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Law (UGC/NET Paper II & III)

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An infant who obtains loan by falsely misrepresenting his age can be made to repay the amount

  1. As if he never entered into the void contract

  2. The contract is void so he is not liable to repay

  3. He is liable because of the fraud

  4. The contract is valid


Correct Option: C

Recently the Supreme Court of India, while holding right to marriage, a right protected under Article 21 of the Constitution, directed the police and administrations not to harass or subject to act of threat or violence, those who marry outside their caste or religion. It was so held in:

  1. Lata Singh Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh

  2. Ashok Kurnar Vs. West Bengal State

  3. P.U.C.L. Vs. Union of India

  4. Priyanka Vs. State of M.P.


Correct Option: A

The justification of Civil liability for acts prima fade wrongful are based principally upon:

  1. Private grounds

  2. Public grounds

  3. Both private and public grounds

  4. Equitable grounds


Correct Option: D

Non-amendability of the Basic Structure of the Constitution was declared firstly in

  1. Sajjan Singh Vs. State of Rajasthan, 1965

  2. Minerva Mills Vs. Union of India, 1983

  3. Sankari Prasad Vs. Union of India, 1951

  4. Kesavananda Bharathi Vs. State of Kerala, 1973


Correct Option: D

India is not a party to:

  1. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966.

  2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966.

  3. Optional Protocol to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966.

  4. Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), 1979.


Correct Option: C

Prohibited degree and sapinda relationship are:

  1. mutually exclusive

  2. dependent on each other

  3. may overlap each other

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is not a ground for Divorce under Hindu Marriage Act?

  1. Cruelty

  2. Desertion

  3. Adultery

  4. Incompatible Temperamental Adjustment


Correct Option: D

Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court means that it has got jurisdiction in any dispute:

  1. between the Government of India and one or more states

  2. between states on interstate river water

  3. between two or more states

  4. both 1 and 3


Correct Option: D

A gift by the husband to the wife in lieu nt her dower is recognised as:

  1. Hiba-hil-iwaz

  2. Hiba-ba-shartul-iwaz

  3. Hiba

  4. Will


Correct Option: C

Consider the following statements: I. Equitable ownership always pre-supposes the existence of a legal ownership. II. When property is given by A to B for the benefit of C, B becomes the legal owner and C the equitable owner. Ill. In many cases, equity recognises ownership whereas law does not recognize ownership owing to some flaw or defect. IV. Contingent ownership is spes successions

  1. I, II and Ill are correct

  2. II and III are correct

  3. I and II are correct

  4. III and IV are correct


Correct Option: A

In abetment of an offence can be constituted by:

  1. Instigation

  2. Intentional aid

  3. Conspiracy

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Limitations on the scope of the doctrine voIenti non - fit injuria are:

  1. Rescue cases

  2. Statutory authority

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C

The president shall revoke a proclamation of emergency if the house of people passes a resolution disapproving the proclamation of emergency by a:

  1. Majority -of total membership of the house

  2. Majority of not less than two third of the house present and voting

  3. Simple Majority

  4. Both 1 and 2


Correct Option: B

A five judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court in October 2006 has held that the exclusion of 'Creamy Layer' among the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is:

  1. Subject to Judicial review

  2. Unconstitutional

  3. Constitutional directive

  4. A matter of policy decision of the government


Correct Option: C

Assertion (A): Right of Private Defence extends to causing death if property sought to be protected is public property. Reason (R): Public property must be protected even at any cost.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is a correct explanation of (A)

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

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


Correct Option: A

Assertion (A): There is no actual toss to the party on breach of contract, even nominal compensation will be paid. Reason (R): There is a right, there should be remedy.

