UGC NET CBSE Paper II Law 2016 July Question Paper

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Q. Which of the following aspects are the parts of undue influence ? Answer using codes given below :
(a) Inability to dominate will of other.
(b) A party unduly influencing and another party being unduly influenced are on equal footing.
(c) A relationship involving trust and confidence.
(d) In a relationship, one party is a person in mental distress.
– (a) and (b) only
– (b) and (c) only
– (c) and (d) only
– (a) and (d) only

Q. Which of the following statements are wrong ? Answer using the codes given blow :
(a) Fraud renders a contract void.
(b) Misrepresentation renders a contract voidable.
(c) Misrepresentation is more or less an intentional wrong, whereas fraud may be quite innocent.
(d) Damages for loss caused by innocent misrepresentation are assessed on the same principles as in the case of a deliberate fraud.
– (a) and (c) only
– (b) and (d) only
– (a) and (d) only
– (a) and (b) only

Q. Which one of the following statements is correct in relation to the law of torts in India ?
– It is based on morality that no one has a right to injure or harm other intentionally or even innocently.
– It is a civil wrong for which remedy is a common law action for liquidated damages.
– It is based on law which in the constitutional context means judicially developed equity, covers everything which is covered by a statute.
– It is an act and not omission suffered by a determinate person.

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

List-I (Defences in Tort)
(a) Volenti non fit injuria
(b) Judicial acts
(c) Acts of State
(d) Necessity

List-II (Related cases)
(i) Olga Tellis Vs Municipal Corporation, Bombay
(ii) Samira Kohli Vs Prabha Manchanda
(iii) Anwar Hussain Vs Ajoy Kumar
(iv) Vinod Kumar Shantilal Gosalia Vs Gangadhar Narsinghadas Agarwal

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

Q. The police officers failed to observe the provisions of U.P. Police Regulations in taking care of the gold seized. The injury had been committed by the employees of the state during the course of its employment, but the employment was in special category of sovereign power, so the claim was not sustainable. It was held by the Supreme Court in
– Mohammad Murad Vs Govt. of U.P.
– Kasturilal Ralia Ram Jain Vs State of U.P.
– State of U.P. Vs Hindustan Lever Ltd.
– State of U.P. Vs Tulsiram

Q. In which of the following cases the Supreme Court of India applied the principle of absolute liability ? Give answer by using codes below :
(a) M.C. Mehta Vs Union of India
(b) Charan Lal Sahu Vs Union of India
(c) Indian Council for Enviro Legal Action Vs Union of India
(d) M.C. Mehta Vs State of MP
– (a), (b), (c) and (d)
– (b), (c) and (d) only
– (c) and (d) only
– (a), (b) and (c) only

Q. What remoteness of damage mean in relation to liability of defendant ?
– The defendant is not liable for all direct consequences of the tortuous acts if he could foresee them.
– Forseeability is no test of remoteness of damages.
– Liable in Law only for consequences which are not remote.
– Directness of the consequences is the only test for the remoteness of the damages.

Q. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation Vs K. Hemlatha and Municipal Corporation Greater Bombay Vs Laxman Iyer are important cases decided by the Supreme Court on the rule of
– Act of God
– Contributory Negligence
– Nuisance
– Trespass

Q. Read the following Principle : “There is always an imposed duty on a person to act on moral necessity to preserve one’s life, yet there may be justifiable occasions of causing harm on innocent persons.”
In the light of the above, in which of the following circumstances the accused can claim doctrine of self-preservation under the provisions of Sec. 81 of IPC ?
– When necessity is pleaded as a means of defence under sections 96 to 106.
– Self-preservation is not an absolute necessity, so killing the weaker is justifiable by the stronger.
– Arresting a drunken person moving in great danger at a public place.
– When there is no choice of evil affecting the accused.

Q. In the absence of any cogent definition of unsoundness of mind, the world wide acceptance of its equivalent to insanity was propounded by
– Stephan
– Harris
– Kenny
– Davis

Q. The underlying principle covering the law on ‘consent’ is based on absolute and unconditional prohibition on the gravity of the offence relating to :
– Simple hurt
– Death
– Theft from an unlocked house
– Submission for detaining indecent liberties

Q. The right of private defence is not allowed in which of the facts leading to :
– The death was consequence of the assault.
– More harm was done than necessary.
– When the fact is clearly based on conjectures.
– When the fact reveals about imminent danger to self or property.

Q. When a person tries to escape from lawful custody while being taken to a Magistrate to furnish security for good behaviour could be punished under the provision of
– Section 224 of IPC
– Section 225 of IPC
– Section 225A of IPC
– Section 225B of IPC

Q. The distinction between intentional killing in hot blood and intentional killing when the blood was cool may be inferred through
– Provocation
– Self-control
– Passion
– Resentment

Q. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : In an illegal termination of workman the reinstatement of workman in service does not appear to be an acceptable option in all cases. The monetary compensation may sufficiently meet the ends of justice.
Reason (R) : The compensation in lieu of reinstatement is the normal rule.
– Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
– (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
– (A) is true but (R) is false.
– (A) is false but (R) is true.

Q. An arbitration award is binding on
– All parties to the dispute.
– All the workmen employed on the date of dispute and subsequent to the dispute.
– The parties to the arbitration agreement.
– All parties summoned to appear as parties to the dispute.

Q. The Supreme Court referred the ILO instruments to reiterate the workers participation in the industrial process as enshrined in the constitution and other labour legislations in one of the following case :
– Chandra Bhavan Boarding & Lodging, Bangalore Vs State of Mysore
– Monogram Mills Ltd. Vs State of Gujarat
– University of Delhi Vs Ramnath
– K.V.S. Ravi Vs Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation

Q. Where an undertaking is closed for any reason whatsoever, every workman is entitled to compensation if such workman has been in the continuous service
– for not less than 90 days
– for not less than 6 months
– for not less than one year
– for not less than two years

Q. A strike could be legal or illegal and an illegal strike could be a justified one was opined by Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer in one of the following case.
– Bharat Kumar K. Palicha Vs State of Kerala
– Gujarat Steel Tubes Vs Its Majdoor Sabha
– Monogram Mills Ltd. Vs State of Gujarat
– University of Delhi Vs Ramnath

Q. Seven Judges Bench of the Supreme Court exhaustively considered the scope of the definition ‘Industry’ and laid down the ‘Triple test’ in one of the following case :
– State of Bombay Vs Hospital Mazdoor Sabha
– University of Delhi Vs Ramnath
– Management of Safdurjung Hospital, Delhi Vs Kuldip Singh
– Bangalore Water Supply Vs A. Rayappa

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This is the UGC NET Question Paper II from the exam conducted by CBSE in July 2016.
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