UGC NET NTA Paper II Law 2017 January Question Paper

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Q. Every person is competent to contract
– who is of the age of minority according to law to which he is subject, and who is of sound mind, and is not disqualified from contracting by any law to which he is subject.
– who is of the age of majority according to law to which he is not subject, and who is of sound mind, and is not disqualified from contracting by any law to which he is subject.
– who is of the age of majority according to law to which he is subject, and who is of sound mind, and is not qualified from contracting by any law to which he is subject.
– who is of the age of majority according to law to which he is subject, and who is of sound mind, and is not disqualified from contracting by any law to which he is subject.

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

List – I (Types of Vitiating elements of a contract)
a. Undue influence
b. Misrepresentation
c. Fraud
d. Mistake

List – II (Relevant case-law)
i. Nursey Spg. and Wvg. Co. Ltd., Re
ii. Jaggan Nath v. Secy of State for India
iii. Lancashire Loans v. Black
iv. Derry v. Peek

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

Q. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Compensation is recoverable for any loss or damage which the parties knew at the time of the contract as unlikely to result from the breach of the contract.
Reason (R) : Because above rule is laid down in Hadley v. Baxendale case.
– Both (A) and (R) are correct 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. Match List – I (Name of case) with List – II (Decision of case) by using codes below :

List – I (Name of case)
a. Manju Bhatia v. New Delhi Municipal Corporation
b. Municipal Corporation Delhi v. Sushila Devi
c. Union of India v. Lalman
d. M.S. Grewal v. Deepchand Sood

List – II (Decision of cases)
i. Liability of owner of tree for an injury caused by its falling
ii. Legal duty of Railway to assure reasonable safety at railway level crossing
iii. Teacher’s duty of case towards children when they are taken out on a picnic for fun and swim
iv. Liability of builder towards purchasers of flats

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

Q. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Acts of state are directed against another sovereign state or its sovereign personally or its subjects.
Reason (R) : Acts of executive Government in the name of President in normal course of administration are acts of state and are not open to judicial scrutiny.
– Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is correct reason of (A).
– Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not correct reason of (A).
– (A) is right, but (R) is wrong.
– (R) is right, but (A) is wrong.

Q. Which of the following is correct ? Answer by using the codes below :
(a) Corporation is vicariously liable for acts done by its employees.
(b) Minor is liable for the torts committed by him.
(c) Wife is liable under law of torts to her husband if she negligently fractures his legs.
(d) Tort committed by any partner in the ordinary course of business of firm all other partners are liable.
– (a), (b), (c) and (d)
– (a), (b) and (c)
– (a), (b) and (d)
– (a) and (d)

Q. In which case the principle ‘ubi jin ibi remedium’ was recognized ?
– Rylands v. Flecher
– Asbhy v. White
– Ashdown v. Samuel Williams
– Pema Chibber v. Union of India

Q. State Government may notify that State Commission may perform its function at other places other than state capital. Who needs to be consulted by the State Government for such notification under Consumer Protection Act ?
– Central Government
– National Commission
– State Commission
– State Commission and High Court

Q. Who among the following cannot file a complaint before the District Forum under Section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act ?
– One consumer and not more than one consumer
– Any recognized consumer association
– Central and State Government
– One or more consumers

Q. ‘The degree of cogence need not reach certainity but it must carry a high degree of probability.’ As per the statement answer using codes as to in which of the situations, in sequential order the principle of natural justice is applied :
(a) Alibi
(b) Self-incrimination
(c) Presumption of innocence
(d) Strict liability
Select the sequence of order :
– (a), (b), (c), (d)
– (d), (c), (a), (b)
– (c), (b), (a), (d)
– (b), (c), (d), (a)

Q. The principle of ‘Quod necessitas non habet leegen’ is applied in circumstances of
– an act done in order to avoid consequence
– in a little harm that resulted in the consequence
– a harm resulted in order to do another evil
– self-preservation

Q. Aggravated abetment can be found within the public
– when the act was done by any one of the ten or more members present.
– when the act was done by one of the seven members while collecting funds from other public.
– while a person affixing a poster on the wall specially called attention of an assembly of five persons to protest against police excesses.
– when an un-named member of a fluctuating population incite others to undertake a strike to stop train movement.

