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This section includes 5672 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UPSC IAS Exam knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 2551. |
William Wilberforce in ................worked towards the abolition of slavery. |
| A. | britain |
| B. | america |
| C. | china |
| D. | japan |
| Answer» B. america | |
| 2552. |
The term human rights probably came into use sometime betweenPaine's The Rights of Man and ................ 1831 writings in The Liberator, in which he stated that he was trying to enlist his readers in "the great cause of human rights". |
| A. | william lloyd garrison's |
| B. | jeremy bentham |
| C. | edmund burke |
| D. | david kennedy |
| Answer» B. jeremy bentham | |
| 2553. |
The atrocities of The Holocaust, culminated in the adoption of the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights in ................by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. |
| A. | paris |
| B. | delhi |
| C. | dhaka |
| D. | islamabad |
| Answer» B. delhi | |
| 2554. |
Horrified by the brutal atrocities commited by the military leader Ne Winagainst protesters, ……………..formed the National League for Democracy, advocating non violent protest for human rights. |
| A. | aung san suu kyi |
| B. | charles blattberg |
| C. | alain pellet |
| D. | alain de benoist |
| Answer» B. charles blattberg | |
| 2555. |
Aung San Suu Kyi’s father was the de facto prime minister of……………., andwas murdered when she was two years old. |
| A. | burma |
| B. | malaya |
| C. | indonesia |
| D. | japan |
| Answer» B. malaya | |
| 2556. |
Aung San Suu Kyi was born in……………. |
| A. | japan |
| B. | malaya |
| C. | indonesia |
| D. | burma |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2557. |
Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady from 1933 to 1945, wife to ………… |
| A. | bartolomé de las casas. |
| B. | m. robinson |
| C. | francisco de vitoria |
| D. | franklin d. roosevelt |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2558. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president of ……………….. |
| A. | america |
| B. | britain |
| C. | india |
| D. | china |
| Answer» B. britain | |
| 2559. |
…………….. was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and the InternationalCommission of Jurists in Geneva from 1987 to 1990. |
| A. | francisco de vitoria |
| B. | friedrich nietzsche |
| C. | mary robinson |
| D. | bartolomé de las casas. |
| Answer» D. bartolomé de las casas. | |
| 2560. |
Martin Luther King Jr was also instrumental in bringing forth the passage ofthe Civil Rights Act in ……………….. |
| A. | 1934 |
| B. | 1939 |
| C. | 1954 |
| D. | 1964 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2561. |
……………was elected leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association,which boycotted the transit system in Alabama to combat racial segregation. |
| A. | martin luther king jr |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | francisco de vitoria |
| D. | bartolomé de las casas. |
| Answer» B. karl marx | |
| 2562. |
Martin Luther King Jr organized the Southern Christian LeadershipConference to publicize the need for civil rights in……………. |
| A. | america |
| B. | britain |
| C. | spain |
| D. | china |
| Answer» B. britain | |
| 2563. |
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 |
| Answer» B. south africa | |
| 2564. |
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. |
| Answer» B. martin luther king jr | |
| 2565. |
………………. 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. |
| Answer» B. martin luther king jr | |
| 2566. |
…………. 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 |
| Answer» D. g.w.f. hegel | |
| 2567. |
……………… 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 |
| Answer» B. thomas paine | |
| 2568. |
……………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 |
| Answer» B. john rawls | |
| 2569. |
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 |
| Answer» B. john rawls | |
| 2570. |
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 |
| Answer» B. karl marx | |
| 2571. |
………………… 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 |
| Answer» B. immanuel kant | |
| 2572. |
American Bill of Rights, ………………. |
| A. | 1779 |
| B. | 1789 |
| C. | 1798 |
| D. | 1879 |
| Answer» C. 1798 | |
| 2573. |
French Declaration of the Rights of Man was in the year………….. |
| A. | 1669 |
| B. | 1678 |
| C. | 1689 |
| D. | 1789 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2574. |
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 |
| Answer» B. socrates | |
| 2575. |
British Magna Carta was in the year……………… |
| A. | 1212 |
| B. | 1213 |
| C. | 1215 |
| D. | 1325 |
| Answer» D. 1325 | |
| 2576. |
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 |
| Answer» B. jeremy bentham | |
| 2577. |
The position of the High Commissioner for Human Rights was established bythe General Assembly of the United Nations in December............... |
| A. | 1933 |
| B. | 1943 |
| C. | 1953 |
| D. | 1993 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2578. |
The International Court of Justice, the judicial branch of the UN, is basedin................, the Netherlands, and was established in 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations. |
| A. | hague |
| B. | new york |
| C. | yalta |
| D. | teheran |
| Answer» B. new york | |
| 2579. |
