This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Political Science > Rights > Human > Human Rights – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Human Rights Quiz 55 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a Chador? A) A jihad. B) To hijab. C) A full body covering. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A full body covering. 2. Human rights are universal and apply to everyone wherever they live. A) No, each country has its own human rights register. B) What are human rights?. C) Yes, human rights are the same for everyone. D) Depending, states can revoke certain human rights or grant new human rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes, human rights are the same for everyone. 3. What is the difference between signing and ratifying the CRPD? A) By signing the CRPD a country is stating that they are already in compliance with the requirements therein. By ratifying the CRPD a country is stating that it will no longer be bound by the requirements therein. B) By signing the CRPD, a country has a moral duty to implement what it says. By ratifying it means, a country has a legal duty to implement it. C) There is no difference-they mean the same thing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By signing the CRPD a country is stating that they are already in compliance with the requirements therein. By ratifying the CRPD a country is stating that it will no longer be bound by the requirements therein. 4. What is Amnesty International? A) Nobody knows. Sshhhh . B) A place refugees can go. C) A pressure group protecting human rights. D) A police organisation protecting rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A pressure group protecting human rights. 5. What is the name of institution in charge of protecting human rights in Europe A) European Court of Human Rights. B) Council of Europe. C) African Court for Human Rights. D) European Court of Auditors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) European Court of Human Rights. 6. What do cultural relativists argue in the debate over human rights? A) Cultural values should not influence human rights, and Western standards should be imposed on non-Western cultures. B) Human rights are inherent to all individuals regardless of culture or location and that basic human needs are universal. C) Human rights should be defined based on cultural values and that Western standards should not be imposed on non-Western cultures. D) Human rights should be defined based on universal values and that Western standards should be imposed on non-Western cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human rights should be defined based on cultural values and that Western standards should not be imposed on non-Western cultures. 7. In which case did the High Court imply into the Australian Constitution the right to freedom of political communication? A) Hogan v Hinch (2011). B) Clubb v Edwards [2019]. C) Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills (1992). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Wills (1992). 8. A state that always remembers the interests and desires of the people is an understanding of one of the criteria in determining the democratic situation, namely A) Parliamentary. B) Presidential. C) Communists. D) Democracy. E) Liberal. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Liberal. 9. Which document is most closely associated with the Arab-Israeli conflict? A) Balfour Declaration. B) Communist Manifesto. C) Treaty of Nanjing. D) Kyoto Protocol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Balfour Declaration. 10. In the Arab states, girls have the least access to education as a result of A) Poverty. B) Marginalisation. C) The privileged treatment given to males. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The privileged treatment given to males. 11. Which document lists all of the human rights? A) Universal Declaration of Human Rights. B) Declaration of Rights. C) Bill of Rights. D) United Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 12. Which of the following is not a function of the National Commission for Minorities? A) Conducting studies, research, and analysis on the issues relating to the socio-economic and educational development of minorities. B) Evaluating the progress of the development of minorities. C) To inquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled castes and Scheduled tribes. D) Monitoring the working of the safeguards provided in the Constitution and in other laws enacted by Parliament and the State Legislatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To inquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled castes and Scheduled tribes. 13. In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which article specifically addresses the right to work and the right to form and join trade unions? A) Article 5. B) Article 10. C) Article 1. D) Article 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 20. 14. When and where was the United Nations established? A) The United Nations was established in New York City in the summer of 1953. B) The United Nations was established in Paris in the fall of 1945. C) The United Nations was established in Switzerland in 1948. D) The United Nations was established in San Francisco in 1947. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The United Nations was established in Paris in the fall of 1945. 15. The universal declaration of human rights was created:The universal declaration of human rights was created: A) 14th December, 1938 December 14, 1938. B) 10th December, 1948 December 10, 1948. C) 14th December, 1978 December 14, 1948. D) 10th December, 1938 December 10, 1038. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10th December, 1948 December 10, 1948. 16. Aquinas thought that rights come from A) God. B) The legal system. C) People. D) Prudential reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) God. 17. In some countries in Africa, Albinos are believed to bring ..... and that is the reason they are hunted, amputated or killed A) Luck. B) Disasters. C) Happiness. D) Misfortune. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Luck. 18. Which sentence contrasts the USSR and South Africa? A) South Africa and the USSR both had laws that limited people's freedoms. B) In the USSR, the secret police spied on people to see if they were breaking any laws. C) South Africa and the USSR did not allow people to vote for their leaders. D) Both South Africa and the USSR told people where they could live. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the USSR, the secret police spied on people to see if they were breaking any laws. 19. What are the challenges in negotiating competing cultural norms within societies? A) Balancing freedom of expression and respect for religious values, and addressing multicultural perspectives on human rights. B) Suppressing freedom of expression, and disregarding religious values within societies. C) Enforcing strict laws on cultural practices, and promoting a single cultural norm within societies. D) Ignoring cultural differences, and imposing Western cultural norms on non-Western societies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Balancing freedom of expression and respect for religious values, and addressing multicultural perspectives on human rights. 20. Nobody should be blamed for doing something until it is proven. When people say we did a bad thing we have the right to show it is not true. A) A fair and free world. B) We're all equal before the law. C) We're all innocent until proven guilty. D) The right to trial. E) Freedom of expression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We're all innocent until proven guilty. 21. Which factor is used to measure the economic performance of a country? A) Gross domestic product. B) Malnutrition. C) Living standards. D) Life expectancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gross domestic product. 22. The armed conflict does not violate human rights A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 23. The meaning of the word krotos is A) Public. B) Government. C) Authority. D) Institutional. E) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Power. 24. Choose the correct meaning for the word or statement. "Right to be free from discrimination" A) Right to freedom of actions. B) Right to freely discriminate. C) Right not to be discriminated against. D) Right to intellectual property. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right not to be discriminated against. 25. Help and respect to my family A) Responsibility. B) Right. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Responsibility. 26. "A statute which implies merely a legal distinction between the white and colored races ..... has no tendency to destroy the legal equality of the two races, or reestablish a state of involuntary servitude." A) Ruth Bader Ginsburg explained why an amendment for equality should be passed. B) Henry Brown explain the Plessy v. Ferguson decision. C) Earl Warren explained the Brown v. Board decision. D) Maya Moore explained how legislation has changed life for women. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Henry Brown explain the Plessy v. Ferguson decision. 27. The UN Commission on Human Rights used to meet annually in ..... A) New York. B) Geneva. C) Vienna. D) Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vienna. 28. Which of the following is a measure of the overall health and well-being of a population? A) Malnutrition. B) Gross domestic product. C) Global literacy. D) Life expectancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Life expectancy. 29. 3 positives of democracy: A) Dictatorship, oppression, and violence. B) Censorship, discrimination, and corruption. C) Citizen participation, ability to dissent and multiple parties. D) Political apathy, one party, and deadlock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Citizen participation, ability to dissent and multiple parties. 30. 'Treaty' is best defined as: A) A formal agreement entered into by more than two nation-states. B) A formal agreement entered into by two nation-states. C) A formalised agreement between two or more nations about a particular area of mutual interest (such as trade, prisoner exchanges or human rights); often used synonymously with convention, covenant, charter, protocol and/or statute. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A formalised agreement between two or more nations about a particular area of mutual interest (such as trade, prisoner exchanges or human rights); often used synonymously with convention, covenant, charter, protocol and/or statute. ← 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