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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in History (BA History) .
| 51. |
One of the first examples of a codification of laws that contain references to individual rights is the tablet of……………... |
| A. | hammurabi |
| B. | socrates |
| C. | plato |
| D. | thomas hobbes |
| Answer» A. hammurabi | |
| 52. |
British Magna Carta was in the year……………… |
| A. | 1212 |
| B. | 1213 |
| C. | 1215 |
| D. | 1325 |
| Answer» C. 1215 | |
| 53. |
French Declaration of the Rights of Man was in the year………….. |
| A. | 1669 |
| B. | 1678 |
| C. | 1689 |
| D. | 1789 |
| Answer» D. 1789 | |
| 54. |
American Bill of Rights, ………………. |
| A. | 1779 |
| B. | 1789 |
| C. | 1798 |
| D. | 1879 |
| Answer» B. 1789 | |
| 55. |
………………… came up with the ‘social contract theory’, that stated that all individuals in a society had entered into a contract to form a civilized society in exchange for the government giving them equality. |
| A. | rousseau |
| B. | immanuel kant |
| C. | john stuart mill |
| D. | aristotle |
| Answer» A. rousseau | |
| 56. |
In his book ‘On Liberty’, …………strongly disagrees with utilitarianism, and sees it as a type of tyranny by the majority. |
| A. | james mill |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | friedrich engels |
| D. | ronald dworkin |
| Answer» A. james mill | |
| 57. |
Madam Justice ………….was appointed in 1996 by the United Nations Security Council to be the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia and Rwanda. |
| A. | louise arbour |
| B. | john rawls |
| C. | jean kambanda |
| D. | james mill |
| Answer» A. louise arbour | |
| 58. |
……………was able to successfully arrest and convict Jean Kambanda, then prime minister of Rwanda, for his role in the genocides in 1994. |
| A. | judge arbour |
| B. | john rawls |
| C. | james mill |
| D. | jean kambanda |
| Answer» A. judge arbour | |
| 59. |
……………… was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India to Hindu parents. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | thomas paine |
| C. | john stuart mill |
| D. | g.w.f. hegel |
| Answer» A. mahatma gandhi | |
| 60. |
…………. had an arranged marriage with Kasturbai Makani, when both of them were 13 years old. |
| A. | john stuart mill |
| B. | thomas paine |
| C. | mahatma gandhi |
| D. | g.w.f. hegel |
| Answer» C. mahatma gandhi | |
| 61. |
………………. sailed to South Africa as part of his work for a Muslim legal firm, where he experiences discrimination first hand, and worked to improve the rights of immigrant Indians. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | martin luther king jr |
| C. | francisco de vitoria |
| D. | bartolomé de las casas. |
| Answer» A. mahatma gandhi | |
| 62. |
In January 1948,………….. was tragically killed by an assassin opposed to his belief in passive resistance, and tolerance of all people. |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | martin luther king jr |
| C. | francisco de vitoria |
| D. | bartolomé de las casas. |
| Answer» A. mahatma gandhi | |
| 63. |
Martin Luther King Jr.was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement in ……………… during the mid 20th century. |
| A. | america |
| B. | south africa |
| C. | soviet union |
| D. | yugoslavia |
| Answer» A. america | |
| 64. |
……………was elected leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association, which boycotted the transit system in Alabama to combat racial segregation. |
| A. | martin luther king jr |
| B. | karl marx |
| C. | francisco de vitoria |
| D. | bartolomé de las casas. |
| Answer» A. martin luther king jr | |
| 65. |
Martin Luther King Jr organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to publicize the need for civil rights in……………. |
| A. | america |
| B. | britain |
| C. | spain |
| D. | china |
| Answer» A. america | |
| 66. |
Martin Luther King Jr was also instrumental in bringing forth the passage of the Civil Rights Act in ……………….. |
| A. | 1934 |
| B. | 1939 |
| C. | 1954 |
| D. | 1964 |
| Answer» D. 1964 | |
| 67. |
…………….. was a member of the Royal Irish Academy and the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva from 1987 to 1990. |