Q. In which of the matters it was held that disclosure of identity of victim either by printing or publishing will not amount to penal liability ?
– In a judgement given by the Session’s Judge on the ground of social victimisation.
– In a judgement given by the High Court on the ground of Ostracism.
– In a judgement given either by High Court or Supreme Court on the ground of preventing social victimisation or contracism.
– In a judgement given by the Supreme Court on the ground of prevention from social victimisation.

Q. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer the reasonableness using the ‘code’ given below :
Assertion (A) : Section 304-A is directed at offences outside the range of Sections 299 and 300.
Reason (R) : It contemplates those acts into which neither intention nor knowledge enters.
– Both (A) and (R) are correct as the act results from rash and negligence act.
– (A) is correct as certain acts are unjustifiable while (R) is not the correct reason as it falls short of culpable homicide.
– (R) is correct while (A) is incorrect application to the rule of culpable homicide to cause murder.
– Both (A) and (R) are incorrect statement as to imposing penalty.

Q. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Multiple Trade Unions in industries and the consequential necessity for selecting one as the recognised union by the management devising a method on democratic principles is necessary.
Reason (R) : The Union which represents the largest number of workmen working in the undertaking must acquire the status as that would be in tune with the concept of Industrial democracy.
– (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
– (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
– (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
– (A) is wrong, but (R) is right.

Q. The working class unfamiliar with the sophistications of definitions and shower of decisions, unable to secure expert legal opinion, what with poverty pricing them out of justice market and denying them the staying power to withstand the multi-decked litigative process, defacto is denied social justice if legal drafting is vagarious, definitions indefinite and court rulings contradictory.

The above remarks were made in support of an expensive definition of “Industry” by one of the following justice :
– Justice O. Chinnappa Reddy
– Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer
– Justice Gajendragadkar
– S.P. Bharucha

Q. Which one of the following is incorrect ?
– Workman whose name is borne on the muster rolls of an industrial establishment and who has completed one year of continuous service under an employer is laid off, whether continuously or intermittently shall be paid by the employer for all days during which he is so laid off except for such weekly holidays.
– Termination on the ground of misconduct or continued ill health of a workman is not a retrenchment.
– Lock-out means the permanent closing of a place of employment, or the total suspension or the refusal by an employer to continue to employ any number of persons employed.
– The right to close down the business, trade or undertaking is subject to payment of compensation to the workers engaged in the business immediately before the closure.

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

List – I
a. Kalinga Tubes Ltd. v. Their workmen
b. Bank of India v. T.S. Kelawala and others
c. Bombay Union of Journalist v. State of Bombay
d. Coir Board v. Indira Devi P.S. and others

List – II
i. Deduction of wages for the period of strike
ii. Closure has to be genuine and bonafide
iii. Definition of Industry
iv. Condition precedent to retrenchment of workman

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

Q. Reference of an Industrial Dispute, the subject matter of which is covered by a settlement as defined in Section 2(P) of the Act would be :
– valid during the operation of such settlement
– invalid during the operation of such settlement
– valid and subject to the importance of Industrial Dispute
– voidable at the option of the parties to the dispute during the operation of such settlement

Q. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using codes given below :
Assertion (A) : The retention of Industrial Adjudication is necessary till all Trade Unions attain sufficient strength to bargain with employers, from a position of equality.
Reason (R) : Collective Bargaining presently provides only lip services, whereas in practice it has perpetuated Adjudication.
– (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
– (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
– (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
– (A) is wrong, but (R) is right.

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This is the UGC NET Question Paper II from the exam conducted by CBSE in January 2017.
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