1. The Hindu concept of dharma setsforth the responsibilities and rights of individuals in terms of their
(A) Individual identity
(B) Membership in a human community
(C) Duty towards God
(D) Duty towards family
Answer: (B)
2. The Indian tradition of human rights during war is best exemplified in the work of
(A) Mahabharata
(B) Ramayana
(C) Emperor Ashoka
(D) Emperor Akbar
Answer: (C)
3. Prohibition of Discrimination on grounds of religion etc. (Article 15 of the Indian Constitution) is a
Fundamental Right classifiable under
(A) The Right to Freedom of Religion
(B) The Right against Exploitation
(C) The Cultural and Educational Rights
(D) The Right to Equality
Answer: (D)
4. Which Article of the Constitution of India says ‘No Child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any Factory or Mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment’?
(A) Article 24 www.netugc.com
(B) Article 45
(C) Article 330
(D) Article 368
Answer: (A)
5. Which Amendment introduced the “Right to Education” as a Fundamental Right?
(A) 44th
(B) 86th
(C) 98th
(D) 101st
Answer: (B)
6. Fundamental Duties mention in Article 51 A of the Constitution is in the nature of
(A) Legal obligations
(B) Instructions addressed to the citizens
(C) Powers of State to monitor citizens
(D) Justiciable Right
Answer: (B)
7. Which of the following thinkers did not give the idea of natural rights?
(A) Thombas Hobbes
(B) J.J. Rousseau
(C) John Locke
(D) Jermy Bentham
Answer: (D)
8. Who among the following theorists spoke about the right to property?
(A) John Locke
(B) Karl Marx
(C) J.S. Mill
(D) Antonio Gramsci
Answer: (A)
9. Article – 343 of the Indian Constitution declares Hindi as the
(A) National language
(B) State language
(C) Official language of the Union
(D) Administrative language of the Union
Answer: (C)
10. International Humanitarian Law relates to
(A) Laws of War
(B) Laws of Sea
(C) Laws of peaceful settlement of International Disputes
(D) Laws of Intervention in case of violation of Human Rights
Answer: (A)
11. Which Article of Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person”?
(A) Article 1
(B) Article 3
(C) Article 5
(D) Article 6
Answer: (B)
12. The Declaration on the Rights of persons belonging to National or Ethnic religious or linguistic minorities was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in
(A) 1948
(B) 1966
(C) 1993
(D) 2003
Answer: (C)
13. Convention on the elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted in
(A) 1966
(B) 1979
(C) 1983
(D) 1993
Answer: (B)
14. Which of the following does not constitute part of the International Bill of Rights?
(A) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(B) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(C) International Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
(D) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.
Answer: (C)
15. Which of the following is the only country in the world that guarantees right to succession to its citizens?
(A) Russia
(B) Switzerland
(C) Ethiopia
(D) Central African Republic
Answer: (C)
16. Who coined the phrase ‘self-rule and shared-rule’ that establishes federalism as a grand theory of group rights?
(A) Ronald Watts
(B) Thomas Eleiner
(C) Danial Elazar
(D) Benedict Anderson
Answer: (C)
17. All rights and freedoms are
(A) Indivisible and interdependent
(B) Indivisible but independent
(C) Hierarchical in order
(D) absolute
Answer: (A)
18. The Gandhian idea of individual rights was characterized within the framework of
(A) Human interdependence
(B) European liberal tradition
(C) Socialist tradition
(D) Vedic tradition
Answer: (A)
19. According to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000, Juveniles in conflict with the law are kept in
(A) Juvenile Home
(B) Judicial Custody
(C) Observation Home
(D) Parental Custody
Answer: (C)
20. Which of the following type of violence is not included in the ‘The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005’?
(A) Physical and Sexual
(B) Verbal and Emotional
(C) Financial
(D) None of the above
Answer: (D)
21. Assertion (A): Extreme poverty constitutes the gross violation of human rights.
Reason (R): Fulfillment of basic needs of life lie at the core of enjoyment of human rights.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
Answer: (A)
22. Assertion (A): International crimes refer to the crimes that take place in the international waters.
Reason (R): International criminal court was set up to deal with the incidents of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
Answer: (D)
23. Assertion (A): Rape and sexual harassment of women reflect the need for educating people on protection and promotion of women’s rights in India.
