1. Parliament of India consists of
(a) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
(b) Lok Sabha and Prime Minister.
(c) Lok Sabha and Speaker.
(d) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and President.
2. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to
(a) President.
(b) Prime Minister.
(c) Lok Sabha.
(d) Rajya Sabha.
3. The Head of the State in India is
(a) Prime Minister.
(b) President.
(c) Speaker Lok Sabha.
(d) Chief Justice of India.
4. ‘Ultra Vires’is a term used for
(a) a document corrupted by virus.
(b) an act beyond the authority of law.
(c) an act authorised by law.
(d) an illegal act.
5. The Indian Parliamentary system of democracy is based on
(a) American system of democracy.
(b) African system of democracy.
(c) Westminster model of democracy.
(d) None of the above.
6. The word ‘Socialist’ was inserted in the Preamble by the Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976. Its principal aim is to
(a) eliminate inequality in economic and political status.
(b) eliminate inequality in political and religious affairs.
(c) eliminate inequality in income and status and standards of life.
(d) eliminate class based society.
7. India became a Republic on
(a) 15th August, 1947.
(b) 26th January, 1950.
(c) 24th November, 1949.
(d) 26th January, 1949.
8. Which among the following is not a fundamental right?
(a) Right to Equality
(b) Freedom of Speech and Expression
(c) Right to Life and Personal Liberty
(d) Right to Property
9. Directive Principles of State Policy aims at
(a) ensuring individual liberty.
(b) ensure in strengthening the country’s independence.
(c) providing the social and economic base for country.
(d) achieving all these objectives.
10. According to Indian Majority Act, a major is a person who has attained the age of
(a) 18 years.
(b) 21 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 16 years.
11. Can a woman be charged with the offence of adultery?
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Circumstantial
(d) None of the above
12. The minimum age for marriage is that the boy must be______ and the girl_____ .
(a) 18 years, 21 years
(b) 21 years, 18 years
(c) 18 years, 18 years
(d) 18 years, 15 years
13. In law, a man is presumed to be dead if he is not heard of as alive for
(a) 5 years.
(b) 7 years
(c) 9 years.
(d) 8 years
14. Sati was declared illegal and punishable in 1829 by
(a) Cornwallis.
(b) Lord Rippon.
(c) Lord William Bentik.
(d) None of the above.
15. A Lok Adalat is different from other courts
(a) because its decisions cannot be challenged in any court of law.
(b) because the system is developed by the Judges.
(c) because the Parliamentary Act guides it.
(d) none of the above.
16. Who among the following won the Noble Peace Prize, 2009?
(a) Barak Obama
(b) Paul Krugman
(c) Roger Y.Tsien
(d) Herald Zur Har Hangen
17. The overseas Citizens of India are not entitled for the following:
(a) Cannot vote or contest elections.
(b) Cannot become President of India.
(c) Cannot become a Judge of a High Court.
(d) All of them.
18. During whose regime the first census was undertaken in India
(a) Lord Rippon
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Hastings
(d) Lord Mountbatten
19. Right to Education viz. Article 21 A was added in the Constitution by the
(a) Constitution 86th Amendment Act, 2002.
(b) Constitution 85th Amendment Act, 2001.
(c) Constitution 84th Amendment Act, 2001.
(d) Constitution 83rd Amendment Act, 2000.
20. The world ‘Environment Day’ is observed on
(a) 5th June.
(b) 4th June.
(c) 5th July.
(d) 5th August.
21. The National Song (Vande Mataram) was composed by
(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore.
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatteijee.
(c) Mahatma Gandhi.
(d) Subhash Chander Bosh.
22. The Commonwealth Games 2010 will be held in_____ and its logo is_____ .
(a) Delhi, National Flag
(b) Delhi, Chakra
(c) Mangalore Chakra
(d) Calcutta, Maskot
23. Chief Election Commissioner of India is
(a) Mr T.N. Sheshan.
(b) Mr Navin Chawla.
(c) Mr R.N. Mishra.
(d) None of the above.
24. The Climate Change Summit 2009 was held in
(a) New York.
