UGC NET Law Previous Question Paper Mock Test Dec 2012

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Q. Democracy and Federalism are essential features of our Constitution and basic feature of its structure. This observation was made in S.R. Bommai vs. Union of India by the Judge.
– Justice P.B. Sawant
– Justice S.R. Pandyan
– Justice J.S. Verma
– Justice A.M. Ahmadi

Q. According to A.V. Dicey in India the ‘Rule of Law’ is embodied in
– Article 12 of the Constitution of India
– Article 13 of the Constitution of India
– Article 14 of the Constitution of India
– Article 21 of the Constitution of India

Q. When the court declares that certain provisions of the Act as invalid, it does not affect the validity of the Act and it remains as it is. The principle is known as:
– Doctrine of prospective over ruling.
– Doctrine of severability.
– Doctrine of pleasure.
– Doctrine of Eclipse.

Q. Assertion (A): A Bill which contains a taxation clause besides clauses dealing with other matters may also be a Money Bill.
Reason (R): All Bills dealing with taxes are Money Bills.
– 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).
– (A) is false, but (R) is true.
– (A) is true, but (R) is false.

Q. Article 40 of the Constitution of India deals with
– Provision for Just and humane conditions of work and maternity relief.
– Living wages etc. for workers.
– Duty of the State to raise the level of nutrition.
– Organisation of Village Panchayats.

Q. Article 20 and Article 21 has been taken from the purview of Article 359 of the Constitution of India by
– 42nd Amendment
– 43rd Amendment
– 44th Amendment
– 59th Amendment

Q. The Chairperson of Delimitation Commission
– Justice Kuldeep Singh
– Justice R.S. Sarkaria
– Justice R.S. Pathak
– Justice S.N. Phukan

Q. Representation of House of People is based on
– Literacy of State
– Area of the State
– Population
– Community

Q. Find correct answer: Administrative law is the law relating to the powers and procedures of
– The Parliament
– The Legislature
– The Administrative Authorities
– Judiciary

Q. Find the correct answer: The principles of natural justice are:
(i) No person can be judge in his own case.
(ii) No person shall be condemned unheard.
– Only (i) is correct.
– Only (ii) is correct.
– (i) and (ii) are correct.
– None of the choices are correct.

Q. Find correct answer: Administrative Tribunals exercises:
– Purely Administrative functions
– Purely Judicial functions
– Purely Legislative functions
– Quasi Judicial functions

Q. What is the effect of violation of the rule: ‘Audi Alteram Partem’ on an administrative action?
– Mere irregularity
– Null and void
– An illegality
– Voidable

Q. In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court held that the principles of natural justice are applicable to administrative proceedings?
– M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India.
– Maneka Gandhi Vs. Union of India.
– A.K. Kraipak Vs. Union of India.
– Smt. Indira Nehru Gandhi Vs. Raj Narain.

Q. Find correct answer: The writ of prohibition may be issued, when there is
– An absence of jurisdiction or abuse of jurisdiction.
– Violation of principles of natural justice and fraud.
– Any kind of contravention of the law of the land.
– All of the choices.

Q. Find correct answer: The writ of certiorari necessarily implies that
– An error of fact, cannot corrected.
– An error of law apparent on the face of the record can be corrected.
– Violation of natural justice.
– None of the choices.

Q. ‘Common law is essentially a Judge made law’. This opinion was expressed by
– Pollock
– Austin
– Paton
– Salmond

Q. Match the following:

List – I
a. Enacted law
b. Case law
c. Customary law
d. Conventional law

List – II
1. Legislation
2. Agreement
3. Precedent
4. Custom
– a-1 b-2 c-4 d-3
– a-1 b-2 c-3 d-4
– a-1 b-3 c-4 d-2
– a-3 b-1 c-4 d-2

Q. State the legal status of Hindu Joint family.
– Hindu Joint family is a legal person.
– Hindu Joint family is a natural person.
– Hindu Joint family is both a legal and natural person.
– None of the choices.

Q. ‘Case-law is gold in the mine-a few grains of precious metal to the tons of useless matter, while the statute law is coin of the state which ready for immediate use’. Who gave this statement?
– Bentham
– Salmond
– Kelsen
– Holland

Q. ‘Law is the guarantee of the conditions of life of society, assured by the States’ power of constraint’ who said it?
– Duguit
– Ihering
– Savigny
– Ehrlich

Q. Match List – I (Legal Right) with List – II (Nature of Legal Right) and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:

List – I
a. Time barred debt
b. Right to reputation
c. Right to physical integrity
d. Right arising out of a contract

List – II
1. Personal Right
2. Right in Personam
3. Imperfect Right
4. Right in Rem
– a-3 b-4 c-2 d-1
– a-3 b-2 c-1 d-4
– a-2 b-3 c-1 d-4
– a-3 b-4 c-1 d-2

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

Q. The birth and death of legal person is determined by
– Nature
– Custom
– Law
– Precedent

Q. Read the following passage and choose the correct match :

The social tolerance towards crime establishes the concept of crime. No longer people accept that crime is related to sin by which people feel remorse and undergo penance to seek exoneration from punishment. But there is a general opinion that crime is relatively connected to individual behaviour, which very often changes. To resolve the conflict, the general view is that, anything which is injurious to public welfare is a crime.

i. Russell – Crime is not absolute as it depends upon social tolerance.
ii. Black Stone – Changing concept of crime as it is related to sin.
iii. H.J. Klare – Crime is known through attributes as it is related to behaviour.
iv. G.W. Patton – Act which does not attract law is not a crime.
– i
– ii
– iii
– iv

Q. Fill in the gap. Contributory negligence is ______ defense to a criminal charge.
– Genuine
– Accurate
– Sharp
– no

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