Unit VIII · Topic 6Concept and development of human rights – Previous Year Questions

Regional Human Rights Court does not exist in

1. (a)Africa
2. (b)Europe
3. (c)America
4. (d)Asia✓

Which protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights has abolished European Commission of Human Rights?

1. (a)Protocol 1
2. (b)Protocol 2
3. (c)Protocol 3
4. (d)Protocol 11✓

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer with the help of codes attached.

List-I

A. Magna Carta

B. International Convention on Civil and Political Rights

C. Universal Declaration of Human Righs

D. Convention on the Rights of Child

List-II

1. 1948

2. 1989

3. 1215

4. 1966

Codes:

1. (a)A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2✓
2. (b)A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
3. (c)A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
4. (d)A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1

Which one of the following is the fourth generation of Human Right?

1. (a)Right to Life
2. (b)Right to Health
3. (c)Right to Enviornment
4. (d)Right to Communication✓

Find correct answer using codes given below:

Following are main approaches to explain nature and meaning of human rights:

1. The scientific right theory

2. The moral right theory

3. The natural right theory

4. The legal right theory

Code:

1. (a)1 and 2 are correct
2. (b)2 and 3 are correct
3. (c)3 and 4 are correct✓
4. (d)4 and 1 are correct

Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) Find correct answer using codes given below:

Assertion (A): The purpose of Human Rights is to provide protection against the abuse of power committed by the organs of State.

Reason (R): Due to absence of Lok Pal the misuse of power by the State cannot be effectively checked.

Code:

1. (a)(A) and (R) are correct and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
2. (b)(A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)✓
3. (c)(A) is true and (R) is false
4. (d)(A) is false and (R) is true

Match item in Table-A with item in Table-B using codes given below:

Table-A

A. The first generation of Human Rights

B. The second generation of Human Rights

C. The third generation of Human Rights

D. Theoretical approach to Human Rights

Table-B

1. Idealistic Theory of Law

2. Collective Rights

3. Civil and Political Rights

4. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Codes:

1. (a)A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
2. (b)A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1✓
3. (c)A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
4. (d)A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and find correct answer using codes given below:

Assertion (A): Advancement of rights of women has been the concern of world community since the end of Second World War.

Reason (R): In Second World War, population of men was significantly decreased.

Codes:

1. (a)(A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
2. (b)(A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)✓
3. (c)(A) is true and (R) is false
4. (d)(A) is false, but (R) is true

Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and find correct answer using codes given below:

Assertion (A): The child must be given the means requisite for his normal development, both materially and spiritually.

Reason (R): Spirituality is material and material is spiritual.

Code:

1. (a)(A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
2. (b)(A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
3. (c)(A) is true, but (R) is false✓
4. (d)(A) is false, but (R) is true

The movement for protection of human rights gained greater momentum after..........

1. (a)American War of Independence
2. (b)Second World War
3. (c)Atlantic Charter, 1941✓
4. (d)The European Convention of Human Rights, 1950

The following period was designated by the United Nations as the UN decade for Human Rights Education?

1. (a)1995-2004✓
2. (b)1982-1991
3. (c)1998-2007
4. (d)2001-2010

Assertion (A) : The political Implication of the theory of natural rights is that human rights, being inberent in man, existed prior to the birth of the State itself and cannot, therefore, be violated by the State.

Reason (R): Human rights are senior to State.

Codes:

1. (a)Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2. (b)Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)✓
3. (c)(A) is true, but (R) is false
4. (d)(A) is false, but (R) is true

"You are a human being. You have rights inherent in that reality. You have dignity and worth that exists prior to law." This is the statement of

1. (a)Bhagwati, J
2. (b)Lyn Beth Neylon✓
3. (c)Kofi Annan
4. (d)None of the above

The Human Right's has been classified into three categories viz

1. The Human Rights of first generation

2. The Human Rights of Second generation and

3. The Human Rights of third generation, by

1. (a)Louis B. Sohan✓
2. (b)Theodoor C. Bowen
3. (c)R. Dworkin
4. (d)Bernard Mayo

"The most glaring instance of violation of Human Rights is the continuing poverty among mases in the country." Said by

