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This is the UGC NET Question Paper II from the exam conducted by CBSE in December 2012.
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Q. Clause (4) of Article 15 has been added to the Constitution by
– The Constitution First Amendment Act.
– The Constitution Second Amendment Act.
– The Constitution Fourth Amendment Act.
– The Constitution Sixth Amendment Act.

Q. The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of India as per
– Article 40
– Article 43
– Article 44
– Article 48

Q. In India sovereignty lies with
– The Constitution
– The Supreme Court
– The Parliament
– The People

Q. The Supreme Court of India formulated the doctrine of eclipse in
– Bhikaji Narain Dhakras Vs State of M.P.
– Bashesharnath Vs Income Tax Commissioner.
– State of W.B. Vs Anwar Ali Sarkar
– Maneka Gandhi Vs Union of India

Q. The satisfaction of the President means the satisfaction of the Council of Ministers and not his personal satisfaction, held in
– Samsher Singh Vs State of Punjab
– U.N. Rao Vs Indira Gandhi
– Ram Jawaya Kapoor Vs State of Punjab
– Sardar Lal Vs Union Government

Q. The Concurrent List was described as a ‘Twilight Zone’, as it were for both the Union and the States are competent to legislate in this field without coming in to conflict is stated by
– Basu, D.D.
– Dicey, A.V.
– Pyle, M.V.
– Ambedkar, B.

Q. Article 360 has been invoked
– Only one time.
– two times.
– three times.
– Never invoked

Q. Jurisprudence is concerned primarily with the effects of law upon society and only to a lesser extent with questions about the social determination of law. Who said it?
– Roscoe Pound
– Eugen Ehrlich
– Emile Durkheim
– Max Weber

Q. True law is that which has right reason in agreement with nature was propagated by
– Cicero
– Hart
~%-25%Grotius
– Salmond

Q. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists –

List – I
I. Privilege
II. Duty
III. Power
IV. Absolute Duty

List – II
a. Gives content to the claim of a person
b. Freedom from claim of another
c. Have no correlative claim according to Austin
d. Ability of a person to change legal relations.
– I-a II- b III-d IV-c
– I-b II-a III-d IV-c
– I-a II-b III-c IV-d
– I-b II-a III-c IV-d

Q. ‘X’ a servant finds a bag at the basement of the shop. He hands it over to ‘Y’ the owner of the shop, who asks him to place it in the almirah. Now, the bag is in possession of
– ‘X’ because he was the finder.
– ‘Y’ because he was the owner of the shop.
– ‘X’ because he has kept it in the almirah.
– ‘Y’ because in him there was union of corpus and animus.

Q. Which one of the following jurists emphasised that “We cannot understand what a thing is unless we study what it does”?
– Salmond
– Roscoe Pound
– Kelsen
– Austin

Q. Who defines ‘ownership as planary control over an object’?
– Austin
– Salmond
– Holland
– Savigny

Q. Assertion (A) – A legal right is a legally protected interest.
Reason (R) – An element of advantage is essential to constitute right.
– Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
– Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A).
– (A) is true, but (R) is false.
– (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Q. Assertion (A) – International Law Commission has initiated studies and prepared draft codes on diverse fields in international law.
Reason (R) – International Law Commission was established under General Assembly Resolution No. 174 (11) adopted on 21 November 1947 with an object to promote, progressively develop and codify international law.
– Both (A) and (R) are true.
– (A) is true but (R) is false.
– (R) is true but (A) is false.
– Both (A) and (R) are false.

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