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CLAT PG 2015 Question Paper with Answers

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  1. Question 1 · Prelims

    In the dark ages, natural law was given a new interpretation by:

    1. (A) St. Augustine
    2. (B) Thomas Acquinas
    3. (C) Paul
    4. (D) Ulpion

    Answer: (A) St. Augustine

  2. Question 2 · Prelims

    "The state of nature was a golden age, only the property was insecure. It was for the purpose of protection of property that man entered into the social contract." It is said by

    1. (A) Hobbes
    2. (B) Locke
    3. (C) Rousseau
    4. (D) Plato

    Answer: (B) Locke

  3. Question 3 · Prelims

    Social contract is not a historical fact but a hypothetical construction of reason. Before this contract, man was happy and free and there was equality among men. "Who said it?"

    1. (A) Plato
    2. (B) Grotius
    3. (C) Hobbes
    4. (D) Rousseau

    Answer: (D) Rousseau

  4. Question 4 · Prelims

    Out of the following jurists, whose theory of law has earned the name of "natural law with a variable content"?

    1. (A) St. T. Acquinas
    2. (B) John Locke
    3. (C) R. Stammler
    4. (D) J. Rawls

    Answer: (C) R. Stammler

  5. Question 5 · Prelims

    Which one of the following schools gave birth to the concept of 'Human Rights'?

    1. (A) Historical School
    2. (B) Natural Law School
    3. (C) Realist School
    4. (D) Sociological School

    Answer: (B) Natural Law School

  6. Question 6 · Prelims

    Opinion of jurist is:

    1. (A) General source of law
    2. (B) Historical material source of law
    3. (C) Legal material source of law
    4. (D) Not a source of law

    Answer: (B) Historical material source of law

  7. Question 7 · Prelims

    Who categorized the subject of jurisprudence as Expositorial Jurisprudence and Censorial Jurisprudence:

    1. (A) Holland
    2. (B) Bentham
    3. (C) Kelsen
    4. (D) Paton

    Answer: (B) Bentham

  8. Question 8 · Prelims

    'Jurisprudence is the scientific synthesis of the essential principles of law' said:

    1. (A) Holland
    2. (B) Pound
    3. (C) C.K. Allen
    4. (D) Ihring

    Answer: (C) C.K. Allen

  9. Question 9 · Prelims

    "A Theory of Justice" is the work of:

    1. (A) Stammler
    2. (B) Rawls
    3. (C) Hall
    4. (D) Morris

    Answer: (B) Rawls

  10. Question 10 · Prelims

    Kelsen's theory of law is called pure theory because Kelsen:

    1. (A) purely discussed jurisprudence only
    2. (B) defined law in accordance with morality and purity
    3. (C) separated law from religion, ethics, sociology and history
    4. (D) discussed law purely in terms of justice

    Answer: (C) separated law from religion, ethics, sociology and history