Human Rights and International Law MCQs [set-3]
51. 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
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Answer: D
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52. Which Article of UDHR concerns the Right to benefit from scientific
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B. article 14
C. article 27
D. article 24
Answer: C
53. The International Criminal Court is located at
A. paris
B. geneva
C. the hague
D. brussels
Answer: C
54. The Directive Principles of State Policy have been given in the Indian
Constitution
A. part – iii
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B. part – ii
C. part – xiii
D. part – iv
Answer: D
55. When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) made?
A. 10th december 1948
B. 8th august 1956
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C. 20th june 1950
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D. 10th november 1942
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56. Who cannot be appointed as member of the National Human Rights
Commission?
A. district judge
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.
Answer: A
57. Mention the name of the instrument which set international standards
of human rights
A. geneva convention
B. european convention on human
C. african charter on human rights & people’s rights
D. arab charter on human rights
Answer: A
58. Which case decided by the Indian Judiciary provided jurisprudential
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genesis for human rights development in India?
A. m.c. mehta v. union of india
B. maneka gandhi v. union of india
C. visakha v. state of rajasthan
D. mandal case
Answer: B
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59. Which international event resulted into the beginning of the
international movement of the contemporary concept of human rights?
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A. incidents of discrimination
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D. world war ii
Answer: D
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60. Name the basic international instrument, which does not carry binding
effect
A. magna carta
B. cedaw
C. universal declaration of human rights
D. geneva conventions
Answer: C
61. Who coined the term ‘Genocide’?
A. raphael lemkin
B. robert h. jackson
C. martin shaw
D. woodrow wilson
Answer: A
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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
Answer: D
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63. Third Generation of Human Rights is also known as
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A. citizen’s rights
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B. developmental rights
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C. group rights
D. women’s rights
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Answer: C
64. 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
B. bernard bosanquet
C. leonard hobhouse
D. hurst hannum
Answer: A
65. In which case Supreme Court held that Parliament has no power to
amend the Fundamental Rights?
A. golak nath case
B. sajjan singh case
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C. shankari prasad case
D. none of these
Answer: A
66. The protection of Human Rights Act in India was enacted in the year
A. 1993
B. 1994
C. 1995
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D. 1996
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67. Who introduced the concept of third generation Human Rights?
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B. jermy bentham
C. john finnis
D. karel vasak
Answer: D
68. Which one of the following is not a UN Agency?
A. unicef
B. unesco
C. wto
D. ilo
Answer: C
69. Which one of the following statements is not correct about the
Refugees?
A. they are outside their country
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B. fear of persecution
C. absence of national protection
D. poverty as reason of being outside the country
Answer: D
70. Who among the following propounded the modern principles of Natural
Justice?
A. locke
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B. j.s. mill
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D. john rawals
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Answer: C
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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
D. killing members of the group
Answer: C
72. Which article of the Rome Statute of the ICC provides for individual
criminal responsibility?
A. 23
B. 24
C. 25
D. 26
Answer: C
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73. 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
Answer: A
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74. Which of the following is not a regional human
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A. the african charter on human and peoples’ rights for africa
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B. the american convention on human rights for the americas
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C. the european convention on human rights for europe
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D. the convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination
Answer: D
75. 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.
C. violation of human rights by the executive.
D. suspension of human rights during a public emergency
Answer: B
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