UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT

SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

VI SEM UG HISTORY

HIS6 B19

HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Course Category: Elective Course 4

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Protection of Human Rights Act in India was enacted in the year
(A)1991
(B)1992
(C)1993
(D)1994
2. Which one of the following categories of Fundamental Rights incorporates ‘Abolition of
untouchability’?
(A)Right to Equality
(B)Right to Religion
(C)Right to freedom
(D)Right against exploitation
3. Fundamental Duties are contained in
(A)Part IV Article 51 A
(B)Part IV Article 51B
(C)Part IV Article 19
(D)Part IV Article 21

4. Who coined the term ‘Genocide’?

(A)Jefferson
(B) Thomas Melton
(C)Andrew Frazer
(D)Raphael Lemkin
5. Which one of the following is not a UN agency?
(A)UNICEF
(B)UNESCO
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(C)League of Nations
(D)ILO
6. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on
(A)December 10, 1948
(B)December 20 ,1948
(C)December 13, 1948
(D)December 14, 1948
7. Helsinki Declaration, 1964 is concerned with
(A) Prevention of War
(B) Nuclear Energy
(C) Child Labour
(D) Human Experimentation
8. Right to Education is guaranteed under Article
(A) 21
(B) 21A
(C) 22
(D) 22A
9. Which amendment introduced the word ‘secular’ in the preamble of Indian Constitution?
(A)46th
(B)42nd
(C)43rd
(D)44th
10. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a landmark document was adopted by
(A)UNESCO
(B)UNO
(C)UNICEF
(D)ILO
11. Where was the Universal Declaration adopted?
(A)New York
(B)London
(C)Paris
(D)Canada
12. How many articles does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights contain?
(A)20
(B)30
(C)40
(D)50
13. Human Rights Day is observed on?
(A)December 5
(B)December 10
(C)December 15

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(D)December 20
14. When did the National Human Rights Commission of India constituted?
(A)1991
(B)1992
(C)1993
(D)1994
15. Who appoint the Chairman of the NHRC?
(A)Prime Minister
(B)President of India
(C)Vice President
(D)Supreme Court Chief Justice
16. What is the retirement age of the Chairman of the NHRC?
(A)50
(B)60
(C)70
(D)80
17. National Human Rights Commission in India was established under
(A)The Protection of Human Rights Act 1993
(B)UN Commission on Human Rights
(C)The Human Rights Act 1990
(D)None of the Above
18. Under whose chairman ship the ‘Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted?
(A)Joseph Tito
(B)Sukarno
(C)Joseph Stalin
(D)Roosevelt
19. In which century human rights became a central concern over the issue of slavery?
(A)16th century
(B)17th Century
(C)18th century
(D)19th century
20. Who of the following is not included in the committee constituted for the appointment of
the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission?
(A) President
(B)Prime Minister
(C)Lok Sabha Speaker
(D)Leader of the main opposition Party
21. National human Rights Commission is a
(A)Statutory Body
(B)Constitutional Body
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(D)Both A&C
22. Where is the headquarters of National Human Rights Commission?
(A)Bombay
(B)Ahmadabad
(C)Delhi
(D)Madras
23. In which of the following year, the Declaration of the rights of child was passed by the
UN?
(A)1949
(B)1959
(C)1969
(D)1979
24. Who is the current chairman of National Human Rights Commission?
(A)Justice H.L. Dattu
(B)Justice Malhotra
(C)Arun Kumar Mishra
(D)Justice R. Tripati
25. What is the full form of UNHCR?
(A)United Nations Child Rights
(B)United Nations Health Commissioner for Refugees
(C)United Nations Human Commissioner for Refugees
(D)United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
26. The tenure of the Chair Man of National Human Rights Commission?
(A) 4years or up to 70 years
(B) 5 Years or up to 70 years
(C) 6 Years or up to 70 years
(D) 7 years or up to 70 years
27. The NHRC consist of a Chairman and
(A) 4 members
(B) 5 Members
(C) 6 Members
(D) 7 members
28. Where is an International Criminal Court located?
(A)Geneva
(B)The Hague
(C)London
(D)Paris
29. Which of these books are written b Rousseau?
(A)The Social Contract
(B)The Social Theory
(C)The Political Theory

