PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION

NAME: ______________________________________________ SCORE: ______________

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the correct answer. Write the letter of your answer before the number.
1. This generation of rights is the most debated and lacks both legal and political recognition.
a. First generation b. Second Generation c. Third Generation d. Fourth Generation
2. These are those rights which are provided by law promulgated by the law-making body and consequently, may
be abolished by the same body.
a. Natural Rights b. Constitutional Rights c. Statutory rights d. Civil Rights
3. He elaborated the concept under which the sovereign derived his powers and the citizens their rights from social
contract
a. Jean-Jacques Rousseau b. John Locke c. Hugo Grotius d. Francisco de Vitoria
4. This focuses on food education, health and shelter, traditions/Culture.
a. ICCPR b. UN Charter c. UNGA d. UNCHR
5. A theory created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to create a classless society where workers were appreciated
and worked to benefit the common good.
a. Sociology b. Theology c. Positivism d. Marxism
6. Human rights are not capable of being divided; they cannot be denied even when other rights have already been
enjoyed.
a. Indivisible b. Universal c. Inalienable d. Fundamental
7. These are those rights that ensure the well-being of the individual and foster the preservation, enrichment, and
dynamic evolution of national culture based on the principle of unity in diversity in a climate of free artistic and
intellectual expression.
a. Cultural Rights b. economic and social c. political rights d. Civil Rights
8. These are security-oriented rights, for example are the rights to work; education; a reasonable standard of
living; right to food; shelter and health care.
a. First generation b. Second Generation c. Third Generation d. Fourth Generation
9. It is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief.
a. Sociology b. Theology c. Positivism d. Marxism
10. He developed a comprehensive concept of natural rights; his list of rights consisting of life, liberty and property.
a. Jean-Jacques Rousseau b. John Locke c. Hugo Grotius d. Francisco de Vitoria
11. Human rights cannot be taken away by any person.
a. Indivisible b. Universal c. Inalienable d. Fundamental
12. These are those rights which enable us to participate in running affairs of the government either directly or
indirectly.
a. Cultural Rights b. economic and social c. political rights d. Civil Rights
13. It is signed on June 26, 1945 to maintain international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among
nations based on the respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of people
a. ICCPR b. UN Charter c. UNGA d. UNCHR
14. It is a theory of law that sees law as based on social facts and these social facts are the decisions, conventions or
social customs which are recognized as authoritative.
a. Utilitarianism b. religious approach c. Positivist theory d. Natural Law
15. These are God-given rights, acknowledge by everybody to be morally good.
a. First generation b. Second Generation c. Third Generation d. Fourth Generation
16. These are liberty oriented and include the right to life, liberty and security of individual; freedom from torture
and slavery; political participation; freedom of opinion, expression, thought, conscience and religion; freedom of
association and assembly.
a. First generation b. Second Generation c. Third Generation d. Fourth Generation
17. He is a Spanish theologian best remembered for his defense of the rights of the Indians of the New World
against Spanish colonists and for his ideas of the limitations of justifiable warfare.
a. Jean-Jacques Rousseau b. John Locke c. Hugo Grotius d. Francisco de Vitoria
18. It is a theory in ethics and philosophy that says that human beings possess intrinsic values that govern their
reasoning and behavior.
a. Utilitarianism b. religious approach c. Positivist theory d. Natural Law
19. Those rights that are conferred and protected by the Constitution which cannot be modified or taken away by
the law-making body.
a. Natural Rights b. Constitutional Rights c. Statutory rights d. Civil Rights

20. It is the policy making and representative organ of the UN.

a. ICCPR b. UN Charter c. UNGA d. UNCHR
21. These are those rights which the law confers upon the people to enable them to achieve social and economic
development, thereby ensuring them their well-being, happiness and financial security.
a. Cultural Rights b. economic and social c. political rights d. Civil Rights
22. He is one of the Fathers of modern international law.
a. Jean-Jacques Rousseau b. John Locke c. Hugo Grotius d. Francisco de Vitoria
23. This focuses on issues such as the right to life, freedom of speech, religion and voting.
a. ICCPR b. UN Charter c. UNGA d. UNCHR
24. Human rights are enforceable without national border.
a. Indivisible b. Universal c. Inalienable d. Fundamental
25. It is the study of human social life.
a. Sociology b. Theology c. Positivism d. Marxism
26. It is a theory of moral philosophy that is based on the principle that an action is morally right if it produces a
greater quantity of good or happiness than any other possible actions.
a. Utilitarianism b. religious approach c. Positivist theory d. Natural Law
27. This theory emphasizes that everyone should receive the same benefits of justice.
a. Sociological b. theory of justice c. Marxism d. positivist
28. It is defined as the learning process that builds up the required knowledge, values, and proficiency of human
rights of which the objective is to develop an acceptable human rights culture.\
a. Human rights Education c. Human rights
b. National rights education d. Personal rights education
29. These are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or
any other status.
a. Human rights Education c. Human rights
b. National rights education d. Personal rights education
30. Human rights do not prescribe and cannot be lost even if man fails to use or assert them, even by long passage
of time.
a. Inalienable b. Fundamental c. Inherent d. imprescriptible