| A. | francisco de vitoria |
| B. | friedrich nietzsche |
| C. | mary robinson |
| D. | bartolomé de las casas. |
| Answer» C. mary robinson | |
| 68. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president of ……………….. |
| A. | america |
| B. | britain |
| C. | india |
| D. | china |
| Answer» A. america | |
| 69. |
Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady from 1933 to 1945, wife to ………… |
| A. | bartolomé de las casas. |
| B. | m. robinson |
| C. | francisco de vitoria |
| D. | franklin d. roosevelt |
| Answer» D. franklin d. roosevelt | |
| 70. |
Aung San Suu Kyi was born in……………. |
| A. | japan |
| B. | malaya |
| C. | indonesia |
| D. | burma |
| Answer» D. burma | |
| 71. |
Aung San Suu Kyi’s father was the de facto prime minister of……………., and was murdered when she was two years old. |
| A. | burma |
| B. | malaya |
| C. | indonesia |
| D. | japan |
| Answer» A. burma | |
| 72. |
Horrified by the brutal atrocities commited by the military leader Ne Win against protesters, ……………..formed the National League for Democracy, advocating non violent protest for human rights. |
| A. | aung san suu kyi |
| B. | charles blattberg |
| C. | alain pellet |
| D. | alain de benoist |
| Answer» A. aung san suu kyi | |
| 73. |
The atrocities of The Holocaust, culminated in the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in ................by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. |
| A. | paris |
| B. | delhi |
| C. | dhaka |
| D. | islamabad |
| Answer» A. paris | |
| 74. |
The term human rights probably came into use sometime between Paine's The Rights of Man and ................ 1831 writings in The Liberator, in which he stated that he was trying to enlist his readers in "the great cause of human rights". |
| A. | william lloyd garrison's |
| B. | jeremy bentham |
| C. | edmund burke |
| D. | david kennedy |
| Answer» A. william lloyd garrison's | |
| 75. |
William Wilberforce in ................worked towards the abolition of slavery. |
| A. | britain |
| B. | america |
| C. | china |
| D. | japan |
| Answer» A. britain | |
| 76. |
This was achieved in the British Empire by the Slave Trade Act 1807 and the Slavery Abolition Act was passed in British Empire in................ |
| A. | 1833 |
| B. | 1843 |
| C. | 1853 |
| D. | 1863 |
| Answer» A. 1833 | |
| 77. |
At the 1945 .............. Conference, the Allied Powers agreed to create a new body to supplant the League's role; this was to be the United Nations. |
| A. | yalta |
| B. | washington |
| C. | paris |
| D. | delhi |
| Answer» A. yalta | |
| 78. |
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in............., partly in response to the atrocities of World War II. |
| A. | 1948 |
| B. | 1958 |
| C. | 1968 |
| D. | 1978 |
| Answer» A. 1948 | |
| 79. |
The UDHR was framed by members of the Human Rights Commission, with former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt as Chair, who began to discuss an International Bill of Rights in................ |
| A. | 1927 |
| B. | 1937 |
| C. | 1944 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» D. 1947 | |
| 80. |
In............., the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) were adopted by the United Nations. |
| A. | 1926 |
| B. | 1936 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1966 |
| Answer» D. 1966 | |
| 81. |
The Geneva Conventions came into being between 1864 and 1949 as a result of efforts by ..............., the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross. |
| A. | henry dunant |
| B. | john humphrey |
| C. | rené cassin |
| D. | mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» A. henry dunant | |
| 82. |
The United Nations Human Rights Council, created at the ............... World Summit to replace the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, has a mandate to investigate violations of human rights. |
| A. | 2005 |
| B. | 2007 |
| C. | 2008 |
| D. | 2009 |
| Answer» A. 2005 | |
| 83. |
To protect future generations from a repeat of these horrors, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in ........................ |
