This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Rights > Human > Human Rights – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Human Rights Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the purpose of the Geneva Convention of 1906? A) To provide aid to civilians. B) To declare war on Germany. C) To establish guidelines for the treatment of POWs. D) To promote women's rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To establish guidelines for the treatment of POWs. 2. The difference between civil and political rights is ..... A) Civil rights focus on any group of people being targeted for discrimination, political rights protect people from their government. B) Civil rights focus mainly on racial discrimination, political focuses on a corrupt government. C) Civil Rights and Political Rights are the exact same. D) Civil rights only protect legal citizens, political rights protect all citizens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Civil rights focus on any group of people being targeted for discrimination, political rights protect people from their government. 3. The first response of the USA to the war in Syria was ..... A) Imposing economic sanctions. B) Chemical attack. C) Launching an air strike on ISIS. D) Launching an air strike on the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imposing economic sanctions. 4. What did the U.N Human Rights Council fact-finding mission warn about Venezuela? A) Patterns of violence and abuses authorized by the government. B) Lack of basic goods and services. C) Inflation and corruption. D) Pervasive impunity for State agents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patterns of violence and abuses authorized by the government. 5. The natural right to relate to God and to freely express and develop this relationship. A) Right to Religion. B) Right to Vocation. C) Right to Conscience. D) Right to Marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right to Religion. 6. What is the significance of the ritual of baptism in Christianity? A) It symbolizes the cleansing of original sin and initiation into the spiritual life. B) It demonstrates God's divine justice and power. C) It reveals God's will and intentions for humanity. D) It provides humans with eternal life and salvation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It symbolizes the cleansing of original sin and initiation into the spiritual life. 7. What example has breached an individual's human right? A) A young girl cooks and does the laundry at home. B) A child is sent to bed early for misbehaving without dinner. C) A 6 year old boy is not allowed to go swimming. D) National government does not allow girls to go to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National government does not allow girls to go to school. 8. Ancient Greek philosophers taught that all people have rights. What are philosophers? A) Secret police who worked for the government of Rome. B) People who discuss ideas to gain wisdom. C) People who lay around playing video games all day. D) Slaves who built the Egyptian pyramids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People who discuss ideas to gain wisdom. 9. Who were the apartheid laws against? A) Asian immigrants. B) Black South Africans. C) Europeans immigrants. D) White South Africans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black South Africans. 10. How many articles are part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? A) 30. B) 32. C) 33. D) 31. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30. 11. Which of the following is not a right? A) To have food and water. B) To have new sneakers. C) To have freedom. D) To have an education. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To have new sneakers. 12. What does Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights focus on? A) Right to education. B) Right to life. C) Right to adequate standard of living. D) Right to freedom of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right to adequate standard of living. 13. % of the world that do NOT have human rights A) 10%. B) 20%. C) 30%. D) 40%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20%. 14. What is the right attitude to wealth? A) Ignoring the existence of wealth. B) Hoarding wealth for oneself. C) Using wealth to help others. D) Exploiting others for personal gain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using wealth to help others. 15. Country where child labour is there? A) India. B) China. C) Pakistan. D) Thailand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pakistan. 16. Write an example of biotic component A) Soil. B) Water. C) Plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants. 17. Ms. Anshrutha gets to know that many children are employed in a factory preparing dynamite. As a concerned and public-spirited citizen, she files a PIL in the High Court. Her petition A) Will not be accepted because it is a privately owned company. B) Will be rejected because she is not related to the children. C) Will not be accepted because it is not a 'State'. D) Will be accepted because a violation of Fundamental Right is enforceable against private individuals as well. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will be accepted because a violation of Fundamental Right is enforceable against private individuals as well. 18. NHRC shall have all the powers of a A) High court. B) Civil Court. C) Parliament. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Civil Court. 19. The universal declaration of human rights was adopted by United nation on A) 10 December 1947. B) 1st August 1950. C) 10 December 1948. D) 15 September 1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10 December 1948. 20. When did the UN adopt the Universal Human Rights? A) 1940. B) 1918. C) 1948. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1948. 21. Name one special interest group that focuses on protecting human rights. A) Amnesty International. B) Greenpeace. C) NRA. D) PETA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amnesty International. 22. Which of the following is not the function of the National Human Rights Commission? A) To interfere in the proceedings related to any human rights violation case pending in the court. B) Promoting research in the field of human rights. C) Protecting the human rights of prisoners. D) To provide Economic compensation to any human rights violation victim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide Economic compensation to any human rights violation victim. 23. What is one of the criticisms of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? A) It is too inclusive of all nations. B) It is not respected by any country. C) It is a hard law with binding decisions. D) It is too biased in favor of sociopolitical rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is too biased in favor of sociopolitical rights. 24. Below are the category of rights. Which of them does not belong to the group? A) Cultural Rights. B) Political Rights. C) Civil Rights. D) Emotional Rights. E) Social Rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emotional Rights. 25. Which human right is this? "Nobody can put us in prison without a good reason, or keep us there, or send us away from our country" A) No arrest, detention, or exile. B) Innocent until proven guilty. C) Right to move freely. D) Everyone is equal before the law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No arrest, detention, or exile. 26. Which armed forces did Jimmy Carter serve in? A) Navy. B) Air Force. C) Marines. D) Army. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Navy. 27. All three civil rights leaders (Gandhi, King and Mandela) used ..... to bring civil rights to their respective societies. A) Violence. B) Nonviolence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonviolence. 28. How many nations signed the Helsinki Accords that guaranteed such basic rights during the Cold War? A) 30. B) 40. C) 35. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 35. 29. Which President appointed Eleanor Roosevelt to the United States delegation to the UN? A) Franklin Roosevelt. B) Teddy Roosevelt. C) Harry Truman. D) Woodrow Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harry Truman. 30. What does partition mean? A) To join together. B) To review carefully. C) To separate or divide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To separate or divide. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRights QuizzesPolitical Science QuizzesHuman Rights Quiz 1Human Rights Quiz 2Human Rights Quiz 3Human Rights Quiz 4Human Rights Quiz 5Human Rights Quiz 6Human Rights Quiz 7Human Rights Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books