Human Rights And International Law Set 3 MCQs

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