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DU LLB Entrance Exam 2012

Answer key provided by Delhi Law Academy:
Directions: In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word:

VAGUE
(A) Inadequate (B) Insignificant

2. FATIGUE

(A) Sleepy (B) Weariness

3. DEBONAIR

(A) Confident (B) Elegant

(C) Charming (D) Stylish
Answer: (D)
Directions: In each of the following questions, find out the best alternative for the given words/sentences :

5. The act of killing one’s wife:

(A) Avicide (B) Uxoricide

6. To hold something in leash:

(A) To restrain (B) To discourage

7. A post without any compensation or remuneration:

(A) Voluntary (B) Sinecure

8. A short usually amusing story about some real person/event:

(A) Anecdote (B) Allegory

Answer: (A)

Directions: Each of the following sentences is followed by four prepositions. Fill in the blanks withappropriate prepositions:

9. Don’t lament_________ your misfortunes.

(A) over (B) with

10. Don’t be surprised___________ and think like that.

(A) at (B) about

11. He is not content ———— this amount.

(A) on (B) by

12. If you want to succeed let there be no———- in your effort.

(A) let up (B) let off

Answer: (A)

Directions: Each of the following questions contains four words. One of the four words is correctly spelled. Pick the correctly spelled word:

13. (A) Amiable (B) Aly

14. (A) Bonny (B) Boaste

15. (A) Outwit (B) Outskarts

16. (A) Haggard (B) Hagle

Directions: In each of the following questions, a related pair of words is followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

17. OFFHAND : PREMEDITATION

(A) Aboveboard : Guile (B) Thrifty : Precocious

18. SCURRY : MOVE

(A) Sleep : Drowse (B) Agenda : Meeting

19. SKIRT : ISSUE

(A) Siege : Vulnerability (B) Feud : Acrimony

Directions: One word substitution.

21. Fear of open spaces

(A) Obsession (B) Agoraphobia

22. Government by priest or government which has its State religion

(A) Aristocracy (B) Oligarchy

23. Of the sense of touch is:

(A) Tannery (B) Tactile

24. A severe deserved punishment is:

(A) Retribution (B) Revisionism

25. The system of putting plants and animals into various classes:

(A) Topiary (B) Ornithology

Directions: Replace the underlined phrase/word with a suitable idiom/word from the given choices.

26. Prohibition is gall and wormwood to distillers.

(A) Opportunity (B) Mayhem

27. The girls hit it off right away.

(A) Got along very well (B) Clobbered

28. You have to hustle to get there on time.

(A) Jostle (B) Catch a bus

Directions : Fill in the blanks.

29. Retirement can either be a————to age or an opportunity for new adventure.

(A) surrender (B) defeat

Answer: (A)

30. Your treatment of your servant is_____ mean.

(A) golden (B) nobly

31. Gangotri is———– by mountains on three sides.

(A) hidden (B) kept

32. His performance did not come ———– my expectation.

(A) to (B) upto

33. Past civilization often saw comets as————– of death and doom.

(A) portentous (B) usherers

Directions: Replace the underlined word with a word that will not alter the meaning.

34. A scurrilous attack on her character.

(A) Disparaging (B) Vain

35. Rage against the new rules.

(A) Pillage (B) Ram

36. In a row of children facing north Ojas is fourth to the left of Abu who is tenth from the left end. Aashi is second to the right of Abu and eighth from the right end of the row. Total how many children are there in the row?

(A) 19 (B) 20

37. A lady and a gentleman are shopping in the market when the lady’s friend happens to meet them. The friend asks the lady “who is the gentleman with you ?” The lady replies: “the gentleman’s mother-in-law and my mother-in-law are related as mother and daughter.” The lady is the gentleman’s _________?

(A) wife (B) daughter

38. Pointing to a photograph Nikita said ‘She is the only granddaughter of my grandmother’s daughter’. How is the girl in photograph related to Nikita?

(A) Sister (B) Niece/Daughter

39. If ‘A’ is substituted by 26, ’B’ by 25 and so on up to ‘Z’ which is substituted by 1, what will be the sum of the numbers substituted for the word ‘FRAY’ ?

(A) 57 (B) 58

40. A is Y’s brother. S is T’s mother and A’s aunt. How is T related to A?

(A) Sister (B) Cousin

41. Raja started from point A and travelled 8 kms towards the north to point B, he then turned right and travelled 7 kms to point C, from point C he took the first right and drove 5 kms to point D, he took another right and travelled 7 kms to point E, and finally turned right and travelled for another 3 kms to point F. What is the distance between point F and B?

