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Instruction:
The Booklet contains 175 objective type ques- ally and are not relevant to the case in
tions. hand, are known as:
Each question carries 4 marks. (a) Obiter dicta
One mark shall be deducted for every wrong (b) Ratio decidendi
answer. (c) Precedent
1. A male Hindu marrying a second wife (d) Binding source of law
while the first marriage is subsisting, 7. A writ issued by Supreme Court against
commits: a person who claims or usurps any offi-
(a) an offence of bigamy ce to enquire by what authority he sup-
(b) no offence ports his claim, is known as:
(c) no offence if the permission of the first wife (a) Mandamus (b) Quo Warranto
was taken in writing (c) Certiorari (d) Habeas corups
(d) no offence if the first wife chooses not to file 8. The principle that agreements must be
a case against him respected in good faith, is known as:
2. The term palimony means: (a) Pacta dant legem contractri
(a) alimony from parents (b) Pactum de non petendo
(b) maintenance from friends (c) Raison d’etre
(c) court ordered financial settlement amongst (d) Pacta sunt servanda
people in a live-in-relationship 9. Who among the following can be parties
(d) maintenance to old parents by children to a case before the International Court
3. A marriage amongst minors is consid- of Justice?
ered to be legally: (a) Individuals and States
(a) Invalid (b) Void ab initio (b) States and International Organisations
(c) Voidable (d) Valid (c) Only States
4. The body of Sathya Sai Baba has been (d) All the above
buried in: 10. Which of the following organizations
(a) Sai Kulwanth Hall regulate the international trade?
(b) Prem Sai Hall (a) WTO (b) UNO
(c) Sai Jaswanth Hall (c) GATT (d) UNCTAD
(d) Sai Ram Hall 11. Which of the following is not an organ of
5. Who among the following has been de- the United Nations?
clared as new Prime Minister of the Ti- (a) International Court of Justice
betan Government-in-exile? (b) UNESCO
(a) Samdhong Rimpoche (c) Trusteeship Council
(b) Lobsang Sangay (d) Economic and Social Council
(c) Dalai Lama 12. Who is the present Secretary General of
(d) Wang Chu the United Nations?
6. Remarks of a judge, which are made casu (a) Javier Perez de Cuellar
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(b) Kofi Annan neg ligent and did not take reasonable care
(c) Boutros Boutros Ghali 19. In which of the following cases, the Su
(d) Ban Ki Moon preme Court held that basic structure of
13. From which of the following List of the Constitution cannot be changed?
Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, (a) Golaknath case
the Parliament derives legislative com- (b) Keshvanand Bharti case
petence? (c) Minerva Mills case
(a) Only List I (d) D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal
(b) From List I and List II 20. What does the principle of vicarious
(c) From List I, List II and List III liability means?
(d) From List I and List III (a) A person is liable for his act
14. In which of the following cases, the Su (b) A person is liable for the act of another
preme Court laid down guidelines on (c) A person is liable for the act of his master
sexual harassment of working women at (d) None of the above
work places: 21. Which of the following legislations regu-
(a) D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal lates electronic commerce?
(b) Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan (a) Copyright Act, 1957
(c) Nilabati Behera v. State of Orissa (b) Trade Marks Act, 1999
(d) Both (b) and (c) (c) contract Act, 1972
15. A contract enforceable at the instance of (d) Information Technology Act, 2000
one party is known as: 22. Who is ex-officio Chairman of Rajya
(a) Void contract Sabha?
(b) Valid contract (a) President
(c) Voidable contract (b) Vice-President
(d) Illegal contract (c) Prime Minister
16. Which of the following States is a perma- (d) Head of opposition party in Lok Sabha
nent member of the Security Council? 23. Which of the following statements is not
(a) France (b) Germany correct?
(c) Japan (d) South Korea (a) Preamble of the Constitution is not justi-
17. A contract to which a minor is a party, is ciable
known as: (b) Directive principles of State Policy are posi-
(a) Void ab initio tive obligations of State towards citizens
(b) Voidable at the option of minor (c) Fundamental rights are negative obligations
(c) Voidable at the option of other party of the State
(d) Valid (d) Fundamental duties are enforceable
18. What does the Polluter Pays Principle 24. Which of the following amendments to
mean? the constitution took away the right of
(a) Absolute liability to compensate the victims property from fundamental rights?
