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Karnataka Civil Judge Prelims 2015 Question Paper with Answers
100 questions. The first 10 questions are free to attempt. All Karnataka Civil Judge papers
Question 1 · Prelims
Article 21-A deals with ______
- (A) Right to food
- (B) Right to education
- (C) Right to employment
- (D) None of the above
Answer: (B) Right to education
Question 2 · Prelims
Where number of documents are made by one uniform process
- (A) each is primary evidence of the contents of the rest
- (B) when they are copies of a common original they are not primary evidence of the contents of the original
- (C) Both (a) and (b) are correct
- (D) None of the above
Answer: (C) Both (a) and (b) are correct
Question 3 · Prelims
A place where public records are kept is called an/a
- (A) Apiary
- (B) Aviary
- (C) Archives
- (D) Laboratory
Answer: (C) Archives
Question 4 · Prelims
Sale of intangible property can be effected
- (A) Only by a registered instrument (Section 54)
- (B) by a registered instrument only if the value is more than Rs.100
- (C) either by registered instrument or by delivery of possession
- (D) By delivery of possession
Answer: (A) Only by a registered instrument (Section 54)
Question 5 · Prelims
A Magistrate can take cognizance
- (A) only upon a complaint
- (B) only upon a police report
- (C) only upon the information received from any person other than a police officer, or upon his own knowledge
- (D) Any of the above
Answer: (D) Any of the above
Question 6 · Prelims
Who among the following has not been awarded the Jnanapeeta award?
- (A) Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
- (B) Kuvempu
- (C) U.R. Anantamurthy
- (D) S.L. Byrappa
Answer: (D) S.L. Byrappa
Question 7 · Prelims
In law a man is presumed to be dead if he is not heard of for
- (A) 5 years
- (B) 7 years
- (C) 12 years
- (D) 14 years
Answer: (B) 7 years
Question 8 · Prelims
While executing a decree for maintenance, the salary of the judgment-debtor to the extent of
- (A) 1/3rd cannot be attached
- (B) 1/2 cannot be attached
- (C) 1/4th cannot be attached
- (D) None of the above
Answer: (A) 1/3rd cannot be attached
Question 9 · Prelims
When dispute regarding relationship of landlord and tenant is raised, the Court has power to stop all further proceedings under certain circumstances. Which is the provision?
- (A) Section 40
- (B) Section 42
- (C) Section 43
- (D) Section 46
Answer: (C) Section 43
Question 10 · Prelims
Novation of a contract under the Indian Contract Act means
- (A) cancellation of contract
- (B) alteration of the contract
- (C) the renewal of original contract
- (D) substitution of a new contract in place of original contract
Answer: (D) substitution of a new contract in place of original contract