(A) 3 kms (B) 2 kms

42. In a certain code FIGHT is coded as GJFIU and WRITE is coded as XSHUF; then how will JUDGE be coded in the same code?

(A) KVCHF(B) HFEKV

Answer: (A)

43. As North Pole is related to Magnet, in the same way Battery.

(A) Terminal (B) Power

44. Find the missing number in the following series.

6, 12, 21,___, 48.

(A) 40 (B) 33

45. What is the missing number in this series?

6, 7, 5, 8, 4, 9, ___

(A) 11 (B) 10

46. In the following question one term in the number series is wrong. Find out the wrong term.

8, 14, 26, 48, 98, 194, 386

(A) 14 (B) 48

47. A long rope has to be cut to make 23 small pieces. If it is double folded to start with how many times does it need to be cut?

(A) 9 (B) 23

48. Peyush earns twice as much in November as in each of the other months. What part of his entire year’s earning does he earn in November?

(A) 2/11 (B) 2/13

49. In a certain code CHANDIGARH is written as DNAHCHRAGI. How is SIKKIM written in ‘that code?

(A) TJKJKM (B) TJLLJN

Answer: (C)

50. When Rajeev was born, his father was 32 years older than his brother and his mother was 25 years older than his sister. If Rajeev’s brother is 6 years older than Rajeev and his mother is 3 years younger than his father, how old was Rajeev’s sister when Rajeev was born?

(A) 15 years (B) 7 years

51. Reptile is to lizard as flower is to

(A) petal (B) bud

Answer: (C)
52. Complete the following series:

A5QR, A4QS, A3QT, ____, A1QV

(A) A2QW (B) A2QV2

54. 1, 8, 27, ….

(A) 16 (B) 10

55. 34, 39, 37, 38, 40, 37, ….

(A) 43 (B) 35

56. 69, 58, 71, 60, ….

(A) 71 (B) 73

Direction: Each question has a word followed by four answer choices. Choose the word that is a necessary part of the leading word.

57. School

(A) Students (B) Benches

58. Crops

(A) Food (B) Labourers

Direction: The following terms are from an artificial language, with their English meanings. In the questions that follow, select the appropriate English translation of the artificial language.

59. Ing Tor: Bus factory; igat ngot: has not; ngot e aut: not a car; e Ing: a bus. What does the word “aut Tor” mean in English?

(A) not a car (B) Car factory

60. If in addition to the above word meanings, if “aut boushp” means “car workshop”, what does “Ing boushp” mean?

(A) Car factory (B) Bus factory

Answer: (C)

Direction: Fill in the relationships, based on the relationship that the question mentions.

61. Sea is to whales as Road is to:

(A) Tar (B) Driving

62. Book is to author as judgment is to:

(A) Jury (B) Judge

63. Centimeter is to Meter as Kilobyte is to

(A) Computer Memory (B) Gigabyte

64. Fill in the blank:

DBF, DEF2, DE2F2,——–, D2E2F3

(A) D2E2F2 (B) D2E3F3

65. ABC, CBA, DBE, EBD,———

(A) ABD (B) CBD

66. Which word does not belong with others?

(A) Treaty (B) Legislation

67. Which word does not belong with others?

(A) Jasmine (B) Rose

68. Pen is to poet as needle is to:

(A) Cloth (B) Sewing

69. (i) Class A has higher enrolment than class B.

(ii) Class C has lower enrolment than class B.

(iii) Class A has lower enrolment than class C.

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

(A) True (B) False

Answer: (B)

70. Oats has more fiber than corn but less fiber than bran.

Corn has more fiber than rice but less fiber than wheat.

Rice has the lowest fiber content.