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(D) The Spirit of the laws

30. Freedom from Torture is
(A)Absolute right
(B)Derogable right
(C)Inherent Right
(D)None of the Above
31. The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the constitution
of
(A)U. K
(B)U. S. A
(C)France
(D)Switzerland
32. ‘Apartheid’ term came to be linked with a practice of discrimination in which of the
following countries?
(A)South Africa
(B) South America
(C)Tanzania
(D)Mozambique
33. The framers of Indian Constitution borrowed the concept of Fundamental Rights from the
Constitution of
(A)U. K
(B)U. S.A
(C)Ireland
(D)Canada
34. In which year Human Rights Council replaced the UN Commission of Human Rights?
(A)2001
(B)1993
(C)1958
(D)2006
35. Right to health means
(A)Right to be healthy
(B)Right to an effective and integrated health system
(C)Right to food
(D)Right to nutrition
36. International Labour Organisation was established in the year
(A)1917
(B)1918
(C)1919
(D)1920
37. Which of the following is false?
(A) Apartheid grew out of segregation ideology.

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(B) Apartheid is an expansion and intensification of segregation.

(C) The White Government adopted Apartheid Policy
(D) Apartheid system in South Africa was ended in 1960
38. Which of the following is false?
(A) Discrimination is prohibited with regard to the enjoyment of all rights.
(B) Discrimination is also central to the concept of genocide.
(C) The ban on discrimination was limited to the enjoyment of the other rights in the
Declaration
(D) Discrimination stems from understanding
39. South Africa abolished the death penalty as a result of its Constitutional Court’s
determination in
(A)1990
(B)1992
(C)1995
(D)1996
40. Which is considered as the first charter of liberty?
(A)Magna Carta of 1215
(B) Petition of Right
(C) Charters of Liberty
(D)Habeas Corpus
41. Which one of the following is a written proclamation by Henry I of England?
(A) Magna Carta of 1215
(B) Petition of Right
(C) Charters of Liberty
(D) Habeas Corpus
42. Charters of Liberty are steps towards the realization and implementation of
(A)Human Rights
(B)Discrimination
(C)Bill of Rights
(D)Habeas Corpus
43. Which one of the following is considered as a landmark document in English legal History
and a forerunner of Magna Carta?
(A) Magna Carta of 1215
(B) Petition of Right
(C) Habeas Corpus
(D) Charters of Liberty
44. Which of the following is known as the ‘Coronation Charter’?
(A)Magna Carta of 1215
(B)Charters of Liberty
(C)Habeas Corpus
(D)Petition of Right

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45. Magna Carta of 1215 is a contract between the English King John and
(A)the Barons
(B)the Burins
(C)the Barolins
(D)the Burthes
46. Who was involved Petition of Right?
(A) Charles I
(B) Charles II
(C) Charles III
(D) Charles IV
47. When did Charlse I agree to the petition of Right?
(A)1621
(B)1624
(C)1628
(D)1630
48. Which one the following is a Parliamentary declaration in which freedoms of people
were dealt with?
(A)Habeas Corpus
(B) Petition of Right
(C)Magna Carta of 1215
(D)Charters of Liberty
49. Habeas Corpus Act was enacted by
(A)Charles I
(B)Charles II
(C)Charles III
(D)Charles IV
50. Which Act was officially titled as an act for the better securing the Liberty of the subject
for Prevention of Imprisonment Beyond the Seas?
(A)The Bill of Rights
(B)Charters of Liberty
(C)Habeas Corpus
(D)Petition of Rights
51. Habeas Corpus Act was enacted by Charles II in
(A)1679
(B)1680
(C)1681
(D)1682
52. The concept of Human Rights has spread worldwide only after
(A)the establishment of United Nations Organisation
(B)the establishment of Amnesty International
(C)the establishment of Human Rights Commission

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(D)the establishment of League of Nations

53. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen followed in

(A)1788
(B)1789
(C)1790
(D)1791
54. Who said man is born free in chains everywhere?
(A)John Locke
(B)Rousseau
(C)Voltaire
(D)Jeremy Bentham
55. When did Rousseau publishes ‘the Social Contract’?
(A)1760
(B)1761
(C)1762
(D)1764
56. Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense?
(A)Rousseau
(B)Jeremy Bentham
(C)Thomas Paine
(D)Karl Marx
57. Who wrote the book ‘Right of Man’?
(A)Rousseau
(B)Thomas Paine
(C)Jeremy Bentham
(D)Voltaire
58. When was United Nations Organization formed?
(A)24th October 1945
(B)25th November 1945
(C)24th December 1945
(D)24th September 1945
59. Which one of the following is the founding document of the United Nations
Organization?
(A)Charter of Liberty
(B)UN Charter
(C)Bill of Rights
(D)Declaration of Human Rights
60. United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was established in
(A)1946
(B)1947

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(C)1948
(D)1949
61. United nations High commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was established by the
General Assembly on
(A)1st January 1951
(B)1st February 1951
(C)1st March 1951
(D)1st April 1951
62. The head office of International Labour Organisation is situated at
(A)France
(B)Geneva
(C)England
(D)New York
63. Which coined the term United Nations?
(A)Franklin Roosevelt
(B)Joseph Stalin
(C)Karl Marx
(D)Voltaire
64. What is the term of United Nations Security Council?
(A)3 years
(B)4 years
(C)5 years
(D)6 years
65. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ covers human
rights in areas
(A)including education, food, housing, and health care
(B)including women rights, and child care
(C)including employment, empowerment and liberty
(D)including poverty, unemployment and slavery
66. Who is the founder of Amnesty International?
(A)Peter Thomas
(B)Peter Benenson
(C)Albert Franklin
(D)Thomas Jefferson
67. Who was the first General Secretary of United Nations organization?
(A)Romesh Bhandari
(B)V. K Krishna Menon
(C)Trygve Lie
(D)Joseph Stalin
68. When was Amnesty International founded?
(A)1960

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(B)1961
(C)1962
(D)1963
69. Where was Amnesty International founded
(A)U. S. A
(B)U. K
(C)France
(D)Geneva
70. Where is the Human Rights Watch located?
(A)Geneva
(B)New York
(C)Singapore
(D)France
71. In 1934, the idea of the Constituent Assembly for India was put forwarded for the first
time by
(A)M.N. Roy
(B)Nehru
(C)Ambedkar
(D)Gandhi
72. Who described the preamble as the ‘political horoscope of the constitution’?
(A)B. R Ambedkar
(B)K.M. Munshi
(C)Jawaharlal Nehru
(D)Gandhi
73. Which is not a Fundamental Rights?
(A)Right to Right to Equality,
(B) Right to Freedom,
(C)Right against Exploitation,
(D)Right to Property
74. The concept of equality before law is equivalent to the second element of the concept of
the ‘rule of law’ propounded by
(A)A.V. Dicey
(B)K.M.Munshi
(C)V. K Krishna Menon
(D)S.V. Chaudhuri
75. Habeas Corpus literally means
(A)To have the body of
(B)To have the body with
(C)To have the no body of
(D)To have the no body with
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(A)Negative writ
(B)curative writ
(C)Positive writ
(D) Tentative writ
77. Which is not a part of the Constitution?
(A)Fundamental Rights
(B)Directive Principles
(C)Fundamental Duties
(D)Universal Adult Franchise
78. The Directive Principles of State Policy are enumerated in
(A)Part I of the Constitution
(B)Part II of the Constitution
(C)Part III of the Constitution
(D)Part IV of the constitution.
79. The Parliament of India passed Untouchability Act in
(A)1952 (C)1955
(B)1954 (D)1960
80. Which of the following is false?
(A) The word ‘Adivasi’ means original inhabitants
(B) The Aryans conquered some Adivasis and made them slaves.
(C) It is believed that the Adivasis were already present in the Indian subcontinent
(D) The Egyptians conquered some Adivasis and made them slaves
81. The construction of independent India’s first steel plant began in 1956, in
(A)Rourkela
(B)Bombay
(C)Meghalaya
(D)Sourashtra
82. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Baderkhol Wildlife Sanctuary Project was planned
for the Jashpur area in
(A)Jaipur
(B)Tambaram
(C)Rainagar
(D) Raigarh
83. When did parliament passed the Armed Forces Special Powers Act?
(A)1953 (C)1956
(B)1954 (D)1958
84. Who of the following has continuously been on fast against the Armed Forces Act of
1958?
(A)Khomo
(B)Irom Sarmila
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(D)Mahasweta Devi
85. Who is known as iron lady of India?
(A)Mahaswetha Devi
(B)Lakshmi Devi
(C)Daya Bai
(D)Irom Sarmila
86. Who said “I am not a spirit, I have a body. It has a metabolism.”?
(A)Gandhi
(B)Daya Bai
(C)Irom Sarmila
(D)Khomo
87. Which of the following thinkers did not give the idea of natural rights?
(A)Thomas Hobbes
(B)Rousseau
(C)John Locke
(D)Jeremy Bentham
88. Which one of the following is not considered as crime against humanity?
(A)Torture
(B)Rape
(C)religious persecution
(D)Forcibly transferring children from one group to another
89. Who is the ultimate guardian of the human rights of the people?
(A)Legislative
(B)Executive
(C)Judiciary
(D)None of the Above
90. The Right to Education (RTE) Act was announced by
(A)Dr. Manmohun Singh
(B)Dr. A. P.J. Abdhul Kalam
(C)Narendra Modi
(D)A. B. Vajpayee
91. The Right to Education (RTE) Act was enacted by the Parliament of India on
(A)3rd August 2008
(B)4th August 2009
(C)4th August 2010
(D)4th August 2011
92. Article 23 of the Indian Constitution deals with
(A) Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour
(B) Prohibition of employment of children in factories,
(C) Protection of life and personal liberty
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93. The International Criminal Court is located in

