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Constitution of India, Professional Ethics and Cyber Law Questions and Answers
Constitution of India, Professional Ethics and Cyber Law Questions and Answers
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SUBJECT CODE 18CPC39/49
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
AND
CYBER LAW
Course Code 18CPC39/49 (CPC)
CIE Marks 40, SEE Marks 60, Credits 01, Exam Hours 02hrs
Course Learning Objectives:
1. To know the fundamental political codes, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of Indian
Government Institutions, fundamental rights, directive principles, and the duties of citizens
2. To understand engineering ethics and their responsibilities; identify their individual Roles
And Ethical Responsibilities towards society.
3. To Know about the cybercrimes and cyber laws for cyber safety measures.
Course Outcomes:
On completion of this course, students will be able to,
CO 1: Have constitutional knowledge and legal literacy.
CO 2: Understand Engineering and Professional ethics and responsibilities of Engineers.
CO 3: Understand the cybercrimes and cyber laws for cyber safety measures.
Question paper pattern for SEE and CIE:
1. The SEE question paper will be set for 100 marks and the marks scored by the Students will
Proportionately be reduced to 60. The pattern of the question paper will be objective type
2. For the award of 40 CIE marks, refer the University regulations 2018.
Reference Books
3 Introduction to the Constitution of India: Durga Das Basu
Prentice –Hall, 2008.
4 Engineering Ethics: M. Govindarajan, S.Natarajan, V. S.Senthilkumar
Prentice –Hall, 2004
CONSTITUION OF INDIA, PROFESSIONAL ETHICS & CYBER LAW-
18CPC39/49
MODULE -1
Introduction to Indian Constitution:
The Necessity of the Constitution, The Societies before and after the Constitution adoption.
Introduction to the Indian constitution, The Making of the Constitution, The Role of the
Constituent Assembly - Preamble and Salient features of the Constitution of India. Fundamental
Rights and its Restriction and limitations in different Complex Situations.
Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) and its present relevance in our society with
examples. Fundamental Duties and its Scope and significance in Nation building.
State Executives –
Governor, Chief Minister, State Cabinet, State Legislature, High Court and Subordinate
Courts, Special Provisions Articles 370.371,371J for some States.
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
54. How many Committees in Lok Sabha ?
And: Approximately 33 committees are in Lok Sabha
55. Write the kinds parliamentary committees?
(1) Standing Committees, (Permanent)
(2) Ad -hoc Committees (Temporary)
57. What is the Standing in Parliament?
(1) Committees on Estimates
(2) Public Accounts, and
(3) Public Undertakings.
58. Who will elect the members of parliament committees?
Ans: 1. Some of the committees are elected by the Members on the basis of proportional
Representation or Single transferable Votes.
2. And some of the committees are nominated by Rajya Sabha / Speaker.
59. What is the maximum Members in Public accounts committee?
Ans : Maximum 22 members, ( 15 from Lok Sabha –single transferable vote/ proportional
representation and 7 members nominated by Rajya Sabha
60. How many members may be in Estimate Committee?
Ans: Not more than 30 members
61. What is the term of the members of Estimate committee?
Ans: 01 year
62. How many maximum Members in Public under takings committee?
Ans : Maximum 22 members, ( 15 from Lok Sabha –single transferable vote/ proportional
representation and 7 members nominated by Rajya sabha.
63. Write the names of Public Undertakings.
Ans: industrial Finance Corporation, Industrial Develop Bank of India, Indian Airlines, LIC,
Food Corporation of India, Air India etc.
64. What is the term of the members of Public under takings committee?
Ans: 01 year
65. How many Members are in SC/ST Welfare committee?
Ans : Not more than 30 members, ( 20 from Lok Sabha –single transferable vote
proportional representation and 10 members nominated by Rajya sabha.
66. What is the term of the members SC/ST Welfare committee?
Ans: 01 year
67. How many exclusive committees in Rajyasabha?
Ans: 06
68. What are the Rajya Sabha exclusive committees?
Ans: a) Committee on subordinate Legislation
b) Committee on Government Assurances
c) Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
d) Rules Committee
e) House committee
f) General Purpose Committee
g) General Purpose Committee
STATE EXECUTIVES
GOVERNOR- Article 153, CHIEF MINISTER, MINISTERS, STATE CABINET, STATE
LEGISLATURES, HIGH COURT AND SUBORDINATE COURTS, SPECIAL
PROVISIONS (ARTICLE 370. 371, 371J) FOR SOME STATES.
90. Who is the nominal head of the State Government?
Ans: Governor Article 153.
91. Who appoints the Governor to the States?
Ans: President of India
92. The Governor should not be a person from ….
Ans: Same State.
