HUMAN RIGHTS AND DUTIES
PAPER – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Which of the following rights is NOT protected by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ?
(1) The right to respect for traditional culture
(2) The right to fair trial
(3) The right to vote
(4) The right to be free from torture, cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment
2. The United Nations University of Peace is located in :
(1) Tokyo
(2) Costa Rica
(3) Geneva
(4) Washington, D.C.
3. Who among the following insisted on more equitable distribution of property ?
(1) Charles Fourier
(2) Saint Simon
(3) Robert Owen
(4) All of the above
4. “If man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law”. This statement appears in the Preamble of :
(1) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(2) The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
(3) The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(4) The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
5. Under which of the following rights, states place limitations (under ICCPR) for the sake of ensuring the general welfare ?
(1) The right to life, as the human rights perpetrator should be punished with death penalty to avoid violating more human rights
(2) The right to freedom from torture
(3) The right of recognition as a person before the law
(4) The right to peaceful assembly
6. In which year the United Nations set up Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) to supervise the implementation of Treaties ?
(1) 1984
(2) 1985
(3) 1986
(4) 1987
7. By whom the name Third Generation Human Rights was given to those rights which were demanded by developing countries ?
(1) Kaurel Vasek
(2) J. Steiner
(3) Philip Alston
(4) Martin Winston
8. Which of the following resolution of General Assembly of United Nations provided that U.N. Human Rights Council will directly submit its report to General Assembly ?
(1) 40/251
(2) 50/251
(3) 60/251
(4) 70/251
9. In 1986 which of the following rights was declared and adopted by the General assembly as a Human Rights ?
(1) Right to Environment
(2) Right to Development
(3) Right to Privacy
(4) Right to Residence
10. To which Committee of United Nations General Assembly most of the matters related to Human Rights are referred ?
(1) First Committee
(2) Second Committee
(3) Third Committee
(4) Fourth Committee
11. Which of the following Article was included in the Indian Constitution by 86th Constitutional Amendment Act. 2002 ?
(1) Article 21 A
(2) Article 21 B
(3) Article 21 C
(4) Article 21 D
12. Which of the following is not included in Economic, Social and Cultural Human Rights ?
(1) Right to Education
(2) Right to Work
(3) Right to Food and Health
(4) Right to Freedom of speech and expression
13. The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development was observed during :
(1) 2005 – 2014
(2) 2001 – 2010
(3) 2003 – 2012
(4) 2004 – 2013
14. The United Nations observes annually Disarmament Week in the month of October. Which week of the following is true in this regard ?
(1) 2 – 8 October
(2) 9 – 15 October
(3) 23 – 29 October
(4) 24 – 30 October
15. Who among the following said “Political Liberty is the power to be active in the affairs of the state” ?
(1) Harold J. Laski
(2) T.H. Green
(3) J.S. Mill
(4) Leacock
16. Which Declaration in 1993 had emphasized that Human Rights are Universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated ?
(1) Helsinki Declaration
(2) Geneva Declaration
(3) Vienna Declaration
(4) Hague Declaration
17. Who declared Human Rights as Natural Rights in 17th century ?
(1) Locke
(2) Bentham
(3) Grotius
(4) Rousseau
18. Which Article of Indian Constitution gives power to Indian Parliament to make new laws to implement the provisions of International Treaties ?
(1) Article 50
(2) Article 56
(3) Article 253
(4) Article 256
19. The representatives of how many countries had participated in the framing of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 ?
(1) 55
(2) 56
(3) 57
(4) 58
20. Which of the following statements is not correct ?
(1) The UDHR included the right of self-determination.
(2) The UDHR did not include the right of self-determination.
(3) ICCPR included the right of self-determination.
(4) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
21. Who approved libertarianism with the help of contractual methodology of John Locke ?
(1) Robert Nozic
(2) Gramsci
(3) J.S. Mill
(4) Rousseau
22. Who regards religion as a means of moral development and demands equal respect for all religions ?
(1) Jyotiba Phule
(2) Narayan Guru
(3) Ambedkar
(4) Gandhi
23. Who believes that Marxism is virtually evolution of Hegalism ?
(1) Gramsci
(2) Nozic
(3) Bhikhu Parekh
(4) John Rawls
24. Who had written Prison Notebooks from 1929 to 1936 ?
(1) Rosa Luxemberg
(2) Antonio Gramsci
(3) Habermas
(4) Mahatma Gandhi
25. In which year “ Right to Refuge “ got international recognition by the conclusion of an International Treaty ?
(1) 1946
(2) 1948
(3) 1951
(4) 1954
26. The basis of liberal democracy is :
(1) The right to a job
(2) Right to welfare
(3) Public housing
(4) Rights and responsibilities
27. From legal point of view Right to Development can be regarded as :
(1) Hard Law
(2) Draconian Law
(3) Soft Law
(4) Transitional Law
28. In which year the United Nations General Assembly adopted the convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ?
