DU LLM Entrance Exam 2017 Question Paper

DU LLM Entrance Exam 2017 Question Paper

1. For the purpose of ‘the scienter’ rule, animals mansuetae naturae means
(a) animals harmless by nature
(b) animals dangerous by nature
(c) endangered animals
(d) wild animals.

2. Match the maxims mentioned in List I with their meanings in List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List I
(a) Ex turpi causa non oritur actio
(b) Qui facit per alium facit per se
(c) Salus populi suprema lex
(d) Res ipsa loquitur
List II
1. The welfare of people is supreme law
2. The thing speaks for itself
3. No action arises from an illegal or immoral conduct
4. He who does an act through another is deemed in law to do it himself
Codes :
(a) (a)-3,(b)-2,(c)- 4,(d)- 1
(b) (a)-3,(b)-4,(c)- 1,(d)- 2
(c) (a)-1,(b)-4,(c)- 3,(d)- 2
(d) (a)-4,(b)-1,(c)- 3,(d)- 2

3. By which Amendment to the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 the explanation added to the definition of “Consumer” under section 2(l)(d) has been amended?
(a) 1993 Amendment
(b) 2002 Amendment
(c) 2011 Amendment
(d) 2015 Amendment.

4. Under section 2(c) of the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 “Handling” in relation to any hazardous substance, means
(a) the manufacture, production, treatment, package, storage, use, collection, destruction, conversion, offering for sale, transfer or the like of such hazardous substance.
(b) the manufacture, processing, treatment, package, storage, transportation by vehicle, use, collection, destruction, transfer or the like of such hazardous substance.
(c) the manufacture, production, treatment, package, storage, transportation by vehicle, use, collection, destruction, conversion, transfer or the like of such hazardous substance.
(d) the manufacture, processing, treatment, package, storage, transportation by vehicle, use, collection, destruction, conversion, offering for sale, transfer or the like of such hazardous substance.

5. Which provision of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 provides for establishment of Consumer Disputes Redressal Agencies?
(a) Section 9
(b) Section 13
(c) Section 15
(d) Section 17.

6. Which of the following jurists introduced the doctrine of equality of States into International Law and declared that a small republic was no less sovereign than the most powerful kingdom, just as a dwarf was as much a man as a giant ?
(a) Vattel
(b) Hugo Grotius
(c) Alberico Gentili
(d) Francisco Vitoria.

7. The American continent would no longer be a subject of colonization by a European power and any attempt by them to extend their system to any portion of American continent would be regarded as dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States. Preceding statement is an illustration of
(a) Stimson Doctrine
(b) Estrada Doctrine
(c) Monroe Doctrine
(d) Calvo Doctrine.

8. The Universality Principle is one of the main general principles on which States claim a more or less extensive penal jurisdiction at the present under International Law. Under this principle the jurisdiction is determined by reference to
(a) the place of commission of offence
(b) the nationality or national character of criminal
(c) national interest injured by the offence
(d) custody of the person committing the offence.

9. Under which of the following cases did the International Court of Justice regard the straight baseline system as a valid principle of International Law in view of the special geographic conditions of the sea ?
(a) Anglo-Norwegian Fisheries Case (UK v. Norway), ICJ Reports 1951
(b) Qatar v. Bahrain, ICJ Reports 2001
(c) North Sea Continental Cases, ICJ Reports 1969
(d) Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (Merits) (UK v. Iceland), ICJ Reports 1974.

10. Each member of the UN is permitted to send to the General Assembly not more than :
(a) Two Representatives
(b) Three Representatives
(c) Four Representatives
(d) Five Representatives.