Human Rights And International Law Set 3
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This set of Human Rights and International Law Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Human Rights And International Law Set 3
Q1 | Which of the following is not a principle aim of the UN?
- to promote international law
- to facilitate co-operation among states
- to ensure world peace
- to ensure economic development for minorities
Q2 | Which Article of UDHR concerns the Right to benefit from scientific advancement?
- article 3
- article 14
- article 27
- article 24
Q3 | The International Criminal Court is located at
- paris
- geneva
- the hague
- brussels
Q4 | The Directive Principles of State Policy have been given in the Indian Constitution
- part – iii
- part – ii
- part – xiii
- part – iv
Q5 | When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) made?
- 10th december 1948
- 8th august 1956
- 20th june 1950
- 10th november 1942
Q6 | Who cannot be appointed as member of the National Human Rights Commission?
- district judge
- chief justice of any high court
- eminent scholar having expertise in the field of human rights.
- judge of the supreme court of india.
Q7 | Mention the name of the instrument which set international standards of human rights
- geneva convention
- european convention on human
- african charter on human rights & people’s rights
- arab charter on human rights
Q8 | Which case decided by the Indian Judiciary provided jurisprudential genesis forhuman rights development in India?
- m.c. mehta v. union of india
- maneka gandhi v. union of india
- visakha v. state of rajasthan
- mandal case
Q9 | Which international event resulted into the beginning of the international movement of the contemporary concept of human rights?
- incidents of discrimination
- inhuman treatment during tudor’s period
- slavery
- world war ii
Q10 | Name the basic international instrument, which does not carry binding effect
- magna carta
- cedaw
- universal declaration of human rights
- geneva conventions
Q11 | Who coined the term ‘Genocide’?
- raphael lemkin
- robert h. jackson
- martin shaw
- woodrow wilson
Q12 | Who of the following was the main mover behind the Universal Declaration of HumanRights?
- woodrow wilson
- franklin d. roosevelt
- thomas paine
- eleanor roosevelt
Q13 | Third Generation of Human Rights is also known as
- citizen’s rights
- developmental rights
- group rights
- women’s rights
Q14 | Who among the following defined rights as “those conditions of social life withoutwhich no man can reacts in general, to be his best”?
- harold j. laski
- bernard bosanquet
- leonard hobhouse
- hurst hannum
Q15 | In which case Supreme Court held that Parliament has no power to amend theFundamental Rights?
- golak nath case
- sajjan singh case
- shankari prasad case
- none of these
Q16 | The protection of Human Rights Act in India was enacted in the year
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
Q17 | Who introduced the concept of third generation Human Rights?
- tulliuscesero
- jermy bentham
- john finnis
- karel vasak
Q18 | Which one of the following is not a UN Agency?
- unicef
- unesco
- wto
- ilo
Q19 | Which one of the following statements is not correct about the Refugees?
- they are outside their country
- fear of persecution
- absence of national protection
- poverty as reason of being outside the country
Q20 | Who among the following propounded the modern principles of Natural Justice?
- locke
- j.s. mill
- a.v. dicey
- john rawals
Q21 | 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?
- genocide
- aggression
- enslavement
- killing members of the group
Q22 | Which article of the Rome Statute of the ICC provides for individual criminalresponsibility?
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
Q23 | Are there any limits to the application of Article 103 of the UN Charter?
- yes, it is limited by jus cogens norms
- yes, it is limited by treaties
- yes, it is limited by the pronouncements of the icj
- no limits
Q24 | Which of the following is not a regional human rights instruments?
- the african charter on human and peoples’ rights for africa
- the american convention on human rights for the americas
- the european convention on human rights for europe
- the convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination
Q25 | What is a derogation?
- to follow a variation of certain human rights on a regional level.
- 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.
- violation of human rights by the executive.
- suspension of human rights during a public emergency