1. (a)Justice A.S. Anand✓
2. (b)Justice N.Venkatachalaiah
3. (c)Justice P.N. Bhagwati
4. (d)Justice Koka Subha Rao

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:

List-I

A. The Magna Carta

B. The Petition of Rights

C. The English Bill of Rights

D. The U.N. Bill of Rights

List-II

1. 1628

2. 1789

3. 1215

4. 1689

Code:

1. (a)A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2✓
2. (b)A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2
3. (c)A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1
4. (d)A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4

Using codes, arrange following instruments according to sequence of their enactment starting from past towards present:

1. The Convention on the Political Rights of Women

2. The Declaration on the elimination of discrimination against women

3. The Convention on consent to marriage, minimum age for marriage and registration of marriage

4. The Convention on the nationality of married women

Codes:

1. (a)1, 4, 3, 2 (b) 4, 3, 2, 1✓
2. (c)3, 2, 1, 4 (d) 2, 1, 4, 3

The solidarity rights, more commonly known as 'Third Generation Human Rights' is based on:

1. (a)Independent needs of people
2. (b)Concept of universalism✓
3. (c)Right to self-determination
4. (d)Common heritage of mankind

"Human rights have two main dimensions. One of them can be called negative freedom in the sense that it is less important, it is negative because such freedom is based on a bedrock of what cannot be done, rather than what can be done." The above is from the thoughts of

1. (a)Kofi Annan
2. (b)P.N. Bhagwati
3. (c)Amartya Sen✓
4. (d)M.N. Venkatachaliah

Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of the people; they were there long before law makers drafted their first proclamation. This statement was made by:

1. (a)Kofi Annan
2. (b)Krishna Iyer, J.
3. (c)Mary Robinson✓
4. (d)None of the above

Human Rights Council has taken the place of :

1. (a)Human Right Committee
2. (b)International Human Rights Institute
3. (c)Centre for Human Rights
4. (d)Human Rights Commission✓

Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using codes given below:

Assertion (A): Human Rights are regarded as those fundamental but alienable rights which are preferred for life as human being.

Reason (R): Change is general rule of life. Therefore legislatures are free to change human rights according to changing needs and circustances.

Codes:

1. (a)Both (A) and (R) are right and (R) is correct reason for (A)
2. (b)Both (A) and (R) are right, but (R) is not correct reason for (A)✓
3. (c)Both (A) and (R) are wrong
4. (d)(A) is wrong and (R) is right

Which of the following statements are wrong? Answer using codes:

1. Human rights are created by legislation

2. Legal duty to protect human rights is not duty to respect them

3. International concern with human rights as enshrined in the Untied Nations Charter is a modern innovation

4. A human right violation is now conceived as violation of those personally and directly aggrieved, but not of everyone

Codes:

1. (a)i, ii/1, 2
2. (b)ii, iii/2, 3
3. (c)iii, iv/3, 4
4. (d)i, ii, iii and iv/1, 2, 3, 4✓

Read Assertion and Reason (R) and answer using codes given below:

Assertion (A): The purpose of the United Nation is to maintain national secuirty and peace.

Reason (R): Because Article of the Charter of the United Nations says so.

Codes:

1. (a)Both (A) and (R) are right and (R) is right reason for (A)
2. (b)Both (A) and (R) are wrong✓
3. (c)(A) is right and (R) is wrong
4. (d)(A) is wrong and (R) is right

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

1. (a)The Public Liability Insurance Act was enacted to provide immediate relief to the victims of an accident involving a hazardous substance
2. (b)The Public Liability Insurance Act imposes 'no fault' liability upon the owner of the hazardous substance and requires the owner to compensate the victims irrespective of any neglect or default on his part
3. (c)The Public Lilbility Insurance Act, does not provide for maximum compensation for injury or death of the victims✓
4. (d)The Public Liability Insurance Act obligates every owner to take out an insurance policy covering potential liability from an accident

Which of the following statement is wrong? Answer using codes given below:

1. Human Rights are essentially a product of bureaucracy

2. Human Rights are a reaction to tyranny

3. Primative man could move all over world, without any restriction

4. All women are born free, but everywhere they are in chains

Codes:

1. (a)1 (b) 2✓
2. (c)3 (d) 4

Match the items of List-I with the items of List-II and choose the correct answer from the code given below

List-I

A. Mr Jose Ayala Lasso

B. Justice Nagendra Singh

C. Kofi Annan

D. Mrs. F.D. Roosevelt

List-II

1. President International Court of Justice

2. Secretary General U.N.O

3. Chairperson Commission on Human Rights

4. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights

Code:

1. (a)A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3✓
2. (b)A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
3. (c)A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
4. (d)A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1

Which of the following Statements is correct?