The UN Headquarters were first established in ...........City on October 24,1949. |
| A. | new york |
| B. | yalta |
| C. | teheran |
| D. | moscow |
| Answer» B. yalta | |
| 2580. |
The San Francisco Conference of ............ propelled the United Nations intoreality. |
| A. | 1925 |
| B. | 1935 |
| C. | 1938 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2581. |
The United Nations officially became an institution with the ratification ofthe UN Charter on October 24,............... |
| A. | 1928 |
| B. | 1935 |
| C. | 1938 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2582. |
The term "United Nations" had been suggested by President................... |
| A. | roosevelt |
| B. | naomi klein |
| C. | donnelly jack |
| D. | woodrow wilson |
| Answer» B. naomi klein | |
| 2583. |
On February 11, 1945, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill andPremier Joseph Stalin met at ............and announced their resolution to form "a general international organization to maintain peace and security". |
| A. | yalta |
| B. | moscow |
| C. | teheran |
| D. | new york |
| Answer» B. moscow | |
| 2584. |
On January 1, ..............., representatives from the 26 Allied nationsgathered in Washington, DC to sign the Declaration by United Nations. |
| A. | 1932 |
| B. | 1942 |
| C. | 1952 |
| D. | 1962 |
| Answer» C. 1952 | |
| 2585. |
Roosevelt and Churchill signed in the Atlantic Charter while on board theHMS Prince of Wales on August 14,............... |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1941 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2586. |
......................was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
| A. | winston churchill |
| B. | woodrow wilson |
| C. | franklin |
| D. | roosevelt d) abraham lincoln |
| Answer» B. woodrow wilson | |
| 2587. |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the President of the................ |
| A. | united states |
| B. | japan |
| C. | china |
| D. | france |
| Answer» B. japan | |
| 2588. |
The League of Nations lasted only until..............; it dissolved after it failed to prevent the outbreak of World War II. |
| A. | 1936 |
| B. | 1946 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» C. 1956 | |
| 2589. |
The League had originally been proposed by the president of the UnitedStates (US)..................., but domestic pressure prevented the US from ever joining. |
| A. | woodrow wilson |
| B. | winston churchill |
| C. | franklin |
| D. | roosevelt d) nixon |
| Answer» B. winston churchill | |
| 2590. |
At the Treaty of Versailles in.............., the victors of the First World War convened to negotiate a peace settlement. |
| A. | 1879 |
| B. | 1889 |
| C. | 1917 |
| D. | 1919 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2591. |
At the International Peace Conference in Hague in ............. over 25 nationsmet for ten weeks to codify the laws of war, both on land and at sea. |
| A. | 1889 |
| B. | 1899 |
| C. | 1934 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» C. 1934 | |
| 2592. |
The position of UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, currently held byMary Robinson, the former President of…………….., is part of the UN Secretariat. |
| A. | china |
| B. | ussr |
| C. | uk |
| D. | ireland |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2593. |
The UN Security Council, comprising …………..member states, is responsiblefor making decisions regarding international peace and security. |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 17 |
| C. | 18 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» B. 17 | |
| 2594. |
The ……………… is the administrative arm of the UN, responsible foroverseeing the programs and policies established by the other UN organs. |
| A. | secretariat |
| B. | iccpr |
| C. | icerd |
| D. | cedaw |
| Answer» B. iccpr | |
| 2595. |
………………… Conducts immunization campaigns, promotes andcoordinates research, and provides technical assistance to countries that are improving their health systems. |
| A. | who |
| B. | unifem |
| C. | unicef |
| D. | ilo |
| Answer» B. unifem | |
| 2596. |
………… Pursues intellectual cooperation in education, science, culture, andcommunications and promotes development through social, cultural, and economic projects. |
| A. | unesco |
| B. | who |
| C. | unifem |
| D. | unicef |
| Answer» B. who | |
| 2597. |
…………….Promotes economic and political empowerment of women indeveloping countries, working to ensure their participation in development planning and practices, as well as their human rights. |
| A. | unifem |
| B. | unesco |
| C. | who |
| D. | ilo |
| Answer» B. unesco | |
| 2598. |
…………….Works with other UN bodies, governments, and nongovernmentalorganizations to provide community-based services in primary healthcare, basic education, and safe water and sanitation for children in developing countries. |
| A. | unicef |
| B. | unifem |
| C. | unesco |
| D. | who |
| Answer» B. unifem | |
| 2599. |
NGO activities surrounding the 1995 United Nations Fourth WorldConference on Women in Beijing, …………., drew unprecedented attention to serious violations of the human rights of women. |
| A. | china |
| B. | japan |
| C. | america |
| D. | britain |
| Answer» B. japan | |
| 2600. |
…………….. Develops international labor standards and provides technicalassistance training to governments. |
| A. | ilo |
| B. | unifem |
| C. | who |
| D. | unesco |
| Answer» B. unifem | |