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Q. The apprehension of the use of criminal force must be from the person making the gesture, but if it arises from some other person, then what offence, if any, has been caused ?
– Common intention to cause assault
– Common object to cause assault
– Criminal force
– No offence

Q. For convicting a person the state must rule out the possibility of an accidental death in a case of dowry harassment because the law requires :
– That the death occurred otherwise than in normative circumstances.
– The demand for dowry is not evidenced as the following consequence of death.
– The mitigating factor of death do not reveal any demand as to dowry but there was breach of promise to provide dowry.
– The rule of presumption, in the absence as to the demand of dowry provides contrary jurisprudence for convicting the accused.

Q. In the eventuality of grievous hurt becomes culpable homicide not amounting to murder the injury which is actually found should itself be such that it may put the life of the injured is danger, was decided in the case of :
– Maung Po Yi. V. Mo E Tin
– Government of Bom. V. Abdul Wahab
– Muhammad Rafi V. King
– Bishnovnam Surma V. King

Q. A snatcher cut the nostrils of a woman and committed grievous hurt and later she died. What offence if any, he has committed ?
– Voluntary causing grievous hurt of serious nature
– Grievous hurt and murder
– Accidental death while extortion was committed
– No knowledge as to the condition of the deceased, so offence

Q. The restrainment of a person in a place or compelling the person to go in a particular direction with an exterior motive will amount to :
– visit to shrine
– custodial imprisonment
– wrongful confinement
– confinement against the will of a person to administer enema by the doctor

Q. Which offence is outside the range of culpable homicide in view of the fact that the accused had neither intention nor knowledge about the consequence, yet it is punishable ?
– When the injury results due to carelessness
– When the mishap happens due to rash and negligent act
– When the contributory act was voluntarily done
– When the act resulted in course of exasperation

Q. The total forest cover in our country is far less than the ideal minimum of 1/3 of the total land. Therefore the Parliament by 42nd Amendment to the Constitution has added two more Articles to ensure improvement of environment and impose duty on every citizen. They are :
– Art 31 C and 51 A (a)
– Art 48 A and 51 A (g)
– Art 39 A and 51 A (b)
– Art 31 D and 51 A (d)

Q. The Supreme Court held that, “the precautionary principle has no applicability in this caseas the gains and losses of building a big dam are predictable and certain”, in one of the following case :
– M.C. Mehta V. Union of India
– Narmada Bachao Andolan V. Union of India
– State of M.P. V. Krishna Das Tuka Ram
– S. Jaganath V. Union of India

Q. Which one of the following has been described as the “Magna-Carta” of the environment ?
– Rio declaration
– Tbilisi declaration
– The Stockholm declaration
– Environment product declaration

Q. Match the item in List-I with the item in List-II using the codes given below :

List – I
(a) No reason to compel non-smokers to be helpless victims of air pollution
(b) Noise pollution cannot be tolerated even if such noise was a direct result of and was connected with religious activity
(c) Duty to protect the natural resources applying the principle of public trust
(d) Pay compensation for reversing the ecology and compensate the individual for loss suffered

List – II
(i) Church of God (Full Gospel) in India V. K.K.R. Majestic Colony Welfare Association
(ii) S. Jaganath V. Union of India
(iii) Murli Deora V. Union of India
(iv) M.C. Mehta V. Kamalnath and others

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

Q. The Supreme Court constituted Bhure Lal Committee to examine and report the low sulphur diesel as a clean fuel to be used by vehicles in one of the following case :
– Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resources Policy V. Union of India
– M.C. Mehta V. Kamalnath
– M.K. Sharma V. B.E.L
– M.C. Mehta V. Union of India and others

Q. Read the Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using codes given belows :
Assertion (A) : All natural resources are held in trust by the government. The doctrine enjoins upon the government to protect the resources for the enjoyment of general public rather than to permit their use for private ownership or commercial purpose.
Reason (R) : The public has a right to expect certain lands and natural resources to retain their natural characteristic in finding its way into the law of the land.
– Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
– Both (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. Cases involving issues of environmental pollution, ecological destruction and conflict over natural resources are on the increase and hence setting up of environmental courts on the regional basis with one professional judge and two experts drawn from Ecological Science Research Group is necessary, was observed in one of the following case :
– M.C. Mehta V. Union of India
– Bittu Sehgal V. Union of India
– T.N. Godavarman Thirulmulpad V. Union of India
– A.P. Pollution Control Board V. Prof. M.V. Nayudu

