This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Culture > Festivals > Human Rights Day – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Human Rights Day Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where does The United Nation Commission for Human Rights meet? A) Geneva. B) Paris. C) London. D) Brussels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geneva. 2. Manav Adhikar Bhawan, the headquarters of the National Human Rights Commission, is located in? A) Patna. B) New Delhi. C) Mumbai. D) Panaji. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New Delhi. 3. 'Laissez faire' philosophy is an antithesis of A) Welfare State. B) Interventionist State. C) Soft State. D) Repressive State. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interventionist State. 4. How many human rights are identified in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? A) 10. B) 100. C) 13. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30. 5. Why did ordinary people meet in Sharpeville on the 21st March 1960? A) To write a poem about human rights. B) To peacefully demonstrate against the pass laws by leaving their Pass books behind. C) To get jobs and for church. D) To strike against unfair wages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To peacefully demonstrate against the pass laws by leaving their Pass books behind. 6. Complete the line Together many small actions ..... A) Can promote world wide change. B) Can promote statewide change. C) Can promote no change. D) Can promote nation wide change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can promote world wide change. 7. What is the ultimate hope expressed by the author? A) That human rights will be a topic of debate. B) That human rights will lead to paradise. C) That human rights will be forgotten. D) That human rights will be challenged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That human rights will lead to paradise. 8. What are Human Rights? A) Individual Rights. B) Public Rights. C) Social Rights. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individual Rights. 9. What is the author's opinion about government leaders and human rights? A) They should care more. B) They are very knowledgeable. C) They often ignore it. D) They are fully supportive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They often ignore it. 10. Who removes the chairman and members of the National Human Rights Commission? A) Prime Minister. B) Vice President. C) The President. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The President. 11. The present Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission? A) Dutt. B) Arun Kumar Mishra. C) Ramana. D) Hegde. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arun Kumar Mishra. 12. Who among the following propounded the modern principles of Natural Justice? A) J.S. Mill. B) A.V. Dicey. C) Locke. D) John Rawals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A.V. Dicey. 13. From which year December 10 started as Human Rights Day? A) 1970. B) 1958. C) 1968. D) 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1950. 14. Who was South Africa's first democratically elected president? A) Jacob Zuma. B) Nelson Mandela. C) Thabo Mbeki. D) Cyril Ramaphosa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nelson Mandela. 15. If a person is not allowed to voice out his or her opinions about any bill passed by the government. A) Right to privacy. B) Right to fair trial. C) Right to think. D) Right to speak. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Right to speak. 16. Which philosopher claims that the right to freedom is the only 'original right' of the person? A) David Hume. B) Rousseau. C) Immanuel Kant. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immanuel Kant. 17. Which is the world's first charter of human rights? A) The Cyrus Cylinder. B) Bill of Rights. C) The Magna Carta. D) The Constitution of Media. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Cyrus Cylinder. 18. A person is not allowed to set up a Bengali speaking medium school in Delhi A) Right to speech. B) Right to religion. C) Right to nationality. D) Cultural and education right. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cultural and education right. 19. A person living right now in Manipur cannot recide in Hyderabad. A) Right to live. B) Right to reside in any part of the country. C) Right to be treated with compassion and care. D) Right to equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right to reside in any part of the country. 20. Which of the following is the first charter of Human's rights? A) Bill of rights. B) Constitution of media. C) The Cyrus cylinder. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Cyrus cylinder. 21. In which century human rights became a central concern over the issue of slavery? A) 19th. B) 17th. C) 15th. D) 21 st. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 19th. 22. Human Rights Day is observed every year on ..... A) 20 January. B) 10 january. C) 20 December. D) 10 December. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10 December. 23. National Human Rights Commission is a ..... A) Statutory body. B) Constitutional body. C) Multilateral institution. D) Both a and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and c. 24. Is a global organization that protects human rights and fights against human rights violations? A) U.N.D.P. B) U.N. C) U.N.E.P. D) Human Rights Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human Rights Watch. 25. What does the term 'No Man's Land' mean? A) Formal acquisition of foreign land. B) Land belonging to somebody. C) Land belonging to nobody. D) Nobody lives here. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land belonging to nobody. 26. People in some countries cannot follow Hinduism religion. A) Right to nationality. B) Right to work. C) Right to religion. D) Right to Adequate Housing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to religion. 27. Who played an important role in international human rights law? A) Economic summit. B) World War. C) The United Nation. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The United Nation. 28. Who was the first chairman of the National Human Rights Commission? A) Nehru. B) Gandhiji. C) Justice Ranganatha Mishra. D) Fatima Beavi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Justice Ranganatha Mishra. 29. Where is the headquarters of Kerala Human Rights Commission? A) Kottayam. B) Kollam. C) Pathanamthitta. D) Thiruvananthapuram. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thiruvananthapuram. 30. How many rights (articles) are in the UN Declaration of Human Rights? A) 33. B) 36. C) 30. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30. 31. Definition of Human Rights is stated by: A) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1949. B) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1950. C) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948. D) Universal Document of Human Rights, 1940. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948. 32. Kerala State Human Rights Commission came into existence? A) 11 December 1998. B) 11 December 1990. C) 11 December 1995. D) 11 December 1992. