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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.
| 2651. |
When was the decade of women observed? |
| A. | 1975—1985 |
| B. | 1976-1980 |
| C. | 1980-1985 |
| D. | 1983-1987 |
| Answer» B. 1976-1980 | |
| 2652. |
Which article of Indian constitution prohibit Child labour ? |
| A. | article 25 |
| B. | article 24 |
| C. | article 23 |
| D. | article 21 |
| Answer» C. article 23 | |
| 2653. |
Which article of Indian constitution prohibits traffic in human beings including children? |
| A. | article 28 |
| B. | article 25 |
| C. | article 23 |
| D. | article 27 |
| Answer» D. article 27 | |
| 2654. |
When did the UNO observe international year of women? |
| A. | 1973 |
| B. | 1976 |
| C. | 1975 |
| D. | 1973. |
| Answer» D. 1973. | |
| 2655. |
When did The United Nations Centre for Human Rights establish? |
| A. | 1986 |
| B. | 1983 |
| C. | 1984 |
| D. | 1982 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2656. |
Which is the Specialized Agency responsible for education, science, including socialsciences, and culture within the United Nations system? |
| A. | unesco |
| B. | who |
| C. | amnesty international |
| D. | unicef |
| Answer» B. who | |
| 2657. |
Name the UN agencies having special implementation procedures for the protection ofhuman rights within their own fields of competence? |
| A. | unesco &ilo |
| B. | ilo |
| C. | unesco |
| D. | trusteeship council |
| Answer» B. ilo | |
| 2658. |
When did the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education entered into force? |
| A. | 1963 . |
| B. | 1962 |
| C. | 1961 |
| D. | 1965 |
| Answer» C. 1961 | |
| 2659. |
When did the ILO become a specialized agency of UNO? |
| A. | 1948 |
| B. | 1957 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2660. |
What is the area of the jurisdiction of the Council of Europe? |
| A. | inter-state cases and individual applications |
| B. | inter state cases |
| C. | individual applications |
| D. | international cases |
| Answer» B. inter state cases | |
| 2661. |
When did The Council of Europe create? |
| A. | 1946. |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1954 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2662. |
What does OAU stand for? |
| A. | organization of african unity |
| B. | oil producing african countries |
| C. | organization of afro- asian countries |
| D. | union of asian countries |
| Answer» B. oil producing african countries | |
| 2663. |
When did the national Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) establish in India? |
| A. | 1995 |
| B. | 1992 |
| C. | 1993 |
| D. | 1996 |
| Answer» D. 1996 | |
| 2664. |
What does article 24 of Indian constitution stand for? |
| A. | elimination of child labour |
| B. | domestic violence |
| C. | dowry |
| D. | untouchability |
| Answer» B. domestic violence | |
| 2665. |
What is meant by begar ? |
| A. | forced labour |
| B. | torture in prison |
| C. | war atrocities |
| D. | gender discrimination |
| Answer» B. torture in prison | |
| 2666. |
What is meant by apartheid? |
| A. | mercy killing |
| B. | imprisonment |
| C. | segregation |
| D. | atrocities in war |
| Answer» D. atrocities in war | |
| 2667. |
In which year did the UNO establish a commission on the status of women? |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1953 |
| C. | 1954 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2668. |
Who devised the term genocide? |
| A. | raphael lemkin |
| B. | banki moon |
| C. | martin luther king |
| D. | woodrow wilson |
| Answer» B. banki moon | |
| 2669. |
Which organ of the UNO directly concerned with human rights? |
| A. | economic and social council |
| B. | trusteeship council |
| C. | general assembly |
| D. | security |
| Answer» B. trusteeship council | |
| 2670. |
Who issued Four Freedoms? |
| A. | bill clinton |
| B. | woodrow wilson |
| C. | frakline |
| D. | roosevelt d. george washington |
| Answer» D. roosevelt d. george washington | |
| 2671. |
Who used the term ‘human rights’ for the first time? |
| A. | thomas paine |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | thomas aquinas |
| Answer» B. aristotle | |
| 2672. |
Which county issued Bill of Rights in the year 1689? |
| A. | poland |
| B. | england |
| C. | u.s.a |
| D. | greece |
| Answer» C. u.s.a | |
| 2673. |
Which country issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizens in 1789? |
| A. | england |
| B. | france |
| C. | u.s.a |
| D. | austria |
| Answer» C. u.s.a | |
| 2674. |
In which year did the English king issue the Magna Carta? |
| A. | 1215 |
| B. | 1251 |
| C. | 1125 |
| D. | 1521 |
| Answer» B. 1251 | |
| 2675. |
Name the author of the work politics? |
| A. | ranke |
| B. | aristotle |
| C. | plato |
| D. | cicero |
| Answer» C. plato | |