(b) Washington DC.
(c) The Netherlands.
(d) Copenhagen.
25. On 12 January, 2010 which court ordered that the Chief Justice of India and Chief Justice of Delhi High Court are covered under Right to Information, Act, 2005?
(a) Delhi High Court
(b) Supreme Court
(c) Allahabad High Court
(d) Madras High Court
26. The Union Minister of Law and Justice is
(a) P. Chidambaram.
(b) Pranab Mukheijee.
(c) Pawan Kumar Bansal.
(d) Veerappa Moily.
27. The General Assembly of United Nations Organisations (UNO) consists of
(a) five representatives of every member countries.
(b) two representatives for member country.
(c) representatives of all the member countries on the basis of one member one vote.
(d) none of the above.
28. The Chief Justice of India is
(a) Justice K.G. Bala Krishan.
(b) Justice S.H. Kapadia.
(c) Justice B.N. Sri Krishna.
(d) None of the above.
29. The States in India were recognized on linguistic basis in
(a) 1947.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1956.
30. Ancient treatise on law is
(a) Vedas.
(b) Upanishads.
(c) Smritis.
(d) Shrutis.
31. In which of the following cases the Supreme Court for the first time permitted the police to interrogate the sitting judges of the Supreme Court?
(a) Cash at doorstep scam
(b) Veera Swamy’s case
(c) Ghaziabad PF scam
(d) Soumitra Sen case
32. The Supreme Court referred to a five judge constitution Bench the implementation of the_____ committee report on the electoral reforms in University and College student union elections.
(a) K. T. Thomas
(b) Yashpal
(c) R. K. Raghvan
(d) Lyngdoh
33. The virus which causes ‘swine flu’ is
(a) H1N2.
(b) H1N1.
(c) H2N2.
(d) H2N1.
34. Name the Indian American who shared the Noble Prize for Chemistry (2009).
(a) Venkatraman Rama Krishan
(b) MadhavanNair
(c) Raja Ramanna
(d) Hargobind Khurana
35. Indian Railway resumed its train service to_____ after 43 years.
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Pakistan
(c) China
(d) Nepal
36. Recently Law Commission of India has recommended the setting up of_____ regional Benches of the Supreme Court of India apart from Delhi.
(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
37. The city having the highest per capita income in the country is_____ .
(a) Delhi
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Chennai
(d) Ahmedabad
38. Central Government decided to increase the reservation for women in municipalities from 33% to_____ .
(a) 50%
(b) 45%
(c) 35%
(d) 40%
39. Who is considered the father of politics?
(a) Plato
(b) Socrates
(c) Aristotle
(d) Herodotes
40. What does ‘adjudication’ mean?
(a) A decision by an Umpire
(b) Mediation
(c) Decision given by a court
(d) None of the above
41. The title of ‘Mahatma’ was conferred on Gandhi by
(a) Einstein.
(b) Tagore.
(c) Bankimchandra.
(d) Vivekananda.
42. Playing time of the tull version of Indian National Anthem is
(a) 52 seconds.
(b) 54 seconds.
(c) 57 seconds.
(d) 55 seconds.
43. Globalization stands for
(a) removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers to internal trade.
(b) integration of national economics into global economy.
(c) structural adjustment programmes.
(d) removal of Government over economy.
44. Judge : Courtroom as
(a) Teacher : Class
(b) Principal: School
(c) Speaker: Parliament
(d) Umpire : Cricket
45. Identify the correct spelling
(a) Profesion
(b) Profession
(c) Proffession
(d) None of the above
46. Legitimate means
(a) Valid
(b) Correct
(c) Rightful
(d) Possessive
47. Subjudice means
(a) Under consideration of court of law
(b) Beyond the jurisdiction of court
(c) Dual view
(d) Same court
48. Make hay_____ the Sun shines.
(a) when
(b) where
(c) while
(d) whence
49. The court is not concerned______ political status of the accused.
(a) about
(b) from
(c) in
(d) for
50. The President of India is invested______ executive powers.
(a) with
(b) of
(c) from
(d) in