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Past Questions — 2016

Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Which one of the following does not find a place under the provisions of Sec. 94, C.P.C. relating to supplemental proceedings?

A) Arrest before judgment
B) Attachment before judgment
C) Temporary injunction
D) Appointment of executors
This option is the correct choice under the stated facts or rule. Answer: Appointment of executors.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

The person to whom goods are delivered according Bailment is called

A) Bailor
B) Bailee
C) Both of the above
D) None of these
This option matches the relevant definition, rule, or standard fact. Answer: Bailee.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Suits by indigent persons are provided in _________ of the Code of Civil Procedure.

A) Order 33
B) Order 34
C) Order 35
D) Order 3
This option matches the definition or rule stated in the question. Answer: Order 33.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

The word ‘Tort’ has been derived from the Latin word

A) Tortum
B) Tortus
C) Torts
D) Torten
The word tort comes from the Latin tortum, meaning twisted or wrongful.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure deals with

A) Restitute Service
B) Inherent power of the Court
C) Pauper suit
D) None of these
This option matches the relevant definition, rule, or standard fact. Answer: Inherent power of the Court.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Provision regarding rejection of plant has been mentioned under_______of the Code of Civil Procedure

A) Order VII Rule 11
B) Order VI Rule 13
C) Order VII Rule 12
D) Order VIII Rule 4
This option matches the definition or rule stated in the question. Answer: Order VII Rule 11.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Who propounded the “Pigeon-hole Theory”?

A) Salmond
B) Winfield
C) Pollock
D) Austin
This option matches the definition or rule stated in the question. Answer: Salmond.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

The distinction between sovereign and non-sovereign functions of the State was laid down in case of

A) Rylands vs Fletcher
B) Donoghue vs Stevension
C) M C Mehta vs Union of India
D) Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. vs Secretary of State , India
This option is the correct choice under the stated facts or rule. Answer: Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. vs Secretary of State , India.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Which Court has power of “revision”?

A) Session Court
B) High Court
C) Both (a) & (b)
D) None of these
A caveat filed under Section 148A CPC remains in force for 90 days.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

The doctrine of res judicata is not applicable in

A) Certiorari
B) Mandamus
C) Quo Warranto
D) Habeas Corpus
This option is the correct choice under the stated facts or rule. Answer: Habeas Corpus.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Which of these do not constitute a General defense in Law of Torts?

A) Violent non fit injuria
B) Injuria sine damno
C) Vis major
D) All of these are defenses
This option matches the relevant definition, rule, or standard fact. Answer: Injuria sine damno.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Which suit shall be considered as civil suit, has been mentioned under______of the Code of Civil Procedure,1908?

A) Section 8
B) Section 9
C) Section 13
D) Section 14
This option matches the relevant definition, rule, or standard fact. Answer: Section 9.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Which Section of the Code of Civil Procedure empowers the Court to issue Commission?

A) Section 73
B) Section 74
C) Section 75
D) Section 76
This option is the applicable definition, provision, or relationship. Answer: Section 75.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Where the relationship subsisting between the parties are such that one of the parties in position to dominate the will of the other and uses that position to obtain unfair advantage over the other, there is said to be

A) undue influence
B) coercion
C) intimidation
D) none of these
This option matches the definition or rule stated in the question. Answer: undue influence.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Section 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides about

A) Civil Suit
B) Res sub judice
C) Res judcata
D) None of these
This option matches the relevant definition, rule, or standard fact. Answer: Res sub judice.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

How many sections are there in the Code of Civil Procedure?

A) 157 Sections
B) 156 Sections
C) 157 Sections
D) 158 Sections
This option matches the definition or rule stated in the question. Answer: 157 Sections.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Taylor vs Caldwell case is related with

A) Doctrine of frustration
B) Remoteness of damages
C) Consideration
D) Fraud
This option matches the definition or rule stated in the question. Answer: Doctrine of frustration.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

The ‘Rule of Strict Liability’ implies

A) no fault liability
B) liability based on fault
C) state liability
D) absolute liability
This option matches the definition or rule stated in the question. Answer: no fault liability.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

“Decree” has been defined under_________of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

A) 2(a)
B) 2(b)
C) 2(1)
D) 2(2)
This option is the correct choice under the stated facts or rule. Answer: 2(2).
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Who made the statement “The preamble of the constitution is the horoscope of Indian Republic”?

A) K. M. Munshi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) B.R.Ambedkar
D) Mahatma Gandhi
This option matches the definition or rule stated in the question. Answer: K. M. Munshi.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

Which of the following Amendment Act makes the Right to Education as fundamental right to all the children under the age of 6-14 years of age by inserting Article 21A to the Constitution?

A) 87th amendment, 2003
B) 88th amendment, 2003
C) 89th amendment, 2003
D) 86th amendment, 2002
The 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002 inserted Article 21A, making free and compulsory education for children aged 6–14 a Fundamental Right.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

How many subjects are incorporated in the Union List?

A) 95
B) 92
C) 97
D) 99
The Union List was traditionally described as having 97 subjects in the exam-era constitutional schedule.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

After how many years, one-third of the members of the Rajya Sabha retire?

A) 6 years
B) 3 years
C) 5 years
D) 2 years
One-third of Rajya Sabha members retire every two years; therefore the full membership is renewed over a six-year cycle.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

In the case of anticipatory breach of contract the damages will be assessed

A) from the promised date of performance
B) f rom the date on which the breach is occurred
C) from the date the court instructed
D) all of these
This option matches the relevant definition, rule, or standard fact. Answer: f rom the date on which the breach is occurred.
Legal Service • 2016 • Law Paper-I

The principle of pari-delicto is that where each party is equally at fault, the law favours the party who actually is

A) not in the possession
B) in possession.
C) injured and helpless
D) none of these
This option matches the relevant definition, rule, or standard fact. Answer: in possession..
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