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UGC NET Law 2015 (December) - Paper III Question Paper with Answers

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  1. Question 1 · Prelims

    Who among the following shall be disqualified as a member of either House of Parliament ? Give answer by selecting codes given below : (a) Who is not a citizen of India. (b) Who has acquired the citizenship of a foreign state. (c) Who is under any acknowledgement to a foreign state. (d) Who is under acknowledgement of adherence to a foreign state.

    1. (A) Only (a)
    2. (B) Only (a) and (b)
    3. (C) (a), (b) and (c)
    4. (D) (a), (b), (c) and (d)

    Answer: (D) (a), (b), (c) and (d)

  2. Question 2 · Prelims

    The House of Lords upheld the Attorney General's political discretion in refusing to invoke the law in face of a threatened criminal offence in deliberate defiance of an Act of Parliament, in the case of :

    1. (A) Gouriet Vs. Union of Post Office Workers
    2. (B) Francome Vs. Mirror Group Newspaper Ltd.
    3. (C) R. Vs. Bourne
    4. (D) Johnson Vs. Phillips

    Answer: (A) Gouriet Vs. Union of Post Office Workers

  3. Question 3 · Prelims

    Who among the following can establish additional court for better administration of any existing law with respect to a matter concerned in union list :

    1. (A) Chief Justice of India
    2. (B) Parliament
    3. (C) The Concerned State Legislature
    4. (D) High Court of the State Concerned

    Answer: (B) Parliament

  4. Question 4 · Prelims

    Criminal liability for abandonment of a child is based on the principle of loco - parentis. who else could be responsible for that offence ?

    1. (A) Adoptive father before the completion of formalities of adoption
    2. (B) When a mother leaves the house for her husband's ill-treatment and abandons the children to the care of husband
    3. (C) When the school master who has been teaching infants placed under him for education
    4. (D) A mother leaves a blind child on a foot path promising to return after fetching food but never returned

    Answer: (C) When the school master who has been teaching infants placed under him for education

  5. Question 5 · Prelims

    The aggravated form of perjury is known from :

    1. (A) False statement on oath
    2. (B) False evidence in a judicial proceeding
    3. (C) Administering oath to speak truth
    4. (D) False affidavit before honorary Magistrate

    Answer: (B) False evidence in a judicial proceeding

  6. Question 6 · Prelims

    The liberum arbitrium of the courts depends upon what is right, justice, equitable or reasonable and is dependent upon :

    1. (A) Evidence and demonstration of public
    2. (B) Arguments submitted with reason
    3. (C) Discovering the right or justice of the matter
    4. (D) Pure intellectual process

    Answer: (C) Discovering the right or justice of the matter

  7. Question 7 · Prelims

    Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and answer using codes given below : Assertion (A) : In judicial review of administrative actions, generally the court would not interfere with the merits of the case by embarking upon inquiry into the facts. Reason (R) : Courts can review the procedure through which a decision has been taken by the administrative authority but courts cannot supplement its own decision and act as appellate court over the administrative authority.

    1. (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
    2. (B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
    3. (C) (A) is right but (R) is wrong
    4. (D) (A) is wrong but (R) is right

    Answer: (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

  8. Question 8 · Prelims

    In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court directed closing down and demolition of shrimp Industries in coastal regulation zone and implement the "Precautionary principle" and "the polluter pays principle" and held them liable for payment of compensation for reversing the ecology and compensate the individual for loss suffered ?

    1. (A) M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India
    2. (B) S. Jaganath Vs. Union of India
    3. (C) Church of God (Full Gospels) in India Vs. K.K.R. Majestic Colony Welfare Association
    4. (D) Vellore Citizen's Welfare Forum Vs. Union of India

    Answer: (B) S. Jaganath Vs. Union of India

  9. Question 9 · Prelims

    What is the main objective of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 ? Give answer by using codes below : (a) To prohibit employment of manual scavengers (b) To rehabilitate manual scavengers (c) To rehabilitate manual scavengers and their families (d) To rehabilitate manual scavengers only and not their families

    1. (A) Only (a)
    2. (B) Only (a) and (b)
    3. (C) (a), (b) and (c)
    4. (D) (a), (b), (c) and (d)

    Answer: (C) (a), (b) and (c)

  10. Question 10 · Prelims

    A takes his own suit from the tailor without his knowledge but had the intention of returning it to the tailor later. What offence, if any has been committed by A ?

    1. (A) Stealing
    2. (B) Dishonest taking
    3. (C) Theft
    4. (D) Unlawful retention

    Answer: (C) Theft