UGC NET Law Previous Question Paper Mock Test Nov 2017

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Q. Which one of the expressive factors does not constitute sedition ?
– Disapprobation of the government
– Excite disrespect against government
– Commenting on administrative actions of the government
– Attempting to excite disaffection against government

Q. The right to private defence against an act done by a public servant is not available :
– When it is discharged in good faith
– When it is attempted to be done by him
– When it was done while he was not in his office
– When it is strictly to be justifiable by law

Q. Which of the conditions are essential for enhanced punishment to an offender with previous conviction ?
– The previous conviction must have been for not less than 3 years of imprisonment
– The subsequent offence is not punishable with imprisonment for more than 3 years
– The offence must be an offence relating to property or coin or government stamp
– The previous conviction was not in India

Q. Non – Compos mentis denotes :
– Every person is considered to be sane unless contrary is proved
– When a criminal act is performed during derrangement
– When the cognitive facilities are such that he does not know what he has done
– Non – serene memory not from birth

Q. In which of the conditions the act will not be wrongful confinement ?
– Circumscribing limits
– Malice
– Moral force
– Mistaken exercise of power

Q. Which of the following statement is correct ?
– A publisher is responsible for publishing a defamatory statement for first time only and not for repeating it
– Only editor and not printer and publisher are responsible for that defamatory statement in the newspaper
– Defamatory imputation concerning any person may be conveyed obliquely or indirectly, or by way of question, conjecture, exclamation or by irony
– The court does not distinguish between “character” and “reputation” for fixing liability against defamation

Q. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using the code given below :
Assertion (A) : Redemption of the damaged environment is a part of the process of sustainable development and as such polluter in liable to pay the cost of the individual sufferers as well as the cost of reversing the damaged ecology
Reason (R) : “Polluter pays principle” is part of the environmental jurisprudence of this country
– Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
– Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
– (A) is true but (R) is false
– (A) is false but (R) is true

Q. Which one of the following principle is associated with “Trial Smelter” case ?
– Principle of sustainable development
– No state has a right to use or permit the use of its territory so as to cause injury by fumes in the territory of another
– Redemption of the damaged environment is a part of the process of sustainable development
– Placing a duty on the State to hold environmental resources in trust for the benefit of public

Q. Match List-I with List-II and give the correct answer by using the code given below :

List-I
(a) National Environmental Tribunal
(b) “Doctrine of Sic utere tuo ut alienum non leadas”
(c) To stop and prevent the international traffic in dumping and resultant accumulation of toxic and dangerous products and wastes
(d) Convention or climate change strengthened

List-II
(i) Basel Convention, 1989
(ii) Rio Declaration
(iii) Kyoto Protocol, 1997
(iv) Principle 21 and 22 of Stockholm Declarations

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

Q. Which one of the following statement is wrong ?
– Every person enjoys the right to a wholesome environment which is a facet of the right to life guaranteed under Art 21 of the Constitution of India
– The power conferred under an Environmental Statute may be exercised only to advance Environment Protection and not for a purpose that would defeat the object of the law
– Financial constraints of the government may be a reasonable factor to exonerate the Government/Municipal bodies from performing its statutory liability
– Precautionary principle imposes the onus of proof on the developer to show his or her action is environmentally benign

Q. The Supreme Court in which one of the following cases observed that, “the issue of pollution should not be resolved at the cost of the poor people’s livelihood” ?
– Indian Council for Enviro Legal Action v. Union of India
– Municipal Council, Ratlam v. Vardichand
– M.C. Metha v. Union of India
– T.N. Godavarman Thimmulpaad v. Union of India

Q. Under the Wild Life Protection Act, the boundaries of a National Park shall be made in one of the following way :
– By passing a resolution in the Parliament
– By passing a resolution in the Legislature of a State
– By passing a resolution both in the Parliament and State Legislature
– By passing a resolution in the Municipal Body and State Legislature

Q. ‘Basel Convention’ is associated with one of the following conventions on :
– International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
– The control of transboundary movements of Hazardous Wastes and their disposal
– Climate Change
– Protection of the ozone layer

