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Fill in the blanks:

(a) Individuals get human rights from their……………..


(b) The right to live means the right to………with dignity.

(a) Individuals get human rights from their birth itself.


No government can bestow or take away an individual’s human rights, they’re universal in nature.


(b) The right to live means the right to the right of every individual to live with dignity.


It means the fulfilment of one’s basic needs and opportunity to develop oneself without facing any discrimination on the basis of religion, caste, colour, gender and nationality.


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Answer in one sentence each:

(a) Why does there have to be an increased awareness about human rights?


(b) What is meant by the right to acquire nationally?


(c) Why has India established the National Human Rights Commission?

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Answer in two or three lines:

(a) What is meant by human rights?


(b) Why does no one have the authority to take away human rights?

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Answer in four or five lines:

(a) Write five articles from the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.


(b) Write about the structure of the National Human Rights Commission in India.

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Copy in bold letters and display in your classroom, the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.