Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Human Rights in India

Question:
´We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." This declaration is contained in which of the following?
Options:
American declaration of Independence
French declaration of Independence
Magna Carta 1215
English Bill of Rights 1725
Correct Answer:
American declaration of Independence
Explanation:
In 1776, when United States of America was formed as a new nation, it adopted the 1776 American Declaration of Independence which included in its preamble the human rights values and stated: ´We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".