Q. Which of the following jurists deny legal character of international law ?
(a) Hobbes
(b) Pufendorf
(c) Oppenheim
(d) Starke
– Only (a)
– Both (a) and (b)
– (a), (b) and (c)
– (a), (b), (c) and (d) all

Q. In which of the following cases the world court by majority has taken the view that the sources of law are not hierarchal but are necessarily complimentary and inter related ?
– Nicaragua v. U.S.A
– Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso v. Mali)
– Portugal v. India
– Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear

Q. Who of the following has viewed that there is legal duty on the part of the existing states to recognise any community that has in fact acquired the characteristics of Statehood ?
– Oppenheim
– Lauterpacht
– Philip C. Jessup
– Anzilloti

Q. Which of the following statement/statements is/are correct ?
(a) In Nottelohm’s case the International Court of Justice held that in respect of grant of nationality there is no obligation of the states if that man has no relationship with the State of Naturalisation
(b) In famous Re lynch case it was held that if a person is not a citizen of any state he will be called Stateless
(c) Nationality is the principal link between an individual and international law
(d) The Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness was adopted in 1959 by the General Assembly
– Only (a) is correct
– (a), (b) and (c) are correct
– (b), (c) and (d) are correct
– (a) and (c) both are correct

Q. Read both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and give the correct answer by using the code given below :
Assertion (A) : It is a very important principle of International Law that extradition for political crimes is not allowed.
Reason (R) : Stoeck v. The Public Trustee is a leading case relating to non – extradition of political criminals.
– Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
– Both (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 correct

Q. Which of the following statement/statements is/are not correct ?
(a) United Nations Declaration on Territorial Asylum was unanimously adopted in 1977 by the General Assembly
(b) Article 14 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights makes obligatory by states to grant Asylum
(c) The international court of justice explained the distinction between ‘Territorial asylum’ and ‘diplomatic asylum’ in the Colombia v. Perus
(d) The Convention on the status of Refugees, 1951 entered into force on April 22, 1954
– Only (a) is not correct
– (a) and (d) are not correct
– (a), (b) and (c) all are not correct
– (a), (b), (c) and (d) all are not correct

Q. Which of the following statement/statements is/are correct ?
(a) The General Assembly consists of all the members of the United Nations. Each member may not have not more than five representatives in the General Assembly
(b) China, Russia, America, Britain and Italy are the permanent members of the security Council
(c) The members of the Economic and Social Council are elected by the security council, one – third of its members are elected every year by the security council for a term of five years
(d) All members of the United Nations are ipso facto the members of the Statute of International Court of Justice
– Only (a) and (d) are correct
– (a), (b) and (c) are correct
– (b), (c) and (d) are correct
– (a), (b), (c) and (d) all are correct

Q. Advisory opinion can be given by the International Court of Justice on legal question :
– On the request of Security Council only
– On the request of the General Assembly only
– On the request of General Assembly or the Security Council both
– On the request of the Economic and Social Council if authorised by the Security Council

Q. Read both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using the code given below :
Assertion (A) : In Mithila, a widow cannot adopt at all, not even if she has the express authority of her husband.
Reason (R) : A widow may adopt under the authority from her husband.
– Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
– Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
– (A) is correct but (R) is false
– (A) is false but (R) is correct

Q. In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court held that “We are not prepared to express any definite opinion on the question whether there can be two Karta of a Joint Hindu Family”.
– Moraka Properties v. Biharilal Moraka
– Union of India v. Sree Ram Bohra
– Nopany Investment v. Santosh Singh
– Commissioner of Income Tax v. Govindram Sugar Mills

Q. In which of the following case, the court held that, “Divorce is good in law through bad in Theology” ?
– Shah Bano case
– Bai Tahira case
– Shamim Ara case
– Sarabai case

Q. In Muslim law “Hizanat” related to :
– Father’s custody of child
– Brother’s custody of child
– Mother’s custody of child
– Sister’s custody of child

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