1. Which of the following is not a Civil Right?
(A) Right to Life
(B) Right to Marriage
(C) Right to Education
(D) Right to Divorce
Answer: (C)
2. 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
Answer: (D)
3. Third Generation of Human Rights is also known as
(A) Citizen’s Rights
(B) Developmental Rights
(C) Group Rights
(D) Women’s Rights
Answer: (C)
4. At the time of adoption of the declaration of the right of development by the U.N. General
Assembly in 1986 only State to express its divert was
(A) The United States of America
(B) Peoples Republic of China
(C) Iran
(D) France
Answer: (A)
5. Which one of the following determines that the Indian constitution is federal?
(A) A written and rigid constitution
(B) An independent judiciary
(C) Vesting of residuary power with the centre
(D) Distribution of powers between the centre and the states
Answer: (D)
6. Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was initiated in 1983 with the pioneering efforts of
(A) Justice R.N. Mishra
(B) Justice Chandrachud
(C) Justice P.N. Bhagawati
(D) Justice Venkatswami
Answer: (C)
7. Which of the following was the first international treaty having significant portents for International Human Rights Law?
(A) Congress of Vienna
(B) Geneva Convention
(C) League of Nations
(D) Treaty of Westphalia
Answer: (D)
8. Who of the following was the pioneer of United Nations Peace keeping operations?
(A) Trygve Li
(B) Kofi Annan
(C) U. Thant
(D) Dag Hammarjskold
Answer: (D)
9. Who among the following wrote the book ‘The Theory of Justice’?
(A) Thomas Hegal
(B) John Rawls
(C) Jean Jacques Rousseau
(D) Thomas Hobbes
Answer: (B)
10. Who among the following defined rights as “those conditions of social life without which no man can reacts in general, to be his best”?
(A) Harold J. Laski
(B) Bernard Bosanquet
(C) Leonard Hobhouse
(D) Hurst Hannum
Answer: (A)
11. In which case Supreme Court held that Parliament has no power to amend the Fundamental Rights?
(A) Golak Nath Case
(B) Sajjan Singh Case
(C) Shankari Prasad Case
(D) None of these
Answer: (A)
12. What is the full form of COFEPOSA?
(A) Conservation of Foreign Exchange & Prevention of Smuggling Act
(B) Conservation of Foreign Economy and Prevention of South Africa.
(C) Conservation of Foreign Export Problems of South Asia.
(D) None of these
Answer: (A)
13. Which one of the following sets of Articles in Part – III of the Constitution emphasis its secular character?
(A) Articles 8 to 11
(B) Articles 25 to 28
(C) Articles 45 to 48 A
(D) Articles 14 to 19
Answer: (B)
14. ‘No taxation without representation’ was the slogan of which of the following revolutions?
(A) Glorious Revolution of Britain
(B) Bolshevik Revolution
(C) French Revolution
(D) Chinese Revolution
Answer: (A)
15. Who was the first Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission in India?
(A) Rangnath Misre
(B) A.S. Anand
(C) J.S. Verma
(D) P.B. Gajendragadkar
Answer: (A)
16. Who of the following was not a member of the Fundamental Rights sub-committee of the Advisory Committee of Constituent Assembly in India?
(A) K.T. Shah
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (D)
17. Who of the following developed the notion of Human Development Index?
(A) Mohd. Yunus
(B) J.K. Galbraith
(C) Amartya Sen
(D) Mahbub-ul-Haq
Answer: (D)
18. Which of the following is not a new social movement?
(A) Environmental Movements
(B) Feminist Movements
(C) Peasant Movements
(D) Differently-Abled Rights Movements
Answer: (C)
19. Who among the following did not have an influence on shaping the thinking of Mahatma Gandhi?
(A) Ruskin Bond
(B) Leo Tolstoy
(C) Thoreau
(D) Ernest Hemingway
Answer: (D)
20. Husband and wife have a right to each other’s company. This right is called
(A) Legal Right
(B) Matrimonial Right
(C) Consortium Right
(D) Conjugal Right
Answer: (D)
21. Where are Juvenile delinquents sent?
(A) Borstal
(B) Asylums
(C) Protective custody
(D) Reformation centre
Answer: (A)
22. Which of the following rights are included in cultural and educational rights?
(A) Right to linguistic minorities to promote their language.
(B) Right against discrimination for admission to educational institutions on the grounds of religion, race or caste.
(C) Right of the minorities to establish and administer their educational institutions.
(D) All of these
Answer: (D)
In question numbers 23 to 32 examine whether the statements given are correct and related to each other with the help of the codes attached.
23. Assertion (A): Preventive Detention is an integral part of the constitution of India.
Reason (R): Preventive detention is an essential part of a democratic system.
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)
24. Assertion (A): The rise of Human Rights Non-Governmental organisations in India has been a recent phenomenon with the National Emergency of 1975 acting as a trigger for their emergence and increased activities.
Reason (R): Before 1975 there were no human rights violations.
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)
25. Assertion (A): Governments can reserve the right not to apply a specific part of a treaty and have to declare so when ratifying a treaty by submitting a reservation.
Reason (R): Governments may not be in a position to undertake the obligations at the time of ratification.
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): Not only the rights of the present generation but also that of the future generations to live and lead a healthy life is embodied in the right to a healthy environment.
Reason (R): The right to life itself is dependent upon good and healthy environment.
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)
27. Assertion (A): The Right to equality suggests that people ought to have an equal opportunity to exercise their particular capabilities and not be governed by the accident of their birth.
Reason (R): All men are born equal in strength, talent and capacity.
