School of Distance Education
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
(2019 Admissionn onwards)
V Semester (Open Course)
HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA
(For the UG candidates with Core course other than Politcal Science)
QUESTION BANK
1. Human Rights entitles to…..
A) Comfort B) Convenience C) Decent, Civilised and Dignified life
D) Guarantee of Existence
2).Article 21 of the Indian Constituion provides for
A) Right to die. B) Right to subsist. C) Right to life and Personal Liberty.
D) Right to lively and liberal life.
3. The framers of the Indian Cnstituion borrowed the concept of Fundemental rights from the
constituition of ..?
A) USA B) UK C) Ireland D) Canada
4). UN Charter had been adopted at San Francisco on
A) June 23,1945 B) June 25, 1945 C) June 27, 1945 D) June 29, 1945
5).Which of the following is not correct
A) Human rights are universal B) Human rights are subjective C) Human
rights are constitutional D) Human rights are incontrovertible
6).Right to Education is guaranteed under Article
A)14 B) 19 C) 21-A D)21
7). The protection of Human Rights Acts in India was enacted in the year
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A)1993 B) 1994 C) 1995 D)1996
8).The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on
A) December 1, 1948 B) December 10, 1948 C) December 11,1948
D) December 31, 1948
9).Which of the following is not a UN agency
A) IMF B)ICRC C)UNESCO D) ILO
10).When was International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights passed ?
A)1966 B)1990 C) 1956 D)1986
11).Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction was written by
A)Harold J Laski B) V R Krishna Iyer C) Upendra Baxi
D) Andrew Clapham
12). Generally rights are classified in to civil……rights
A) Social B) Economic C) Political D) Cultural
13). Fundamental rigts are … rights
A ) Not justiciable rights B) Moral rights C) Justiciable rights
D) Legal rights
14).Article 17 of Indian Constitution deals with
A)Abolition of Untouchability B)Abolition of Titles
C) Right to freedom D) Right to religion
15). According to…theory of rights, rights are the creation of the state
A) Marxist B) Liberal C) Western D) Legal
16). The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC ) was founded in
A) October 12, 1993 B) September 18, 1993 C) September 22, 1993
D) September 28, 1993
17). When was the Protection of Human Rights Acts passed in India?
A)2003 B)1993 C)2005 D1997)
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18). The Magna Carta was signed in the year
A)1340 B)1251 C)1215 D)1420
19). The SCs and STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act passed in …..
A) 11th September, 1989 B) 12th September,1989 C) 21st September,
1989 D) 22nd September, 1989
20). UN observed International Year of Women in ........ ?
A)1995 B) 1980 C) 1990 D)1975
21).When was the Protection of Women from the Domestic Violence Act enacted in India
A) 2003 B) 2002 C) 2005 D)2006
22). "All human beings are born equal in dignity and rights" : In which document this
statement contain?
A) ICCPR B) ICESCR C) UDHR D)NHRC
23). Article 29 and Artcle 30 of Indian constitution provides for
A) Social and Political rights B) Cultural and Educational rights
C) Religious and Cultural rights D) Economic and Legal rights
24). How many articles in the UDHR
A) 30 B)40 C)50 D)60
25). Public Interest Litigation means
A) Litigation for the protection of the public interest
B) Litigation for the protection of the private interest
C) Litigation for the protection of the religious interest
D) Litigation for the protection of the social interest
26).Which Writ is used the court , directing to a person to perform to public duties
A)Mandamus B) Certiorari C) Habeous Corpus D) Prohibition
27).Who criticised Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of the bourgeoisie
ideology
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A) Rousseau B) John Locke C) Hegel D) Karl Marx
28). Human rights are a….
A) Eastern Cultural concept B) Western Cultural concept
C) Third world concept D) Marxian concept
29). "Right is a claim recognised by the society and enforced by the state", who said?
A) Herbert Spencer B) Harold Laski
C) T.H Green D) Robert Dahl
30).Liberty, Equality, Fraternity are the slogans of..
A) American Revolution B) French Revolution
C) Russian Revolution D)Glorious Revolution
31). Right to Life is guaranteed in Indian Constitution in article.
A)19 B)21 C)28 D)32
32). Right to Resistance is a …….
A) Civil and Political B) Economic C)Social D)Political
33). Legal Theory of Rights was propounded by
A) Rudolf Von Ihering B) Grotious C)John Austin d) Lock
34). Who was the first person to use the term Dalit in the context of Dalit movement in India
A) Mahatma Gandhi B) B R Ambedkar
C) Narayana Guru D) Jyotiba Phule
35). Which is the first document of Human Rights ?
A) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
B) Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide
C) Protocol amending the Slavery convention
D) Bill of Rights
36.) United Nations Decade for Women was established?
A) 1985-1995 B) 1995-2005 C)1976-1985 D)1965-1975
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37). Which World Conference on Women discussed domestic violence as an important
matter ?
A) Copenhagen B) Mexico C) Nairobi D) Beijing
38) National Women Commission is a............. body
A) Satutory B) Constituinal C) Executive D) Judicial
39) Which Article of the Protection of Human Rights Act prescribes for human rights courts?
A) Article 12 B) Article 16 C) Article 32 D) Article 13
40) Who should be the Chairman of the NHRC ?
A) Supreme Court Judge B) Supreme Court Chief Justice
C) High Court Chief Justice D) High Court Judge
41). Who appoint the Chairman of the NHRC ?
A) Prime Minister B) Supreme Court Chief justice
C) President of India D) None of these
42) Human Rights are for men to live as a ..... ?
A) Citizen B) Human being C) Superman D) Ordinary man
43).Which among the following is a Third Generation Right
A) Cultural Rights B) Environmental Rights
C) Political Rights D) Economic Rights
44). ILO was formed in the year…..
A)1945 B)1920 C) 1950 D)1919
45) How many Human Rights Treaty Bodies are there?
A) 6 B) 8 C)9 D)7
46) Right to Peace is a….generation right
A) Third Generation B) Second Generation
C) First Generation D) None of these
47).When was the Vienna Declaration and Programme of action?
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A) 1976 B) 1980 C) 1993 D) 1978
48).When was the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act passed?
A) 2005 B) 2009 C) 2002 D) 2011
49). Right to Family is ensured in article …of UDHR
A) 21 B) 14 C) 28 D) 32
50). Who is the exponent of Ideal Theory of Rights ?
A) Bentham B) Hobbes C) T H Green D) Rousseau
Answers
1.C, 2.C,3.A,4.B,5.B,6.C,7.A,8.B,9.B,10.A,
11.D,12.C,13.D,14.A,15.D,16.A,17.B,18.C,19.A,20.D,
21.C,22.C,23.B,24.A,25.A,26.A, 27.D,28.B,29.B,30.B,
31.B,32.A,33.A,34.D,35.A,36.C,37.A, 38. A, 39. C, 40. B,
41.C,42.B,43.B,44.D, 45.A, 46.A,47.C, 48.C,49.D,50.C
Prepared by:
FATHIMA MUHAMMED
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
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