Q. Who has remarked that International Law is the vanishing point of Jurisprudence because in his view, rules of International Law are followed by courtesy and hence they should not be kept in the category of law ?
– Prof. H.L.A. Hart
– J.G. Starke
– Louis Henkin
– Holland

Q. In which of the following cases the World Court by majority has taken the view that the sources of international law are not hierarchical but are necessarily complimentary and inter-related ?
– Nicaragua V. U.S.A.
– In North Sea Continental Shelf case
– In the Barcelona Traction case
– Frontier dispute (Burkina Faso V. Mali)

Q. Who has remarked that the wide acceptance of declaratory theory is due to the reaction against the traditional conception of recognition as a political act purely and simply. There is a legal duty on the part of the state to recognise any community that has in fact acquired the characteristics of statehood ?
– L. Oppenheim
– Hans Kelson
– Lauterpacht
– Anzilloti

Q. In which of the following cases the Supreme Court clarified the distinction between ‘expulsion’ and ‘extradition’ following international norms ?
– Mobarak Ali Ahmad V. State of Bombay
– Hans Muller of Nurenburg V. Supdt, Presidency Jail, Calcutta and Others
– Dharam Teja’s case
– Ram Babu Saxena V. State

Q. Which of the following statement/statements is/are correct ?
(a) By asylum we mean shelter and active protection extended to a political refugee from another state which admits him on his request.
(b) Under Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Right to asylum is recognised.
(c) International Court of Justice explained the distinction between territorial and extraterritorial asylum in the Asylum Case (Colombia V. Perus).
(d) In 1966, the United Nations declaration on territorial asylum was unanimously adopted by the General Assembly.
– Only (a) is correct.
– Only (a), (b) and (c) are correct.
– Only (c) and (d) both are correct.
– (a), (b), (c) and (d) all are correct.

Q. Which of the following statement/statements is/are not correct in reference to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) ?
(a) The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) consists of 54 members which are elected by General Assembly.
(b) Half of its members are elected each year for a term of two years.
(c) India is one of the members of the council.
(d) President of ECOSOC is elected for two year term.
– only (d) is not correct.
– (b) and (d) both are not correct.
– only (a), (b) and (c) are not correct.
– (a), (b), (c) and (d) all are not correct.

Q. Under which Article of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council is empowered to implement the judgements of the World Court in case one of the parties fails to implement it and other party to the dispute brings the matter to the Security Council ?
– Article 94
– Article 96
– Article 62
– Article 36(5)

Q. Read the following propositions and give correct answer with the help of codes given below :

Propositions are :
(i) A voidable Hindu marriage is regarded as a valid marriage until a decree annulling it has been passed by a competent court.
(ii) A void Hindu marriage is never a valid marriage and there is no necessity of any decree annulling it.
(iii) A void Hindu marriage remains valid until a decree annulling it has been passed by a competent court.
(iv) Children of void and voidable Hindu marriages are legitimate.
– Only (i) and (iii) are correct, but (iv) is incorrect.
– (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct, but (iii) is incorrect.
– (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
– (i) and (iv) are correct, but (ii) and (iii) are incorrect.

Q. Match List – I and List – II and find correct answer by using codes given below :

List – I (Case Law)
(a) Seema V/s Ashwani
(b) Githa Hariharan V/s Reserve Bank of India
(c) V. Bhagat V/s D. Bhagat
(d) Mohd. Ahmad Khan V/s Shah Bano

List – II (Decision)
(i) Cruelty as a ground of divorce
(ii) Maintenance of Muslim wife
(iii) Compulsory registration of marriages
(iv) Mother as natural guardian

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

Q. Which of the following is not a condition for a marriage under Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 ?
– No Sapinda and prohibited degree relationship
– Mental capacity
– Monogamy
– Free consent of the parties

Q. Read the following and answer with the help of codes given below :

A married Hindu male can adopt a child :
(i) Only with his wife’s consent.
(ii) If he has more than one wife, consent of all the wives is necessary.
(iii) In case of void marriage, consent of wife is necessary.
(iv) In case of voidable marriage, the wife’s consent is necessary.
– (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct but (iii) is incorrect.
– Only (i) and (ii) are correct.
– (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct, but (i) is incorrect.
– (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct but (ii) is incorrect.

Q. The most proper or approved form of divorce among Muslims is
– Triple talak
– Ahsan talak
– Hasan talak
– Talak-al-biddat

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