Top 250+ Solved History of Human Rights Movements MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The post of High Commissioner for Human Rights was first held by...................of Ecuador.
a. mr. josé ayala-lasso
b. jeremy bentham
c. st. thomas aquinas
d. john
Q. One of the first examples of a codification of laws that contain references toindividual rights is the tablet of……………...
a. hammurabi
b. socrates
c. plato
d. thomas hobbes
Q. ………………… came up with the ‘social contract theory’, that stated that allindividuals in a society had entered into a contract to form a civilized society in exchange for the government giving them equality.
a. rousseau
b. immanuel kant
c. john stuart mill
d. aristotle
Q. In his book ‘On Liberty’, …………strongly disagrees with utilitarianism, and sees it as a type of tyranny by the majority.
a. james mill
b. karl marx
c. friedrich engels
d. ronald dworkin
Q. Madam Justice ………….was appointed in 1996 by the United Nations Security Council to be the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
a. louise arbour
b. john rawls
c. jean kambanda
d. james mill
Q. ……………was able to successfully arrest and convict Jean Kambanda, thenprime minister of Rwanda, for his role in the genocides in 1994.
a. judge arbour
b. john rawls
c. james mill
d. jean kambanda
Q. ……………… was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India to Hinduparents.
a. mahatma gandhi
b. thomas paine
c. john stuart mill
d. g.w.f. hegel
Q. …………. had an arranged marriage with Kasturbai Makani, when both ofthem were 13 years old.
a. john stuart mill
b. thomas paine
c. mahatma gandhi
d. g.w.f. hegel
Q. ………………. sailed to South Africa as part of his work for a Muslim legalfirm, where he experiences discrimination first hand, and worked to improve the rights of immigrant Indians.
a. mahatma gandhi
b. martin luther king jr
c. francisco de vitoria
d. bartolomé de las casas.
Q. In January 1948,………….. was tragically killed by an assassin opposed to his belief in passive resistance, and tolerance of all people.
a. mahatma gandhi
b. martin luther king jr
c. francisco de vitoria
d. bartolomé de las casas.
Q. Martin Luther King Jr.was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement in ……………… during the mid 20th century.
a. america
b. south africa
c. soviet union
d. yugoslavia