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UPSC CDS Indian Polity — practice questions — page 29

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About how many people were secretly held by US forces at the Guantanamo Bay prison?Read the answer and worked solution →Guantanamo Bay is an area near which country, controlled by the American Navy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which organisation reported torture of Guantanamo prisoners?Read the answer and worked solution →In Saudi Arabia, the testimony of one man is considered equal to that of:Read the answer and worked solution →Kosovo, before the split, was a province of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Serb nationalist leader whose government carried out the Kosovo massacre was:Read the answer and worked solution →Milosevic was tried for crimes against humanity by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Rights are reasonable claims of persons recognised by society and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian Constitution provides for how many Fundamental Rights?Read the answer and worked solution →Laws applying in the same manner to all regardless of status is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Constitution says reservations for backward classes are:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1999, which journalist wrote a series in The Hindu on untouchability still practised against Dalits?Read the answer and worked solution →Police detain a man at night. Within how many hours must they bring him before the nearest magistrate?Read the answer and worked solution →Forced labour rendered free or at nominal pay is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Constitution prohibits employing in factories or mines a child below the age of:Read the answer and worked solution →A secular state is one that:Read the answer and worked solution →Indian secularism practises an attitude of what towards all religions?Read the answer and worked solution →Every person has a right to profess, practice and:Read the answer and worked solution →Which right did Dr Ambedkar call the heart and soul of the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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About how many people were secretly held by US forces at the Guantanamo Bay prison?

  1. 600
  2. 300
  3. 900
  4. 450
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Correct answer: A. 600

1. They were picked up from all over the world. 2. About 600 were imprisoned. 3. There was no trial before any magistrate. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 5, Democratic Rights._

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Guantanamo Bay is an area near which country, controlled by the American Navy?

  1. Panama
  2. Cuba
  3. Mexico
  4. Haiti
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Correct answer: B. Cuba

1. The prisoners could not approach any court. 2. It lies near Cuba. 3. The UN Secretary General asked for it to be closed. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 5, Democratic Rights._

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Which organisation reported torture of Guantanamo prisoners?

  1. Amnesty International
  2. Red Cross Society
  3. World Bank Group
  4. Interpol Agency
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Correct answer: A. Amnesty International

1. It is an international human rights organisation. 2. Amnesty International collected the information. 3. A UN inquiry supported the findings. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics I, Chapter 5, Democratic Rights._

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