APP • Law Paper-I
“Administrative law is the law relating to the administration. It determines the organization, powers and duties of the administrative authorities”. This definition is provided by –
A)
K.C.Davis
B)
Garner
C)
Ivor Jennings
D)
Wade
Based on established principles in Law, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Garner' (Option B).
APP • Law Paper-I
Delegated legislation is controlled by
A)
Procedural Control
B)
Parliamentary control
C)
Judicial control
D)
All of these
Delegated legislation is subject to procedural, parliamentary and judicial controls.
APP • Law Paper-I
Petition to the Supreme Court under Art. 32 are subject to the rule of Res judicata, except
A)
Quo warranto
B)
Habeas Corpus
C)
Certiorari
D)
Prohibition
Based on established principles in Law, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Prohibition' (Option D).
APP • Law Paper-I
The Doctrine of Precedent is of antiquity, while the Stare decisis is relatively modern, the later relates to:
A)
Settled judicial hierarchy of courts and law reports
B)
Emergence of the concept of sovereignty of Parliament
C)
A point of law settled by a judicial decision
D)
None of these
Stare decisis is associated with a settled hierarchy of courts and a stable body of reported decisions.
APP • Law Paper-I
What is meant by the term ‘actionable per se’?
A)
Actionable only in the civil courts
B)
A tort of strict liability
C)
Actionable without proof of damage
D)
Actionable at the instance of the injured party only
Actionable per se means actionable without proof of actual damage.
APP • Law Paper-I
Which function cannot be delegated?
A)
Essential legislative functions
B)
Exclusion
C)
Suspension
D)
Commencement
Based on established principles in Law, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Commencement' (Option D).
APP • Law Paper-I
The test for determining bias in known as
A)
Civil liability test
B)
Criminal liability test
C)
Reasonable likelihood test
D)
Collective responsibility test
Based on established principles in Law, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Criminal liability test' (Option B).
APP • Law Paper-I
The expression “Privity of contract” means
A)
A Contract is Contract between the parties only
B)
A Contract is a private document
C)
Only private documents can be contracts
D)
The contacts may be expressed in some usual and reasonable manner
Privity means contractual rights and obligations ordinarily bind the parties to the contract, not strangers.
APP • Law Paper-I
__________ has presented the thesis that jurisprudence is a social engineering.
A)
Black Stone
B)
Jeremy Bentham
C)
John Stuart Mill
D)
Roscoe Pound
Roscoe Pound described jurisprudence/law in terms of social engineering.
APP • Law Paper-I
De minimi’s non curat lex means
A)
law does not take account to every trifling matters
B)
plaintiff must present the damage in minimum degree
C)
your behavior should not hamper the work of others
D)
you must not withdraw the support of the land of other
Based on established principles in Law, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'you must not withdraw the support of the land of other' (Option D).
APP • Law Paper-I
A basic premise of natural law theory is:
A)
existence of objective moral principles
B)
a code of conduct being the essential nature of the universe
C)
no human being is above the Law
D)
all of these
Natural-law theory assumes objective moral principles beyond mere human enactment.
APP • Law Paper-I
Sunil Batra Vs Delhi Administration is a landmark case on
A)
Autre fois acquit
B)
Bias
C)
Habeas corpus
D)
Mandamus
Based on established principles in Law, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Bias' (Option B).
APP • Law Paper-I
Torts are grounded in the concept of
A)
law
B)
court
C)
rights
D)
sincerity
Tort liability is based on infringement of legal rights/interests.
APP • Law Paper-I
In an action for the tort of negligence, what is not required to be proved by the plaintiff is that
A)
There is damage
B)
Duty-situation arises
C)
Breach of duty owed to some one
D)
Breach of duty owed to the plaintiff
In negligence, the plaintiff must show breach of a duty owed to the plaintiff; a generalized breach owed merely to 'someone' is not the required element.
APP • Law Paper-I
Damages agreed upon by the parties when they first enter into a contract are called
A)
actual damages
B)
incidental damages
C)
anticipatory damages
D)
liquidated damages
Pre-agreed damages specified in a contract are liquidated damages.
APP • Law Paper-I
A primary rights can be a
A)
Right in rem only
B)
Right in personam only
C)
Either (a) or (b)
D)
None of these
Based on established principles in Law, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Right in personam only' (Option B).
APP • Law Paper-I
A proposal may be revoked at any time
A)
Before the communication of its acceptance
B)
Before the rejection of its communication
C)
Both (a) and (b)
D)
None of above
A proposal may be revoked before communication of the acceptance is complete against the proposer.
APP • Law Paper-I
Slander is actionable per se if
A)
Criminal offence is charged
B)
Accusation of virulent disease is made
C)
Unchastity to women or girl
D)
All the these
Based on established principles in Law, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'All the these' (Option D).
APP • Law Paper-I
The word ‘tort’ has been picked up from:
A)
An English word ‘Wrong’
B)
A Latin word ‘Tortum’
C)
A Roman word ‘Delict’
D)
A Sanskrit word ‘Jimha
Based on established principles in Law, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'An English word ‘Wrong’' (Option A).
APP • Law Paper-I
“Volkgeist “ means
A)
The series of judge made law
B)
The bunch of custom customs
C)
General consciousness of the people
D)
Law prevailing in country
Volkgeist means the general consciousness or spirit of the people.
APP • Law Paper-I
‘Jurisprudence is the scientific synthesis of the essential principles of law’ said :
A)
Holland
B)
Pound
C)
K. Allen
D)
Rudolf Von Ihering
C.K. Allen is the jurist associated with the definition 'scientific synthesis of the essential principles of law'.
APP • Law Paper-I
Contracts classified on the basis of performance are
A)
executed contracts.
B)
executory contracts.
C)
partly executed or partly executory contracts.
D)
all of these
On the basis of performance, contracts may be executed, executory or partly executed/partly executory.
APP • Law Paper-I
Which one of the following cannot sue for breach of law of tort?
A)
An infant
B)
Lunatic
C)
Child in the womb
D)
Convict
Based on established principles in Law, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'An infant' (Option A).
APP • Law Paper-I
The first committee to recommend for the establishment of an ombudsman type of institution in India was
A)
Gorwala Committee
B)
Santhanam Committee
C)
Kripalani Committee
D)
Administrative Reform Commision
Based on established principles in Law, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'Administrative Reform Commision' (Option D).
APP • Law Paper-I
Which one of the following is an essential element of tort?
A)
Consent of parties
B)
Intention of the wrongdoer
C)
Motive
D)
None of the above
Based on established principles in Law, the correct and most appropriate choice is 'None of the above' (Option D).
