Check Your Legal GK for CLAT

Set 1

1. The correct statement concerning coparcenary right of women is

• Daughters and Daughters in law are both coparceners.
• Daughter has the same right as that of a son.
• Married daughters don’t have a coparcenary right in the family that they are born in.
• Both (c) and (b)

1. Which landmark judgement pronounced by Supreme Court of India declared the transgender as the third gender?

• Navtej Singh Johar v Union of India
• Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation
• National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India
• None of the above

1. _____________ decriminalised all consensual sex among adults, including homosexual sex.

• Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India
• Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation
• NALSA v. Union of India
• None of the above

1. The maxim ‘ignorantia juris non excusat’ means:

• You cannot ignore what the Judge tells you
• Ignoring the judge is not an excuse
• Ignorance of fast is an excuse
• Ignorance of law cannot be an excuse

1. The principle of Vicarious Liability applies to

• Employer and employee
• Child and father
• Husband and wife
• All the family members

1. Criminal law in India is not concerned with

• Law of tort
• Indian Penal Code
• The Prohibition on Child Marriage Act 2006
• Criminal Procedure Code

1. ‘Actus Non Facit Reum, Nisi Mens Sit Rea’ refers to:

• No action for injury that has been consented for.
• The act does not make a person guilty unless there is a guilty intent.
• The burden of proving the guilt is on the one who is sitting as the prosecutor
• None of the above

1. Parliament of India consists of

• Lok Sabha
• Rajya Sabha
• President
• All of the above

1. What is the meaning of writ of Mandamus?

• By what authority or warrant.
• To be certified’ or ‘To be informed
• Order of court to Public official
• To have the body of.

1. Who was the first Law and Justice Minister of independent India?

• Ram Jethmalani
• B R Ambedkar
• Kailash Nath Katju
• Shanti Bhushan Set 2

1. Who headed the Law Commission that drafted the Indian Penal Code?

• Lord Mountbatten
• Lord Macaulay
• None of these
• Both (b and (a)

1. The word ‘Secular’ was added to the preamble of the Constitution of India by

• 41st Amendment
• 42nd Amendment
• 76th Amendment
• 44th Amendment

1. Who is the highest law officer in India?

• Solicitor General
• Advocate General
• Attorney General
• Law Minister

1. Supreme Court of India does not exercise the

• Original Jurisdiction
• Appellate Jurisdiction
• Advisory Jurisdiction
• None of these

1. Which article of the Indian Constitution guarantees the right to freedom of religion in India?

• 25
• 19
• 21
• 23

1. In the Constitution of India, Article 22 deals with

• Protection against arrest and detention
• Livelihood Rights
• Freedom of Press
• Right to constitutional remedies

1. Right to free legal aid was recognised as the fundamental right in the case of

• Sheela Barse v. Union of India
• Visakha v. State of Rajasthan
• Minerva Mills v Union of India
• K Kraipak v. Union of India

1. Which article of the Constitution of India is often termed as the Soul of the Constitution?

• 21
• 32
• 1
• 136

1. Which schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the Union List, State List and Concurrent List?

• 10th Schedule
• 4th Schedule
• 7th schedule
• 9th schedule

1. The doctrine of Basic Structure was laid down in which case?

• Keshavnanda Bharti v State of Kerala
• ADM Jabalpur v Union of India
• M C Mehta v Union of India
• Minerva Mills v. Union of Indias

ANSWERS

1. (b)
2. (c)
3. (a)
4. (d)
5. (a)
6. (a)
7. (b)