History Of Human Rights Movements Set 1

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This set of History of Human Rights Movements Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on History Of Human Rights Movements Set 1

Q1 | Rights for all members of the human family were first articulated in ………………. in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR).
  • 1938
  • 1948
  • 1958
  • 1968
Q2 | Rights for all members of the human family were first articulated in 1948 inthe …………….Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
  • united nations’
  • american
  • babylonian
  • britain
Q3 | The ……………. articles of the Declaration together form a comprehensivestatement covering economic, social, cultural, political, and civil rights.
  • 30
  • 33
  • 35
  • 38
Q4 | The Hindu Vedas, the Babylonian Code of……………., the Bible, the Quran(Koran), and the Analects of Confucius are five of the oldest written sources which address questions of people’s duties, rights, and responsibilities.
  • hammurabi
  • jimmy carter
  • nelson mandela
  • vaclav havel
Q5 | In addition, the Inca and Aztec codes of conduct and justice and an IroquoisConstitution were Native …………..sources that existed well before the 18th century.
  • american
  • french
  • indian
  • spanish
Q6 | Documents asserting individual rights, such the Magna Carta
  • 1215
  • 1216
  • 1218
  • 1315
Q7 | The English Bill of Rights……………
  • 1669
  • 1679
  • 1689
  • 1789
Q8 | The French Declaration on the Rights of Man and Citizen
  • 1789
  • 1796
  • 1799
  • 1879
Q9 | The …………….Constitution and Bill of Rights (1791) are the writtenprecursors to many of today’s human rights documents.
  • us
  • indian
  • french
  • pakistan
Q10 | In ……… countries established the International Labor Organization (ILO) tooversee treaties protecting workers with respect to their rights, including their health and safety.
  • 1919
  • 1929
  • 1939
  • 1949
Q11 | Concern over the protection of certain minority groups was raised by the …………………
  • league of nations
  • uno
  • washington conference
  • moscow conference
Q12 | The League floundered because the United States refused to join andbecause the League failed to prevent Japan’s invasion of China and Manchuria in …………………..
  • 1921
  • 1931
  • 1936
  • 1941
Q13 | ………….attack on Ethiopia 1935.
  • italy’s
  • germany’s
  • japan’s
  • britain’s
Q14 | The Second World War broke out in ………….
  • 1914
  • 1934
  • 1939
  • 1945
Q15 | The extermination by Nazi ……………of over six million Jews, Sinti andRomani (gypsies), homosexuals, and persons with disabilities horrified the world.
  • germany
  • italy
  • america
  • sweden
Q16 | Trials were held in …………….and Tokyo after World War II, and officialsfrom the defeated countries were punished for committing war crimes, "crimes against peace," and "crimes against humanity.
  • nuremberg
  • cairo
  • peking
  • moscow
Q17 | The San Francisco meeting that drafted the United Nations Charter in ………………………
  • 1915
  • 1925
  • 1935
  • 1945
Q18 | On December 10, ……………., the Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR)was adopted by the 56 members of the United Nations.
  • 1928
  • 1938
  • 1948
  • 1958
Q19 | The……………., commonly referred to as the international Magna Carta,extended the revolution in international law ushered in by the United Nations Charter – namely, that how a government treats its own citizens is now a matter of legitimate international concern, and not simply a domestic issue.
  • udhr
  • icescr
  • unifem
  • unesco
Q20 | Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees was held in …………
  • 1921
  • 1931
  • 1951
  • 1957
Q21 | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination againstWomen was held in ……………………..
  • 1929
  • 1939
  • 1949
  • 1979
Q22 | Convention on the Rights of the Child held in ………………
  • 1939
  • 1949
  • 1959
  • 1989
Q23 | African states have created their own Charter of Human and People’s Rightsin …………………
  • 1951
  • 1961
  • 1981
  • 1989
Q24 | Muslim states have created the …………….Declaration on Human Rights inIslam (1990).
  • cairo
  • tehran
  • washington
  • peking
Q25 | NGO activities surrounding the 1995 United Nations Fourth WorldConference on Women in Beijing, …………., drew unprecedented attention to serious violations of the human rights of women.
  • china
  • japan
  • america
  • britain