Violation of Human RIghts

Q. Which of the following comes under violations of human rights as seen in India?

1. Child marriage
2. Universal Adult Franchise
3. Female infanticide
4. Caste discrimination

Q. What is the significance of human rights? How are human rights being ensured for Indians?

Q. Which of the following was the core aspect of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s?

1. Patriarchy
2. Racism
3. Sexism
4. Caste

Q. In the late 19th century, Southern states of the USA established laws aimed at segregating African Americans. Under these draconian laws, blacks couldn't use the same public facilities as the whites, nor could their children attend the same schools as the white men's children.

Which law is being talked about?

1. Laws that allowed women to vote
2. Laws that decreed fair wages for black and white people
3. Laws that separated black people from the whites
4. Laws of establishing equality between blacks and whites

Q. Who among the following are some of the prominent figure(s) who fought against racism?

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Nelson Mandela
3. Martin Luther King Jr
4. Joseph Stalin

Q. Apartheid was an oppressive system of segregation of blacks from whites in .

1. USA
2. Australia
3. South Africa
4. India

Q. In the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, the Supreme Court _______.

1. declared that poll taxes and literacy tests were unconstitutional.
2. declared that segregation of the races was acceptable.
3. struck down many aspects of Congressional Reconstruction.
4. ended segregation in public schools on the grounds that it was inherently unfair.
5. ruled that slaves were still considered property, even if they resided in a free state or territory.

Q. During apartheid people were divided on the basis of their _____________.

1. Skin colour
2. Language
3. Culture
4. Tradition

Q. Who among the following person led a campaign which put an end to Apartheid?

1. Martin Luther King Jr.
2. M.K Gandhi
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Fidel Castro

Q. The Civil Rights Movement aimed at restoring equality between the races and eliminating racial segregation.

1. True
2. False