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CLAT Reasoning Test - 4

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Assertion (A): Marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is dissoluble. Reason (R): Marriage is a sacrosanct union.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true.

  2. Both (A) and (R) are false.

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 can be dissolved under Section 13. Marriage is a sacrosanct union. It is not a contract under the Hindu law.

Assertion (A): Under Article 368, the Parliament can amend any provision of the Constitution, except the basic structure of the Constitution. Reason (R): The Supreme Court has restricted the absolute power of Parliament to amend any provision of the Constitution.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Under Article 368, the Parliament can amend any provision of the Constitution, except the basic structure of the Constitution. The Supreme Court has restricted the power of Parliament to amend any provision of the Constitution.

Assertion (A): Common intention implies a pre-arranged plan, prior meeting of minds and prior consultation between all the persons committing the crime. Reason (R): The law makes no distinction between the persons or the part played by them in doing the criminal act.

  1. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

  4. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Common intention implies a pre-arranged plan, prior meeting of minds and prior consultation between all the persons committing the crime. The law makes no distinction between the persons or the part played by them in doing the criminal act.

Assertion (A): Ownership subject to condition subsequent is vested ownership. Reason (R): Possession and ownership do not differ in their mode of acquisition.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ownership, if condition subsequent, is not vested ownership. Possession and ownership differ in their mode of acquisition.

Assertion (A): The political implication of the theory of natural rights is that human rights, being inherent in man, existed prior to the birth of the state itself and cannot, therefore, be violated by the state. Reason (R): Human rights are senior to state.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The political implication of the theory of natural rights is that human rights, being inherent in man, existed prior to the birth of the state itself and cannot, therefore, be violated by the state. Human rights are not senior to state.

Assertion (A): Culpable homicide becomes murder when the act causes death and is done with the intention of causing death. Reason (R): One of the conditions to be satisfied for treating it as a murder is that the injury intended to be inflicted is sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death.

  1. (A) is true and (R) is false.

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is false and (R) is true.

  4. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Culpable homicide becomes murder when the act causes death and is done with the intention of causing death. One of the conditions to be satisfied for treating it as a murder is that the injury intended to be inflicted is sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death.

Assertion (A): Maneka Gandhi’s case is a landmark decision from the point of human rights and remedial jurisprudence. Reason (R): From the positivist point of view, equality is antithetic to arbitrariness.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In Maneka Gandhi’s case, the court ruled that the mere existence of an enabling law was not enough to restrain personal liberty. Such a law must also be just, fair and reasonable. That means equality is antithetic to arbitrariness.

Assertion (A): Custom is a rule of conduct, obligatory on part of those who are within its sphere, established by long usage and practice. Reason (R): Rule of conduct is obligatory in any established sphere.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Custom is a rule of conduct, obligatory on part of those who are within its sphere, established by long usage and practice. Rule of conduct is obligatory in any established sphere.

Assertion (A): Human rights occupy a significant place in the UN Charter. Reason (R): Members of the UN have committed themselves to promote respect for and observance of human and fundamental rights.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Human rights occupy a significant place in the UN Charter. Members of the UN have no role in promoting respect for and observance of human and fundamental rights.

Assertion (A): Every partner may attend diligently to his duties in the conduct of business. Reason (R): Every partner must be intelligent.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. Both (A) and (R) are false.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Every partner may attend diligently to his duties in the conduct of business. No such duty is there that every partner must be intelligent.

Assertion (A): Termination of service does not amount to retrenchment. Reason (R): Amount of loss of retrenchment is more than amount of termination.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Retrenchment is the discharge of surplus labour or staff by the employer, for any reason otherwise than, by way of punishment inflicted as a measure of disciplinary action. Retrenchment has more to it than just termination of employment by an employer.

Assertion (A): Strike is the stoppage of work by a body of persons employed in any service, acting in combination. Reason (R): Combined work is service oriented.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).

  3. Both (A) and (R) are false.

  4. (A) is true, but (R) is false.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Strike is one of the oldest and the most effective weapons of labour in its struggle, with capital for securing economic justice. The basic strength of a strike lies in the labour’s privilege to quit work and thus, brings a forced readjustment to the conditions of employment. Combined work can never be taken as service oriented.

Assertion (A): Section 95 of the IPC is intended to prevent penalisation of negligible wrongs of trivial character. Reasons (R): (a) The injury is negligible. (b) The victim and the wrongdoer were related to each other. (c) The injured and the offender were not related by circumstances. (d) The nature of injury was very minor.

  1. (a) is true and (d) is the reason, while (b) and (c) are false.

  2. (b) is true and (c) is the reason, while (a) and (d) are false.

  3. (c) is true and (d) is the reason, while (a) and (b) are false.

  4. (d) is the only reason, while all others (a), (b) and (c) are false.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Section 95 of the IPC is intended to prevent penalisation of negligible wrongs of trivial character because the nature of the injury is very small.

Assertion (A): International law consists for the most part of customary rules. Reason (R): Customary rules are the original and oldest source of international law.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

International law consists for the most part of customary rules. Customary rules are not the original and oldest source of international law.

Assertion (A): An agreement not enforceable by law is said to be void. Reason (R): Law has no force.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is good explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Agreement means arrangement, promise or contract made with somebody, not enforceable by law means transaction is one which is valid, but which the court will not enforce and void means having no legal value. So an agreement not enforceable by law is said to be void. Void agreement means an agreement that has no legal value. Law has no force means Law does not enforce such agreements. 

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