(1) 10 December 1948
(2) 10 December 1984
(3) 10 December 1994
(4) 24 October 1946
29. In which of the following case the Supreme Court of India declared that in the absence of domestic (national) legal provisions, the provisions of relevant International Law can be applied :
(1) Indira Sahni Case, 1993
(2) Premchand.S.Shah, 1991
(3) Vishakha Case, 1997
(4) Minerva Mill Ltd. Case, 1980
30. Which of the following movements were led by Dr. Ambedkar ?
(a) Mahad Satyagraha, March, 1927
(b) Thakur Dwar Mandir Pravesh Andolan, 1927
(c) Ganapati Prangan Pravesh, Bombay, 1929
(d) Raidas Mandir Pravesh Andolan, Nasik, March-April, 1930
Select the correct answer from the code given below :
(1) (a), (b), (c)
(2) (b), (c), (d)
(3) (a), (c), (d)
(4) (a), (b), (d)
Question Nos. 31 to 40 contain two statements each one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Examine whether the statements are correct and related to each other with the help of the code given below :
31. Assertion (A) : Judicial activism in India gave birth to Public Interest Litigation.
Reason (R) : Since justice delayed is considered as justice denied, most Indians do not move Courts when their rights are violated.
Code :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(4) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
32. Assertion (A) : There is no country in the world which does not have minorities of one or the other kind.
Reason (R) : Minorities often become fundamentalists to assert their rights.
Code :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(4) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
33. Assertion (A) : U.D.H.R. was adopted by UN General Assembly on 10th December, 1948.
Reason (R) : Article 30 of UDHR lays down the Duties of the people.
Code :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
(4) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
34. Assertion (A) : Eleven Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Indian Constitution by 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976.
Reason (R) : The same Act also provided for the inclusion of provision regarding “Participation of workers in the management of factory”.
Code :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(4) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
35. Assertion (A) : Poverty anywhere is a threat to prosperity everywhere.
Reason (R) : Poor countries need faster growth to generate the resources to finance the eradication of poverty and the realization of human rights.
Code :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(4) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
36. Assertion (A) : The promotion of human development and the fulfilment of human rights share a common motivation.
Reason (R) : Human development helps to augment the reach of the human rights approach.
Code :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(4) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
37. Assertion (A) : Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
Reason (R) : The right to social security has not been introduced in every country in the world.
Code :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(4) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
38. Assertion (A) : Without the rule of law and fair administration of justice, human rights laws are no more than paper.
Reason (R) : Laws alone cannot guarantee human rights.
Code :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(4) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
39. Assertion (A) : Indigenous peoples have the right to freely preserve, express and develop their cultural identity in all its aspects.
Reason (R) : Cultural groups have freedom from any attempt at their assimilation.
Code :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(4) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
40. Assertion (A) : Indian educator and reformer Hansa Mehta was a member of India’s Constituent Assembly.
Reason (R) : She was also an Indian delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Commission which had drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Code :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(2) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(3) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(4) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
Question Nos. 41 to 55, Match the List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the code given below :
41.
