CLAT PG 2018 LLM – Previous Question Paper

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Note : This article only has the question headers from the CLAT PG 2018 question paper for overview and analysis purposes. The complete questions, with the official answer keys for all CLAT PG LLM papers published on LawMint are included in our Practice Pack.

76. Which of the following shall not be eligible for further office under the Government of India or Government of any State?

77. Rights over resources within the territorial waters, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone, vest in the Union of India, under which provision of the Constitution of India?

78. When a person dies intestate

79. Which is the correct position in law on an Ordinance promulgated under Article 123 of the Constitution of India, following the judgment in Krishna Kumar v. State of Bihar (2017) 3 SCC
(i) Power conferred upon the President under Article 123 is legislative in character and the satisfaction of the President is immune from judicial review.
(ii) An Ordinance promulgated under Article 123 must be laid before the Parliament, which is a mandatory constitutional obligation cast upon the government.
(iii) An Ordinance promulgated in exercise of powers under Article 213 cannot create enduring rights in favour of individuals
(iv) Re-promulgation of an Ordinance is a fraud on the Constitution.
Choose the correct answer from the following:

80. Which theory of punishment implies “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” approach?

81. The Right to Education Act 2009 (RTE) provides for free and compulsory education to:

82. Which one of the following statements with regard to a Commission of Inquiry is incorrect?

83. The famous essay Vom Bneruf was written by Savigny as a reaction to

84. Which one of the following conceived ‘integrative jurisprudence’ as combined jurisprudence of positivist, naturalist and sociological descriptions and an understanding of the value components of legal ordering?

85. Eight Principles of Internal Morality of Law were propounded by

86. Hedonistic calculus as a measure of pain and pleasure was hypothesized by

87. Is a writ petition for mandamus maintainable in any of the following cases?

88. The theory “justice as fairness” was propounded by

89. A supplied to B, a minor, provisions such as wheat flour, rice and other food stuffs.

90. A was riding his bicycle on a rainy day on a road which had no street lights. He came in contact with a live wire lying on the road which was inundated with water and got electrocuted. A’s wife brought an action against the Electricity Board for negligence.

91. Mohit lends Rs. One Lakh to Som where Narain was the surety. The contract in this transaction provided that the liability of Narain is limited to Rs. 50,000/-. The contract is:

92. In which of the following cases the reservation for Jats was struck down?

93. The concept of Dialectical Materialism is a concept commonly associated with which of the following Schools of Thought?

94. An International treaty becomes binding on India, when:

95. Which one of the following statements with regard to the Right to Information Act, 2005 is not correct?

96. In his endeavour to discover a pattern of legal development, Maine was led to distinguish between societies as

97. Who said that, “The law of nature or natural law is the general will of the people who come together to form an association called State”?

98. Which of the following procedure was adopted to give effect to the land boundary agreement between India and Bangladesh in 2015?

99. Note : The original question that should have come here was officially deleted from the CLAT PG 2018. We have revised the answer choices to retain the question for continutity.
Which of the following is not a material test for determining whether a person is holding an ‘office of profit’?

100. From where did the Drafting Committee borrow the expression “except according to procedure established by law” for Article 21 of the Indian Constitution?

101. Preventive Detention under article 22 of the Constitution can be enforced:

102. Which of the following does not follow from the law declared in the National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India (2014) 5 SCC 438, in respect of rights of the members of the transgender community?

103. Which Constitution Amendment Act brought into force the goods and services tax?

104. Which of the following is not a circumstance of strengthening the authority of a precedent?

105. Which of the following is not correct in the context of valid usage?

106. A, from Kerala, writes a letter to B who lives in Delhi requesting the supply of certain goods at a certain price. While accepting the offer by writing a letter on his printed letterhead B writes at the top of the letterhead, “Subject to the jurisdiction of Delhi Courts.” Later a dispute arises and A files an action in Kerala.

107. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

108. The first of the major laws for the protection of environment, to be promulgated in India was the:

109. Directions: The question below consists of two statements, one labelled as ‘Assertion’ (A) and another as ‘Reason’ (R). Examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items from the codes given below.
Assertion (A): It is the legal and constitutional duty of the State to provide legal aid to poor.
Reason (R): No one should be denied justice by reason of his poverty. Codes:

110. The transfer of ‘spes successionis’ under the Transfer of Property Act is

111. “Private property is robbery, and a state based on private property is a state of robbers who are fighting for a share of the spoils.” Who made this observation?

112. Which among the following is/are not true with respect to the decision of the Supreme Court of India in Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum .v. Union of India (AIR 1996 SC 2715)? i. This was a PIL against the pollution caused by discharge of untreated effluent from tanneries and other industries. ii. The Court refused to recognise that a balance must be struck between the economy and the environment. iii. The Court accepted the traditional concept that development and ecology are opposed to each other. iv. The Court reviewed the development of the concept of sustainable development in the international sphere. v. The Supreme Court held that the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle are part of International environmental law and not of municipal law.