of pollution (a) 42nd amendment
(b) Absolute liability to the cost of reversing (b) 44th amendment
the damaged ecology (c) 43rd amendment
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) 45th amendment
(d) Both (a) and (b), provided the polluter was 25. the meaning of which of the following
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betried for committing an offence under: (a) the solidarity of the members
(a) Indian Penal Code (b) the sovereign equality of the members
(b) Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Chil (c) international peace and good governance of
dren) Act, 2000 the members
(c) Being a minor, he cannot be tried (d) economic and social well being of its mem-
(d) Both (a) and (b) bers
38. Economic justice, an important objective 45. Which one of the following taxes is not
of the Constitution of India is embedded levied by the Union Government?
in the: (a) Income Tax
(a) Preamble (b) Service Tax
(b) Directive Principles of State Policy (c) Wealth Tax
(c) Fundamental Rights (d) Value Added Tax
(d) Both (a) and (b) 46. A person is said to be vicariously liable
39. A political party is officially accorded the when:
status of an opposition party in Lok (a) he is liable for his wrongful acts
Sabha only if it secures at least: (b) he is not liable even though he committed
(a) 4% of the seats (b) 5% of the seats wrongful acts
(c) 10% of the seats (d) 15% of the (c) he is liable for the wrongful acts of others
seats (d) he is liable though no wrongful act has been
40. The Competition Act was passed in the done.
year 2002 to replace: 47. A Hindu boy wants to marry a Muslim
(a) The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Prac girl. They can solemnize their marriage
tices Act, 1969 under the:
(b) The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (a) Special Marriage Act
(c) The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (b) Hindu Marriage Act
(d) Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (c) Muslim Law
41. Which of the following countries because (d) Any of these
the first country to allow Euthanasia? 48. The negligence of a medical practitioner
(a) The Netherlands resulted in the loss to a patient. The pa-
(b) United Kingdom tient wants to seek compensation from
(c) Australia the doctor. he can approach:
(d) United States of America (a) Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum
42. How many Schedules are there in the Con- (b) Civil Court
stitution of India? (c) Criminal Court
(a) 7 (b) 8 (d) Either (a) or (b)
(c) 10 (d) 12 49. Sagotra marriage in Hindu Law is:
43. A obtained a sum of Rs. 50,000/- by put- (a) Legal
ting B in fear of death. Which of the fol- (b) Illegal
lowing offences was committed by A? (c) Permitted with the consent of Khap
(a) Cheating (b) Robbery Panchayat
(c) Mischief (d) Extortion (d) Permitted with the consent of parents.
44. The United nations Organization is based 50. When an interest in immovable property
on the principle of: is transferred as a security for the pay-
ment of debt or performance of a prom
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his customers. nership firm is liable for the acts of every other
partner during the course of business of the
64. LEGAL PRINCIPLE: A person is guilty of cul
partnership firm.
pable homicide amounting to murder if the act
by which the death is caused is done with the FACTUAL SITUATION: A, a partner in the
inten- tion to cause death. firm XYZ with another partner B takes loan
from a bank for the partnership firm. A mis-
FACTUAL SITUATION: A was hiding behind
uses the fund for his personal use. B is very
a bush to catch some rabbits. B also came to
resourceful person. Can the bank demand the
the same place for hunting with his gun. When
entire money from B?
B noticed some movements behind the bush he
thought it was an animal and fired a shot due to DECISION:
which a was killed. Can B be prosecuted for mur- (a) No, because A has misused the money for
der? his personal use.
DECISION: (b) Yes, because both are partners in the same
(a) B would not be liable for murder because he firm.
did not have the intention to kill A. (c) No, because B has not taken any loan.
(b) B shall be liable for murder because he (d) No, because B has another partner in his
should have take care to find out the tar- firm.
get before shooting. 67. LEGAL PRINCIPLE: Nothing is an offence,
(c) B shall not be liable for murder because B which is done by accident or misfortune and
was not expected to identify the target be- without any criminal intention or knowledge
fore shooting. in the doing of a lawful act in a lawful manner
(d) B shall be liable, for murder because for by lawful means and with proper care and cau-
what ever reasons A was killed. tion.