93. What is the minimum age is required to contest in governor elections?
Ans: 35 years
94. What is the term of a Governor?
Ans: 5 years
95. Can a governor act as a Governor for more than One state?
Ans YES
96. Can a Governor Transfer from one state to another state?
Ans: YES
97. How many persons nominated by the governor to Legislative Assembly belongs to
Anglo Indian Community?
Ans: One Person belongs to Anglo Indian.
98. Who will give the Oath / Pledge to the Governors?
Ans: President of India.
99. Is the Governor has VETO Power?
Ans: Yes (All new legislation should be signed by Governor, He can hold the bill in his Office )
100. The Governor holds office during pleasure of ………?
Ans: President of India
101. Who will appoint the Chief Minister & Ministers of the state as per the Constitution?
Ans: Governor.
102. Who will give Oath / Pledge to the Chief Minister & Ministers of the State?
Ans: Governor.
103. Who will appoint the chairman & Members for the Public service commission of the State?
Ans: Governor of the State.
104. Without the Signature / consent of the Governor of the State no bill can become….
Ans: Law, (Governor has VETO power- he can hold the bill for clarification,)
CHIEF MINISTER, LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY & LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL-Art 168
105. Who shall be the Chief Minister of the state Article -164?
Ans: Leader of the majority party.
106. Who is the chain/link/bridge between minister and Governor?
Ans : Chief Minister.
107. Who is the real executive of the state?
Ans: Chief Minister.
108. Who Presides the Cabinet meetings of the Legislative Assembly?
Ans: Chief Minister.
109. Who have the power to appoint or change new ministers in the State
Government?
Ans: Chief Minister.
110. Who is the leader of the Legislative Assembly?
Ans : Chief Minister.
111. What is the minimum and maximum strength of a legislative assembly?
Ans: Minimum 130 members & Maximum 500 members.
112. What is the minimum age required to contest in Legislative Assembly election (MLA)?
Ans: 25 Years.
113. What is the bicameral system of Government?
Ans: Two houses in the Government is called Bicameral
114. What is unicameral system of Government?
Ans: One house in the Government is called uni-cameral ( Only Legislative Assembly in a
State)
115. What are the two houses of the Government?
Ans: Upper House & Lower House (Legislative Assembly & Legislative Council)
116. How many states are having Unicameral Government?
Ans: 22 States
117. How many states are having Bi-cameral Government?
Ans: 7 States only.
118. What is the term of Legislative Assembly / Legislative Assembly member?
Ans: 5 years.
119. How many members nominated by the governor to the legislative council?
Ans: 1/6 members nominated by Governor to legislative council.
120. Explain the composition of Legislative Council?
Ans: 1/3 members are elected from Local bodies. (Municipality, District board)
1/3 members are elected from members of Legislative Assembly- (by MLA,s)
1/12 members are elected by the Graduates from Graduates Constituency.
1/12 members are elected by the Teachers from Teachers Constituency.
1/6 members are nominated by Governor (From the Field of Art, Science Service etc,
121. What are the other names for legislative council?
Ans: Upper house, Permanent house or house of elders
122. What is the term of legislative council member?
Ans: 6 years.
123. How many members in the legislative council?
Ans: Minimum 40 and not more than 1/3 members of Legislative Assembly (MLA‟s)
124. Where can be a financial bill / Money bill discussed?
Ans: Only in Legislative Assembly.
125. What is the minimum age is required to contest in legislative council election (MLC) ?
Ans: 30 years.
126. Speaker of legislative Assembly is elected by…
Ans: Members of legislative Assembly (MLA‟s)
117. What are the duties / functions of a Speaker?
Ans: a) Speaker decides who shall speak first in the Assembly
b) Speaker presides the joint session of Legislative assembly
c) Speaker decides whether a bill is money bill or ordinary bill.
128. What is the term of a speaker?
Ans: 5 years
129. Who may be removed Speaker of Legislative Assembly from his post?
Ans: Members of Legislative Assembly.
130. . How many sessions to be conducted in a year by the legislative assembly ?
Ans; 2 sessions (Rainy & Winter session)
131. What is the gap between two sessions?
Ans: not more than 6 months
132. Which is the first session of the Legislative assembly?
Ans: Budget session.
133. Which bill cannot originate in Legislative Council?
Ans: Money bill or financial bill
HIGH COURT
134. Who will appoint the High court Judges?
Ans: President of India (in consultation with Governor of the state & Chief Justice )
135. What is the retirement age for High court judges?
Ans: 62 years.
136. . Whether High court Judges can transfer from one state to another state?
