Question 1

By volume, dry air contains …………………percentage nitrogen.

Accepted Answer

A) 20.95% 
B) 0.93 
C) 78.09 
D) 0.04% C

Question 2

The members of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) are elected for a term of ………………………..

Accepted Answer

A) three 
B) four 
C) five 
D) six B

Question 3

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is formed in…………………..

Accepted Answer

A) 1985 
B) 1986 
C) 1987 
D) 1988 A

Question 4

By volume, dry air contains …………………percentage oxygen.

Accepted Answer

A) 20.95% 
B) 0.93 
C) 78.09 
D) 0.04%

Question 5

The Plachimada struggle is related to…………………..

Accepted Answer

A) coca-cola company 
B) narmada dam 
C) save sacred trees 
D) none of these

Question 6

Which is the Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 45/111 of 14 December 1990?

Accepted Answer

A) all prisoners shall be treated with the respect due to their inherent dignity and value as human beings. 
B) there shall be no discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. 
C) prisoners shall have access to the health services available in the country without discrimination on the grounds of their legal situation. 
D) all of the above

Question 7

…………………….is the fourth longest river in Kerala at 169 km in length.

Accepted Answer

A) bharatapuzha 
B) periyar 
C) chaliyar 
D) manjeswaram river

Question 8

In Plachimada the Coca- Cola factory was shut down in …………………….

Accepted Answer

A) march 2004 
B) december 2004 
C) march 2005 
D) december 2005

Question 9

Who was the leader of the Plachimada Coca-Cola Struggle?

Accepted Answer

A) medha padker 
B) sarojini naidu 
C) mayilamma 
D) none of these

Question 10

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) was established under the Resolution1985/17 of ……………………in 28 May 1985.

Accepted Answer

A) general assembly 
B) security council 
C) economic and social council 
D) wto

Question 11

The natural ecosystems are made up of ………………

Accepted Answer

A) forests 
B) water sources, 
C) plants and animals 
D) all of the above

Question 12

The Plachimada Coca-Cola Struggle was a series of protests to close the CocaCola factory in the village of Plachimada, in …………….District, Kerala.

Accepted Answer

A) kottayam 
B) wayanad 
C) palakkad 
D) kozhikode

Exam 8: Principles, Committees, Ecosystems, and Struggles