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 11 December 1998. 33. Which year was honored as Human Rights Year? A) 1966. B) 1967. C) 1969. D) 1968. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1968. 34. Name the two principles that people present in the United Nation now A) Rights of equality and rights to wear. B) Fundamental rights and fundamental needs. C) Fundamental of Speech and Religionand Freedom from fear and want. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fundamental of Speech and Religionand Freedom from fear and want. 35. 12 year old boy is forced to indulge in child labour. A) Right to work. B) Right to property. C) Right to freedom and equality. D) Right to speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to freedom and equality. 36. Name the personality who adopted Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948 A) Karl Nicolas. B) John Roosevelt. C) Eleanor Roosevelt. D) Edward Jenner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eleanor Roosevelt. 37. A student is not allowed to take up any profession or to carry on any occupation trade or business in future A) Right to take up any profession. B) Right to education. C) Right to live. D) Right to speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right to take up any profession. 38. A Dalit student is forced to sit at the back bench while a Brahmin student is allowed to sit on the first bench and study with others. A) Right to property. B) Right to Constitutional Remedies. C) Right to equality. D) Right to recognition before law. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to equality. 39. Which situation has broken someone's rights? A) A young girl is not allowed a new dress. B) A little boy is sent to bed early for misbehaving. C) A 6 year old boy is not allowed to go swimming. D) A country's government does not allow girls to go to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A country's government does not allow girls to go to school. 40. Which article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that 'All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights'? A) Article 20. B) Article 10. C) Article 5. D) Article 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 1. 41. Why do we celbrate human rights day A) We celbrate because father of unversal was born. B) Just like that. C) Because cyrus raelsed slaves from babylon. D) Because un announced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We celbrate because father of unversal was born. 42. Year Human Rights Watch was founded? A) 1970. B) 1958. C) 1978. D) 1950. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1978. 43. What is stated about human rights in the twenty-first century? A) They are universally accepted. B) They are no longer relevant. C) They are still an issue. D) They are fully respected. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are still an issue. 44. In what year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights document created? A) 1948. B) 1947. C) 1944. D) 1946. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1948. 45. What is the symbol associated with Human Rights Day? A) A green leaf. B) A blue globe. C) A red cross. D) A white dove. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A white dove. 46. When was the universal declaration of human rights adopted by the UNO? A) 10th December 1948. B) 10th December 1949. C) 10th December 1947. D) 10th December 1946. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10th December 1948. 47. What document did the United Nations issue regarding human rights? A) The Constitution. B) The Bill of Rights. C) The Universal Declaration on human rights. D) The Magna Carta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Universal Declaration on human rights. 48. Who have human rights? A) Only white men, women and kids. B) Only black men, women and kids. C) All of them. D) Only men. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of them. 49. Human rights is enjoined to everyone simply because of ..... A) Being a human. B) Being a democratic. C) Being a citizen. D) Being a professional. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being a human. 50. Which year was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations? A) 1955. B) 1932. C) 2001. D) 1948. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1948. 51. Who is the current chairman of the NHRC (National Human rights commission)? A) Narendra Modi. B) H.L.given. C) Sonia Gandhi. D) Rajnath Singh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) H.L.given. 52. What is meant by 'the option for the poor'? A) Making choices that benefit everyone or at least do not harm others. B) Each person has rights but also responsibilities. C) The most vulnerable members of a society must be given help to access their basic needs. D) Treating people like humans by ensuring equity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The most vulnerable members of a society must be given help to access their basic needs. 53. Who is the current chairman of the National Human Rights Commission? A) Justice A.S. Anand. B) Justice H.L.given. C) Justice S. Rajendra Babu. D) Justice K. Balakrishnan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Justice H.L.given. 54. When did human rights become an issue according to the text? A) After World War II. B) In the twenty-first century. C) During the Cold War. D) Before World War I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After World War II. 55. During Apartheid were people of colour allowed to move freely around South African cities? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 56. How many member nations were present while declaring Universal Declaration of Human Rights? A) 46 member nations. B) 45 member nations. C) 47 member nations. D) 48 member nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 48 member nations. 57. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a landmark document was adopted by A) International Court of Justice. B) UNICEF. C) A. D) UNESCO. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 58. Which country was the first to ratify the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? A) United States. B) Russia. C) France. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) France. 59. What is the theme for Human Rights Day 2023? A) World Peace and Harmony. B) Celebrating Cultural Diversity. C) Environmental Sustainability. D) Freedom, Equality and Justice for All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Freedom, Equality and Justice for All. 60. Any section of citizens with a distinct language or culture is not allowed the right to conserve it. A) Right to speech. B) Right to food. C) Right to preserve one's culture. D) Right to protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to preserve one's culture. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Culture QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesHuman Rights Day Quiz 2Air Force Day QuizAmbedkar Jayanti QuizApril Fools Day QuizArmy Day QuizBaisakhi QuizBakrid QuizBasant Panchami Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books