History Of Human Rights Movements Set 8

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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 8

Q1 | ..............was born 1 April 1940 in the Nyeri District in the centralhighlands of Kenya.
  • wangari maathai
  • nelson mandela
  • dr. b.r. ambedkar
  • jody williams
Q2 | In ................., Wangari Maathai returned to Nairobi where she became thefirst East African women to receive a Ph.D - which she gained it in veterinary anatomy.
  • 1949
  • 1969
  • 1972
  • 1975
Q3 | Maathai led a movement to plant trees throughout ............... This becameknown as the Green Belt movement.
  • maharashtra
  • gujarat
  • kenya
  • austria
Q4 | The Green Belt movement was supported by the ............... Forestry Societyand Maathai later gained a job as coordinator.
  • norwegian
  • austrian
  • american
  • france
Q5 | In the early 1980s, ............... was elected chairman of the National Councilof Women of Kenya (NCWK).
  • maathai
  • jody williams
  • shirin ebadi
  • betty williams
Q6 | The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the ViennaDeclaration and Programme of Action in................., in terms of which the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was established.
  • 1953
  • 1963
  • 1973
  • 1993
Q7 | In ................, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights wasreplaced with the United Nations Human Rights Council for the enforcement of international human rights law.
  • 2006
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2011
Q8 | Pursuant to Article 63, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rightscame into effect on October 21, .............., in honour of which October 21 was declared African Human Rights Day.
  • 1986
  • 1988
  • 1993
  • 1996
Q9 | The Inter-American Court of Human Rights was established in ................ with the purpose of enforcing and interpreting the provisions of theAmerican Convention on Human Rights.
  • 1979
  • 1985
  • 1987
  • 1989
Q10 | The Council of Europe, founded in ..............., is the oldest organisationworking for European integration. The seat of the Council is in Strasbourg in France.
  • 1949
  • 1953
  • 1956
  • 1959
Q11 | The Council of Europe, founded in 1949, is the oldest organisation workingfor European integration. The seat of the Council is in Strasbourg in ........
  • france
  • austria
  • britain
  • spain
Q12 | In 1998, Augusto Pinochet was arrested in ........... following an indictmentby Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón under the universal-jurisdiction principle.
  • london
  • maharashtra
  • gujarat
  • allahabad
Q13 | ................ in his classic ‘A Grammar of Politics’ observed that every state isknown by the rights that it maintains.
  • harold j. laski
  • dr. b.r. ambedkar
  • nelson mandela
  • namdev dhasal
Q14 | ..................., the architect of the Indian Constitution, categorically statedin the Constituent Assembly that rights of minorities should be absolute rights.
  • dr.
  • r. ambedkar b) nelson mandela
  • durgabai deshmukh
  • kamaladevi chattopadhyaya
Q15 | Dalit Panther is a social organization, founded by ................. in April 1972in Mumbai.
  • namdev dhasal
  • nelson mandela
  • durgabai deshmukh
  • kamaladevi chattopadhyaya
Q16 | ............... is inspired by Black Panther Party, a revolutionary movementamongst African-Americans, which emerged in the United States and functioned from 1966-1982.
  • dalit panther
  • nelson mandela
  • durgabai deshmukh
  • kamaladevi chattopadhyaya
Q17 | Bhils of Khandesh revolted against the ............ occupation in 1818.
  • british
  • french
  • chinese
  • spanish
Q18 | Pahariyas Revolt in ............... 1778
  • jharkhand
  • chhattisgarh
  • bihar
  • uttarghand
Q19 | Kol Uprisings in ................. 1784- 85
  • maharastra
  • chhattisgarh
  • bihar
  • jharkhand
Q20 | The Ulgulam was led by .............during 1895-1900 in Jharkhand.
  • nelson mandela
  • birsa munda
  • durgabai deshmukh
  • kamaladevi chattopadhyaya
Q21 | Bhagat movement was centred on the Oran tribes of Chhotangapur in .......
  • jharkhand
  • maharashtra
  • gujarat
  • allahabad
Q22 | The Kukis of ............... revolted in 1917 under the leadership of Jadonangand his niece, Rani Gaidinliu.
  • gujarat
  • lahore
  • manipur
  • maharashtra
Q23 | In Bengal, ................., a prominent Brahmo Samaj leader, started awoman’s journal, held prayer meetings for women and developed educational programmes for women.
  • keshub chandra sen
  • ram mohan roy
  • ishwarchandra vidyasagar
  • r.g. bhandarkar
Q24 | Swarnakumari Devi formed the Ladies Society in .............. in 1882 foreducating and imparting skills to widows and other poor women to make them economically self reliant.
  • calcutta
  • pune
  • lahore
  • allahabad