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30 Law MCQs with answers
1. ………. is a branch of law that consists of rules which regulate relations between States or Nations?
Public Law
Municipal Law
International Law
Constitutional Law
2. …………. are the officers of the court.
Advocates
Judges
Both of them
None of them
3. A judgement may contain observation not precisely relevant to the issue before the court is known as ……………….
Ratio decidendi
Stare decisis
Obitor dicta
Judicial Precedent
4. Indian Penal Code, 1860 contains ………… Sections on various offences and corresponding punishments for those offences.
509
510
511
512
5. Municipal Law is also known as ………..
Private International Law
Public International Law
Customary Law
National Law
6. Which of the laws deals with offenses and punishment?
Criminal Law
Constitutional Law
Civil Law
Administrative Law
7. Which of the following are the sources of Law?
Custom
Judicial Precedent
Legislation
All of the above
8. Which of the following is not an essential of a custom?
Antiquity
Continuance
Certainty
Inconsistency
9. Which of the following law is also known as Fundamental law of the land?
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
Civil Law
Consumer law
10 Who defines “Law is the reflection of public opinion”?
Salmond
A.V Dicey
Aristotle
Kelsen
11. “Nanavati Commission” was established to inquire about ……………
Sikh Riots 1984
Godhra Riots 2002
Bhagalpur Violence 1987
None of the above
12. United Nations was established in the year ……………….
1942
1943
1945
1949
13. Afghanistan become a member of the SAARC Organization in the year ……….
2004
2005
2006
2007
14. European Union was established on the basis of which Treaty ……………
Maastricht Treaty 1993
Lisbon Treaty 2009
Both of above
None of the above
15. The judgment delivered by higher courts is binding on lower courts. Technically it’s known as …………
Judgment
Order
Command
Judicial Precedent
16. “Continental Legal System” was originated in ………….
Europe
Pakistan
India
USA
17. Which of the following is the most powerful organ of the United Nation?
Security Council
General Assembly
International Court of Justice
Trusteeship Council
18. Which of the following legal system is practiced in India?
Continental legal system
Socialist legal system
Common-Law system
All of the above
19. Law of contract is ………….
Public Law
Private Law
Both of the above
None of the above
20. Agreement between the countries which are regulated by international Law is technically termed as ……………….
Treaties
Law
Memorandum of Understanding
None of the above
21. Child marriage is a form of marriage where bride and bridegroom have not attained the age of ?
16 years and 18 years
17 years and 20 years
18 years and 21 years
19 years and 21 years
22. In Muslim law marriage is ……………
Sacrosanct
Civil Contract
Legal Compulsion
None of the above
23. Doctrine of representation is recognized in ………………
Muslim Law
Hindu Law
Both of the above
None of the above
24. Personal Law is the law by which an individual is governed in respect of various matters such as.
Marriage and Divorce
Maintenance, Adoption, and Inheritance
Guardianship and Succession
All of the above
25. Spes Successions (mere chance of succession) is well recognized in the following:
Muslim Law
Hindu Law
Parsi Law
Christian Law
26. The age of puberty in Muslim law is?
14
15
16
17
27. The most Fundamental and Sacrosanct source of Muslim law?
Sunna or Hadis
Quran
Qiyas
Ijmaa
28. When a person dies without making a will is known as?
Intestate Succession
Testamentary Succession
Both of the above
None of the above
29. Which of the following are the modern sources of Hindu law?
Equity, Justice, and Good Conscience
Commentaries and Digest
Smritis
Customs
30. Which of the following is not a specific ground for divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act,1955?
Adultery
Cruelty
Leprosy
Illiteracy