Enforcing Human Rights

Q. What is the role of education in human capital formation?

Q. Which year was The Protection Of Human Rights Act passed?

1. 1997
2. 1989
3. 1993
4. 1995

Q. In 1993, the parliament passed which of the below mentioned act to protect human rights of Indian citizens.

1. Protection of Human Rights Act
2. Civil Law Act
3. Act of Equality
4. Provisional Act

Q. The right to education is a right.

1. natural
2. fundamental
3. constitutional
4. political

Q. In 1966, the UN General Assembly adopted two motions. One of them was the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the other was the International Covenant on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights.

What was the significance of these covenants ?

1. To set up the guidelines for Universal Declaration of Human Rights
2. To clarify the types of human rights that can be violated and the ones that cannot
3. To set up guidelines for countries to form laws that give its citizens freedom, civil and socio- economic rights
4. To fight the human rights violations during the Civil Rights Movement

Q. The objective of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 passed by the Parliament of India was to protect the human rights of ____ citizens all over the country.

1. American
2. African
3. European
4. Indian

Q. The National Commission has the authority to make an enquiry based on a petition submitted by a victim or on its behalf.

1. True
2. False

Q. Why was the United Nations created?

1. To fight terrorism
2. To fight climate change
3. To supply arms for warfare
4. To promote international peace an security

Q. Which of the following would you associate with The Protection Of Human Rights, 1993?

1. UDHR
2. ICCPR
3. ICESCR
4. NHRC

Q. What does NHRC stand for?

1. National Human Rights Committee
2. National Human Resource Commission
3. National Human Rights Commission
4. National Human Rights Code

Q. The National Human Rights Commission has been given powers of a civil court extendable to the entire country. It has the authority to make any inquiry suo motu. Suo Motu means ____.

1. Unbridled jurisdiction
2. By its own
3. Independent
4. Petition