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Human Rights MCQ Ans
Human Rights MCQ Ans
A. individual rights
B. collective rights
C. political rights
D. economic rights
A. inherent right
C. absolute right
A. mahabharata
B. ramayana
C. emperor ashoka
D. emperor akbar
6. Which of the following thinkers did not give the idea of natural rights?
A. thombas hobbes
B. j.j. rousseau
C. john locke
D. jermy bentham
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
C. article 5
D. article 6
A. 1966
B. 1979
C. 1983
D. 1993
9. The Gandhian idea of individual rights was characterized within the framework of
A. human interdependence
C. socialist tradition
D. vedic tradition
A. 1993
B. 1950
C. 1919
D. 1935
A. manu
B. brihaspati
C. kautilya
D. aryabhatt
12. When the Convention on the Rights of the child was adopted by the UN General
Assembly?
13. ‘Convention on the Indigenous and Tribal peoples in independent countries’ was adopted
on the initiatives of
15. The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the Constitution
of
A. u.s.a.
B. u.k.
C. france
D. Switzerland
B. refugees
C. children
B. election commission
D. finance commission
A. branch of international law which provides protection to human beings from the
consequences of armed conflicts.
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.
A. 20 articles
B. 22 articles
C. 30 articles
D. 36 articles
20. Sacher Committee Report dealt with the issue of
21. Which of the following provisions articulate the constitutional vision of Justice in India?
C. fundamental duties
22. Which of the following is a seminal contribution of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights?
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.
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. When a person is arrested, the police cannot keep the accused in its custody for morethan
A. 36 hours
B. 24 hours
C. 12 hours
D. 48 hours
A. 1965-1974
B. 1985-1994
C. 1995-2004
D. 2000-2009
26. 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
B. unhcr
C. unido
D. ibrd
27. The United Nations convention on the right of persons with disabilities came into force in
A. 2007
B. 2008
C. 2009
D. 2010
28. The statement that “All human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and
interrelated” is associated with
29. ‘Apartheid’ term came to be linked with a practice of discrimination in which of the
following countries?
A. south africa
B. south america
C. tanzania
D. Mozambique
A. cedaw
A. minorities
C. torture
D. refugees
32. The Supreme Court of India expanded the reach of the Article 21 to also include the right
to livelihood in
33. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was established on
34. According to the Constitution of India, which one of the following rights cannot be taken
away during emergency?
A. right to speak
C. right to life
D. right to organize
A. 1948
B. 1947
C. 1958
D. 1950
A. comfort
B. convenience
D. guarantee of existence
B. governments should see that domestic laws confirm to the standards of human rights
instrument.
38. The Framers of the Indian Constitution borrowed the concept of Fundamental Rights
from the Constitution of
A. u.s.a.
B. u.k.
C. ireland
D. Canada
40. 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
D. article 14
A. vienna
B. princeton
C. the hague
D. delhi declaration
42. Mention the number of instruments included in the concept of the International Bill of
Rights?
A. four
B. six
C. three
D. five
A. constitutional body
B. statutory body
C. executive body
D. ngo
A. right to die
B. right to subsist
45. Which one of the following is not recognised by the UNHCR as a durable solution to
refugee problem?
A. burden sharing
B. voluntary repatriation
C. resettlement
D. local integration
46. 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)
47. Which of the following NGOs advocates for abolition of death penalty?
A. green peace
C. icrc
D. amnesty international
48. In which year Human Rights Council replaced the UN Commission of Human Rights?
A. 2001
B. 1993
C. 1958
D. 2006
A. 1994
B. 1998
C. 1950
D. 2008
50. Which one of the following rights is not protected under Article 27 of the ICCPR?
52. Which Article of UDHR concerns the Right to benefit from scientific advancement?
A. article 3
B. article 14
C. article 27
D. article 24
A. paris
B. geneva
C. the hague
D. brussels
54. 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
55. When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) made?
56. Who cannot be appointed as member of the National Human Rights Commission?
A. district judge
57. Mention the name of the instrument which set international standards of human rights
A. geneva convention
D. mandal case
59. Which international event resulted into the beginning of the international movement of
the contemporary concept of human rights?
A. incidents of discrimination
C. slavery
D. world war ii
60. Name the basic international instrument, which does not carry binding effect
A. magna carta
B. cedaw
D. geneva conventions
A. raphael lemkin
B. robert h. jackson
C. martin shaw
D. woodrow Wilson
62. 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
A. citizen’s rights
B. developmental rights
C. group rights
D. women’s rights
64. Who among the following defined rights as “those conditions of social life withoutwhich
no man can reacts in general, to be his best”?
A. harold j. laski
B. bernard bosanquet
C. leonard hobhouse
D. hurst hannum
65. In which case Supreme Court held that Parliament has no power to amend the
Fundamental Rights?
D. none of these
66. The protection of Human Rights Act in India was enacted in the year
A. 1993
B. 1994
C. 1995
D. 1996
A. tulliuscesero
B. jermy bentham
C. john finnis
D. karel vasak
A. unicef
B. unesco
C. wto
D. ilo
69. Which one of the following statements is not correct about the Refugees?
70. Who among the following propounded the modern principles of Natural Justice?
A. locke
B. j.s. mill
C. a.v. dicey
D. john rawals
71. 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
72. Which article of the Rome Statute of the ICC provides for individual criminal
responsibility?
A. 23
B. 24
C. 25
D. 26
73. Are there any limits to the application of Article 103 of the UN Charter?
D. no limits
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.
C. self-determination
D. freedom of religion
77. What is the legal nature of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
A. yes
B. no
79. Under what circumstances do human rights violations taking place outside the territoryof
ECHR Member States fall within the remit of the ECHR?
C. never
80. What is the rationale for the exhaustion of local remedies in international human rights?
81. 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
C. prohibition on torture
82. 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
C. echr
D. icc
83. Which of the following cases determined by the Human Rights Committee does not
dealwith the protection of minority rights under Article 27 of the ICCPR?
84. 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
C. trident v. france
85. 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. panam case
B. international covenant on civil and political rights and international covenant on economic,
social and cultural rights
87. 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
D. 1998
88. 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.
C. deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical
destruction in whole or in part.
A. torture
B. its jurisdiction applies to crimes that have been committed after the entry into force
of the rome statute