Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Legal Studies

Chapter

Human Rights in India

Question:
This was an agreement between the English King John and the barons who were unhappy about the taxation policies of the Monarch. It included clauses in the form of rights language; it granted the barons the right to legal trial and prevented their arrest or imprisonment or outlawing or abuse or denial of ownership of property without legal trial. Which of the following law is being referred to here?
Options:
Bill of Rights 1512
The English Bill of Rights of 1689
Magna Carta of 1215
Magna Carta of 1439
Correct Answer:
Magna Carta of 1215
Explanation:
The English legal documents of Magna Carta of 1215 and The English Bill of Rights of 1689 are some of the earliest examples of the human rights laws. The Magna Carta of 1215 was an agreement between the English King John and the barons who were unhappy about the taxation policies of the Monarch. The Magna Carta included clauses in the form of rights language; it granted the barons the right to legal trial and prevented their arrest or imprisonment or outlawing or abuse or denial of ownership of property without legal trial.