UGC NET CBSE Paper II Law 2015 June Question Paper

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Q. Choose the incorrect combination :
– Proposal 1 Acceptance 5 Promise
– Promise 1 Consideration 5 Agreement
– Agreement 1 Enforceability 5 Contract
– Proposal 1 Consideration 5 Acknowledgment

Q. Match items of Group – A with Group – B and answer the correct one given in the code :

Group – A
(a) Doctrine of unjust enrichment
(b) Doctrine of absolute contract
(c) Doctrine of Estoppel
(d) Doctrine of Pari Delicto

Group – B
(i) Section 11 of Contract Act
(ii) Section 56
(iii) Section 72
(iv) Section 23

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

Q. Just as the criminal law consists of a body of rules establishing specific offence, so the law of torts consists of a body of rules establishing specific injuries. Who stated this ?
– Austin
– Salmond
– Winfield
– Pollock

Q. Consider the following elements :
(a) Infringement of a legal right
(b) Any damage
(c) Existence of a legal right
(d) Legal damages

Right to claim damages in tort would arise only if :
– (d), (b) and (a) are present
– (b) and (d) are present
– (a), (c) and (d) are present
– (b), (c) and (a) are present

Q. Assertion (A) : X opens a food court in front of Y’s ‘food joint’. All the customers of Y patronise X. Y can not claim damages from X.
Reason (R) : There is a Latin maxim ‘damnum sine injuria’.

Give the answer using the following Codes :
– (A) is true but (R) is false
– (A) is false but (R) is true
– Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
– Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Q. In contributory negligence :
– Only one party is negligent and other has not taken due care.
– Both parties have contributed to negligence equally.
– Lack of care is equal on both sides.
– One party is negligent resulting in injury while the other has taken due care.

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

List – I (Principle)
(a) Absolute Liability
(b) Damnum sine injuria
(c) Injuria sine damnum
(d) Inevitable accident

List – II (Associated Case)
(i) Gloucester Grammar School
(ii) Ashby Vs. White
(iii) Stanely Vs. Powel
(iv) Ryland Vs. Fletcher

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

Q. Which one of the following is not a valid defence in tort ?
– Vis major
– Volenti non fit injuria
– Inevitable accident
– Scienti not fit injuria

Q. Fill in the gap : The actus reus of omission commands __________ .
– There must be moral duty.
– There should be legal duty to act.
– The state has option to fix criminal liability.
– The act performed is due to unavoidable accident.

Q. Several persons can be vicariously liable for the Criminal act of another provided there is prior meeting of mind between the persons. Which of the objectives of Criminal Law is applied in such a Case ?
– A pre-arranged plan with intention of performing the act.
– A pre-arranged plan for causing injury.
– A pre-arranged plan to kill the deceased whether fatal blow was given by that accused or not.
– The pre-arranged plan must be incompatible with the innocence of the accused.

Q. The applicability of the principle on common object has two essential features. One purpose is that the object must import a high degree of probability; while the other purpose is :
– An act committed immediately connected to the common object of the assembly.
– The member must have prior knowledge that there is possibility of the happening of the act.
– The Co-accused knows that he will be responsible for offence that is likely to be committed.
– The object was to cause simple injury but a fatal injury resulted.

Q. In which of the cases the measures of self-defence is considered to be proportionate to the quantum of force by the person accused for an offence ?
– Aggression
– Accident
– Apprehension
– Assault of harmless nature

Q. Ignorance of law does not permit acquittal as it is built against justification of a Crime while in extreme cases it allows :
– Pardon
– Suspended sentence
– Deferred sentence
– Paper sentence

Q. In which of the circumstances an inchoate instigation to Commit a Crime is said to be incomplete ?
– Withdrew from the act after instigation.
– The letter posted could not reach the person so sent.
– When the purported crime is different from that of instigation.
– When the crime results through the conspiracy of another person.

Q. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Managers collectively bargain with labourers to get cheapest labour rates and derive maximum benefit from labourers.
Reason (R) :Management must manage to maximise profits for company and give maximum dividend to shareholders. Management must be economically sound.
– Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is correct reason of (A).
– (A) is right, but (R) is wrong.
– (A) is wrong, but (R) is right.
– Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct answer for (A).

Q. An Independent Industrial Relation Commission to provide labour welfare in India was recommended by :
– Ramanujam Committee
– Madhavan Committee
– Vasudevan Committee
– Santhanam Committee

Q. Match List – I with List – II, using codes given below. Answer in context of rights and liabilities of trade unions :

List – I
(a) Convey Vs. Wade
(b) Rohtas Industries Staff Union Vs. Bihar
(c) Chairman, S.B.I. Vs. Orissa Bank Association
(d) Food Corporation of India Staff Union Vs. F.C.I.

List – II
(i) Role and right of minority trade unions
(ii) Inducement to break a contract without violence is permissible
(iii) Amplification of scope of immunity provisions for striking employees
(iv) Secret ballot is valid as a credible system for determining the representative character of a trade union in a multi union establishment

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

Q. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Civil servants are engaged in the task of sovereign and regal task of the Government and as such they can be included with the definition of ‘workman’ in an ‘industry’ as contemplated in Section 2(s) and 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act.
Reason (R) :Because Tamil Nadu, N.G.O. Union Vs. Registrar of Trade Unions decided so.
– (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the correct reason of (A)
– (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct reason of (A)
– (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong
– Both (A) and (R) are incorrect

Q. Which of the following statements, is correct ?
– A Trade Union cannot constitute a separate or political fund under Section 6(1) of the Trade Union Act.
– The general fund of a trade union cannot be utilised for the purpose stipulated in Section 15 of Trade Union Act.
– Trade Unions are not immune from civil and criminal liability.
– Certain officers of trade union, who are styled as protected workmen, are given certain safeguards in the matter of alteration of service conditions and termination of service during the pendency of any proceeding in respect of an industrial dispute.

Q. Which of the following is incorrect ?
– An Employee having less than one year of continuous service will not be retrenched.
– One months notice with reasons and one months wages in lieu of such notice is necessary.
– Employee is entitled to compensation equivalent to 15 days average pay for every completed one year.
– Serving of notice to appropriate Government or any such authority is not mandatory.

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This is the UGC NET Question Paper II from the exam conducted by CBSE in June 2015.
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