1. (a)The U.N. Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adapted by the General Assembly in 1979 but, India ratified it in june 1993✓
2. (b)The U.N. Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adapted by the General Assembly in 1979 but, India ratified it in December 1997
3. (c)The U.N. convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adapted by the General Assembly in 1981 but, India ratified it in June 1993
4. (d)The U.N. convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adapted by the General Assembly in 1981 but, India ratified it in December 1997

The correct chronological order of the following Human Rights documents be chosen using the codes given below:

1. International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights

2. Convention on the Eliminatin of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women

3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

4. Convention on the Rights of the Child

Code:

1. (a)3, 2, 1, 4✓
2. (b)3, 1, 2, 4
3. (c)4, 3, 1, 2
4. (d)3, 4, 2, 1

Which one of the following statement is incorrect?

1. (a)Environmental measures by the State/Central Government and statutory authorities must anticipate, prevent and attack the causes of environmental degradation
2. (b)Where the threats are of serious and irreversible nature, lack of scientific certainty should not be used as reason for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation
3. (c)There need not be a bonafide reason to believe that the activity is not environmentally benign✓
4. (d)The onus of proof is on the actor or the developer to show that his action is enviornmentally benign

Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below.

List-I

A. The Virginia Bill of Rights

B. The U.N. Charter

C. The French Constitution

D. The Magna Carta

List-II

1. 1789

2. 1215

3. 1776

4. 1945

Code:

1. (a)A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2✓
2. (b)A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
3. (c)A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
4. (d)A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1

Which Article of the U.N. Charter charges the U.N. to promote "Univeral respect for, and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to sex, race, Language or religion"?

1. (a)Article 56
2. (b)Article 55(c)✓
3. (c)Article 62
4. (d)Article 76(c)

Match List-I and List-II and give the correct answer by using the codes given below:

List-I

A. The commission on Human Rights was established by the Economic and Social Council on

B. The General Assembly created the position of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights on

C. The General Assembly adopted Second Optional Protocol to the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights

D. The Optional Protocol to the "International law on Civil and Polical Rights, 1966 came into force on

List-II

1. December 15, 1989

2. 20 December, 1993

3. February, 1946

4. March 23, 1976

Code:

1. (a)A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4✓
2. (b)A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
3. (c)A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
4. (d)A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3

Which of the following pair/pairs is/are not correctly matched? Give the correct answer by using the codes given below:

1. The World Conference on Human Rights was held at Vienna- Year 1993

2. International Conference on Human Rights at Tehran was held- Year 1958

3. First World Conference on Women was held on Beijing in - 1985

4. International Convention on Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination - 1973

Codes:

1. (a)only 2
2. (b)1 and 2
3. (c)2, 3 and 4✓
4. (d)1, 2, 3 and 4

Read both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and give the correct answer by using the codes given below:

Assertion (A): The Univeral Declaration of Human Rights does not define the term 'Human Rights'. It refers them as "the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the Humanity".

Reason (R): The framers of the Indian Constitution were influenced by the concept of Human Rights and guaranteed most of the Human Rights contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Codes:

1. (a)Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2. (b)Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)✓
3. (c)(A) is correct, but (R) is wrong
4. (d)(A) is wrong, but (R) is true

To which of the following International Conventions on Human Rights, India has become party to such conventions? Give correct answer with the help of codes given below:

1. Convention on the Political Rights of Women

2. Convention on the Right of the Child

3. Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Person and of exploitation of the prostitution of others

4. Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance

Codes:

1. (a)only 1
2. (b)1 and 4 only
3. (c)1, 2, 3✓
4. (d)1, 2, 3 and 4

Which one of the following statement is wrong?

