c)1946

d)1951 (Ans)

 163) The General Assembly of UN adopted the

declaration on the Elimination on Discrimination against
Women in the year:

a)1965

b)1966

c)1967 (Ans)

d)1968

 164) The Human Rights Declaration approved by The

General Assembly includes:

a)Declaration on the rights of All Peoples to Peace(1984)

b)Declaration on the elimination of All Forms of Racial

Discrimination(1963)

c)Declaration of the Right of the Child, 1959, 1991

d)All the above (Ans)

 165) The idea of the creation of an impartial institution of

human rights in the States was initiated by:

a)General Assembly

b)ECOSOC

c)UNESCO (Ans)

d)UNICEF

 166) In which year, the process of the creation of

impartial institution of human rights, was initiated?

a)1946 (Ans)

b)1947

c)1948
 d)1949

 167) The Secretariat in the Memorandum ?Supervision

and Enforcement of Human Rights? in 1947 was created
as:

a)Human rights protective body

b)Enforcement machinery of human rights

c)Both the above (Ans)

d)None

 168) In which year, The General Assembly adopted the

resolution for the creation of a Commission on Human
Rights?

a)1965

b)1946 (Ans)

c)1967

d)1968

 169) The first international workshop on National Institute

for the promotion and protection of Human Rights was
held in:

a)Paris in October, 1991 (Ans)

b)Geneva in O0ctober, 1993

c)Vienna in December, 1994

d)New York in December, 1994

 170) National Human Rights Commission in India was

established on

a)26th January, 1993

b)12-Oct-93 (Ans)

c)15th June, 1993

d)27th September, 1993

 171) On which date National Commission for Human
Rights was enforced?

a)10th September, 1993

b)20th December, 1993 (Ans)

c)10th January 1994

d)8th January, 1994

 172) What is the scheme of the Protection of Human

Rights Act, 1993?

a)43 Sections 8 Chapters (Ans)

b)45 Sections 8 Chapters

c)48 Sections 9 Chapters

d)50 Sections 10 Chapters

 173) Match the following:

a)Armed forces : Section 2(a)

b)Human rights : Section 2(b)

c)NHRC : Section 3

d)All the above (Ans)

 174) Human Rights defined in section 2(d) as:

a)Rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of

individual

b)Guaranteed by the constitution

c)Embodied in the International Covenants and

enforceable in Courts of India.

d)All the above (Ans)

 175) National Human Rights Commission constituted by:

a)President (Ans)

b)Supreme court

c)Prime Minister
 d)Central Government

 176) NHRC shall be headed by the chairperson:

a)Who has been judge of the supreme court

b)Who is or qualified for judge of supreme court

c)Who has been the chief justice of the supreme court

d)All the above (Ans)

 177) Consider the following statements:

a)The chairperson and other members shall be

appointed by the President

b)Every appointment shall be made after the

recommendation of the selection committee

c)Both the above (Ans)

d)None

 178) Consider the following statements:

a)Chairperson shall hold office for the term of five years

or till the age of seventy (Ans)

b)Member shall hold the office for the term of five years
and till the age of seventy

c)Member shall be eligible for re-appointment

d)All the above

 179) State Human Rights Commission constituted in

which section?

a)Section 20

b)Section 21 (Ans)

c)Section 22

d)Section 23

 180) The National Commission for Women was

constituted in the year:

a)1990 (Ans)
 b)1992

c)1994

d)1995

 181) ?Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special

care and assistance?- who stated this?

a)Martha Thomas, American Educator

b)Oliver Windell Holmes

c)Thomas Hobbs

d)Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Ans)

 182) Covenants on Civil and Political rights has

a)63 Article

b)53 Article (Ans)

c)33 Article

d)43 Article

 183) The corresponding article of Article 25 of the

Constitution of India in Universal Declaration of Human
Rights is

a)Article 18 (Ans)

b)Article 19

c)Article 23

d)Article 25

 184) Name the right which is not human right

a)Right to life

b)Right to die (Ans)

c)Right to property

d)Right to nationality

 185) International Bill of Rights is said to consist of:

a)Universal Declaration of Human Rights

 b)International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

c)International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

(Ans)

d)All the above

 186) In which subject of law, the word ?Human Rights

took birth??

a)Jurisprudence

b)Constitutional Law

c)International Law (Ans)

d)Natural Law

 187) Who was the first chairman of the National Human

rights Commission?

a)J. A.S. Anand

b)J. J.S. Verma

c)J. K.G. Balakirshnan

d)J. Ranganath Mishra (Ans)

 188) When was the Human Rights Council established?

a)2006 (Ans)

b)2008

c)2000

d)1998

 189) Which sub-clause of the Human Rights Act defines

the term ?Human rights? in the Indian Human Rights
Act?

a)Section 2(A)

b)Section 2(D)

c)Section 2(C) (Ans)

d)Section 2(E)
 190) International Human Rights Day is celebrated every
year on?

a)24th October

b)10th December (Ans)

c)5th June

d)1st May

 191) The Human Rights Commission in States are

established under which of the following Law.

a)Constitution of India

b)Protection of Human Rights Act (Ans)

c)State Protection of Human Rights

d)The United Nations (Privileges and Immunities)

 192) UN principal organs are established under

............................of UDHR.

a)Article 7 (Ans)

b)Article 1

c)Article 4

d)Article 9

 193) The term refugee is defined under:

a)Article 2(A) of the Convention on the Status of

Refugees, 1951

b)Article 1 of the Convention on the Status of Refugees,

1951 (Ans)

c)Article 3 of the Convention on the Status of Refugees,

1951

d)Article 4 of the Convention on the Status of Refugees,

1951

 194) In which case it was held that even Non-Citizens are

entitled to right to life:
 a)National Human Rights Commission v. State of
Arunachal Pradesh (Ans)

b)P.U.C.I. v. Union of India

c)Ningamma v. Chikkaiah

d)Jagmaohan Singh v. Uttar Pradesh

 195) Under whose order a member of the NHRC can be

removed

a)President (Ans)

b)Prime Minister

c)Chief Justice

d)Chairperson of NHRC

 196) Including the Chairperson how many members will

be there in the State Human Rights Commission:

a)Three Members (Ans)

b)Eight Members

c)Six Members

d)Five Members

 197) While inquiring into the complaints under Human

Rights Act, 1993, the NHRC has the power equivalent to:

a)Central Administration Tribunal

b)Civil Court (Ans)

c)High Court

d)Supreme Court

 198) Section 21 of the Human Rights Act provides:

a)Establishing Human Rights Court

b)Dismissal of Member

c)Constitution of SHRC (Ans)

d)Appointment of Chairman for NHRC

 199) The Chairman of the National Commission on
Minorities shall be deemed member of:

a)Human Rights Council

b)Law Commission of India (Ans)

c)National Human Right Commission

d)International Law Commission

 200) Which one of the following have been described as

fourth generation of Human Rights?

a)Right to Life

b)Right to Environment

c)Right to Health

d)Right to Communication (Ans)