UGC NET Law Previous Question Paper Mock Test Dec 2012

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Q. The accused fired two shots with a revolver at point blank range at the Acting Governor but the bullets failed to produce the desired result because of some defect in the ammunition or intervention of leather wallet. What offence is caused?
– Culpable Homicide
– Attempt to Murder
– Attempt to harm
– None of the choices

Q. In a case where a minor girl was in the custody of her mother. Later the mother obtained divorce from her husband and thereafter the father forcefully removed the daughter from the school. What offence is created by the father?
– Abduction
– Kidnapping
– Confinement
– Custody

Q. Can a woman be prosecuted for gang rape?
– Occasionally
– As the case demands
– Not at all
– When she is a party to it

Q. Criminal breach of trust is an offence which signifies:
– Entrustment
– Demand
– Refusal
– Wrongful intention

Q. ‘X’ a Police Officer while executing a warrant of arrest against ‘Y’ asks ‘Z’ to identify ‘Y’. ‘Z’ knowingly tells that ‘M’ is ‘Y’ and consequently ‘M’ is arrested. What offence is committed by ‘Z?
– Abetment by Fraud
– Abetment by Aiding
– Abetment by Instigation
– Abetment by Mischief

Q. A married man commits adultery if he commits sexual intercourse with
– A teen aged girl.
– An unmarried woman.
– Any woman who is not his wife.
– Married woman.

Q. In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court applied the doctrine of public trust that the State as a trustee of all natural resources is under a legal duty to protect the natural resources. These natural resources are meant for public use and cannot be converted into private ownership?
– M.C. Mehta Vs. Kamalnath and Others.
– M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India (Ganga Water Pollution case)
– M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India (Replacing diesel vehicles by CNG vehicles)
– Church of God (Full Gospel) in India Vs. KKR Majestic Colony Welfare Association.

Q. In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court discussed the development of the precautionary principle?
– A.P. Pollution Control Board Vs. M.V. Nayudu.
– Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra Vs. State of U.P.
– M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India (Ganga Water Pollution case)
– Olga Tellis (1986) case

Q. The term ‘environment’ under Section 2 (a) of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 means
– Air, Water and Land only.
– Water, Air, Land and interrelationship between air, water, and land only.
– Water, Air, Land, and the interrelationship between water, air and land and human beings, other living creatures, plants, micro-organism and property.
– None of the choices.

Q. Assertion (A): The right to clean drinking water and right to free air to breath are attributes of the right to life.
Reason (R): Because they are the basic elements which sustain life.
– (A) and (R) are true. (R) is good explanation of (A).
– Both (A) and (R) are true. But (R) is not a good explanation of (A).
– (A) is true, (R) is false.
– (A) is false, (R) is true.

Q. In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court observed that, ‘When there is a state of uncertainty due to the lack of data or material about the extent of damage or pollution likely to be caused, then in order to maintain the ecological balance, the burden of proof that the said balance will be maintained must necessarily be on the industry or the unit which is likely to cause pollution’?
– M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India.
– Olga Tellis Vs. Bombay Municipal Corporation.
– Taj Trapezium case.
– None of the choices.

Q. In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court directed closing down and demolition of shrimp industries in coastal regulation zone and implement the ‘precautionary principle’ and ‘the polluter pays principle and held them liable for payment of compensation for reversing the ecology and compensate the individual for loss suffered?
– S. Jagannath Vs. Union of India.
– Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum Vs. Union of India.
– M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India.
– Church of God (Full Gospels) in India Vs. KKR Majestic Colony Welfare Association.

Q. In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court upheld the governmental direction to close down the lime-stone mining operations and quarrying permanently, holding it the duty of the lessee to protest and safeguard the right of the people to live in a healthy environment with minimal disturbance of ecological balance?
– All India Council for Enviro Legal Action Vs. Union of India.
– Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh.
– Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum Vs. Union of India.
– M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India.

Q. The ‘polluter pays’ principle means
– Each generation should be obligated to conserve the diversity of natural and cultural resources base so that it does not restrict options of the future generations.
– Affirmative State Action for efficient management of resources and empowers the citizens to question ineffective management of natural resources.
– The pollutant not only has an obligation to make good the loss to the victims but has to bear the costs of restoring the environment to its original state.
– State’s obligation to devise and implement a cohesive and coordinated programme to meet its obligation to sustainable development.

Q. ‘If International Law were only a kind of morality, the framers of state papers concerning foreign policy would throw all strength on moral argument. But as a matter of fact, this is not what they do. They appeal not to the general feeling of moral rightness, but to precedents, to treaties, and to opinions of specialists. They assume the existence among statesmen and publicists of a series of legal as distinguished from moral obligations in the affairs of nations.’
This observation is made by
– Frederick Pollock
– L. Oppenheim
– Hans Kelsen
– P.C. Corbett

Q. What are essential tests for the existence of International Custom?
– Uniform practice of States and longevity of time period.
– Uniform practice of States and opinojuris sine necessitatis.
– Uniform practice of States, longevity of time period and opinojuris sine necessitatis .
– None of the choices.

Q. In which of the following cases, Judge Alvarez evolved a doctrine that General Assembly resolutions are virtually binding upon States in a legislative sense?
– South West Africa Voting Procedure case, ICJ Reports, 1975, p.12
– Western Sahara case, ICJ Reports, 1975, p.12
– Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries case, ICJ Reports, 1951, p. 152
– South West Africa Voting Procedure case, ICJ Reports, 1955, p.67

Q. Which of the following cases relates to nationality of an individual which is an evidence of the link of an individual with the State?
– Nottebohm case (Leichtenstein V. Guatemala), ICJ Reports, 1955, p.4
– South West Africa, Advisory Opinion, ICJ Reports, 1971, p.16
– Reservations to the Genocide Convention case, ICJ Reports, 1951, p.15
– United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran, ICJ Reports, 1980, p.3

Q. The non-permanent members of the Security Council of United Nations are elected for a term of
– Three years
– Five years
– One year
– Two years

Q. Which of the following has the power to give effect to the judgment of the International Court of Justice if a party to the case fails to perform the obligations incumbent upon it under a judgment?
– General Assembly
– Security Council
– Highest National Court in the concerned State
– International Court of Justice

Q. In which of the following cases, International Court of Justice refused to give advisory opinion at the request of World Health Organization?
– Legality of the Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons.
– Nicaragua Vs. U.S.A.
– Competence of Assembly regarding admission to United Nations.
– North Sea Continental Shelf cases.

Q. In which of the following case the Supreme Court held that ‘The Three Talaks’ would be treated as a ‘Single Talak’ and not a valid Talak ?
– ShamimAra Vs. State of U.P. AIR 2002 SCR 4162
– Mohd. Ahmed Khan Vs. Shah Bano AIR 1985 SC 365.
– Bai Tahira Vs. Ali Hussain AIR 1979 SC 362.
– None of the choices.

Q. Ceremonies of Hindu Marriage have been laid down in Minute details in
– Dharma Sutra
– Dharma Shastra
– Grhiya Sutra
– None of the choices

Q. To mature as a ground of Divorce the ‘Desertion’, under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, must continue for a minimum period of
– One year
– Two years
– Three years
– None of the choices

Q. In which of its following Report the Law Commission recommended, the ‘Breakdown Principle’ to be accepted as the additional ground of Divorce?
– 70th Report
– 71st Report
– 72nd Report
– None of the choices

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