42
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50. (Human Rights Council Members)
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56. Arrange the following books in the chronological order of their publication and choose the right answer from the code given below :
(a) Henri Dunant, Memory of Solferano
(b) Marx and Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party
(c) Mahatma Gandhi, Hind Swaraj
(d) V.I. Lenin, The Right of Nations to Self-Determination
Code :
(1) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(2) (d), (c), (b), (a)
(3) (b), (a), (c), (d)
(4) (a), (d), (b), (c)
57. Arrange chronologically the following articles of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and choose the right answer from the code given below :
(a) The right to Work
(b) The right to Social Security
(c) The right to Join Trade Unions
(d) The right to Education
Code :
(1) (d), (a), (b), (c)
(2) (a), (c), (b), (d)
(3) (d), (c), (b), (a)
(4) (a), (b), (c), (d)
58. Arrange the following articles of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights chronologically and choose the right answer from the code given below :
(a) The right to life
(b) Freedom from torture and inhuman treatment
(c) Freedom from slavery and forced labour
(d) The right to liberty and security
Code :
(1) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(2) (b), (c), (d), (a)
(3) (a), (d), (b), (c)
(4) (c), (a), (d), (b)
59. Arrange the following in the chronological order and choose the right answer from the code given below :
(a) Bachpan Bachao Andolan
(b) People’s Union for Civil Liberties
(c) Indian Union for Civil Liberties
(d) Motilal Nehru Committee Report on Minorities
Code :
(1) (c), (b), (a), (d)
(2) (b), (a), (d), (c)
(3) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(4) (d), (c), (b), (a)
60. Arrange the following documents in chronological order of their adoption with the help of code given below :
(a) Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
(b) Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights
(c) UN Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance
(d) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Code :
(1) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(2) (a), (c), (b), (d)
(3) (b), (c), (a), (d)
(4) (c), (b), (a), (d)
61. Arrange the following books in their chronological order and choose the correct answer from the code given below :
(a) Principles of Social and Political Theory
(b) The Elements of Social Justice
(c) Legal Theory
(d) Two Concepts of Liberty
Code :
(1) (b), (a), (d), (c)
(2) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(3) (d), (c), (b), (a)
(4) (b), (d), (c), (a)
62. Arrange the following writs in the same sequence as they have been mentioned in the Indian Constitution and choose the correct answer from the code given below :
(a) Habeas Corpus
(b) Certiorari
(c) Mandamus
(d) Prohibition
Code :
(1) (a), (d), (c), (b)
(2) (a), (c), (d), (b)
(3) (d), (c), (b), (a)
(4) (a), (b), (c), (d)
63. Arrange the following in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the code given below :
(a) India Bill
(b) Nehru Report
(c) Sapru Proposals
(d) Objective Resolution
Code :
(1) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(2) (d), (c), (b), (a)
(3) (b), (d), (c), (a)
(4) (a), (d), (b), (c)
64. Arrange the following freedoms in the same sequence they are mentioned in Article 19 of Indian Constitution and choose the correct answer from the code given below :
(a) Move freely throughout the territory of India
(b) Assemble peacefully and without arms
(c) Freedom of speech and expression
(d) Form associations or Unions
Code :
(1) (b), (c), (d), (a)
(2) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(3) (c), (b), (a), (d)
(4) (c), (b), (d), (a)
65. Arrange the following in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the code given below :
(a) Establishment of Muslim League
(b) Nehru Report
(c) Simon Commission
(d) Lucknow Pact
Code :
(1) (a), (d), (c), (b)
(2) (b), (d), (c), (a)
(3) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(4) (b), (a), (d), (c)
66. Arrange the following Universal Legal Instruments of their adoption in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the code :
(a) International Convention for the suppression of Terrorist Bombing
(b) International Convention for the suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
(c) International Convention for the suppression of the Act of Nuclear Terrorism
(d) Convention on the suppression of Unlawful Acts Relating to International Civil Aviation
Code :
(1) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(2) (b), (c), (d), (a)
(3) (c), (d), (a), (b)
(4) (d), (a), (b), (c)
67. Arrange the following cases, as decided upon by the Supreme Court, in their chronological order and choose the correct answer from the code given below :
(a) Dr. Upendra Bakshi Vs Uttar Pradesh State
(b) Menaka Gandhi Vs Union of India
(c) Minerva Mills Vs Union of India
(d) Louis De Reid Vs Union of India
Code :
(1) (b), (c), (a), (d)
(2) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(3) (d), (c), (b), (a)
(4) (a), (d), (b), (c)
68. Arrange the following cases, as decided upon by the Supreme Court of India, in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the code given below :
(a) Gangaram Moolchandani Vs State of Rajasthan
(b) Kesavanand Bharati Vs State of Kerala
(c) Madhav Rao Scindia Vs Union of India
(d) R.C. Cooper Vs Union of India
Code :
(1) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(2) (d), (c), (b), (a)
(3) (c), (d), (b), (a)
(4) (b), (c), (a), (d)
69. Arrange the following documents in chronological order of their adoption and choose the correct answer from the code given below :