65. LEGAL PRINCIPLE: Law of Contract man- FACTUAL SITLTATION: A is a woodcutter.
dates that two or more people are free to create One day when he was at work a number of
mutual rights and duties provided such rights children flocked to him, and asked him to make
and duties are not opposed to public policy. a cricket bat for them. Without listening to
them he continued to chop woods using a heavy
FACTUAL SITUATION: A enters into an
axe. Suddenly a piece of chopped wood flew and
agreement with B under which B undertakes
struck one child who was standing just two
to kill A when he is asleep. For this act, A de-
feet away from him as a result of which the
posited Rs. 1 lac with a bank, which B could
child lost his one eye.
withdraw once he has performed the aforesaid
task. B kills A according to the terms of the Is A liable for the injury caused to the boy?
agreement. (a) A is liable for causing injury to child.
DECISION: (b) A is not liable because it was merely an acci
(a) B must get Rs. 1 lac because he has perfor- dent.
med his task. (c) A is not liable because children flocked to
(b) B must be prosecuted because he has killed him.
A. (d) A is liable because he has the knowledge
(c) B must not be prosecuted because he has that the boys standing near him may get
killed A. hurt.
(d) B must be prosecuted for killing A but he 68. LEGAL PRINCIPLE: If a person without any
should get Rs. 1 lac as agreed by A. authority prevents a person to proceed to any
direction and is kept confined, he commits an
66. LEGAL PRINCIPLE: Every partner in a part-
offence of criminal confinement.
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is necessary to inflict for the purpose of private I started to cross the street when I heard the sound
defence. of a coin dropping. It wasn’t much but, as i turned,
FACTUAL SITUATION: Rajan saw a thief my eyes caught the heads of several other people
jumping the boundary wall and entering his turning too. A lady had dropped what appeared to
house in the night. He picked up the sword be a one Rupee coin. The tinkling sound of a coin
and hid in a corner. The moment the person dropping on pavement is a definite attention-get-
entered the house, he hit the person with sword ter. Whatever the coin is, no one ignores the sound
and cut his head. Did Rajan commit the of of it. It got me thinking about sounds again. We
fence of killing the thief? are besieged by so many sounds that attract vary-
DECISION: ing degrees of attention. People in Mumbai seldom
(a) Yes, because he exceeded the right of pri- turn to look when a fire brigade vehicle, a police
vate defence. car or an ambulance comes screaming along the
(b) No, he has not committed any offence becau- street. Even the loud siren is hardly heard there.
se he exercised his right of private defence. It is often ignored. But at home in my village of
Dinapur, its different. The distant howl of a police
(c) Yes, because the thief should have been given
car, an emergency vehicle or a fire siren brings me
an opportunity to run away from there.
to my feet if I’m seated and brings me to the win-
(d) No, criminals should not be dealt with any
dow if I’m in bed. The loudest sounds do not neces-
leniency.
sarily have the greatest impact on us; rather it’s
73. The Delhi High Court’s decision in Naz
the quietest sounds that attract out attention the
Foun dation case to decriminalize same
most. In the middle of the night, I can hear a drip-
gender consensual sex is regarding which
ping tap a hundred yards away through closed
section of the Indian Penal Code?
doors. I’ve been hearing little creaking noises and
(a) Section 375 (b) Section 376
sounds which my imagination turns into footsteps
(c) Section 377 (d) Section 378 in the middle of the night for thirty years in our
74. A lawyer appointed by the court to repre house. How come I never hear those sounds in the
sent the interests of a person unable to daytime? I’m quite clear in my mind what the good
hire a lawyer for himself is known as: sounds are and what the bad sounds are. I’ve turned
(a) Forma pauperis against whistling, for instance. I used to think of it
(b) Doli incapax as the mark of a happy worker but lately I’ve been
(c) Amicus curiae associating the whistler with a nervous person
(d) Furious voluntas making compulsive noises. The gentle sounds of
75. The term sine a die means: meditation music bring to my mind the patterns of
(a) Indefinitely the vast sky and through which I could peep into
(b) Inadequate the ocean of my consciousness.
(c) Signature by a person on death bed 76. The sound of a coin dropping makes
people ____.
(d) Continuously
(a) think of money
Directions (Q. Nos. 76-81): Read the following
passage carefully and answer the question that fol- (b) look at each other
low: (c) pay attention to it
Mystics in India say that the whole universe is (d) stop crossing the street
just a sound. That way sound represents the basic 77. People in Mumbai ________.
energy of the universe. Sounds have a great im- (a) pay attention to emergency sirens
pact on us and different sounds have different ef- (b) are used to sirens
fect on people. Yesterday, walking back from party, (c) are attracted by sounds
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(c) Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru 122. The International Development Associa-
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Azad tion, a lending agency, is administered by
115. Who amongst the following did not go to the:
space? (a) International Bank for Reconstruction and
(a) Anoushed Ansari Development
(b) Yuri Gagarin (b) International Monetary Fund
(c) Dennis Tito (c) United Nations Development Programme
(d) Rajender Sharma (d) United nations Industrial Development
116. Which of the following cities is not Orga- nization
known for nuclear disaster? 123. Which of the following statements is not
(a) Fukoshima (b) Hiroshima correct with respect to the institution of
(c) Chernobyl (d) Moscow Banking Ombudsman?