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)
28. Assertion (A): The welfare state of today provides various social services such as health, education, old age protection etc. free.
Reason (R): Welfare state is based on socialist ideology.
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)
29. Assertion (A): Torture was abolished from criminal procedure during the age of enlightenment, and is prohibited, without exception even in emergency situation, by present international law.
Reason (R): Torture is not a scientific method of investigation.
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)
30. Assertion (A): The Phenomenon of globalization has, among other things, given rise to a variety of Global social movements.
Reason (R): Globalization ushers in an era 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)
31. Assertion (A): Every Juvenile of compulsory school age has the right to education suited to his or her needs and abilities and designed to prepare him or her for return to society.
Reason (R): Juvenile’s Commission of crime does not necessarily have criminal mindset.
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)
32. Assertion (A): Judicial review is the power of courts to pronounce upon the constitutionality of legislative acts.
Reason (R): Constitution is the foundation and source of other legislative authorities in the polity.
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)
33. Arrange the following in chronological order in which they addressed the issue of racial discrimination:
i. United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination.
ii. International Convention on the suppression and punishment of the crime of aparthied.
iii. International convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
iv. International Convention against Aparthied in sports.
Codes:
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) iii ii iv i
Answer: (C)
34. Arrange the following instruments in the chronological order of their introduction using codes given below:
i. American convention
ii. Refugee convention
iii. Geneva convention
iv. European torture convention
Codes:
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) i iii iv ii
Answer: (C)
35. Arrange the following cases in chronological order of their disposal.
i. Keshavanand Bharti vs. State of Kerala
ii. A.D.M. Jabalpur vs. S. Shukla
iii. Maneka Gandhi vs. Union of India
iv. Galak Nath vs. State of Punjab
Codes:
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iii ii iv i
Answer: (A)
36. Arrange the following in chronological order in which they were established:
i. Asia Pacific Human Rights Network
ii. Amnesty International
iii. People’s Union for civil liberties
iv. Human Rights Watch
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iv iii i
(C) iii i iv ii
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (B)
37. Arrange the following conference in the order in which they were held.
i. World Conference on Human Rights, Tehran
ii. Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing
iii. Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro
iv. International Conference on population and Development, Cairo
Codes:
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii iv ii i
Answer: (A)
38. Arrange in sequence the adoption of following Acts in India for the protection of rights of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
i. Protection of Civil Rights Act
ii. Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrine (prohibition) Act
iii. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (prevention of atrocities) Act.
iv. Panchayats (Extension of the scheduled areas) Act
Codes:
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) iii ii iv i
Answer: (A)
39. Arrange the following Fundamental Rights enshrined in the Constitution of India in order of sequence.
i. Right to Freedom
ii. Right to Education
iii. Right to Freedom of Religion
iv. Right against Exploitation
Codes:
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) i ii iv iii
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv i ii iii
Answer: (B)
40. Arrange the following in chronological order of their inception:
i. International Criminal Court
ii. International Court of Justice
iii. The European Court of Human Rights
iv. Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Codes:
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii i iv ii
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (B)
41. Arrange the following UN Agencies in chronological order of their formation:
i. United Nations Environment Programme
ii. United Nations Development Programme
iii. International Labour Organisation
iv. World Health Organisation
Codes:
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) ii i iv iii
Answer: (A)
42. Arrange chronologically the instruments in order of their introduction using codes given below:
i. The Magna Carta
ii. The Petition of Rights
iii. The Bill of Rights
iv. Glorious Revolution
Codes:
(A) i ii iv iii
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) i iv ii iii
Answer: (A)
43. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I (Group) List – II (Concern/ Distinctiveness)
a. NGOs i. To promote interest of their members and to influence politics
b. Pressure groups ii. A group of eminent persons in their chosen field.
c. Political parties iii. Concerned with some public issues/problems.
d. Elites iv. Seek political power
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) i ii iv iii
(C) iii i iv ii
(D) i iii ii iv
Answer: (C)
44. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Environmental Protection Act i. 1947
b. Industrial Disputes Act ii. 1994
c. Equal Remuneration Act iii. 1986
d. The transplantation of Human Organ Act iv. 1976
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (A)
45. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Civil Right i. Right to work
b. Political Right ii. Right to life
c. Social Right iii. Right to vote
d. Economic Right iv. Right to Public Feasting
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii ii i iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) i iv iii ii
(D) iv i ii iii
Answer: (B)
46. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. International Labour Organization (ILO) i. Paris
b. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) ii. Rome
c. United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) iii. Geneva
d. United Nations Security Council (UNSC) iv. New York
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (C)
47. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer with the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. J.J. Rousseau i. Survival of the Fittest
b. Herbert Spencer ii. General will
c. Jermy Bentham iii. Greatest good of the greatest number
d. John Austin iv. Theory of Sovereignty
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii iv i ii
Answer: (A)
48. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I (Fundamental Rights) List – II (Article No.)
a. Right to Constitutional Remedy i. 29
b. Protection of interest of Minorities ii. 17
c. Abolition of untouchability iii. 16
d. Equality of opportunities in matters of public employment iv. 32
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iii ii i iv
Answer: (A)
49. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. John Locke i. Limited Government
b. Thomas Hare ii. Separation of powers
c. Hamilton iii. Rule of law
d. A.V. Dicey iv. Proportional Representation
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) i iv ii iii
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (B)
50. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. The Shariah Act i. 1956
b. The Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act ii. 1986
c. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act iii. 1937
d. The Hindu Succession Act iv. 1939
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) iv ii i iii
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) ii iv i iii
Answer: (A)