UGC NET CBSE Paper II Law 2007 December Question Paper

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Q. A valuable consideration in the sense of the law may consist either in some right or interest or benefit accruing to one party on some forebearance, detriment, loss, responsibility given, suffered or undertaken by the other is well explained in :
– Currie Vs. Misa
– Abdul Aziz Vs. Manzum Ali
– Gopal Co. Ltd. Vs. Hazarilal Co. Ltd.,
– Kedarnath Vs. Gauri Mohammed

Q. Contract becomes impossible of performance if :
– The goods are not available in the market
– Workers are on strike
– Subject matter of the contract was destroyed at the time of contract
– Money is not available

Q. In Denough V/s Stevenson, the duty of a manufacturer was fixed towards :
– Retailer only
– Buyer from retailer
– Ultimate consumer
– None of the choices

Q. The Rule laid down in ‘Ryland V/s Fletcher is not applicable to :
– When the escape is due to ‘Vismajor’ or act of God
– When the damage is due to the wrongful or malicious act of a stranger
– When the escape is due to the plaintiff’s own fault
– All of the choices

Q. Whether the doctrine of ‘Common Employment’ is applied in India :
– Yes
– No
– Partly applied
– All of the choices are incorrect

Q. The legal maxim ‘Qui facit peralium facit perse’ means :
– The act of an agent is the act of principal
– The act of husband is the act of wife
– The act of a master is the act of a servant
– All of the choices

Q. Ryland V/s Fletcher was decided by :
– the Privy Council
– the Kings Division Bench
– the House of Lords
– None of the choices

Q. The characteristic feature of a Tort is :
– Tort is a civil wrong
– Tort is both civil and criminal wrong
– Tort is only criminal wrong
– None of the choices

Q. ‘A’ a child is in a house with ‘Z’ which has caught fire. Neighbouring people spreads a blanket to save the child. ‘Z’ in the interest of the child throws him on the blanket, but the child dies. ‘Z’ has committed an offence of :
– Murder
– Culpable homicide amounting to murder
– Culpable homicide covered under exception to section 300 of Indian Penal Code
– Not committed any offence

Q. Which of the following statements is true in relation to abetment of an offence ?
– It is not necessary that the offence abetted has been committed
– There is no question of abetment unless the offence abetted has been committed
– That to prove offence of abetment it is necessary to prove that the abettor has extended helping hand in the commission of the offence
– None of the choices

Q. Because of grave and sudden provocation of ‘Z’ ‘A’ fires at ‘Z’, but ‘Z’ does not die. ‘A’ has committed the offence of :
– Attempt to murder
– Culpable homicide not amounting to murder
– Attempt to commit culpable homicide
– Grievious hurt

Q. ‘X’ dishonestly taken possession from ‘Y’ a box containing Jewellary. While going home ‘X’ save ‘Y’ is chasing him. ‘X’ left the box and started pelting stones on ‘Y’ to stop him from chasing. ‘X’ has committed :
– No offence at all
– Offence of theft
– Offence of robbery
– Offence of extortion

Q. Match List-I and List-II and give the correct answer using the code given below :
List-I (Subject)
(a) Defence of insanity
(b) Common intention
(c) Necessity
(d) Causing death due to grave and sudden provocation
List-II (Decided Cases)
(i) King V/s Virendra Kumar Ghosh
(ii) King V/s Mechnaughtan
(iii) State V/s K.M. Nanawati
(iv) King V/s Dadle Stephens

Choose the answer corresponding to the order (a) (b) (c) (d)
– (i)(ii)(iii) (iv)
– (ii)(i)(iv) (iii)
– (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
– (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

Q. Consider the following statements :
(i) Joinder is an ingredient of conspiracy and unlawfullness is implied in it for causing injury Joinder is a cause of action
(ii) Where the fact of joinder is absent the cause of action becomes irrelevant
(iii) For serving his own legal interest Joinder will not create a cause of action
– (i) and (ii)
– (ii) and (iii)
– (i) and (iii)
– (i), (ii) and (iii)

Q. In which of the following cases the Supreme Court of India has laid down ‘Triple Test’ for the identification of an industry within the ambit of section 2(j) of the IDA.
– D.N. Banerjee V/s P.R. Mukherjee
– H.K. Makwana V/s State of Gujarat and others
– Hotel Imperial, New Delhi V/s Hotel worker’s union
– Bangalore water supply V/s A. Rajappa

Q. The term ‘Workman’ under IDA includes :
– a person employed for doing any manual unskilled, skilled, technical, clerical or supervisory work for hire or reward
– a person employed mainly for managerial or administrative capacity
– (A) and (B) are correct
– (A) is correct

Q. Under which of the following sections, a Registered Trade union is immuned from its criminal liability where an act done by the members infurtherance of their Trade Disputes :
– Section 15 of the Trade Union Act, 1926
– Section 16 of the Trade Union Act, 1926
– Section 17 of the Trade Union Act, 1926
– Section 20 of the Trade Union Act, 1926

Q. In which of the following Cases it is well established that, any settlement between the employer and with one or more concerned union in a conciliation proceeding would bind all other workmen unions who were not made parties to the settlement :
– Ramnagar Cane and Sugar Co. Ltd. V/s Jatin Chakravarthy
– Shanbhu Nath Goel V/s Bank of Baroda
– Workers of Dimakuchi Tea Estate V/s Management of Dimakuchi
– None of the choices

Q. The word ‘Lock-out’ is defined under Section 2(1) of the IDA, 1947 as :
(LawMint Note: This is an actual exam question. Two of the answer choices are repetitive in meaning, official answer is retained for context.)
– The temporary closure of a place of employment or suspension of work
– Refusal to continue the employment of the existing workers
– Only ‘The temporary closure of a place of employment or suspension of work is correct’
– Both ‘The temporary closure of a place of employment or suspension of work is correct’ and ‘Refusal to continue the employment of the existing workers’ are correct

Q. Under Section 2(00) of the Industrial Disputes Act 1947, the word ‘Retrenchment’ doesn’t include :
– Termination of the Service of a workman
– Termination of the Service of a workman as punishment inflicted by way of disciplinary action
– Voluntary Retirement of the woman
– Both Termination of the Service of a workman and Termination of the Service of a workman as punishment inflicted by way of disciplinary action are correct

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This is the UGC NET Question Paper II from the exam conducted by CBSE in December 2007.
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