117. Who amongst the following is not a poet? (a) The Banking Ombudsman can consider com
plaints from Nonresident Indians having ac
(a) M. Zahur Khayyam (b) John Milton
counts in India.
(c) Virgil (d) John Keats
(b) The orders passed by the Banking Ombuds
118. In India, which of the following is regu
man are final and binding on the parties con-
lated by the Forward Markets Commis-
cerned.
sion?
(c) The Banking Ombudsman is appointed by
(a) Equity Futures Trading
the Reserve Bank of India.
(b) Currency Futures Trading
(d) The service provided by the Banking
(c) Commodities Futures Trading
Ombuds- man is free of any fee.
(d) Commodities Futures and Financial Futures
124. Who amongst the following Governor-
Trading
Gen- erals created the Covenanted Civil
119. The reason for red soil is:
Service of India which later came to
(a) abundance of magnesium be known as the Indian Civil Service?
(b) accumulated humus (a) Cornwallis (b) Warren
(c) presence of ferric oxides Hastings
(d) abundance of phosphates (c) Wellesley (d) William
120. What causes wind to deflect toward left Bentinck
in the Southern Hemisphere? 125. When was ms. Aung San Suu Kyi of
(a) Temperature Myanmar released from detention?
(b) Pressure (a) March 2010 (b) September 2010
(c) Magnetic field (c) November 2010 (d) January 2011
(d) Rotation of the Earth 126. Who won the ICC Cricketer of the Year
121. Which of the following is not a feature Award of 2010?
of Limited Liability Partnership firm? (a) Sachin Tendulkar
(a) It is corporate body with perpetual succes- (b) Yuvraj Singh
sion. (c) M.S. Dhoni
(b) Partners should be less than 20. (d) Virender Sehwag
(c) Internal governance may be decided by mu 127. Who amongst the following has been de
tual agreement among partners. scribed as “the leaded other leaders love”
(d) Partnership and management need not be by the Newsweek List of 10 Most Re-
sepa rate. spected World Leaders of 2010?
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(a) Ms. Pratibha Patil by looking at both the letter pattern and the num-
(b) Dr. Manmohan Singh ber pattern.
(c) Barack Obama 136. TCD, UEF, VGH, ____, XKL
(d) Dalai Lama (a) ZMN (b) VJI
128. Which of the following match is not cor- (c) WIJ (d) WIL
rect? 137. EZFS, GZHS, IZJS, ______, MZNS
(a) Julia Gillard - Prime Minister of Australia (a) OZPS (b) KZMS
(b) Dilma Rousseff - President of Brazil (c) LZMS (d) KZLS
(c) Sheikh Hasina - Prime Minister of 138. ABC, ABC1, AB1C1, _____, A1B1C2
Bangladesh (a) A1B1C1 (b) ABC2
(d) Liu Xiaobo - President of China (c) A2BC2 (d) A1B2C
129. Tsunamis are not caused by: 139. Z5QR, Z4QS, Z3QT, ____, Z1QV
(a) Hurricanes (a) Z2QW (b) Z2QV2
(b) Earthquakes (c) Z2QU (d) Z2Q3U
(c) Undersea landslides 140. ‘Marathon’ is to ‘race’ as ‘hibernation’ is
(d) Volcanic eruptions to ______.
130. Itching due to insect bite is caused by: (a) winter (b) bear
(a) formic acid (b) acetic acid (c) summer (d) sleep
(c) lactic acid (d) maleic acid 141. ‘Mammal’ is to ‘monkey’ as ‘flower’ is
131. Which of the following plants cannot be to___.
multiplied by cuttings? (a) petal (b) bud
(a) Bryophyllum (b) Banana (c) dahlia (d) fish
(c) Marigold (d) Rose 142. ‘Pride’ is to ‘lion’ as ‘shoal is to ________.