Reason (R): Human Rights Education in India is more academic than sensitizing people on the issues of protection and promotion of rights of vulnerable sections of society.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect, but (R) iscorrect.
Answer: (A)
24. Assertion (A): Article 21 of the Indian Constitution has provided ample scope to courts to add newer dimensions to Right to Life.
Reason (R): Without Article 21, the Indian Constitution would not have remained democratic.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
Answer: (B)
25. Assertion (A): John Locke is considered as the father of Constitutional Government.
Reason (R): John Locke argued for limiting the authority of Government.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
Answer: (A)
26. Assertion (A): Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the foundation of various
Human Rights Instruments in the modern times.
Reason (R): America sought to universalize human rights in the world through the mechanism of Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
Answer: (C)
27. Assertion (A): Public opinion thrives in a democratic society.
Reason (R): There is freedom of press.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
Answer: (A)
28. Assertion (A): ‘Climate Refugees’ are a group of people facing displacement from their native places due to the extremities of weather.
Reason (R): Rio Summit was an attempt to save the earth.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correctand (R) is the correctexplanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
Answer: (B)
29. Assertion (A): The doctrine of ‘basic structure’ of Indian Constitution was evolved by Supreme Court in the Keshavanand Bharti case.
Reason (R): During the decades of 1950s and 1960s, there was an attempt on the port of the Executive to undermine the authority of the constitution.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
Answer: (A)
30. Assertion (A): The challenge that the Indian State is facing today is how to achieve an equivalence between the State and the Civil Society within a democratic framework..
Reason (R): Criminalization of politics, political corruption and communal violence stand in the way of creating a value based political culture.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(D) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
Answer: (B)
31. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Desmond Tutu i. Ghana
b. Martin Luther King ii. Tanzania
c. Julius Nyrere iii. United States
d. Kwame Nkrumah iv. South Africa
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer: (C)
32. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Glorious Revolution i. 1215
b. Petition of Rights ii. 1688
c. Magna Carta iii. 1689
d. Bill of Rights iv. 1628
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) ii iv i iii
Answer: (D)
33. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Dr. Rajendra Prasad i. Struggle is My Life
b. Dr. AbulKalam Azad ii. Gitanjali
c. Nelson Mandela iii. India Wins Freedom
d. Rabindranath Tagore iv. India Divided
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii i ii
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) ii i iv iii
Answer: (A)
34. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Legal Theory of Rights i. Edmund Burke
b. Theory of Prescriptive Rights ii. John Locke
c. Theory of Natural Rights iii. T.H. Green
d. Idealistic Theory of Rights iv. J. Bentham
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) ii iv iii i
Answer: (B)
35. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Vienna Declaration i. 1993
b. Rio Declaration ii. 1992
c. Copenhagen Declaration iii. 1980
d. Beijing Declaration iv. 1995
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer: (D)
36. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Swami Sahajanand i. Rights of Women
b. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan ii. Rights of Dalits
c. Sir Narayan Guru iii. Rights of Muslims
d. PanditaRamabai iv. Rights of Peasants
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (D)
37. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Instrument) (Year of Adoption)
a. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination i. 1950
b. Convention on the Political Rights of Women ii. 1952
c. Convention on the Rights of the Child iii. 1965
d. Convention relating to the status of Refugees iv. 1989
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iii ii i iv
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) iii ii iv i
Answer: (D)
38. Arrange chronologically the enactment years of the following instruments by using codes given below:
(i) Dowry Prohibition Act
(ii) Child Marriage Restraint Act
(iii) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act
(iv) Protection of Civil Rights Act
Codes:
(A) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Answer: (B)
39. Match the Articles of International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights given in List – I with their corresponding rights given in List – II:
List – I List – II
a. Article 6 i. Right to Education
b. Article 7 ii. Right to Work
c. Article 8 iii. Right to form and join Trade Unionwww.netugc.com
d. Article 13 iv. Right to enjoyment of just and favorable conditions of work
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv ii i iii
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer: (C)
40. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answers from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Right) (Directive Principle)
a. Right to adequate means of livelihood i. Article 39
b. Right to work ii. Article 41
c. Right to workers to participate in management of industries iii. Article 43
d. Right of Children to free and compulsory education iv. Article 45
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) iv iii i ii
(D) iii iv ii i
Answer: (B)
41. Arrange the following in chronological order:
(i) African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
(ii) Arab Charter on Human Rights
(iii) American Convention on Human Rights
(iv) European Convention on Human Rights
Codes:
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
Answer: (C)
42. Arrange the following Commissions in order of their creation:
(i) National Commission for Human Rights
(ii) National Commission for Minorities
(iii) National Commission for Women
(iv) National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
Codes:
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
Answer: (D)
43. Arrange the following in chronological order:
(i) Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
(ii) Declaration of the Rights of the Child.