1. (a)Every person enjoys the right to a wholesoeme environmental which is a fact of the right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India
2. (b)The power confered under an Environmental Statute may be exercised only to advance Environment Protection and not for a purpose that would defeat the object of the law
3. (c)Financial constraints of the government may be a reasonable factor to exonerate the Government/Municipal bodies from performing its statutory liability✓
4. (d)Precautioary principle imposes the onus of proof on the developer to show his or her action in environmentally benign.

The division of Human Rights into three generations was initially proposed in 1979 by one of the following Czech Jurist at the International Institute of Human Rights in Strassbourg?

1. (a)Karel Vasak✓
2. (b)Charles O. Lee
3. (c)Maurice Cranston
4. (d)Frederic Bastial

Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and given the correct answer by using the code given below:

Assertion (A): It is the duty of the state to devise and implement a coherent and co-ordinated programme to meet its obligation of Sustainable Development.

Reason (R): Adherence to the principle of Sustainable Development is now a Constitutional requirement.

Code:

1. (a)Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)✓
2. (b)Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
3. (c)(A) is correct but (R) is wrong
4. (d)(A) is wrong but (R) is correct

Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and given the correct answer by using the code given below:

Assertion (A): The provisions concerning Human Rights run throughout the U.N. Charter like a golden thread.

Reason (R): Much of the credit for this goes to the determined job by non-governmental organisations at San Francisco Conference.

Code:

1. (a)Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)✓
2. (b)Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
3. (c)(A) is correct but (R) is wrong
4. (d)(A) is wrong but (R) is correct

Which of the following statement/statements is/are correct?

Under its terms of reference, the UN Commission of Human Rights was directed to prepare recommendations and reports on:

1. An International Bill on Human Rights

2. International Conventions or declarations on civil liberties, the status of woman, freedom of information and similar other matters

3. The protection of Minorities

4. The prevention of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, language or religion and other matters concerning Human Rights

Codes:

1. (a)Only (a) is correct
2. (b)Only (b) and (c) are correct
3. (c)Only (a), (b) and (c) are correct

(d)

1. (a),
2. (b),
3. (c)and
4. (d)all are correct✓

Match List-I with List-II and give correct answer by using the code below:

List-I

A. Human Rights Council

B. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

C. The International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights

D. World Conference on Human Rights, Venna

List-II

1. 1993

2. 2006

3. 1948

4. 1966

Code:

1. (a)A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
2. (b)A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
3. (c)A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1✓
4. (d)A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4

Which of the following statement/statements is/are not correct?

1. The position of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights was created by the Economic and Social Council

2. The High Commissioner was to be appointed by the Secretary General subject to approval by the General Assembly

3. The term of the office of High Commissioner was five years

4. The High Commissioner's principal location would be in New York

Code:

1. (a)Only 4 is not correct
2. (b)1, 3 and 4 all are not correct✓
3. (c)1, 2 and 3 are not correct
4. (d)1, 2, 3 and 4 all are not correct

Match the items of List-I with the items of List-II and choose the correct answer from the code given below

List-I

A. Trail Smelter's Case

B. Basel convention

C. Earth Summit

D. Kyoto Protocol

List-II

1. Reducing transboundary movement of hazardous waste

2. Climate change

3. Preventing Pollution and environmental damage between Nations

4. United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

Code:

1. (a)A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2✓
2. (b)A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
3. (c)A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
4. (d)A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

Match the items of List-I with the items of List-II and choose the correct answer from the code given below

List-I (Year of Adoption)

A. 1971

B. 1975

C. 1986

D. 1993

List-II (U.N. Declaration)

1. Declaration on the Right to Development

2. Vienna Declaration on Human Rights

3. Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons

4. Declaration on the use of scientific and technological progress in the interest

Code:

1. (a)A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
2. (b)A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
3. (c)A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2✓
4. (d)A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2

Match the items of List-I with the items of List-II and choose the correct answer from the code given below

List-I (Article in UDHR)

A. Article 9

B. Article 13

C. Article 15

D. Article 17

List-II (Content in UDHR)

1. Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property

2. No one shall be subjected to aribitary arrest, detention or exile

3. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence withing the borders of each state. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own and return to his country.