| A. | 1918 |
| B. | 1928 |
| C. | 1938 |
| D. | 1948 |
| Answer» D. 1948 | |
| 84. |
The Human Rights Act 1998 (also known as the Act or the HRA) came into force in the United Kingdom in October............... |
| A. | 2000 |
| B. | 2004 |
| C. | 2005 |
| D. | 2008 |
| Answer» A. 2000 | |
| 85. |
On 10 December 1948 in.............., the General Assembly of the UnitedNations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). |
| A. | paris |
| B. | peking |
| C. | delhi |
| D. | lisbon |
| Answer» A. paris | |
| 86. |
In Britain key developments include the Magna Carta of............., the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 and the Bill of Rights of 1689. |
| A. | 1215 |
| B. | 1225 |
| C. | 1235 |
| D. | 1245 |
| Answer» A. 1215 | |
| 87. |
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights adopted in............... This is monitored by the UN Human Rights Committee. |
| A. | 1926 |
| B. | 1936 |
| C. | 1946 |
| D. | 1966 |
| Answer» D. 1966 | |
| 88. |
Slavery Abolition Act …………. effectively banned slavery in the British Empire |
| A. | 1823 |
| B. | 1833 |
| C. | 1846 |
| D. | 1849 |
| Answer» B. 1833 | |
| 89. |
................was one of Britain’s great social reformers. |
| A. | william wilberforce |
| B. | john humphrey |
| C. | rené cassin |
| D. | mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» A. william wilberforce | |
| 90. |
..................... died in 1833, just three days before Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, which effectively banned slavery in the British Empire. |
| A. | william wilberforce |
| B. | woodrow wilson |
| C. | mahatma gandhi |
| D. | paul gready |
| Answer» A. william wilberforce | |
| 91. |
......................was born in Hull, to a wealthy family. |
| A. | woodrow wilson |
| B. | william wilberforce |
| C. | paul gready |
| D. | mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» B. william wilberforce | |
| 92. |
It was at Cambridge that .................became friends with William Pitt the younger. |
| A. | william wilberforce |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | abraham lincoln |
| D. | desmond tutu |
| Answer» A. william wilberforce | |
| 93. |
William Pitt was the Prime Minister of.................. |
| A. | england |
| B. | spain |
| C. | america |
| D. | portugal |
| Answer» A. england | |
| 94. |
Slave Trade Act was passed in British Empire in ………. |
| A. | 1807 |
| B. | 1809 |
| C. | 1817 |
| D. | 1827 |
| Answer» A. 1807 | |
| 95. |
On 26 July................, the Slavery Abolition Act was passed – outlawing slavery in most parts of the British Empire. |
| A. | 1833 |
| B. | 1835 |
| C. | 1839 |
| D. | 1843 |
| Answer» A. 1833 | |
| 96. |
........... was born on 24 August 1759 in Hull, the son of a wealthy merchant. |
| A. | william wilberforce |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | philip alston |
| D. | olivia ball |
| Answer» A. william wilberforce | |
| 97. |
In ................. Wilberforce became Member of Parliament for Hull, later representing Yorkshire. |
| A. | 1780 |
| B. | 1789 |
| C. | 1832 |
| D. | 1845 |
| Answer» A. 1780 | |
| 98. |
............... retired from politics in 1825 and died on 29 July 1833, shortly after the act to free slaves in the British Empire passed through the House of Commons. |
| A. | wilberforce |
| B. | abraham lincoln |
| C. | desmond tutu |
| D. | mrs. dadabhoy |
| Answer» A. wilberforce | |
| 99. |
While the term 'civil war' generically refers to a war within the nation, it has now become synonymous to the American Civil War - also known as the War Between the States – of................, which was fought between the United States of America (Union) and the Confederate States of America (Confederacy). |
| A. | 1761 |
| B. | 1767 |
| C. | 1856 |
| D. | 1861 |
| Answer» D. 1861 | |
| 100. |
The American Civil War started on 12th April, .............., and came to an end on 9th April, 1865, thus lasting for four years and resulting in heavy loss of life and property. |
| A. | 1841 |
| B. | 1851 |
| C. | 1861 |
| D. | 1871 |
| Answer» C. 1861 | |
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