(a) United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (“The Riyadh Guidelines”)
(b) United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (“The Beijing Rules”)
(c) UN Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners
(d) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Code :
(1) (d), (b), (a), (c)
(2) (b), (a), (c), (d)
(3) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(4) (c), (a), (b), (d)
70. Arrange the following documents in chronological order of their adoption and choose the correct answer from the code given below :
(a) Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices similar to Slavery
(b) ILO convention on Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining
(c) Convention on the Nationality of Married women
(d) Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition
Code :
(1) (d), (c), (a), (b)
(2) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(3) (b), (a), (c), (d)
(4) (a), (b), (d), (c)
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow, based on your understanding of the passage (Question No. 71-75) :
Every State is known by the rights that it maintains. Our method of judging its character lies, above all, in the contribution that it makes to the substance of man’s happiness. The State, therefore, is not, at least for political philosophy, simply a sovereign organisation with the power to get its will obeyed. It cannot, save in a narrowly legal sense, demand allegiance from its subjects save in terms of what that allegiance is to serve. The citizen, that is to say, just because he is a citizen, has the duty of scrutinising both the motive and the character of governmental acts. They are not right merely by reason of the authority from which they emanate. There is a standard by which they are to be tried. There is a purpose with which they must be invested. The State, briefly, does not create, but recognises, rights and its character will be apparent from the rights that, at
any given period, secure recognition.
Rights, in fact, are those conditions of social life without which no man can seek, in general, to be himself at his best. For since the State exists to make possible that achievement, it is only by maintaining rights that its end may be secured. Rights, therefore, are prior to the State in the sense that, recognised or no, they are that from which its validity derives. They are not historical in the sense that they have at some time won their recognition. They are not natural, in the sense that a permanent and unchanging catalogue of them can be compiled. They are historical in the sense that, at some given period and place, they are demanded by the character of its civilisation ; and they are natural in the sense that, under those same limitations, the facts demand their recognition. That does not mean they will be recognised. A revolution, as in eighteenth-century France, may be
necessary to wring their recognition from the existing legal order. But a legal system is surrounded by the penumbra of an attainable ideal which it must reach as the price of its preservation.
Nor do we mean by rights the power, as Hobbes urged, to satisfy desire. For there are desires, as to murder, for example, which cannot be grounded in rights. All of society is dependent upon the desires which, as we recognise, have a claim to satisfaction. They are never equally valid ; and the effort made by the State for their satisfaction must depend in large degree upon the results that effort involved. For, obviously, no State would long survive in which the law sought room to respond to the homicidal impulse of its members. The first condition of adequate living is security of life ; and the first term, therefore, in a definition of rights is the limitation of desires.
It is easy, in such a background, to take the step urged upon us by Hobbes and Bentham and to define rights as claims recognised by the State. My right is then that claim which the force of the State will, upon order of its courts, be used to substantiate. Here, at the least, is certainty ; for the body of statutes and legal rules will give to the observer a means of laying down with some precision exactly the rights each citizen of each State may expect to enjoy. Changes in the law then produce
changes in the substance of rights, and an annual scrutiny of statutes and decisions gives us the rule of judgment.
71. Which theory of human rights is reflected in the above passage ?
(1) Sociological theory of rights
(2) Legal theory of rights
(3) Divine theory of rights
(4) Cultural-relativism theory of rights
72. The first sentence of the passage, “Every State is known by the rights that it maintains” , tells us that the passage is from a book authored by :
(1) Thomas Paine
(2) J.S. Mill
(3) Harold J. Laski
(4) T.H. Green
73. Which of the following statements is NOT true ?
(1) Every state today recognizes human rights.
(2) Full development of human personality is not possible without human rights.
(3) Human rights are inalienable and natural.
(4) The power and sovereignty of the state will increase with the protection of human rights.
74. Which statement about the legal theory of rights is NOT correct ?
(1) Rights are dynamic and their nature changes along with the changes in law.
(2) All rights, except some, are derogable.
(3) Rights are not absolute.
(4) Rights and their content or nature cannot be changed by the State, as they are divinely ordained
75. Which of the following statements is incorrect/wrong ?
(1) Rights are not absolute.
(2) Rights are sacrosanct and no limitations should be imposed on them.
(3) All rights can be suspended during emergency or war.
(4) Rights create a social welfare state.
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