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Model Question Booklet for TDP (General)/TDP (Honours)

6th Semester Exam-2024

HUMAN RIGHTS

(Soft Study Course) 

1. The phrase “Equal protection of law” in Indian Constitution is borrowed from

[A] Britain

[B] France

[C] U. S. A

[D] China

Answer is [C]

2. Which article is saying about equal pay for equal work without any discrimination?

[A] Article 39

[B] Article 49

[C] Article 59

[D] Article 69

Answer is [A]

3. Which of the following statements is correct? A welfare state envisages

[A] A fully egalitarian society

[B] State ownership of the means ofproduction

[C] A system which combines right to personal property with state intervention for social security and providing help to the needy and indigent

[D] Abolition of private property

Answer is [C]

4. The ground for distributive justice includes

[A] Merit and desert

[B] Desert and need

[C] Merit and need

[D] Merit, desert and need

Answer is [D]

5. Who among the following is the exponent of negative liberty?

[A] T. H. Green

[B] Isaiah Berlin

[C] Rousseau

[D] Marx

Answer is [B]

6. ‘The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to other’

[A] J. S. Mill

[B] T. H. Green

[C] Thomas Paine

[D] H. J. Laski

Answer is [A]

7. Who said- Ownership of property should be private but its use should be for common good

[A] Aristotle

[B] John Locke

[C] Mahatma Gandhi

[D] Proudhon

Answer is [A]

8. Who said ‘Property is theft’

[A] Aristotle

[B] John Locke

[C] Mahatma Gandhi

[D] Proudhon

Answer is [D]

9. When a person mixes his labour with things of nature, they become his property

[A] Aristotle

[B] John Locke

[C] Mahatma Gandhi

[D] Proudhon

Answer is [B]

10. Owner of property should consider himself to be its trustee

[A] Aristotle

[B] John Locke

[C] Mahatma Gandhi

[D] Proudhon

Answer is [C]

11. The most important function of the welfare state is the creation of conditions which ensure

[A] Fair elections

[B] Liberty

[C] Social justice

[D] Freedom of expression

Answer is [C]

12. “Rights properly so called are creatures of law.” This view is held by

[A] Aristotle

[B] John Locke

[C] Mahatma Gandhi

[D] Bentham

Answer is [D]

13. Which one of the following is NOT generally considered as a part of the right to equality?

[A] Equal protection under law

[B] Equality of opportunity for all

[C] Equality of satisfaction of basic needs of all

[D] Equality of treatment in all circumstances

Answer is [C]

14. Who among the following based his liberalism on the primacy of rights

[A] J. S. Mill

[B] Jeremy Bentham

[C] T. H. Green

[D] Ronald Dworkin

Answer is [A]

15. When justice emanates from the decisions of the courts interpreting the law and awarding punishment to the wrong doer, it is called

[A] Distributive justice

[B] Social justice

[C] Corrective justice

[D] Political justice

Answer is [C]

16. ‘Natural and inherent right of every citizen’ is the attributive of which theory of rights?

[A] Natural

[B] Legal

[C] Ethical

[D] Group

Answer is [A]

17. ‘Necessary to ensure the development of human personality’ is the attributive of which theory of rights?

[A] Natural

[B] Legal

[C] Ethical

[D] Group

Answer is [C]

18. ‘Political rights granted by the law of the state’ is the attributive of which theory of rights?

[A] Natural

[B] Legal

[C] Ethical

[D] Group

Answer is [B]

19. Part of the life of the community is the attributive of which theory of rights?

[A] Natural

[B] Legal

[C] Ethical

[D] Group

Answer is [D]

20. Which is the first human rights declaration adopted by the United Nations?

[A] The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a landmark document

[B] International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

[C] The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

[D] The Convention on the Rights of the Child

Answer is [A]