UGC NET CBSE Paper II Law 2015 December Question Paper

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Q. Which of the following statement/statements is/are correct ?
(a) Custom is the oldest and the original source of International as well as of law in general.
(b) In Barcelona Traction case, the International Court applied the general rule of subrogation.
(c) In Chorzow factory (Indemnity) case the Permanent Court of Justice ruled that the International law is based on justice, equity and good conscience.
(d) In Nicaragua vs. U.S.A. The World Court has taken the view that the sources of International law are not hierarchial but are necessarily complimentary and inter related.
– Only (a) is correct
– (a), (b), (c) are correct
– (a) and (d) are both correct
– (a), (b), (c) and (d) all are correct

Q. Which of the following statement/statements is/are incorrect ?
(a) There are five prominent theories of relationship between International law and Municipal law
(b) According to Dualism Theory law is a unified branch of knowledge
(c) ‘Monism’ and ‘Dualism’ are diametrically opposed to each other
(d) Wright, Kelson and Duguit are prominent exponents of Dualism Theory
– (b) and (d) are incorrect
– (a), (b) and (d) are incorrect
– Only (d) is incorrect
– (a), (b), (c) and (d) all are incorrect

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

List – I (Provisions)
(a) Law applied by the International Court of Justice
(b) Transferred Jurisdiction
(c) Court power to allow a state to intervene in case to which it is not a party
(d) Binding Force of the decisions of the International Court of Justice.

List – II (Articles of Statute of International Court of Justice)
(i) Article 62
(ii) Article 59
(iii) Article 38
(iv) Article 36 (5)

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

Q. Assertion (A) : When a state wants to delay the de jure recognition of any state, it may, in the first stage grant de-facto recognition.
Reason (R) : There is no distinction between ‘de facto’ and ‘de jure’ recognition for the purpose of giving effect to the Internal Acts of the Recognised Authority.
Use the codes below and give the correct answer.
– Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
– Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
– (A) is correct (R) is wrong
– (A) is wrong (R) is correct

Q. Two persons are said to be related to each other by uterine blood when they are descended from :
– a common ancestor by the same wife
– a common ancestor but by different wives
– a common ancestress by the same husband
– a common ancestress but by different husbands

Q. Match the List – I with List – II under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and give the correct answer with the help of codes given below :

List – I
(a) Restitution of Conjugal Rights
(b) Marriagable Age
(c) Customary Divorce
(d) Ceremonies of Marriage

List – II
(i) Section – 5
(ii) Section 29 (2)
(iii) Section – 9
(iv) Section – 7

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

Q. In which of the following cases, a child could be a Hindu ? Answer with the help of codes :
(a) Only one parent is a Hindu and the child was brought up as a Hindu
(b) Only one parent is a Hindu and the child was not brought up as a Hindu
(c) If after the birth of child, father converts to non – Hindu religion
(d) Both the parents are Hindu
– (a), (c) and (d) only
– (b), (c) and (d) only
– (a) and (d) only
– (c) and (d) only

Q. Under the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 the decree of Judicial Separation :
(a) dissolve the marriage.
(b) does not dissolve the marriage bond but only suspends marital rights and obligations during the subsistence of the decree.
(c) the parties continue to be husband and wife but not obligated to live together and neither party is free to marry.
(d) if after a decree of judicial separation the parties have not resumed cohabitation for a period of one year, either party may seek divorce.
– (a), (b) and (c)
– (b), (a) and (d)
– (b), (c) and (d)
– (a), (b), (c) and (d)

Q. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and give the correct answer with the help of codes given below :
Assertion (A) : The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 makes Muslim Law applicable expressly to all Muslims.
Reason (R) :The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 has abrogated the customs and restored to Muslims their own personal law in almost all cases.
– (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
– (A) is true but (R) is false
– (A) is false but (R) is true
– Both (A) and (R) are false

Q. Observance of ‘Iddat’ is necessary :
– Where Cohabitation is lawful i.e. consummation of marriage.
– Where Cohabitation is unlawful i.e. illicit intercourse and the pregnancy follows the illicit intercourse.
– In both (1) and (2)
– Only in (1) and not in (2)

Q. Modern sources of Hindu law are :
– Legislation, Precedents and Digests
– Legislation, Precedents, Equity etc.
– Precedents, Smritis, Legislation
– Legislation, Customs, Precedents and Commentaries

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

List – I (Heads of Public Policy)
(a) Trading with enemy
(b) Trafficking in public offices
(c) Interference with administration of justice
(d) Marriage brokage contracts

List – II (Case – Law)
(i) Girdhari Singh vs. Neeladhar Singh
(ii) Espostiv vs. Bowden
(iii) Shivsaran Lal vs. Keshav Prasad
(iv) Nand Kishor vs. Kunj Behari Lal

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

Q. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Compensation is recoverable for any loss or damage arising unnaturally in the unusual course of things from breach of contract, or which the parties did not know at the time of the contract as likely to result from the breach.
Reason (R) :Because Section – 73 of the Indian Contract Act stipulates so.
– Both (A) and (R) are right and (R) is correct reason for (A)
– Both (A) and (R) are wrong
– (A) is right, but (R) is wrong
– (R) is right, but (A) is wrong

Q. Doctrine of frustration was laid down for the first time in :
– Krell vs. Henry
– Taylor vs. Caldwell
– Paradine vs. Jane
– Cricklewood Property and Investment Trust Ltd. vs. Leighton’s Investment Trust Ltd.

Q. Which of the following statements is correct ?
– A contract is voidable because it was caused by a mistake as to any law in force in India.
– A mistake as to law not in force in India has the same effect as a mistake of fact.
– A contract is voidable merely because it was caused by one of the parties to it being under a mistake as to a matter of fact.
– Where both the parties to an agreement are under a mistake as to a matter of fact essential to the agreement, the agreement is not void.

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