UGC NET CBSE Paper II Law 2014 December Question Paper

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This is the UGC NET Question Paper II from the exam conducted by CBSE in December 2014.
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Note : The UGC NET syllabus for Papers 1 and 2 has been revised from Jan 2019 onward. Check other articles on LawMint.com and also the official website for the latest and updated details.

Q. Which of the following statements is right ?
– Law consist of rules in accordance with reason and nature has formed the basis of imperative law.
– Natural law is a type of command.
– Law, according to positivist, is made through medium of courts.
– Hart talks in terms of conduct supplemented by an attitude of mind to the effect that the conduct in question is obligatory because it is required by rule.

Q. Right in re aliena means a right over
– his own property
– a property of someone else
– property situated in a foreign country
– property situated in one’s own country

Q. Assertion (A) : A perfect duty is one which a man not merely ought to perform, but may be justly compelled to perform.
Reason (R) : A perfect duty is one which is not merely recognised by law but enforced.
1. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
2. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
3. Both (A) and (R) are true.
4. Both (A) and (R) are false.
– 1 and 2
– 2 and 3
– 3 alone
– 4 alone

Q. Possession is prima facie evidence of tittle of ownership. Hence –
– long adverse possession confers tittle even to a property which originally belonged to another.
– in all cases possession leads to ownership.
– transfer of possession is not a mode of transferring ownership.
– long possession do not confer tittle to the property which originally belonged to government.

Q. Who among the following said that there is in essence no difference between the legal personality of a company and that of an individual ?
– Maitland
– Dicey
– Gierke
– Kelson

Q. Ownership of Goodwill of a business is
– Limited ownership
– Corporeal ownership
– Incorporeal ownership
– Beneficial ownership

Q. It was remarked in ‘Golaknath Vs. State of Punjab’ that our ‘Preamble to the Constitution contains in a nutshell its ideals and aspirations’ by one of the judges ?
– Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer
– Justice K. Subba Rao
– Justice A.N. Ray
– Justice H.R. Khanna

Q. Right of eligible employees to be considered for promotion is virtually a part of Fundamental Right of employees, was decided by the Supreme Court in :
– Union of India Vs. Hemraj Singh Chauhan
– Supreme Court Employees Association Vs. Union of India
– John Vallamattam Vs. Union of India
– St. Stephens College Vs. University of Delhi

Q. In Vishram Singh Raghubanshi Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (AIR2011 SC2275) the court held that :
– It is the duty of Superior Courts to protect the reputation of judicial officers of subordinate courts.
– Procedure laid down in the appointment of officers of subordinate courts.
– Procedure laid down in the salaries and service conditions of the judicial officers of the lower judiciary.
– Transfer of the Judges of the High Court.

Q. In which of these cases, Fundamental Duties are judicially invoked ? Answer using codes given below :
i. Prem Prakash Vs. Punjab University
ii. Suresh Koshy George Vs. University of Kerala
iii. Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh
iv. Shri Sachidanand Pandey Vs. State of West Bengal
– i and ii are correct.
– ii and iii are correct.
– iii and iv are correct.
– i, ii, iii and iv are correct.

Q. Match List – I with List – II using codes given below :

List – I
i. Executive power must be exercised in accordance with the Constitution.
ii. Executive power is the residue of functions of Government, which are not legislative or judicial
iii. Executive power may be exercised without prior legislative support.
iv. The President is not bound to hear a petitioner for mercy before he rejects the petition.

List – II
a. H.H. Maharajadhiraja Madhav Rao Jivaji Rao Scindia Bahadur Vs. Union of India
b. Maganbhai Ishwarbhai Patel Vs. Union of India
c. Kehar Singh Vs. Union of India
d. A. Sanjeevi Naidu Vs. State of Madras

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

Q. The Supreme Court has laid down guidelines for imposing emergency under Art. 356 in one of the following cases :
– A.K. Roy Vs. Union of India
– S.R. Bommai Vs. Union of India
– State of Rajasthan Vs. Union of India
– Rameswar Prasad Vs. Union of India

Q. By which constitutional amendment “The total number of ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed fifteen percent of the total number of members of the House of the people” ?
– Ninety First
– Ninety Second
– Ninety Third
– Ninety Fifth

Q. Match List – I with List – II and give correct answers by using the codes given below :

List – I (Principles applied by the Courts)
1. Law must be based on justice, equity and good conscience
2. Subrogation
3. Res-Judicata
4. Estoppel

List – II (Cases)
a. R.V. Keyn
b. Chorzaw Factory (Indemnity) Case
c. Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions Case
d. Barcelona Traction Case

Choose the answer corresponding to the order (a) (b) (c) (d)
– 3 2 4 1
– 1 3 2 4
– 2 4 3 2
– 1 2 3 4

Q. Who is not the Exponent of the Constitutive Theory of ‘Recognition’ ?
– Hegel
– Oppenheim
– Hall
– Anzilloti

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