4. Everyone has the right to nationality. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality and denied the right to change his nationality

Code:

1. (a)A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
2. (b)A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1✓
3. (c)A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
4. (d)A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

Match the items of List-I with the items of List-II and choose the correct answer from the code given below

List-I (Section in the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993)

A. Section 37

B. Section 38

C. Section 39

D. Section 40

List-II (Content in the protection of Human Rights Act 1993)

1. Constitution of Special investigation teams

2. Power of Central Government to make rules

3. Protection of action taken in good faith

4. Members and officers to be public servants

Code:

1. (a)A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
2. (b)A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2✓
3. (c)A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
4. (d)A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

Which of the following Statements are correct?

1. Lawless v. Ireland was the first case decided by the European court of Human Rights

2. Ireland v. United Kingdom is related to Article 3 of European convention of Human Rights which deals with freedom form torture and inhuman or degrading Treatment

3. The U.N. Commission on Human Rights was replaced by Human Rights Committee in March 2006 by the General Assembly

4. The commission on the status of women is a functional commission of the Economic and Social council (ECOSGC) established in 1948

Code:

1. (a)Only 1 and 2 are correct✓
2. (b)Only 1 and 3 are correct
3. (c)Only 2 and 3 are correct
4. (d)Only 3 and 4 are correct

Which of the following Articles provides coverage for the intervention in domestic jurisdiction for the enforcement of human rights?

1. (a)Article 2(5) of UN Charger
2. (b)Article 2(6) of UN Charger
3. (c)Article 2(7) of UN Charger✓
4. (d)Article 2(8) of UN Charger

"Human dignity is the Quintessence of Human Rights". This has been stated by

1. (a)Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer
2. (b)Justice JS Verma✓
3. (c)Justice Kuldeep Singh
4. (d)Justice Ranganath Mishra

Which one of the following is not the functions of Human Rights Council?

1. (a)To promote Human Rights education and learning as well as advisory services
2. (b)To decide issues without making any recommendations to the General Assembly✓
3. (c)To work in close cooperation with the Government regional organization, National Human rights instructions and civil society
4. (d)To serve as forum for dialogue on all Human rights issues

Which of the following is part of first generation of Human Rights ?

(A) Right to Social Security

(B) Right to Liberty

(C) Equality Before Law

(D) Right to Self determination

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

(E) Right to life

1. (a)(A), (B), (D) Only
2. (b)(B), (C), (E) Only✓
3. (c)(C), (D), (E) Only
4. (d)(A), (C), (E) Only

Match the following authors/editors with their respective books

List-I (Authors/Editors)

A. J. Donnelly & D.J. Wheeler

B. L. Rajamani & J. Peel

C. Karnika Seth

D. J. Gibson

List-II (Title of Books)

1. International Human Rights

2. The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law

3. Computers, Internet and New Technology Laws

4. Patenting Lives: Life Patents, Culture & Development

1. (a)A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
2. (b)A-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III
3. (c)A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV✓
4. (d)A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II LIST-I (International Instruments on Concept of Right to Development) LIST-II (Year)

A. Declaration on the Right to Development by the UN General Assembly I. 2000

B. Durban Declaration and Programme of Action II. 1993

C. Millennium Declaration III. 1986

D. Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action IV. 2001

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

1. (a)A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
2. (b)A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II
3. (c)A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II✓
4. (d)A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

Arrange the following in order of their coming into being/adoption/enactment (ascending order)

A. UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities

B. Americans with Disabilities Act

C. United Kingdom Disability Discriminations Act

D. The Persons with Disability Act (India)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

1. (a)B, C, D, A✓
2. (b)A, B , C, D
3. (c)C, B, D, A
4. (d)A, C, D, B

Match List I with List II LIST I LIST II

A. The Genocide Convention I. 1953

B. Convention on Crime of Apartheid II. 1948

C. Convention against Torture III. 1984

D. Convention on Political Rights of Women IV. 1973

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

1. (a)A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
2. (b)A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I✓
3. (c)A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV
4. (d)A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I