(A)Geneva
(B)London
(C)France
(D)Hague
94. The right to move freely throughout the territory of India comes under which article of
the Indian Constitution?
(A)Article 19
(B)Article 20
(C)Article 21
(D)Article 22
95. How many fundamental rights have been provided by the Constitution of India?
(A)5 (B)6 (C)7 (D)4
96. How many Fundamental Duties are noticed in the Constitution of India?
(A)9 (B)10 (C)11 (D)12
97. Which of the Indian Constitution’s given article has the right to privacy been
incorporated as fundamental rights?
(A)Article20
(B)Article 21
(C)Article 22
(D)Article 23
98. Habeas Corpus is associated with which of the following part of the Indian Constitution?
(A)Fundamental Duties
(B)Fundamental Rights
(C)Preamble
(D)Directive Principles
99. Which writ is issued to enquire into legality of the claim of a person or public office?
(A) Certiorari
(B) Quo warranto
(C) Mandamus
(D) Prohibition
100. Federalism is taken in the constitution from which of the following countries?
(A)Canada
(B)Russia
(C)France
(D)Ireland

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ANSWER KEYS
1 C 26 B 51 A 76 B
2 A 27 A 52 A 77 C
3 A 28 B 53 B 78 D
4 D 29 A 54 B 79 C
5 C 30 A 55 C 80 D
6 A 31 B 56 C 81 A
7 D 32 A 57 B 82 D
8 B 33 B 58 A 83 D
9 B 34 D 59 B 84 B
10 B 35 B 60 A 85 D
11 C 36 C 61 A 86 C
12 B 37 D 62 B 87 D
13 B 38 D 63 A 88 D
14 C 39 C 64 C 89 C
15 B 40 A 65 A 90 A
16 C 41 C 66 B 91 B
17 A 42 A 67 C 92 A
18 D 43 D 68 B 93 D
19 D 44 B 69 B 94 A
20 A 45 A 70 B 95 B
21 D 46 A 71 A 96 C
22 C 47 C 72 B 97 B
23 B 48 B 73 D 98 B
24 C 49 B 74 A 99 B
25 D 50 C 75 A 100 A

Prepared by
Dr. REEJA R
Assistant Professor in History
School of Distance Education
Calicut University
Malappuram

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