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

(A) True (B) False

71. The length of the year is greatest on the:

(A) Mercury (B) Earth

72. The largest producer of sugar in the world is:

(A) Brazil (B) Indonesia

73. The State in India with largest coastline is :

(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala

74. The weight of the cricket ball is approximately:

(A) 3 oz (B) 4 oz

75. The National Game of Canada is:

(A) Cricket (B) Football

76. At which place the 2014 Common Wealth Games will take place :

(A) Beijing (B) London

77. How many foreign players can be part of playing 11 in IPL Cricket Tournament organized in India?

(A) 3 (B) 4

Answer: (B)

78. Name the first Arabic writer awarded Noble Prize for Literature:

(A) Salman Rushdie (B) Gen Gaddafi

79. Sphygomomanometer is used to test:

(A) Harmones Action (B) Brain Tumour

80. Which British Governor General introduced postage stamp in India?

(A) Lord Dalhousie (B) Lord Ripon

81. What is the Saudi Arabian currency called?

(A) Dirham (B) Peso

82. In which of the following States the Legislative Council has been dispensed with?

(A) Bihar (B) Uttar Pradesh

83. Diphtheria is a disease affecting:

(A) eyes (B) throat

86. Which country has become the first country in the world to make broadband internet access a legal right of all citizens?

(A) UK (B) New Zealand

87. The border of which two countries is known as 49th parallel line?

(A) Germany & France (B) USA & Canada

88. International Women’s Day is observed on:

(A) 9th January (B) 8th March

89. Which Committee/Commission made recommendations to make civil services more efficient and decorrupted ?

(A) Kothari Commission (B) Niyogi Committee

Answer: (A)

90. What is the unit for temperature in the metric system?

(A) Fahrenheit (B) Kelvin

91. Where is Secretariat of SAARC located?

(A) Colombo (B) Islamabad

92. Who wrote the book “Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power within India”?

(A) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

93. Who amongst the following won the election for the post of Chief Executive of Hong Kong?

(A) Kim Joong-Keun (B) Leung Chun-ying

94. Where did the Second Summit on Nuclear Security take place?

(A) Seoul (B) Washington

95. The SGPC and Akali Dal are appealing for mercy of who is on death row for the killing of Punjab Chief Minister in 1995.

(A) Balwant Singh Rajoana (B) Kehar Singh

96. Name the MLA who has been abducted by Maoists in Orissa?

(A) Lai Bihari Himirika (B) Hema Gamang

97. The recent controversy between India and China is related to-

(A) Arabian Sea (B) South China Sea

98. Name the two children who were placed under foster care due to lack of parental care in 2011 in Norway.

(A) Ankit and Aradhya (B) Abhijit and Anushka

Answer: (C)

99. Name the IPS Officer who was killed in Madhya Pradesh in March 2012?

(A) Narender Kumar (B) Rajbir Singh

100. Kurdistan is primarily known for –

(A) Uranium stocks (B) Oil reserves

Direction: Given below are the statements of facts of the case. After statement of facts, legal principles are given. Apply the principles to the facts of the case and select the most appropriate answer from among the four alternatives.

101. FACTS: The residents of the adjoining slums were persistently using the park for defecation. On the order of the chairman of the DDA the park was fenced and electric current was run on the wires on the top. A trespassing slum dweller touched a live wire and was electrocuted. Can the chairman be held liable for an offence of causing death by negligence ?

PRINCIPLE: Whoever causes the death of any person by doing any rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with both.

(A) No, because getting a public park electrically wired is no rash act

(B) Administrative actions are immune to any liability

(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)

102. FACTS: A sets fire, by night, to an inhabited house in a large town, for the purpose of facilitating a robbery and this causes death of a person. A pleaded that he has intended the robbery but not the causing of death and became sorry for the death caused by his act. Is A liable for causing the death voluntarily ?

PRINCIPLE: A person is said to cause an effect “voluntarily” whereby he intended to cause it or by means which, at the time of employing those means, he knew or had reason to believe, to be likely to cause it.

(A) A is liable for causing the death voluntarily though he has not intended to cause death of anyone, because he has set fire in an inhabited house not in abandoned house and it is quite natural that in such house people must be there during night.

(B) A is not liable because he has not intended the murder of anyone.

(D) A is not responsible for murder because he has not killed anyone by his own hands.
Answer: (A)

103. FACTS: Certain persons transferred a tea estate to an incorporated company and claimed exemptions from “ad valorem ” duty on the ground that they themselves were shareholders in the company.

PRINCIPLE: An incorporated company under the Companies Act has a separate entity and corporate liability.

(A) The shareholders are liable to pay as the company is a separate legal person.

(B) The shareholders are not liable to pay as it is a transfer from them in one name to themselves under another name.

(D) The shareholders will not pay the company would pay on their behalf.
Answer: (A)

104. FACTS: Sahil, a child of 10 years of age, find a gold coin in his uncle’s home. He gives the coin to his sister Rachna who is 8 years old. The uncle reports the matter to the police. The police conducts a search. During the investigation the police finds the coin kept in the toys of Rachna. Rachna tells the police that Sahil had given coin to her.