| 2676. |
Which Greek philosopher said, justice, virtue and rights change in accordance withconstitutions and circumstances? |
| A. | plato |
| B. | cicero |
| C. | aristotle |
| D. | sophocles |
| Answer» D. sophocles | |
| 2677. |
Who was Babylonian king issued a set of laws? |
| A. | hammurabi |
| B. | ulpian |
| C. | akhnaton |
| D. | akmenon |
| Answer» B. ulpian | |
| 2678. |
Name the article of the Constitution constitutes the Direct Principles of State Policy. |
| A. | articles 36 to 51 |
| B. | articles 38 to 50 |
| C. | articles 36 to 50 |
| D. | articles 36 to 42 |
| Answer» B. articles 38 to 50 | |
| 2679. |
Which article of Indian constitution promises to every citizen 'equality before the law or theequal protection of law? |
| A. | article 14 |
| B. | article 15 |
| C. | article 13 |
| D. | article 11 |
| Answer» B. article 15 | |
| 2680. |
Which article of Indian constitution abolished untouchability? |
| A. | article 11 |
| B. | article 17 |
| C. | article 13 |
| D. | article 15 |
| Answer» C. article 13 | |
| 2681. |
When did the Cabinet Mission visit India? |
| A. | 1943 |
| B. | 1942 |
| C. | 1943 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2682. |
In which year did the British government agree that the framing of the Constitution for Indiawould be 'primarily the responsibility of Indians themselves? |
| A. | 1940 |
| B. | 1941 |
| C. | 1943 |
| D. | 1914 |
| Answer» B. 1941 | |
| 2683. |
Who was the chairman of the All-Parties Conference met in Delhi to draft a constitution forIndia in 1928? |
| A. | rajendra prasad |
| B. | ambedkar |
| C. | motilal nehru |
| D. | tejbahadur sapru |
| Answer» D. tejbahadur sapru | |
| 2684. |
Which mass movement of the Indian National Congress was launched by the NagpurSession in 1920? |
| A. | civil disobedience movement |
| B. | non-cooperation movement |
| C. | swadeshi movement |
| D. | salt satyagraha |
| Answer» C. swadeshi movement | |
| 2685. |
When did the Indian National Congress adopt the Fundamental Rights Resolution? |
| A. | 1931 |
| B. | 1913 |
| C. | 1933 |
| D. | 1932 |
| Answer» B. 1913 | |
| 2686. |
Who is the Author of ‘From Lineage to State’’? |
| A. | romila thapar |
| B. | sastri nilakanta k.a |
| C. | sharma r.s |
| D. | karashima naboru |
| Answer» B. sastri nilakanta k.a | |
| 2687. |
‘The Wonder that was India’ is written by ……….. |
| A. | basham a.l |
| B. | champakalakshmi r |
| C. | jha |
| D. | n d) kosambi d.d. |
| Answer» B. champakalakshmi r | |
| 2688. |
Capital city of Pandyas |
| A. | kaveri |
| B. | vanji |
| C. | madurai |
| D. | uraiyur |
| Answer» D. uraiyur | |
| 2689. |
The Sangam collections at present consist of ……. poems |
| A. | 1684 |
| B. | 2248 |
| C. | 906 |
| D. | 2279 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2690. |
…… is a treatise on Tamil grammar and poetics |
| A. | tolkappiyam |
| B. | ettutogai |
| C. | pattupattu |
| D. | patinenkilkanakku |
| Answer» B. ettutogai | |
| 2691. |
The main occupations of the people of …………. territory were fishing and salt making. |
| A. | kurinchi |
| B. | neythal |
| C. | neythal |
| D. | mullai |
| Answer» C. neythal | |
| 2692. |
The ………….. region was inhabited Maravar kallar vettuvar who resorted to plunder andwarfare. |
| A. | palai |
| B. | kurinchi |
| C. | neythal |
| D. | mullai |
| Answer» B. kurinchi | |
| 2693. |
The Sangam literature divided the land into …………. on the basis of soil formation andTopography. |
| A. | tinai |
| B. | vish |
| C. | kula |
| D. | gana |
| Answer» B. vish | |
| 2694. |
…………. were the huge stone slabs erected over the burials. |
| A. | paleolithic |
| B. | vedic |
| C. | harappan |
| D. | megalithic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2695. |
Who founded the Sunga dynasty |
| A. | brihandratha |
| B. | aoka |
| C. | pushyamitra |
| D. | bindusara |
| Answer» D. bindusara | |
| 2696. |
Who conducted ‘Dharma Yathras’ to propagate Dharma. |
| A. | asoka |
| B. | megasthenes |
| C. | chandragupta |
| D. | samudra gupta |
| Answer» B. megasthenes | |
| 2697. |
Who appointed ‘Dharma Mahamatras’to propogate Dharma among the people |
| A. | asoka |
| B. | mortimer wheeler |
| C. | megasthenes |
| D. | bindusara |
| Answer» B. mortimer wheeler | |
| 2698. |
Policy of Dhamma is associated with |
| A. | kumara gupta |
| B. | chandragupta |
| C. | samudra gupta |
| D. | asoka |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2699. |
The first attempt of Chandragupta towards political integration was his war with ……….. |
| A. | nagarjuna |
| B. | aswaghosha |
| C. | scleucus nikator |
| D. | vasubandhu |
| Answer» D. vasubandhu | |
| 2700. |
Megasthenese stayed at the …………… court of Pataliputra |
| A. | mauryan |
| B. | gupta |
| C. | vijayanagara |
| D. | bhamini |
| Answer» B. gupta | |