Law Questions and Answers - Set 11

1 Democracy and Federalism are essential features of our Constitution and basic feature of its structure. This observation was made in S.R. Bommai Vs. Union of India by the Judge

1 Justice P.B. Sawant

2 Justice S.R. Pandyan

3 Justice J.S. Verma

4 Justice A.M. Ahmadi

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Answer: Justice P.B. Sawant

2 According to A.V. Dicey in India the ‘Rule of Law’ is embodied in

1 Article 12 of the Constitution of India

2 Article 13 of the Constitution of India

3 Article 14 of the Constitution of India

4 Article 21 of the Constitution of India

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Answer: Article 14 of the Constitution of India

3 When the court declare that certain provisions of the Act as invalid, it does not affect the validity of the Act and it remains as it is. The principle is known as :

1 Doctrine of prospective over ruling

2 Doctrine of severability

3 Doctrine of pleasure

4 Doctrine of Eclipse

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Answer: Doctrine of severability

4 The Chairperson of Delimitation Commission

1 Justice Kuldeep Singh

2 Justice R.S. Sarkaria

3 Justice R.S. Pathak

4 Justice S.N. Phukan

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Answer: Justice Kuldeep Singh

5 Representation of House of People is based on

1 Literacy of State

2 Area of the State

3 Population

4 Community

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Answer: Population

6 Find correct answer :

Administrative law is the law relating to the powers and procedures of

1 The Parliament

2 The Legislature

3 The Administrative Authorities

4 Judiciary

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Answer: The Administrative Authorities

7 Find the correct answer :

No person can be judge in his own case
No person shall be condemned unheard

Codes :

1 only (i) is correct

2 only (ii) is correct

3 (i) and (ii) are correct

4 None of the above are correct

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Answer: (i) and (ii) are correct

8 Find correct answer :

Administrative Tribunals exercises :

1 Purely Administrative functions

2 Purely Judicial functions

3 Purely Legislative functions

4 Quasi Judicial functions

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Answer: Quasi Judicial functions

9 “Common law is essentially a Judge made law”. This opinion was expressed by

1 Pollock

2 Austin

3 Paton

4 Salmond

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Answer: Salmond

10 State the legal status of Hindu Joint family

1 Hindu Joint family is a legal person

2 Hindu Joint family is a natural person

3 Hindu Joint family is both a legal and natural person

4 None of the above

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Answer: Hindu Joint family is a legal person

11 “Case-law is gold in the mine-a few grains of precious metal to the tons of useless matter, while the statute law is coin of the state which ready for immediate use”. Who gave this statement ?

1 Bentham

2 Salmond

3 Kelsen

4 Holland

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Answer: Salmond

12 Fill in the gap

Contributory negligence is ______defense to a criminal charge

1 genuine

2 accurate

3 sharp

4 no

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Answer: no

13 A married man commits adultery if he commits sexual intercourse with

1 A teen aged girl

2 An unmarried woman

3 Any woman who is not his wife

4 Married woman

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Answer: A teen aged girl

14 In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court applied the doctrine of public trust that the State as a trustee of all natural resources is under a legal duty to protect the natural resources. These natural resources are meant for public use and cannot be converted into private ownership ?

1 M.C. Mehta Vs. Kamalnath and Others

2 M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India (Ganga Water Pollution case)

3 M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India (Replacing diesel vehicles by CNG vehicles)

4 Church of God (Full Gospel) in India Vs. KKR Majestic Colony Welfare Association

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