1. When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) made?
a) 10th December 1948
b) 8th August 1956
c) 20th June 1950
d) 10th November 1942
2. Who cannot be appointed as member of the National Human Rights Commission?
a) District Judge
b) Chief Justice of any High Court
c) Eminent Scholar having expertise in the field of human rights
d) Judge of the Supreme Court of India
3. Mention the name of the instrument which set international standards of human rights
a) Geneva Convention
b) European Convention on Human
c) African Charter on Human Rights & People’s Rights
d) Arab Charter on Human Rights
4. Which case decided by the Indian Judiciary provided jurisprudential genesis for human rights development in India?
a) M.C. Mehta v. Union of India
b) Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
c) Visakha v. State of Rajasthan
d) Mandal Case
5. Which international event resulted into the beginning of the international movement of the contemporary concept of human rights?
a) Incidents of Discrimination
b) Inhuman Treatment during Tudor’s period
c) Slavery
d) World War II
6. Name the basic international instrument, which does not carry binding effect
a) Magna Carta
b) CEDAW
c) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
d) Geneva Conventions
7. Who coined the term ‘Genocide’?
a) Raphael Lemkin
b) Robert H. Jackson
c) Martin Shaw
d) Woodrow Wilson
8. The International Criminal Court has jurisdiction with respect to following crimes:
(i) Crime of Genocide
(ii) Crimes against Humanity
(iii) War Crimes
(iv) Crimes against Peace
Codes:
a) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
b) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
c) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
d) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
9. A refugee is a person who is outside the country of his nationality owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of:
(i) Race
(ii) Religion
(iii) Nationality
(iv) Ethnicity
Codes:
a) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
b) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
c) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
d) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
10. Who of the following was the main mover behind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
a) Woodrow Wilson
b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
c) Thomas Paine
d) Eleanor Roosevelt