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5. Who among the following is in the equal rank with the speaker of the Lok Sabha?
(a) Vice President of India (b) Cabinet Ministers of Union
(c) Chief Jus1ce of India (d) Judges of the Supreme Court
8. The Ar1cle which deals the power of President to consult Supreme Court
(a) Ar1cle 140 (b) Ar1cle 32 (c) Ar1cle 143 (d) Ar1cle 124
9. The power to increase or decrease the number of judges of the Supreme Court rests with the
(a) Chief Jus1ce of Supreme Court (b) Rajya Sabha (c) Lok Sabha (d) Parliament
14. The Judges of the High Court shall hold o`ce un1l they a^ain the age of
(a) 60 yrs (b) 65 yrs (c) 63 yrs (d) 62 yrs
18. The number of districts that come under the jurisdic1on of Kerala High Court,
(a) 14 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) 17
20. The Erst judge who resigned from Kerala High Court.
(a) K.T. Koshi (b) V. Giri (c) V.R. Krishna Iyer (d) Anna Chandi
26. The power to increase or decrease the number of Judges of the Supreme Court rests with the'
(a) Chief Jus1ce of India (b) President (c) Parliament (d) None of the above
27. In which Police Sta1on was the FIR rela1ng to the assassina1on of Mahatma Gandhi registered?
(a) Parliament Street Police Sta1on (b) Tuglaq Road Police Sta1on
(c) Daryaganj Police Sta1on (d) None of the above
31. Out of the following which statute is older than the others?
(a) Indian Contract Act, 1852 (b) Indian Penal Code, 1860
(c) Transfer of Property Act, 1862 (d) Companies Act, 1972
32. Lawyers are o`cers of the court and are cons1tuted into an independent profession under the
(a) Cons1tu1on of India (b) Indian Penal Code (c) Civil Procedure Code (d) Advocates Act
34. Remarks of a Judge, which are made casually and are not relevant to the case in hand, are known as
(a) Obiter dicta (b) Ra1o decidendi (c) Precedent (d) Binding source of law
35. In which landmark judgement did the S.C. of India lay down guidelines against sexual harassment of women at
workplace?
(a) Nilbat Behera V. State of Orissa (b) Hussainara Khatoon V. State of Bihar
(c) Maneka Gandhi V. Union of India (d) Vishaka V. State of Rajasthan
36. Who is associated with the remark, 'the law, in its majes1c equality, forbids rich and poor-alike to sleep under bridges
to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread"?
(a) Anatole France (b) Glanville Williams (c) Charles Dickens (d) Victor Hugo
37. The act which is not enacted by the Bri1shers for India
(a) Indian Penal Code (b) Indian Contract Act (c) Preven1on of Corrup1on Act (d) Indian Evidence Act
38. Par1es to a dispute may refer their disputes to an independent third party under the provisions of
(a) CPC (b) CrPC
(c) Arbitra1on and Concilia1on Act, 1996 (d) Limita1on Act, 1963
40. Under the Indian Majority Act, a major is a person who has a^ained the age of
(a) 21 years (b) 18 years (c) 17 years (d) 15 years
41. A person whose guardian has been appointed, a^ains the age of majority at
(a) 18 years (b) 21 years (c) 25 years (d) 30 years
43. What does the phrase ‘lex est norma rec1' mean?
(a) Law is a rule of right (b) Law ruler the right (c) Law is a rule of state (d) Law follows equity
44. The Uniform Civil Code was discussed at length in the case of
(a) Golak Nath case (b) Keshavanand Bhara1 case
(c) Shah Bano case (d) Indira Sawhney case
45. The Erst Law Commission was established in India under the chairmanship of which viceroy
(a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Maculay (c) Lord William Ben1ck (d) Lord Dalhousie
46. Where has been establish High Court for the State of U^arakhand?
(a) Nainital (b) Dehradun (c) Pauri (d) Ranchi
48. The term ' immemorial' under English Law refers to a usage which has existed prior to:
(a) 1600 AD (b) 1189 AD (c) 2 BC (d) 100 AD
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49. The Erst country to legalise Euthanasia?