113. In response to a petition, the Supreme Court transferred a case on constitutionality of a Central Act to the High Court of Bombay. The Bombay High Court upheld it. In a constitutional challenge of the same Act, pending before the High Court of Madras what the latter High Court cannot do with regard to Bombay High Court judgment is

114. In which case did the Supreme Court place the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board v. A. Rajappa before the Chief Justice of India for reconsideration by a larger bench?

115. As per the Anthropological approach towards the study of Jurisprudence, the Twelve Tables of Rome may be considered an example of

116. Which of the following propositions do not suit the approaches of American Realism?

117. The doctrine of ‘Acting under Dictation’ is applied in the case of

118. “A dictate of right reason, which points out that an act, according as it is or is not in conformity with rational nature, has in it a quality of moral baseness or moral necessity.” Who made this observation?

119. A majority of not less than two-third of the membership of the House concerned is not necessary for removal of which of the following authority?

120. Article 233A was introduced into the Constitution of India to validate the appointments of, and judgments, etc. delivered by certain District Judges. In which among the following cases were those appointments invalidated in a writ of Quo-warranto?

121. Which one of the following philosophers conceived justice as ‘some sort of equality’ and divided the concept of justice as ‘corrective justice’ and ‘distributive justice’?

122. Which of the following were relevant considerations for prohibition on sale of liquor along national and state highways in State of Tamil Nadu v. K. Balu (2017) 2 SCC 281?
(i) There is no fundamental right under Article 19(1)(g) to trade in liquor.
(ii) Under Article 47, the State is under a duty to raise the level of nutrition, standard of living and improve public health.
(iii) An exception to permit the sale of liquor along a stretch of the highway which passes through the limits of city is arbitrary and violative of Article 14.
(iv) Right to life under Article 21 signifies a right to live with human dignity, free of noxious substances and intoxicants.
Choose the correct answer from the following:

123. The legal phrase ‘ pari passu’ means.

124. The law applying to controversies involving non-citizens of Rome was known as

125. Which of the following is the correct position in law regarding administration of narco-analysis techniques, in the light of the judgment in Selvi v. State of Karnataka (2010) 7 SCC 263?
(i) Compulsory administration constitutes cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in the context of Article 21.
(ii) Compulsory administration violates the right against self-incrimination under Article 20(3).
(iii) Compulsory administration may, however, be justifiable in compelling public interest in combatting terrorist activities.
(iv) Information subsequently discovered with the help of voluntarily administered narco-analysis results may be admitted in evidence.
Select the correct answer from the following:

126. Who stated: “The life of law has not been logic; it has been experience”

127. An “International Application” under the Patent Co-operation Treaty:

128. The Supreme Court may review the award given by the Inter-State Water Dispute Tribunal by invoking

129. Which of the following statements does not suit the Hohfeldian analysis of right?

130. The principles of natural justice are applicable

131. A, a cultivator of green tea, agrees with B that he would not grow tea for a period of five years in consideration of which B agrees to pay him Rs. 25,000/-

132. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

133. Which of the following writs can be used against a person believed to be holding a public office, he is not entitled to hold?

134. Delegated Legislation is:

135. Identify the correct statement with respect to the Law of Partnership?

136. A 35 years old Hindu bachelor (single man) adopts a 14 years old girl under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. Such adoption under the law is:

137. Which of the following judgments was not over-ruled by the judgment in K. S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India (2017) 10 SCC 1?

138. Which of the following is not correct about the will theory of contract?

139. Note : The original question that should have come here was officially deleted from CLAT PG 2018. We have modified the answer choices for continutity.
Which among the following is not a feature of federalism?

140. Bridges v. Hawkesworth is a popular case on

141. Under which of the following laws is the remedy of restitution of conjugal rights not available?

142. What does the term ISSN displayed on Journals stand for?

143. Which one of the following statements with regard to the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 is not correct?

144. For approval or extension of emergency under Article 352 it is required that there should be

145. Who authored, “The Indian School of Synthetic Jurisprudence: An Idea Relating to Its Purposes”?

146. In which of the following judgments was it held that the jurisdiction conferred upon the High Courts under Article 226 and upon the Supreme Court under Article 32 of the Constitution is part of the inviolable basic structure of the Constitution of India?

147. Which of the following characteristics of trust is considered as a problematic factor in a legal system?

148. Which of the following questions is not relevant in determining the existence of a constitutional convention?

149. Ownership of goodwill of a business is

150. On which of the following matter in List II to Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India is the Legislative Assembly for the National Capital Territory of Delhi empowered to make laws?

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I have subscribed to your CLAT PG program and got AIR 36 in this year CLAT PG. I have also secured AIR 54 in AILET PG exam. I would like to thank you. Your mock paper really helps a lot - Shrashank Tripathi

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