Law (UGC/NET Paper II & III) - General Practice Test

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An agreement with minor is void, hence:

Minor is never allowed to enforce such agreement.
Minor is allowed to enforce such agreement, if it was made for his benefit.
Minor is always allowed to enforce such agreement.
Minor is allowed to enforce such contract when other party makes no objection.

Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

With the deletion of Article 31 from the Fundamental Rights of the Constitution of India, Schedule IX seems to have outlived its utility

False
True
Not True
Both 1 and 3

Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

“A legal system is only the sum total of laws and that one only needs to identify a law” was propounded by

Bentham
Austin
Salmond
Ihring

Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Assertion (A) : Ownership is not only a juridical concept but also a social concept and an instrument of social policy.
Reason (R) : The right of alienation is not a necessary incident of ownership.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
(A) is false but (R) is true

Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Using the code given below Match List - I and List - Il


List - I (judicial decisions)

|        <b>List - II (Principle)</b>
|

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

Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

“Uniting for Peace Resolution' came into being in the year

1949
1950
1951
1952

Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Assertion (A) : Priest in a temple is a workman for the purposes of the Industrial Disputes Act.
Reason (R) : He cannot be considered as a workman as he is not doing any manual or clerical services to the devotees of the temple.

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

Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Strike is a legitimate right in the hands of :

The employer
Workmen
Both 1 and 2
None of the above

Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In torts, exemplary damages are awarded;

in all cases
in most of the cases
in restrictive category of cases
never awarded at all

Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The principle of Novus actus interveniens applies to determine

Vicarious liability
Remoteness of damage
Strict liability
Act of God

Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Buggery is an offence against:

Having carnal knowledge with a woman.
Offence committed without use of force.
Depravity against natural order of sex.
Manipulation and movement of male organ.

Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Assertion (A) : The consequences of a wrongful act may be endless or there may be consequences ot consequences.
Reason (R) : The 'Test of reasonable foresight' is followed usually in such cases which is based on the Wagen Mound case.

(A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
(R) is correct, but (A) is wrong.
Both (A) and (R) are correct.
Both (A) and (R) are wrong.

Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the constitutional Amendment, it has been laid down that the total number of Ministers including Prime Minister in the Union council of Ministers, shall not exceed 15 percent of the total members of the House of people?

The Constitution [Eighty-Eighth Amendment] Act
The Constitution [Eighty-Ninth Amendment] Act
The Constitution [Ninety-first Amendment] Act
The Constitution [Ninety-Third Amendment] Act

Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The statement 'while there is no rose which has no thorn but if what you hold is all thorn and no rose, better throw it away, relates to:

Restituation of Conjugal Rights
Judicial Separation
Divorce by Mutual consent
Irretrievable break down of Marriage theory of divocce

Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

According to Muslim law, marriage is not solemnized only for the sexual enjoyment between two spouses, it is an act of ibadat.

True
False
Partly true and partly false
None of the above

Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following is related to historical school of jurisprudence?

Salmond
Bentham
Rawls
Henry Maine

Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Assertion (A): An accused person cannot he compelled to give his thumb impression, except for comparison.
Reason (R) : It amounts to self incrimination.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) ate true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
(A) is false but (R) is true

Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Treaty, in principle, binds the States parties to the treaty. A State becomes party to the treaty by:

signing the treaty
ratifying or acceding to the treaty
enacting domestic legislation to implement the treaty
enforcing the treaty by way of conduct

Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Assertion (A): International customs continue to be a significant source of International law.
Reason (R): It develops slowly but spontaneously and mirrors the mean of contemporary international society.

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false but (R) is true

Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The doctrine of prospective overruling established in the case of I.C. Golaknath Vs. State of Punjab 1967 can be applied

by any Court of the Country
by any Administrative Tribunal of the Country
only by the highest Court of the Country
only by the revenue authorities under the Land Ceiling Acts

Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the List - I with List - II. Use the code given below


List - I (Subject)

|        <b>List - II (Judicial Decisions)</b>
|

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

Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Wagering agreements are void but collateral transactions will be:

void
voidable
valid
valid, at the discretion of court

Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Generally offer to the world at large does not make it necessary on the part of the acceptor to communicate his acceptance. This is well explained in

Entores Ltd. Vs. Miles Far East corporation
Carlil Vs. Carbolic Smoke Ball Company
Lalman Shukla Vs, Gauridatta
Hadley Vs. Baxendale

Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Arrange the following decisions in order in which they appeared. Use the code given below
(i) East Timor case
(ii) Western Sahara
(iii) Namibia case
(iv) South West Africa case

(ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(iv), (iii), (ii), (i)

Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Article 23 (1) of the UD HR corresponds with which article of the Indian Constitution?

Article 41
Article 39 (d)
Article 43
Article 38

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