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a) Article 1
b) Article 3
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
c) 1983
d) 1993
9) The Gandhian idea of individual rights was characterized within the framework of
a) Human interdependence
b) European liberal tradition
c) Socialist tradition
d) Vedic tradition
10) When did India enact positive law on human rights?
a) 1993
b) 1950
c) 1919
d) 1935
11) inter-state relations in ancient India was a contribution of
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?
a) on 18th March 1992
b) on 24th January 1982
c) on 20th November 1989
d) on 10th December 1999
13)
adopted on the initiatives of
a) World Health Organization
b) International Labour Organization
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
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.
b) U.K.
c) France
d) Switzerland
16) The Cortagena Declaration of 1984 deals with
a) Women
b) Refugees
c) Children
d) Persons with Disability
17) Article 340 of the Indian Constitution deals with
a) Backward Classes Commission
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.
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
d) 36 Articles
20) Sacher Committee Report dealt with the issue of
a) Socio-Economic Development of Muslims
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
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
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) Recom
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)
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
c) 12 hours
d) 48 hours
26) United Nations decade for Human Rights Education was
a) 1965-1974
b) 1985-1994
c) 1995-2004
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
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
d) 2010
29)
a) Harold J. Laski
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
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
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
76) Which one of the following is not a UN Agency?
a) UNICEF
b) UNESCO
c) WTO
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
78) Who among the following propounded the modern principles of Natural Justice?
a) Locke
b) J.S. Mill
c) A.V. Dicey
d) John Rawals
Answer: (C)
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
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
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,
but its task cannot go beyond that.
c) The ICJ was founded to work towards the progressive development and codification of
international law.
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
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?
Answer Keys
1: c) Human beings are rational beings.
2: c) Human rights are Constitutional.
3: b) Collective Rights
4: c) Absolute right
5: c) Emperor Ashoka
6: d) Jermy Bentham
7: b) Article 3
8: b) 1979
9: a) Human interdependence
10: a) 1993
11: c) Kautilya
12: c) on 20th November 1989
13: b) International Labour Organization
14: b) Sexual violence against women at workplace
15: a) U.S.A.
16: b) Refugees
17: a) Backward Classes Commission
18: a) Branch of International law which provides protection to human beings from the
consequences of armed conflicts
19: c) 30 Articles
20: a) Socio-Economic Development of Muslims
21: b) Directive Principles of State policy
22: b) International standard setting on human rights
24: a) (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
25: b) 24 hours
26: c) 1995-2004
27: a) UNESCO
28: c) 2009
29: c) Vienna Conference 1993
30: a) South Africa
31: b) Convention against torture
32: d) Refugees
33: b) Olga Tellis case
34: b) ii iv i iii
35: a) 10th December 1946
36: c) Right to life
37: a) 1948
38: c) Decent, civilized and dignified life
39: c) Human Rights are interdependent but hierarchical
40: a) U.S.A.
41: d) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
42: c) Article 12
43: b) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
44: d) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
45: a) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
46: b) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
47: b) Princeton
48: d) Five
49: b) Statutory body
50: c) Right to life and personal liberty
51: a) Burden sharing
52: d) Article 2(iv)
53: d) Amnesty International
54: d) 2006
55: b) 1998
56: d) To participate in political process.
57: d) To ensure economic development for minorities
58: c) Article 27
59: c) The Hague
60: d) Part IV
61: a) 10th December 1948
62: a) District Judge
63: a) Geneva Convention
64: b) Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
65: d) World War II
66: c) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
67: a) Raphael Lemkin
68: b) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
69: a) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
70: d) Eleanor Roosevelt
71: c) Group Rights
72: a) Harold J. Laski
73: a) Golak Nath Case
74: a) 1993
75: d) Karel Vasak
76: c) WTO
77: d) Poverty as reason of being outside the country
78: c) A.V. Dicey
79: c) Enslavement
80: c) 25
81: c) The ICJ was founded to work towards the progressive development and codification of
international law.
82: a) Yes, it is limited by jus cogens norms
83: d) The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
84: 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.
85: c) Self-determination
86: a) It is a UN General Assembly resolution.
87: b) No
88: d) Where a Member State exercises effective control
89: c) Both (a) and (b)
90: d) Right to fair trial
91: b) PCIJ
92: c) The Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community case
93: a) Selmouni v. France
94: a) Pan Am case
95: c) Both (a) and (b)
96: c) 2006
97: d) All of the above.
98: d) All of the above.
99: d) Forcibly transferring children of one group to another group
100: b) Its jurisdiction applies to crimes that have been committed after the entry into force of
the Rome Statute