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The National Human Rights Commission was set up by law in:Read the answer and worked solution →The NHRC is appointed by the:Read the answer and worked solution →As on 10 December 2018, State Human Rights Commissions existed in how many states?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the freedomsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the life without rightsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the rights numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the rights wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Allowed or bannedRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the rightsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Democratic rights bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Political theory has its roots in two unique human capacities: reason and the ability to:Read the answer and worked solution →The objective of political theory is to train citizens to:Read the answer and worked solution →Who observed that politics envelops us like the coils of a snake, leaving no way out but to wrestle with it?Read the answer and worked solution →Politics arises from the fact that people have different visions of what is:Read the answer and worked solution →Plato and Aristotle discussed whether monarchy or democracy was better as far back as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Who, in modern times, first argued for freedom as a fundamental right of humankind?Read the answer and worked solution →Karl Marx argued that which value was as crucial as freedom?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahatma Gandhi discussed the meaning of genuine freedom, or swaraj, in his book:Read the answer and worked solution →Dr Ambedkar vigorously argued that the scheduled castes must be considered a:Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhian principles find a place in which part of the Indian Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →Courts have interpreted the right to life to include the right to:Read the answer and worked solution →The right to information in India was granted through:Read the answer and worked solution →Citizens of the internet are called:Read the answer and worked solution →In ancient Athens, who was described as the wisest man and condemned to death for questioning beliefs?Read the answer and worked solution →Plato examined the question of justice through the character of Socrates in his book:Read the answer and worked solution →The Republic opens with a dialogue between Socrates and:Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike mathematics, where a triangle has one definition, political concepts like equality have:Read the answer and worked solution →Reflecting on people jumping the queue, we understand that equality means:Read the answer and worked solution →The meaning of equality has many definitions because it depends on:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The National Human Rights Commission was set up by law in:

  1. 2005
  2. 1993
  3. 1950
  4. 1976
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Correct answer: B. 1993

1. It is independent of the government like the judiciary. 2. It was set up in 1993. 3. It inquires but does not punish. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 5, Democratic Rights._

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The NHRC is appointed by the:

  1. Governor
  2. Speaker
  3. President
  4. Chairman
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Correct answer: C. President

1. It includes retired judges, officers and eminent citizens. 2. The President appoints it. 3. It can summon witnesses and inspect prisons. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 5, Democratic Rights._

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As on 10 December 2018, State Human Rights Commissions existed in how many states?

  1. 16
  2. 29
  3. 20
  4. 26
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Correct answer: D. 26

1. States have their own commissions like the NHRC. 2. There were 26 such commissions. 3. Anyone can write to the NHRC without a fee. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 5, Democratic Rights._

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