CLAT LLM 2016 Question Paper

Q.1. The total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State having such a Council shall not exceed:
1. two-third of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly of that State.
2. the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly of that State.
3. one-half of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly of that State.
4. one-third of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly of that State.

Q.2 Right to enforce which Articles of the Constitution cannot be suspended during emergency?
1. Articles 19 and 21
2. Articles 20 and 21
3. Articles 21 and 22
4. Articles 19 and 20

Q.3 Which Article of the Constitution provides that “Subject to the provisions of any law made by Parliament or any rules made under Article 145, the Supreme Court shall have the power to review any judgement pronounced or order made by it”?
1. Article 134
2. Article 142
3. Article 137
4. Article 135

Q.4 Which Article of the Constitution says that Law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts within the territory of India?
1. Article 142
2. Article 141
3. Article 140
4. Article 146

Q.5 The concept of curative petition was applied by the Supreme Court in the case of:
1. P.A. Inamdar v. State of Maharashtra (2005)
2. Ashok Kumar Thakur v. UOI (2008)
3. Rupa Ashok Hurra v. Ashok Hurra (2002)
4. Om Kumar v. UOI (2002)

Q.6 All doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with the election of the President shall be inquired into and decided by the:
1. Supreme Court
2. Elected members of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies
3. Election Commission of India
4. Parliament in consultation with Election Commission of India

Q.7 Under which Article of the Constitution, a Commission to investigate the conditions of Backward Classes can be appointed by the President of India?
1. Article 340
2. Article 341
3. Article 342
4. Article 16 (4)

Q.8 Which of the following statement is correct?
1. A law put into the IX Schedule of the Constitution cannot be challenged on the ground of violation of basic structure
2. Only those laws which have been put into the IX Schedule after 24th April, 1973 can be challenged on the ground of violation of basic structure
3. A law put into the IX Schedule of the Constitution can be challenged on the ground of violation of basic structure, irrespective of the fact when the law was put in the IX Schedule
4. Only those laws which have been put into the IX Schedule after 10th May, 1973 can be challenged on the ground of violation of basic structure
Q.9 Which is the correct language of Article 20 (2) of the Constitution?
1. No person shall be prosecuted or punished for the same offence more than once.
2. No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.
3. No person shall be punished for the same offence more than once.
4. No person shall be prosecuted for the same offence more than once.

Q.10 In which case Supreme Court held that “the mental privacy” is a part of Article 21 of the Constitution?
1. Kesavananda Bharti v. State of Kerala. AIR 1973 SC 1461.
2. Aruna Shanbaug v. UOI (2011) 4 SCC 4S4
3. Selvi v. State of Karnataka (2010) 7 SCC 263
4. Bachpan Bachao Andolan v. UOI (2011) 5 SCC 1