(iii) Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
(iv) Declaration on the Right to Development.
Codes:
(A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(C) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
Answer: (C)
44. Arrange the following in chronological order:
(i) Asian Values Debate
(ii) Right to Development
(iii) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(iv) Development as Freedom
Codes:
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
Answer: (B)
45. Arrange the following in chronological order:
(i) League of Nations
(ii) Permanent Court of International Justice
(iii) International Labour Organization
(iv) World Health Organization
Codes:
(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Answer: (D)
46. Arrange the following Articles in chronological order:
(i) Freedom of Expression
(ii) Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion
(iii) Protection of Privacy
(iv) Access to Appropriate Information
Codes:
(A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Answer: (Wrong question)
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow based on your understanding of the passage:
The British political theorist John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) called for the right to self-determinationonly in particular instances. In Considerations on Representative Government (1861), he argued that the homogeneity of national identity, of a “united public opinion,” is necessary to allow the establishment of free political institutions. The unified nation, rather than the multinational state, formed the fundamental political unit. Its existence is a necessary precondition for free government. The other prerequisites were economic and social development, and those nations which, like India, lagged behind, were legitimate objects of an “enlightened” colonialism for which the British provided a model.
As early as 1909, Rosa Luxemburg (1870-1919), the exiled Polish socialist leader in Germany, provided a socialist view of the right to self-determination. In The National Question and Autonomy (1909), she maintained that socialist concessions to claims for national rights were usually pointless and counterproductive. Yet in opposition to future Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, she favoured claims to self-determination by oppressed people so long as their economies could survive independence. Attacking the Polish nationalists of her day, Luxemburg argued that secession from Russia would undermine the interests of the Polish proletariat. Such rights were utopian for industrially backward countries, like Poland and Czechoslovakia, whose economic development depended on the market of their mother country. Luxemburg also warned that any alliance of the working class with the nationalist bourgeoisie of oppressed countries would subvert the future establishment of democratic and socialist regimes.
From a very different perspective, the liberal President Woodrow Wilson (1856- 1924) proclaimed in his “The Fourteen Points Address” to Congress (1918) the right of ethnic groups to national self-determination: “it is the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with another, whether they be strong or weak.” These rights, he hoped, could be realized by a League of Nations, which would establish borders based on homogenous ethnic groups, thereby presumably removing a major cause of war.
Inspired by Wilson, the League of Nations, was an international organization established after World War I to provide peace and security, and to facilitate humancooperation. The Covenant of The League ofNations (1919) sought humane working conditions, the prohibition of traffic in women and children, the prevention and control of disease, and the just treatment of colonial peoples. The League of Nations placed the people of the colonies under a system of mandates administered by the victorious colonial powers, who agreed to bring the mandate territories toward self-Government. The administering powers were responsible for ensuring racial and religious impartiality in those territories.
47. Who among the following favoured grant of right to self-determination only on the basis of ethnicity?
(A) Rosa Luxemburg
(B) Woodrow Wilson
(C) John Stuart Mill
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)
48. Necessary pre-condition for free Government according to J.S. Mill is
(A) Unified Nation
(B) Multinational State
(C) Cultural Homogeneity
(D) Cultural Heterogeneity
Answer: (A)
49. Rosa Luxemburg opposed Polish recession from Russia because
(A) Poland was ethnically not different Russia
(B) Right to self-determination by industrially backward countries was not justified.
(C) Communism does not favourright to self-determination.
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)
50. The covenant of League of Nations favoured
(A) Immediate grant of right to self-determination to colonial people.
(B) Continuation of colonial rule as it existed before 1919.
(C) Placement of colonies under a system of mandates administered by victorious colonial powers.
(D) Administration of colonies by the League itself.
Answer: (C)