(a) Belgium (b) Netherland (c) Finland (d) Switzerland
51. The Indian concept of Lokpal and Lokayukta have their Scandinavian equivalent in
(a) Ombudsman (b) Human Rights' Commission (c) Public Guardian (d) None of the above
53. When a husband gives gik or ornaments, clothes etc. to his wife, then such transac1on is legally called
(a) Dowry (b) Paraphernalia (c) Bride Property (d) Mehr
57. "Precedents" are taken as binding and authorita1ve on later cases because of the binding principle of
(a) Ra1o decidendi (b) Stare decisis (c) Obiter dictum (d) None of the above
64. Under the Advocates Act 1961, punishment for person illegally prac1cing in courts and before other authori1es in India
amount to
(a) Imprisonment upto 5 years (b) Imprisonment upto 2 years
(c) imprisonment upto 1 year (d) Imprisonment upto 6 months
68. India's Erst Child Witness Court Room (CWCR) has been inaugurated at
(a) Tis Hazari Court Complex Delhi (b) Karkardooma Court Complex, Delhi
(c) Chandini Chawk Court Complex (d) Thihar Court Complex, Delhi
74. First Law University in India has been established in August 1987 at
(a) Bangaluru (b) New Delhi (c) Ahmedabad (d) Pune
79. Due to the negligence on the part of a medical prac11oner, the pa1ent sunered huge Toss. The pa1ent meant to seek
compensa1on from the doctor. He can approach
(a) Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum (b) Criminal Court (c) District Court (d) Civil Court
80. Given one word for the meaning 'by reason of that fact'
(a) Ipso facto (b) Res ipsa loquitur (c) Factum valent (d) Factum probanda
88. "Ignorance of the law excuses, no man, not that all men know the law, but because it is an excuse every man will plead"
whose words are these?
(a) John Aus1n (b) John Seldon (c) Rosco Pound (d) Bentham
89. "Jus1ce must not only be done but also appear to be done, and may I add, must be paid for being done" whose
statement is this?
(a) Henry Cecil (b) Hencry Marine (c) B.H. Brewster (d) Salmond
91. "Li1ga1on is a game in which the Court is umpire" who said these words
(a) Rosco Pound (b) Pollock (c) John Aus1n (d) Rousseau v
92. Law can be broadly divided into two kinds, procedural law deals with the procedures to be followed by the courts for
obtaining jus1ce while substan1ve law which
(a) Create rights and du1es (b) Which supplements procedural laws
(c) Gives direc1ons to law enforcement agencies (d) Provides punishment to the wrong does
93. A Lok Adalat is dinerence from other courts
(a) Because its decision cannot be challenged in any court of law (b) People have more privileges
(c) Supreme Court guides the Lok Adalat (d) None of the above
94. Which of the following are included in the deEni1on of sexual harassment under the new sexual harassment of women
at workplace (preven1on, prohibi1on and redressal) Bill?
(a) Demand or request for sexual favours (b) Physical contact and advances
(c) Making sexually coloured remarks (d) All of the above
96. Who was the Erst Judge of the Supreme Court to be directly appointed from the bar.
(a) Kuldip Singh (b) S.K. Sikri (c) V.Y Giri (d) K.T. Shah
97. Who was the Erst Chairman of Na1onal Human Right Commission?
(a) Jus1ce Ranganatha Misra (b) Jus1ce Ahmedi (c) Jus1ce Narayana Kurup (d) Jus1ce Barucha
98. House of Lords was the highest Judicial Tribunal of
(a) United Kingdom (b) United states (c) Germany (d) Canada
99. The right of a party to ini1ate an ac1on and be heard before a court of law is called
(a) Lex Loci (b) Right in rem (c) Locus standi (d) Legal right
101. Who was the Chief Jus1ce of India during the emergency period?
(a) Jus1ce A.N. Ray (b) Jus1ce Arun Sahai (c) Jus1ce H.R. Khanna (d) Jus1ce Barucha
103. Union territory of Andaman Nicobar Island is within the jurisdic1on of which High Court in India?
(a) Calcu^a (b) Bombay (c) Kerala (d) Delhi
104. Who was the Chief Jus1ce of India when Public Interest Li1ga1on was introduced in the Indian Judicial System?
(a) Jus1ce M. Hidayatullah (b) Jus1ce P.N. Bhagwa1 (c) Jus1ce K.G. Balakrishnan (d) Jus1ce A.M. Ahmadi
107. Separa1on of power between the Legislature, Execu1ve and Judiciary has been provided in which part of the Indian
Cons1tu1on.
