Question

Which of the following rights are listed in the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen?

• A. Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
• B. Liberty consists of the power to do whatever is not injurious to others.
• C. No man may be accused, arrested or detained, except in cases determined by the law.
• D. Men and women are born and remain free and equal in rights.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C)

The correct options are
A Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.
B Liberty consists of the power to do whatever is not injurious to others.
C No man may be accused, arrested or detained, except in cases determined by the law.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a human civil rights document from the French Revolution. The basic principle of the Declaration was that all “men are born and remain free and equal in rights”.