Ans: YES
137. Who is having power to Establish common High Court for more than one state?
Ans: Parliament
138. What is the method will be used for removal of High court judges?
Ans: Impeachment.
139. The resignation letter of a High court judge should be addressed to…
Ans: president of India.
140. . Under which article High court can issue Writ petition?
Ans: Article 226 of the Indian Constitution.
141. What are the qualifications required for High court judges?
Ans: a) he must have served as a judge for five years
b) he must have been an advocate of a High court for 10 years.
142. What are the subordinate courts?
Ans: 1.District Courts (District Civil Court & Session Court
2. JMFC Courts (Judicial Magistrate Courts in Taluk Level
143. Which Court control over the subordinate courts in a State?
Ans: High court
144. Who will appoint the District Judges?
Ans; District judges are appointed by the Governor in Consultation with Chief Justice of
High Court.
145. .Who will decide the posting, promotion of judicial officers of the subordinate Courts?
Ans: High court
146. What are powers & functions of High court?
Ans: 1. Protection fundamental Right (Article-226)
2. Original Jurisdiction.
3. Appellate Jurisdiction (Both Civil & Criminal Cases)
4. Court of Records 5. Control over Subordinate courts.
148. . Which part of the constitution drafted /define the Article 370
Ans Part XXI
149. Which Article provide the special status to Jammu & Kashmir
Ans: Article 370
150. Which article provide the special provision to the states of Maharastra & Gujarath
Ans: Article 371
151. Which article made to establish separate development board for Vidarba,
Marathwada in Maharastra ?
Ans Article 371
152. Article 371 made to establish separate development board for…..
Ans: Saurastra and Kuch in Gujarath
153. Which amendment added the Article 371 J to the Constitution?
Ans: 98th Amendment act-2012
154. Which article made to establish separate development board for Hyderabad karnataka ?
Ans: Article 371 J
155. Which article empowered to provide the Governor of Karnataka to have special
responsibility on Hyderabad Karnataka?
Ans Article 371 J
156. How many backward districts includes in Northern Karnataka range in Article 371
Ans: Six back ward districts covered in northern Karnataka for Article 371 J, Gulbarga, Bidar,
Raichur, Koppal. Yadagiri and Bellary
MODULE -3
Elections, Amendments and Emergency Provisions:
Elections, Electoral Process, and Election Commission of India, Election Laws.
Amendments - Methods in Constitutional Amendments (How and Why) and Important
constitutional Amendments. Amendments –7,9,10,12,42,44, 61, 73,74, ,75, 86, and
91,94,95,100,101,118
Emergency Provisions, types of Emergencies and its consequences.
Constitutional special provisions:
Special Provisions for SC and ST, OBC, Women, Children and Backward Classes.
Scope & Aims of Engineering & Professional Ethics - Business Ethics, Corporate Ethics, Personal
Ethics. Engineering and Professionalism, Positive and Negative Faces of Engineering Ethics,
Code of Ethics as defined in the website of Institution of Engineers (India): Profession,
Professionalism, and Professional Responsibility. Clash of Ethics, Conflicts of Interest.
Responsibilities in Engineering Responsibilities in Engineering and Engineering Standards, the
impediments to Responsibility. Trust and Reliability in Engineering, IPRs (Intellectual Property
Rights), Risks, Safety and liability in Engineering
IMPORTANT MCQ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (See BOLD one for Answers)
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (See BOLD one for Answers)
1. Gaining of unauthorized access to the data OR information stored in a Computer system is
Ans: Hacking: Malware: Viruses: Phishing:
2. A Technique of extracting sensitive information such as User names, Passwords and
Credit/Debit card details of People by masquerading is…
Ans: Phishing: Vishing : Pharming Phreaking : Spoofing:
3. Telephonic calls to the victims using fake identity fooling latter into Conserving the call to
be from a trusted source is called
Ans: Vishing : Pharming Phreaking Spoofing:
4. A Cyber attack intended to redirect a website‟s traffic to Another (Fake) site.
Ans: Phishing: Vishing : Pharming Phreaking
5. Cracking the phone networks to make free long distance call is
Ans: Vishing : Pharming Phreaking Spoofing
6. An explicit attempt by attackers to prevent genuine and Intended users from accessing a
specific computer resource such as a website is called…
Ans: Vishing : Pharming Phreaking Denial of Service attacks
7. A situation in which one person successfully masquerades as another by Falsifying data, thereby
gaining an Illegitimate advantage is…
Ans: Pharming Phreaking : Spoofing Data diddling:
8. Specifically malicious software built to attack mobile phone or smart phone system, by
causing the collapse of the system and loss or leakage of confidential Information is called..