132. What is the chemical name of vinegar? (a) fish (b) student
(a) Acetic acid (b) Citric acid (c) lady (d) self-esteem
(c) Pyruvic acid (d) Malic acid 143. ‘Frank’ is to ‘indirect’ as ‘honest’ is to
133. “between the Assassinations” is a book ________.
written by: (a) Candid (b) wicked
(a) Shobha De (b) Kiran Desai (c) truthful (d) untruthful
(c) Chetan Bhagat (d) Aravind Adiga 144. A bus always has ________.
134. At present, India is following: (a) driver (b) conductor
(a) Fixed exchange rate (c) engine (d) petrol
(b) Floating exchange rate 145. Wonder always has ________.
(c) Pegged up exchange rate (a) amazement (b) person
(d) Pegged down exchange rate (c) beautiful (d) sadness
135. Which of the following declarations was 146. A tree always has _______.
adopted by the BRIC countries recently (a) root (b) leave
to promote Global Food Security? (c) flower (d) stem
(a) Moscow Declaration 147. Which one of the following is always
(b) Doha Declaration asso ciated with ‘justice’?
(c) Delhi Declaration (a) kindness (b) legitimate
(d) Kabul Declaration (c) nobility (d) diminutiveness
Directions (Q. Nos. 136 - 146): Fill in the blank 148. Which of the following diagrams indi-
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cates the best relation between Men, (c) 37911 (d) 2079
Fathers and Doctors? 155. The difference between the place values
of two sevens in the numeral 98734571 is
_________.
(a) (b)
(a) 699930 (b) 69930
(c) 600003 (d) 699990
(c) (d) 156. Pointing to a boy playing in the park
Shatin said, “He is the son of the only son
149. Which of the following diagrams indi of my mother/’ How is Shatin related to
cates the best relation between Lawyer, that boy?
Writer and Actor? (a) Shatin is the father of the boy.
(b) Shatin is the cousin of the boy.
(a) (b) (c) Shatin is the maternal uncle of the boy.
(d) Shatin is the brother of the boy.
157. If Ram is the brother of Savita; Savita
(c) (d)
is the sister of Shyam; and Shyam is the
father of Laxman, how Laxman is related
150. Which of the following diagrams indi to Ram?
cates the best relation between Earth, (a) Laxman is Ram’s brother.
USA and Hawaii? (b) Laxman is Ram’s nephew.
(c) Laxman is Ram’s uncle.
(d) Cannot be determined
(a) (b)
158. Tejas said to Anish, “That boy playing
cricket is the younger of the two broth-
ers of the daughter of my father’s wife.”
(c) (d) How is the boy playing cricket related to
Tejas?
(a) The boy is Tejas’s brother.
151. Which of the following diagrams indi (b) The boy is Tejas’s uncle.
cates the best relation between Court, (c) The boy is Tejas’s nephew
lawyer and Jugde?
(d) The boy is Tejas’s son.
159. ‘Paddy’ is related to ‘Field’ in the same
way as ‘Steel’ is related to:
(a) (b)
(a) Factory (b) Iron
(c) Ore (d) Wagon
160. “Needle” is related to “Thread” in the
(c) (d) same way as “Pen” is related to:
(a) Write (b) Ink
152. The largest 4 digit number exactly divis- (c) Cap (d) Paper
ible by 88 is ________ 161. In a certain code REPORT is written as
(a) 9984 (b) 9944 SDONQU, how is PERSON written in
that code?
(c) 9848 (d) 8888
(a) QDQRNP (b) QDQRNM
153. Which of the following is a prime num
ber (c) ODQRNP (d) None of these
(a) 33 (b) 89 162. In a certain code “7 8 6” means “study
very hard”, “9 5 8” means “hard work
(c) 93 (d) 15
pays” and “6 4 5” means “study and work”,
154. Which of the following numbers is divis-
which of the following is the code for
ible by each one of 3, 7, 9 and 11?
“very”?
(a) 3792 (b) 939
(a) 8
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Answer
1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (b)
7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (c)
13. (d) 14. (b) 15. (c)
19. (b) 20. (b) 21. (d)
25. (a) 26. (a) 27. (c)
31. (c) 32. (b) 33. (d)
37. (d) 38. (d) 39. (c)
43. (d) 44. (b) 45. (d)
49. (a) 50. (a) 51. (b)
55. (b) 56. (d) 57. (b)
61. (c) 62. (c) 63. (b)
67. (d) 68. (a) 69. (c)
73. (c) 74. (c) 75. (a)
79. (c) 80. (d) 81. (b)
85. (a) 86. (c) 87. (b)
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