Top 350+ Solved Human Rights MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Concept of negative liberty emphasizes on
a. freedom of choice
b. absence of interference
c. autonomy
d. self direction
Q. Which one of the following types of equality is not compatible with the liberal notion of equality?
a. legal equality
b. political equality
c. social equality
d. economic equality
Q. Pluralist theory of sovereignty believes in
a. distribution of sovereign power
b. concentration of sovereign power
c. both concentration and distribution of sovereign power
d. unlimited sovereign power
Q. The chief proponents of the theory of natural rights are
a. john locke and thomas paine
b. lasswell and kaplan
c. hegel and kant
d. durkheim and weber
Q. What is the function of "standard-setting in human rights diplomacy?
a. standard-setting means putting forward binding legal standards
b. standard-setting means merely proposing binding legal standards
c. standard-setting means putting forward non-binding legal standards
d. standard-setting means setting certain standards of conduct in human rights treaties
Q. What is the legal nature of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)?
a. the udhr is a multilateral treaty
b. the udhr is a un general assembly resolution
c. the udhr is a un security council resolution
d. the udhr is a declaration adopted by several states at an internationalconference
Q. What is the meaning of cultural relativism?
a. culture relativism posits that human rights apply equally to all without restrictions
b. culture relativism posits that human rights have a cultural origin
c. cultural relativism posits that the application of human rights is relative to the laws in each nation
d. cultural relativism posits that local culture should validate the existence and practice of all human rights
Q. What is the meaning of collective rights?
a. collective rights belong to distinct groups of people
b. collective rights are those that belong to particular groups as opposed to the individual members of the group
c. minority rights are collective rights
d. collective rights entail a right of the group as such as well as individual rights of the group\s members
Q. What is a derogation?
a. derogations are exemptions from particular human rights obligations contained in a treaty
b. a derogation refers to the ability of rights holders to bring a claim against the state for breach of an obligation
c. a state may suspend particular rights by means of a derogation in circumstances that threaten its existence
d. derogations are enforcement clauses in human rights treaties
Q. Which of the following is a treaty-based human rights mechanism?
a. the un human rights committee
b. the un human rights council
c. the un universal periodic review
d. the un special mandates
Q. Adopting non-binding instruments with a view of providing appropriate space to States to test particular measureswith a view to formal adoption sometime in the future is called
a. standard-setting
b. covenant
c. treaty
d. instrument
Q. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948. It was adopted asResolution 217 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France.
a. the universal declaration of human rights
b. iccpr
c. uniting for peace resolution
d. the charter
Q. According to international agreements relating to the right to water:
a. governments are obliged to provide their citizens with clean and healthy water.
b. governments are not allowed to discriminate against some citizens in provision of water.
c. governments are not allowed to deny their citizens access to a water supply.
d. both band c
Q. The death penalty:
a. is in general forbidden all over the world.
b. is abolished in law or practice by more than 50% of all countries.
c. is not allowed in the case of young people under 18.
d. both b and c
Q. Economic and social rights:
a. are not real human rights.
b. the immediate fulfilment of these rights for all individuals is not expected from states.
c. can be claimed by every european individual.
d. are not part of socialist systems