Ans: Vishing : Pharming Phreaking Mobile Malware:
9. Sending huge volumes of email by an abuser to a target address resulting in victim’s email
account is..
Ans: Pharming Phreaking Spoofing Email bombing and spamming
10. A new form internet crime in which an attacker harasses a victim online using Electronic
communication. Ex: e-mail or instant massages is called…
Ans: Cyber Stalking Pharming Phreaking Spoofing
11. Unauthorized changing of data before OR during their input to a computer system.
Ans: Pharming Phreaking Spoofing Data diddling
12. Illegal copying, distribution or use of software
Ans: Pharming Phreaking Spoofing Software piracy
13. This is one of the primary ways of Cyber Stalking
Ans: a) Internet Stalking b) Pharming c) Phreaking d) Spoofing
14. This is one of the basic measures to be taken for Cyber Security
Ans: a) installing anti-virus software b). Application blacklisting
c). Application white listing d) All of the above
15. This is one of the common techniques will be used by the hackers
Ans: a) SQL Injection: (Structured Query Language) b) Theft of FTP password:
c) Cross-site scripting: (XSS) d) All of the above
16. This is not a Net Neutrality?
Ans: a) Affects the regulation of the infrastructure of the internet.
b) This is turning, into one of the most critical aspects of cyber Law and has immediate
Jurisdictional implications.
c). Application white listing
4. Which section of IT Act deals with the legal recognition of electronic records?
A. Section 2
B. Section 5
C. Section 6
D. Section 4
5. What is/are component of IT Act 2000?
A. Legal Recognition to Digital Signatures
B. Regulation of Certification Authorities.
C. Digital Certificates
D. All the above
6. The section deals with legal recognition of digital signature
A. Section 3
B. Section 5
C. Section 6
D. Section 4
7. The section deals with the use of electronic records and digital signature in
Government and its agencies
A. Section 3
B. Section 5
C. Section 6
D. Section 7
8. Major amendments to IT Act 2000 was introduced in the form of IT (amendment)
Act 2008, which came into effect on
A. 01 June 2008
B. 27 October 2009
C. 27 October 2008
D. 03 July 2009
9. IT Act 2000 amended various sections of which of the following Acts?
A. Indian Penal Code 1860
B. Reserve Bank of India Act 1934
C. Indian Evidence Act 1872 & Bankers Book Evidence Act 1891
D. All of the above
10. Which among following Act is not amended in Information Technology Act 2000?
A. The Bankers Books Evidence Act, 1891
B. BSNL IT Policy
C. RBI Act 1934.
D. The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
11. Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) work under ?
A. Prime Minister office
B. Reserve Bank of India
C. Ministry of Communication & IT D. autonomous body
12. Which Act in India focuses on data privacy and information technology?
A. Banking Regulation Act 1949
B. IT Act 2000
C. Indian Penal Code
D. IT (amendment) Act 2008
13. Which section of IT Act deals with the appointment of Controller of certifying
authorities
A. Section 17
B. Section 15
C. Section 10
D. Section 5
14. Which section of IT Act 2000 deals with the punishment for cheating by
impersonation by using computer resources?
A. Section 66D
B. Section 66C
C. Section 66B
D. Section 66F
15. The following punishment is mentioned in which section of IT Act 2000 '3 years of
imprisonment and/or 5 lakh repees penalty for first conviction & 5 years of
imprisonment and/or 10 lakh rupees penalty
A. Section 67
B. Section 66
C. Section 65
D. Section 64
16. Which section of IT Act deals with Hacking of computer systems and its penalties?
A. Section 65
B. Section 66
C. Section 62
D. Section 67
17. What is the punishment for hacking of computers?
A. Three year imprisonment or 10 lakh rupees penalty or both
B. Life Imprisonment
C. Three year imprisonment or 5 lakh rupees penalty or both
D. Three year imprisonment or 2 lakh rupees penalty or both
18. Which section of IT Act deals with Cyber terrorism?
A. Section 66C
B. Section 66B
C. Section 66F
D. Section 66A
19. Which section of IT Act was invalidated by Supreme Court of India
A. Section 66F
B. Section 66B
C. Section 66D
D. Section 66A
20. The date on which Supreme Court of India invalidated Section 66A of IT Act 2000:
A. 24.03.2015
B. 31.03.2015
C. 01.01.2015
D. 01.06.2015
21. What is the penalty for publishing images of a person's private parts without
consent, as per IT Act 2000?
A. 5 years imprisonment or 5 lakh rupees penalty or both
B. Life imprisonment
C. 3 years imprisonment or 2 lakh rupees penalty or both
D. None of the above