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Indian Law and Jurisprudence

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Indian law and jurisprudence cover statutory frameworks like the Companies Act, Consumer Protection Act, and Indian Penal Code, alongside landmark judicial precedents. Legal topics are crucial for law entrance exams, judiciary examinations, and general awareness papers. Answer these questions to learn about defamation, administrative tribunals, and criminal procedure code sections.

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Indian Law and Jurisprudence Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Complete the unfinished sentence with the best choice. _______ unless there is an agreement to the contrary.

  1. Copyright is a form of protection provided to the creators of original works of authorship

  2. The authors of a joint work are co-owners of the copyright in the work

  3. There is list of countries that maintain copyright relations with the United States

  4. Works by the US government were not eligible for copyright protection

  5. Works consisting entirely of information that is common property were given no such protection
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

 The term 'unless there is an agreement to the contarary' suggests that the first  clause is an agreement as well.

Multiple choice

Which among the followings is/are the extraordinary powers provided by the AFSPA? I. Power to kill a person suspected of violating prohibitory orders, anywhere. II. No legal proceedings against security forces personnel. III. Power to enter and search any place.

Directions: Answer the question based on the following passage.

The unabated protests in Manipur over the death in custody of Thangjam Manoroma Devi show that the Centre and the State Government need to address the situation with measures that go beyond token gestures. Thirty–two–year–old Manoroma was found shot dead a few hours after her arrest by personnel of the Assam Rifles on the suspicion that she was an activist of the secessionist People's Liberation Army.

The Manoroma incident is not the first of its kind. Going by the number of atrocities reported, the security forces deployed in the State seem to conduct themselves with total impunity. In this, they are enabled by the Armed Forces (Manipur and Assam) Special Powers Act (AFSPA) of 1958, amended in 1972, and in force in the whole of Manipur since 1980. This gives the security forces not just extraordinary powers but also uncommon protection. Once an area is declared disturbed under the Act, an officer of any rank, including a non–commissioned officer, can enter and search a place without a warrant, destroy it, and carry out an arrest on reasonable suspicion that a person has committed or is about to commit a cognizable offence! It allows the killing of a person who in the opinion of the officer violates prohibitory orders. But the most shocking aspect of the Act is this: it shuts out avenues of redress by barring all legal proceedings against security forces personnel without the prior sanction of the Central Government. The Act was brought in to deal with the insurgency in the State, but its sweeping provisions have only led to a long list of human rights violations by the security forces, worsening the sense of alienation among the people of the State and fuelling the insurgency.

The protests against the Manoroma incident are in reality an explosion of years of bottled–up rage against the actions that are covered up by this Act. It is the responsibility of the Centre to ensure that the situation does not deteriorate any further. Without doubt, the solution to the present problem in Manipur lies in taking a close and honest look at the draconian provisions of the Act and devising a political strategy to deal with the insurgency instead of depending on the armed forces to sort it out.

 

 

  1. All of the above

  2. None of the above

  3. II and III

  4. III only
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct answer is (2). Statement I is wrong because the mentioned power has been provided only in areas declared 'disturbed' under the act. Statement II is wrong because legal proceedings can be initiated with the prior sanction of central government. Statement III is wrong because the power mentioned has only been provided in areas declared 'disturbed' under the act.

Multiple choice

Hindu law is

  1. Lex Loci

  2. Not Lex Loci

  3. Both

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Lex Loci means law of the land. There was no lex loci or law of the land for non-Hindus and non-Muslims.

Multiple choice

The offence for which Tilak and others were imprisoned in 1897 was

  1. spreading disaffection against the British rule through speeches and writings

  2. breaking the salt laws

  3. violating the Arms Act

  4. refusal to appear before the court
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was charged with sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code for his writings and speeches in Kesari, which were accused of inciting disaffection against the British.

Multiple choice

Coercion is defined under which Section of the Indian Contract Act?

  1. 15

  2. 16

  3. 17

  4. 18
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Section 15 in The Indian Contract Act, 1872: ‘Coercion’ is the committing, or threatening to commit, any act forbidden by the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) or the unlawful detaining, or threatening to detain, any property, to the prejudice of any person whatever, with the intention of causing any person to enter into an agreement. 

Multiple choice

B.R.S. is a

  1. compulsory requirement

  2. statutory requirement

  3. voluntary requirement

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The BRS is required to detect errors and frauds for internal control only. Profitability statement and balance sheet are statutory and compulsory requirements.

Multiple choice

Which is a civil suit according to CPC 1908?

  1. Suit relating to caste

  2. Suit relating to the political question

  3. Suit against public policy

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Right because all above mentioned cases are not of civil nature.

Multiple choice

In case of arrest and detention without trial, a citizen of India can invoke which of the following writs in the Court to secure freedom?

  1. Quo Warranto

  2. Habeas Corpus

  3. Mandamus

  4. Certiorari
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Habeas corpus - 'You must present the person in court' is a writ (legal action) which requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court. This ensures that a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention, in other words, detention lacking sufficient cause or evidence. The remedy can be sought by the prisoner or by another person coming to the prisoner's aid. The legal right to apply for a habeas corpus is also called by the same name. This right originated in the English legal system, and is now available in many nations. It has historically been an important legal instrument safeguarding individual freedom against arbitrary state action. 

Multiple choice

Irretrievable breakdown theory has been laid down under section

  1. 13 of Hindu Marriage Act

  2. 13B of Hindu Marriage Act

  3. 13 of Hindu Succession Act

  4. 13 (1A) of Hindu Marriage Act

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Section 13(1 A) of Hindu Marriage Act lays provisions for irretrievable break down theory that is marriage needs to an end and nobody is in fault.

Multiple choice

Under section 498A, cruelty means

  1. mental and physical cruelty

  2. mental torture only

  3. demand of dowry only

  4. physical torture only

  5. mental and physical torture and demand of dowry
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Cruelty under section 498 A means any wilfull conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury or danger to life, limb or health (whether material or physical) of the woman and harassment of the woman to coercing her to meet any unlawful demand for any property. It includes mental torture, physical torture and demand of dowry.

Multiple choice

Two lovers nut allowed by their parents to marry agreed to commit suicide but later on gave up the idea of suicide. Decide the liability of the lovers:

  1. They are guilty U/s 120 B of the Indian Penal Code

  2. They are not guilty U/S 120 B of the Indian Penal Code

  3. They are guilty U/S 34 of the Indian Penal Code

  4. They are guilty U/S 309 of the Indian Penal Code
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Attempt to commit suicide was an offense under Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code (though the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 has significantly limited its application).

Multiple choice

Which part of sec 354 of IPC deals with stalking?

  1. Sec 354A

  2. Sec 354B

  3. Sec 354C

  4. Sec 354D
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Section 354D of the Indian Penal Code states that any man who —

follows a woman and contacts, or attempts to contact such woman to foster personal interaction repeatedly despite a clear indication of disinterest by such woman; or monitors a woman by the use of the internet, email or any other form of electronic communication, commits the offence of stalking.