PRINCIPLE: Acts done by children below 12 years of age are not offences if they are not mature enough to understand the nature and consequences of the acts.

(A) Sahil is guilty of theft.

(B) Rachna is guilty of theft.

(D) Neither Sahil nor Rachna is guilty of theft.
Answer: (D)

105. FACTS: Ajay runs the ‘Indian Circus.’ The circus has an interesting night show. Two motor cyclists, Ramesh and Suresh, rotate their motorcycles inside a big iron globe in complete darkness. And the audience, especially, the children gives a big clap. One day it so happens that during ore nigr: show an accident occurs inside the globe. Ramesh and Suresh collide with each other and Ramesh loses both his legs. His parents claim compensati: n from Ajay, the proprietor of the circus.

PRINCIPLE: An employer is responsible for any accident or loss causes to his employees, during the course of employment.

(A) Ajay is not liable to pay any compensation because he cannot be held responsible for the accident.

(B) Ajay is liable to pay compensation because he is the employer and the accident occurred during the course of employment.

(D) None of the above.
Answer: (B)

106. FACTS: A farmhouse is located in South Delhi on 2 acre plot of land. The owner of the farmhouse keeps a specially trained ferocious dog to guard his property. He also employs a dog-handier to handle this dog and instructs all his other employees to avoid the dog. A sign is also put up on the gate saying “Beware of the Dog”. On the afternoon of 26th January, a group of poor boys playing cricket in a nearby park hit the ball into the farmhouse. A 14 year old boy enters the farmhouse to get the ball. The dog attacks the boy and he dies of the injuries. The family of the boy sues farmhouse owner for damages.

PRINCIPLES: (i) An occupier is not responsible to a trespasser except in respect of wilful act intended to cause harm or done with reckless disregards, (ii) Master is liable for the acts of the employee/servant.

(A) The owner is liable because the dog has a vicious or savage propensity and he had knowledge of the same.

(B) The owner should pay the damages because he is rich and the boy killed was poor.

(D) The owner is not liable because a 14 year old boy ought to have known about the presence of the ferocious dog.
Answer: (D)

107. FACTS: Charu while driving her car at a high speed, knocked down Seema, a middle aged woman who was walking on the road. Seema got her leg fractured as a result of this accident. As Seema was suffering from diabetes, her leg had to be amputated. Seema filed a suit against Charu for damages for the loss of her leg.

PRINCIPLE: A person is liable for all direct consequences of his act, which he could have reasonably foreseen as naturally flowing from his act.

(A) Charu is liable as the loss of leg is directly attributable to her act.

(B) Charu is not liable because she did not know Seema was suffering from diabetes.

(D) Charu is not liable since a diabetes patient like Seema ought not to have walked on the road.

Answer: (B)

108. Endosulfan is banned in India under the:

(A) Environment Protection Act, 1986

(B) Hazardous Chemical Rules, 2000

(D) All the above
Answer: (C)

109. Gram Nyayalaya Act, 2008 refers to:

(A) Access to justice to citizens at door steps

(B) Informal settlement of disputes

(D) All the above
Answer: (A)

110. Which among the following has been added as a fundamental right in the Constitution of India by 86th Amendment?

(A) Right to information (B) Right to employment

111. Special leave to appeal by the Supreme Court is available from the decision of:

(A) Any court or tribunal

(B) Any court, tribunal or administrative authority

(D) Administrative tribunals only
Answer: (A)

112. Who was the Chairperson of the Committee on Review of the Working of the Constitution?

(A) Subhash C. Kashyap (B) Justice Venkatachaliah

113. Under which provision of the Constitution, the Supreme Court reviews its own judgments?

(A) Article 132 (B) Article 137

114. What does the phrase “lex est norma recti” mean?

(A) Law is a rule of right (B) Law rules the rights

115. The Headquarters of the International Court of Justice is situated at:

(A) Geneva (B) Vienna

120. Who said that democracy is a “government of the people, by the people and for the people”?

(A) Abraham Lincoln (B) Woodrow Wilson

121. The Supreme Court being the highest court of appeal, is the most superior judiciary, but the various High Courts exercise a jurisdiction even wider than that of the Supreme Court under:

