RIGHTS AND THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

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RIGHTS AND THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

1. Who among the following thinker had said, "Right is a claim recognized by the society and enforced by the state":

a) Laski

b) Bosanquet

c) Wilde

d) John Stuart Mill

Ans. b) Bosanquet

2. According to which among the following thinker, "rights are claims of social life without which no man can seek to be his best self":

a) Laski

b) Bosanquet

c) Wilde

d) John Stuart Mill

Ans. a) Laski

3. The book ' Multicultural Citizenship' is written by:

a) Laski

b) Will Kymlicka

c) Toms Regan

d) Bosanquet

Ans. b) Will Kymlicka

4. Who says: " rights are what we may expect from others and others from us, and all genuine rights are conditions of social welfare.":

a) Hobhouse

b) Will Kymlicka

c) Toms Regan

d) Bosanquet

Ans. a) Hobhouse

5.  The article "Three Types of Rights" is written by:

a) Hobhouse

b) Lawrence Becker

c) Toms Regan

d) Bosanquet

Ans. b) Lawrence Becker

6. According to which among the following thinker, " A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take away from you."

a) Hobhouse

b) Lawrence Becker

c) Toms Regan

d) Clarke

Ans. d) Clarke

7. Which among the following thinker described "natural rights as non-sense":

a) Bentham
b) Burke
c) Hegel
d) Jefferson

Ans. a) Bentham

8. Who among the following describes "State as a godly institution- a march of God on the earth":

a) Bentham
b) Burke
c) Hegel
d) Jefferson

Ans. c) Hegel

9. Which among the following is not a communitarian thinker:

a) MacIntyre

b) Taylor

c) Walzer

d) Nozick

Ans. d) Nozick

10. The book " The Case for Animal Rights" is written by:

a) Tom Regan

b) Will Kymlicka

c) Lawrence Becker

d) Kant

Ans. a) Tom Regan

11. Which among the following is not correctly  matched:

a) The Bill of Rights-1689

b) The American War of Independence-1776

c) French Revolution-1789

d) The League of Nation-1945

Ans. d) The League of Nation-1945

12. Which among the following day is celebrated as UN day every year:

a) December 10

b) December 11

c) December 12

d) December 9

Ans. a) December 10

13. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has how many articles:

a) 27

b) 28

c) 30

d) 29

Ans. c) 30

14. Who among the following thinker is the proponent of Three Generations of Human Rights:

a) Kofi Annan

b) Leyla Zana

c ) Martin Luther King Jr.

d) Karel Vasak

Ans. d) Karel Vasak

15. Which among the following thinker is a supporter of the theory of Legal Rights:

a)  Bentham

b) Hobbes

c) Locke

d) Hegel

Ans. a)  Bentham