(a) The Fundamental Rights (b) The preamble
(c) The Ninth Schedule (d) The Direc1ve Principles of State Policy
109. The longest heard Criminal Appeal in the history of the Indian Supreme Court
(a) Parliament a^ack case (b) Rajiv Gandhi Assassina1on case
(c) Bandhu Mukthi Morcha case (d) Union Carbide case
110. The Chief Jus1ce of India who resigned and contested in the Presiden1al elec1ons and lost
(a) Jus1ce Subbarao (b) Jus1ce SK Venkitachalaih (c) Jus1ce A.S. Anand (d) Jus1ce V.N. Khare
116. The comment 'No Vakil, no Dalil, No Appeal' was made in rela1on to
(a) Regula1ng Act (b) The IIIbert Bill (c) The Rowle^ Act (d) Vernacular Press Act
118. Who held the shortest term (6 days) as Chief jus1ce of a High court?
(a) K.K. Usha (b) Leela Seith (c) Rajendranath Agarwal (d) Pios Kuriyakose
124. In Shah Bano case the Supreme Court described which ar1cle of Indian Cons1tu1on as a dead later.
(a) Ar1cle 51 A (b) Ar1cle 21 (c) Ar1cle 14 (d) Ar1cle 44
125. The leading criminal lawyer Ramjethmalani was the law minister in ministry
(a) V.P. Singh (b) Indira Gandhi (c) P.V. Narasimha Rao (d) A.P. Vajpai
127. The law dealing with me func1ons and powers of Government organiza1ons.
(a) Cons1tu1onal Law (b) Interna1onal Law (c) Civil Law (d) Administra1ve Law
134. A buyer has a right to reject goods, repudiate a contract and claim damages under which of the following contract?
(a) Guarantee (b) Warranty (c) Quasi Contract (d) Garnisher
136. A person is assumed Sane, unless the contrary is proved. This assump1on legally called -
(a) Burden (b) Presump1on (c) Convic1on (d) Acqui^al
144. Laws made-by the execu1ve for administra1ve convenience are called
(a) Orders (b) Rules (c) Bylaws (d) Amendments
147. The 1me limit for Eling dinerent kinds of suits as contained in
(a) C.P.C (b) Limita1on Act (c) SpeciEc Relief Act (d) Crpc
148. Right to way is covered under
(a) Transfer of Properly Act (b) Easements Act (c) Law of Torts (d) Contract Act
157. Su`cient amount of evidence necessary to allow it to con1nue in the judicial process
(a) Secondary evidence (b) Documentary evidence
(c) Prima facie evidence (d) Circumstan1al evidence
161. The judges whose kith and kin are prac1cing in the same High court, are known as
(a) Puisne Judge (b) Uncle Judge (c) Brother Judge (d) Uterine Judge
162. Adjournment of proceeding of a court to a future date not Exed is termed as?
(a) Procedural adjournment (b) Adjourn sine die (c) Sine die (d) Sine quonon
167. A person who is "Party to legal proceedings whose true name is unknown" is referred as
(a) Interpleaders (b) Amicus Curie (c) John Doe (d) Interveners
168. Name the country where the judges are appointed for life 1me 1ll their death?
(a) France (b) USA (c) UK (d) Germany
174. The principle which treats a man who ought to have known a fact as if he actually does know it
(a) Implied No1ce (b) Actual No1ce (c) Construc1ve No1ce (d) Legal No1ce
176. Which of the following principle is closely associated with Environmental Protec1on?
(a) Principle of Strict Liability (b) Principle of Vicarious Liability
(c) Principle of Sustainable Development (d) Principle, of Indoor Management
177. The maximum period of deten1on for person under KAPPA is?
(a) 6 months (b) 3 months (c) 1 year (d) 2 years
180. A statute is a
(a) Conven1on (b) Judicial act (c) Legisla1ve enactment (d) Administra1ve policy
181. Verdict is a
(a) Judicial decision (b) Judicial act (c) Evidence by the prosecu1on (d) Evidence by the witness
188. Droit
(a) An unknown place (b) No rights to hold the property
(c) A legal right or a claim (d) An administra1ve ac1on
189. Contraband
(a) Prohibited by law (b) In the eye of law (c) An authority of legal right (d) Legal sanc1on
190. Domicile
(a) Place of origin (b) Ci1zenship
(c) A place where a person normally resides (d) A foreign ci1zenship
198. Mandate
(a) A judgment
(b) A decree
(c) A wri^en submission to court to make a speciEed ruling or order
(d) An order from an appellate court direc1ng a lower court to take a speciEed ac1on
203. The repairs needed to a building at the end of a tenancy is legally named as
(a) Dilapida1ons (b) Restructuring (c) Maintenance (d) Dies fasi
204. Legal problems in the form of imaginary case, argued by<two opposing students before a Bench pretending to be a real
court?
(a) Legal Prac1ce (b) Moot courts in law school(c) A drama (d) None of the above
205. A person who prefers an appeal to the higher Court is known as?
(a) Accused (b) Respondent (c) Appellant (d) Co-accused
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