Human Rights MCQ Answers

UNIT-I MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Answers (Page 26)
1. On which of the grounds / aspect’s discrimination is based on?

A. Gender, disability, social, cultural, customary type, etc.
B. Race, sex, caste, colure of skin, etc.
C. Both 'A' and' B' D. None of the above.
2. Which international convention under Article 1 A gives definition of Refugees?

A. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
B. International covenant on civil and political rights.
C. Convention on rights of Refugees
D. United Nations Convention on the Refugees-1951.
3. Stateless means:
A. Group of persons in a state who are less in numbers.
B. Any person or group of persons who do not possess the nationality of any state.
C. Persons who have less number of nationalities.
D. Group of persons who lives in less part of the territory of any state.
4. Which of the following convention speaks about the rights and provisions relating to Migrant
workers?
A. International convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and
members of their families.
B. Migration for Employment convention-1949 (ILO)
C. Migrant workers (supplementary provisions) convention in 1975. D.
D. All of the above.
5. What is the age normally considered as an 'Elderly person'?

A. 40 years and above
B. 25 years and above
C. 18 years and above
D. 60 years and above.
6. United Nations adopted many resolutions and declared every year.......to be celebrated as the
International Aged People's Day.
A. 1st September:
B. 1st November
C. 1st October
D. 5th September.
7. To protect the rights of the elderly people Government of India enacted ........ act.
A. The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007.
B. Indian governments Senior Citizens Act.
C. Welfare of elderly people's Act.
D. Welfare of Senior Citizens Act.
8. To eradicate and address the adverse situations faced by disadvantaged groups of people,
United Nations adopted a general frame work and given suggestions, these suggestions
include....................
A. Equal pay for equal work
B. Independent mechanism or commission to establish and to deal with
each category of people;
C. Basic compulsory education.
D. All of the above
UNIT-II MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Answers (Page 61)
1. Who acted as a chairperson of the drafting committee of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights?
A. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady of the America.
B. Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
C. DR. B.R. Ambedkar
D. Mr. Kofi Annan.
2. The convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
was adopted by UN in the year of.......
A. 1919
B. 2010
C. 1979
D. 1945
3. To monitor the situations in the promotion of women's rights UN adopted an Optional

Protocol to the CED AW Convention in
A. 1979
B. 1999
C. 2000
D. 2001
4. What was conducted during 19th June- 2nd July, 1975 at Mexico?
A. Women's conference.
B. Gender equality conference
C. The first world Conference on women
D. The second world Conference on women
5. Every year which day is celebrated as women's day?

A. 10th March
B. 20th March
C. 14th February
D. 8th March
6. Every year on November 25th we celebrate.........
A. International women's day.
B. International women's and child day.
C. International day for elimination of violence against women.
D. International day for elimination of poverty.
7. What were the reasons behind enactment of National Commission of Women's Act 1990?
A. To establish National Commission of Women's to monitor and
to resolve women related issues.
B. To review constitutional and legal safeguards for women
C. To recommend remedial legislative measures.
D. All of the above
8. In 2001 Government of India adopted a National Policy of women. The aims and objectives of
this policy are:
A. Creating an environment for development of women to enable them to
realize their full potential.
B. Equal access to participation and decision making of women in the
politics and economic life of a nation.
C. Eliminating violence against girl child.
D. All of the above
9. The Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 was not ratified by
A. United States Of America
B. Somalia
C. Both 'A' and 'B'
D. None of the above
UNIT-III MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Answers (Page 89)
1) What is the contribution of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People-2007?

A. It establishes a universal frame work of minimum
standards for the survival, dignity, well-being, and
the rights of the world's indigenous people.
B. It addresses both individual and collective rights, cultural rights.
C. Both 'A' and 'B'
D. None of the above
2) When United Nations first announced International decade of the world's indigenous
peoples?
A. 1995-2004
B. 1990-2000
C. 2000-2010
D. 1940-1950
3) Which articles under Indian constitution provide the reservation of seats for members of the
Scheduled Casts and Scheduled Tribes in Union and State Legislatures?
A. Article 21 and 19
B. Article 330 and 333
C. Article 17 and 325
D. Article 51-Aand42
4) Which Amendment Act in Indian constitution made Government of India to constitute

National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes?
A. The Constitution (sixty-fifth Amendment) Act, 1990.
B. The Constitution (fifty -fifth Amendment) Act, 1975.
C. The Constitution (fifty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1980.
D. The Constitution (sixty-fourth Amendment) Act, 1990.
5) In 1992, the United Nation General Assembly adopted the proclamation to observe the
year....... As the International
a Year of the Older Persons.
A. 1992
B. 1999
C. 1993
6) Which acts in India talks about laws relating to Disabled persons?
A. The Indian Lunacy Act, 1912
B. The Lepers Act, 1899
C. The mental health Act, 1987
D. All of the above
7) Which of the following legal instruments have provisions addressing the various aspects
relating to the rights of minorities?
A. Convention on the Elimination of All forms
of Discrimination, 1965
B. The UNESCO Convention against Discrimination
in Education 1960
C. The UNESCO Convention on race and racial
prejudice 1978.
D. All of the above
8) In the year ............. the Government of India established a separate Ministry to augment the
rights of minorities in the country.
A. 2000
B. 2006
C. 2005
D. 2004
UNIT-IV MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Answers (Page 109)
1) The term 'Nationality' in International Law is often used as a synonym for "......."in
Municipal Law, though they conceptually different.
A. Citizenship
B. Regionalist
C. Ethnicity
D. Statelessness
2) The most common causes in which a person may become stateless.......

A. Conflict of laws between states.
B. Legal transfer of territory or sovereignty
C. renunciation
D. All of the above
3) UN adopted The Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons-1954, came in to force
in...........
A. 1955
B. 1969
C. 1989
D. 1999
4) Which of the following is the international agreement in order to eradicate the illegal acts
that were targeted to women?
A. International agreement for suppression of the White Slave Traffic in 1910.
B. International convention for the suppression of the Traffic in Women and
Children- 1921
C. Suppression of traffic in persons and the exploitation of prostitution and
other persons 1949
D. All of the above
5) Which is the famous case under Indian Supreme Court, which directed the executives to take
necessary steps in order to protect the rights of the children of migrant workers and their
families?
A. Vishaka V. State of Rajasthan
B. Bachpan Bachao Andolan V. Union of India
C. Kesavananda Bharati V. State of Kerala
D. None of the above.

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UNIT-I MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Answers (Page 26)

1. On which of the grounds / aspect’s discrimination is based on?

2. Which international convention under Article 1 A gives definition of Refugees?

5. What is the age normally considered as an 'Elderly person'?

UNIT-II MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Answers (Page 61)

3. To monitor the situations in the promotion of women's rights UN adopted an Optional

5. Every year which day is celebrated as women's day?

UNIT-III MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Answers (Page 89)

1) What is the contribution of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People-2007?

4) Which Amendment Act in Indian constitution made Government of India to constitute

2) The most common causes in which a person may become stateless.......

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