(A) Article 32 of Constitution (B) Article 141 of Constitution

122. Schedule X of the Constitution deals with:

(A) Law protected from judicial review of the courts

(B) Disqualification on ground of defection

(D) Union, State and Concurrent lists
Answer: (B)

123. Who amongst the following can attend the Session of the Parliament but has no right to vote?

(A) Attorney General of India (B) Comptroller General of India

129. Who called Directive Principles as a “cheque on bank payable at the convenience of the bank”?

(A) B.R. Ambedkar (B) H.M. Seervai

130. India became a member of the UNO in the year:

(A) 1950 (B) 1945

132. The Uniform Civil Code was discussed at length in the case of:

(A) Golak Nath case (B) Keshavanand Bharti case

133. Which of the following female judges has not been a judge of the Supreme Court?

(A) Ruma Pal (B) Gyan Sudha Mishra

134. Pochampally saree is protected under:

(A) Patents law (B) Trademark law

135. In which year, the age of voting as universal adult franchise was lowered from 21 to 18 years?

(A) 1985 (B) 1988

140. Palimony is a term used to describe court ordered financial settlement in disputes relating to :

(A) Partners in live-in-relations (B) Environmental issues

142. The line demarcating the boundaries of India and China is known as:

(A) McMahon line (B) Durand line

148. The phrase ‘de facto’ means

(A) all the facts (B) all the facts and figures

150. Which one of the following statements is correct? Parliament can make a law with respect to a matter in the State list in the national interest if –

(A) The Rajya Sabha passes a resolution by a two-thirds majority

(B) Parliament passes a resolution

(D) The President of India gives permission
Answer: (A)

151. For a valid Muslim marriage

(A) offer and acceptance must be at the same place

(B) offer and acceptance must be at the same time

(D) offer and acceptance may be at different times and at different places.
Answer: (C)

152. A void agreement means:

(A) Agreement not enforceable by law (B) Agreement illegal in nature

153. A without the request of anybody, extinguishes the fire of B’s godown. A suffers injury thereby. If B promises to compensate A for the whole amount he has spent on his treatment, then the contract is:

(A) Valid and enforceable

(B) Unenforceable because of lack of intention to create binding contract by the parties

(D) Voidable at B’s option
Answer: (A)

154. Which of the following defences is not available to the accused in a criminal case?

(A) Infancy (B) Self-defence

155. Which of the following acts invite tortuous liability and is not saved by the doctrine “volenti non fit injuria”?

(A) A surgeon amputates a limb of a patient to save his life,

(B) Injury is caused while play-fighting with naked swords at a religious function.

(D) Injury is caused while doing lawful acts under a contract.
Answer: (D)

160. X, a doctor, informs his patient Y that Y was suffering from cancer. Hearing this, Y dies of heart failure. X has committed:

(A) culpable homicide not amounting to murder

(B) no crime because he (X) communicated in good faith

(D) the murder of Y
Answer: (B)

161. When does Supreme Court give advice to the President on a matter of law or fact?

(A) Only when the President seeks such advice

(B) On its own

(D) Only if the matter relates to the violation of fundamental rights of the citizens
Answer: (A)

162. A Muslim man under personal laws cannot marry

(A) a Jew (B) a Christian

163. What is the meaning of this Latin phrase “audi alteram partem’’?

(A) No one shall be judge in his own cause

(B) No one shall be condemned unheard

(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)

168. A marriage between a boy of below 21 years of age and a girl of below 18 years of age is –

(A) Void (B) Valid

169. In which of the following, copyright does not subsist?

(A) Industrial designs (B) Artistic works

170. When did International Criminal Court come into existence?

(A) 1998 (B) 2000

171. Under which Chapter of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council can take enforcement action?

(A) Chapter VI (B) Chapter VII

172. Which of the following companies has recently been issued compulsory licence under Indian Patents Act, 1970?

(A) Natco Pharma (B) Cipla

173. Which of the following has adopted a resolution against Sri Lanka for war crimes?

(A) United Nations Human Rights Council

(B) International Committee of the Red Cross

(D) Security Council of the United Nations
Answer: (A)

174. Which of the following grounds has been proposed for divorce in Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and Special Marriage Act, 1954?

(A) Cruelty

(B) Abstention of sexual intercourse by spouse

(D) Desertion
Answer: (C)

175. What is the term used for the principles laid down in a judgment?

(A) Obiter dicta (B) Ratio decidendi

Answer: (B)