  1. (A) is right but (R) is wrong

  2. (A) is wrong but (R) is right

  3. (A) and (R) both right and (R) is right explanation of (A)

  4. (A) and (R) both right but (R) is not explanation of (A)


Correct Option: C

The convention on the right of child came into being in the year

  1. 1988

  2. 1989

  3. 1990

  4. 1991


Correct Option: B

In which one of the following cases, the supreme court had held 'Bandh' to be unconstitutional

  1. L. Chandra Vs. Union of India

  2. Prabhat Kumar Vs. State of Kerala

  3. Raudher Kumar Vs. Union of India

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: D

In which case the Supreme Court of India held that the voters have a right to know the antecedents of contesting candidates?

  1. Shakila Abdul Gaffor Vs. Vasant R. Dhoble

  2. Shyarn Narain ('howksey Vs. Union of India

  3. Union of India Vs. Association for Democratic Retirm

  4. Sauiabh Chowdhery Vs. Union of India


Correct Option: C

Match List-I with List-Il and select the correct answer using the codes given below ||| |---|---| | List - I (Statement)| List - II (Author)| | (a) International law s not true law but positive international morality| (i) John Austin| | (b) International customary law is deemed automatically to he part of common law.| (ii) William Blackstone| | (c) Opino jurissive necessitatis is not a condition precedent for the existence of international custom.| (iii) Michael Akehurst| | (d) General Assembly Resolutions, in general. do not create legal obligation to comply with them but a resolution recommending to an administering State a specific course of action creates some legal obligation.| (iv) Hersch Lauterpacht|

  1. (a) - (i), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iii), (d) - (iv)

  2. (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (i), (d) - (iv)

  3. (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii)

  4. (a) - (iv), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iii), (d) - (i)


Correct Option: A

Who propounded the Pure theory of law”?

  1. Austin

  2. Kelsen

  3. Salmond

  4. H.L.A. Hart


Correct Option: B

Act of God is applicable to:

  1. All cases of inevitable accident

  2. Those who have their origin in part to the agency of man

  3. Those which are occasioned by the elementary forces of nature unconnected with the agency of man

  4. Those which are occasioned partly by the elementary forces of nature and partly by the agency of man


Correct Option: C

Match List-I with List-Il and indicate the correct answer using the codes given below:

 
List-I
List-II
(a) Mohd. Ahmad Vs. Shah Bano
(i) Oral Gift
(b) Mukku Rathod Vs. State of Kerala
(ii) Maintenance
(c) Maina Bibi Vs. Chaudhry Vakil Ahmad
(iii) Life Interest
(d) Nawazish Ali Khan Vs. Ali Raza Khan
(iv) Dower
  1. a - (ii), b - (i), c - (iv), d - (iii)

  2. a - (i), b - (ii), c - (iii), d - (iv)

  3. a - (ii), b - (iii), c - (iv), d - (i)

  4. a - (i), b - (iv), c - (iii), d - (ii)


Correct Option: A

Read the following paragraph and answer the Question given below

Protection of society and stamping out criminal proclivity must be the object of Law, which must be achieved by imposing appropriate sentence. Therefore, law as a cornerstone of the edifice of “order” should meet the challenges confronting the society. In operating the sentencing system law should adopt the corrective machinery or the deterrence based on factual matrix. By deft modulation sentencing process be stern where it should be and tempered with mercy where it warrants to he. The facts and given circumstances in each case, the nature of crime, the manner in which it was planned and committed. the motive for the commission of crime, the conduct of the accused. the nature of weapons used and all other attending circumstances are relevant facts which would enter into the area of consideration.

While imposing sentence what are the relevant considerations?

  1. The nature of crime only

  2. The manner in which it was planned and committed only

  3. The motive for the commission of crime only

  4. All the above are relevant considerations


Correct Option: D

The difference between judicial and legislative creativity has been that “The creative power of the court is limited by existing legal material at their command. They find the material and shape it. The legislature may manufacture entirely new material” was stated by

  1. Ehrlich

  2. Rosquo Pound

  3. Kelson

  4. Savigny


Correct Option: C
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