Under which article of the Constitution a distinguished jurist can be appointed a Judge of Supreme Court?
A. Art. 124(3)
B. Art. 127
C. Art. 128
D. Art. 130
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The unlawful detention of a person is questioned by the writ of
A. Habeas Corpus
B. Certiorari
C. Quo Warranto
D. Mandamus
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Rajya Sabha (Council of States) cannot take initiative in
A. Money bill
B. Creating All India Services
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
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In which one of the following cases, the Supreme Court decided that, a constitutional amendment which 'takes away or abridges' a Fundamental Right would be void, and therefore, forced the Parliament to enact the Twenty-fourth Amendment Act?
A. Sajjan Singh v. State of Rajasthan
B. Shankari Prasad Singh Deo v. Union of India
C. Golak Nath v. State of Punjab
D. Kesavananda Bharti v. State of Kerala
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Who presides over the joint session of the Parliament?
A. Speaker
B. Deputy Chairman
C. President
D. Vice President
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Give response to
A. No court has power to compel the Governor to exercise or not to exercise any power or to perform or not to perform any duty
B. The Governor cannot be prosecuted in a civil and criminal court for any act of omission or commission during the period he holds office
C. Both above statements are correct
D. Statement A is correct while B is not
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In which Article of the Constitution the "Contingency Fund" of India is defined?
A. Article 266
B. Article 267
C. Article 268
D. Article 269
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Which one of the following is not an essential of parliamentary form of government?
A. The presence of a nominal executive head of the state who acts exclusively on the advice of cabinet
B. The cabinet, which is the real executive, consists of leaders of a party, who have the support of the majority in the legislature
C. The responsibility of the cabinet is collective
D. The President appoints ministers and assigns to them their offices
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During the recess of the Parliament, the President can promulgate ordinances
A. With the prior approval of Parliament
B. With the consent of the Council of Ministers
C. With the prior approval of Supreme Court of India
D. On his own
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Which of the following is not a Federal feature of any Constitution
A. Written Constitution
B. Double set of Government
C. Rigid Constitutional
D. Single Citizenship
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Article 74(1)of the Constitution provides that:
A. There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head, to aid and advise the President in exercise of his function
B. There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head, to aid and advise the President, who shall in exercise of his function, act in accordance with such advice
C. There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head, to aid and advise the President, who shall in exercise of his function act in accordance with such advice provided that the President may require the Council of Ministers to reconsider such advice, either generally or otherwise and the President shall act in accordance with the advice tendered after such reconsideration
D. There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head, to aid and advise the President, who shall in exercise of his function, act in accordance with such advice of otherwise on his own
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Section 497 IPC, which punishes only a male participant in the offence of adultery is intra vires, in view of which provision of the Constitution of India
A. Article 14
B. Article 15(3)
C. Article 16(4)
D. Article 21
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Which article of the constitution abolish titles?
A. Article-14
B. Article-16
C. Article-17
D. Article-18
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The doctrine against self-incrimination under Article 20(3) runs to state that "no person accused of an offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself." With respect to the above, response the following:
A. Protection is available to the accused
B. Protection is against the statement made under compulsion
C. The statements which may not result in self-incriminating evidence
D. Protection is not available during police custody
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The procedure for amending the Constitution is in
A. Article 368
B. Article 360
C. Article 367
D. Article 371
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Constitution of India: Which of the following writs can be issued against private individual as well as public authority?
1. Habeas corpus
2. Mandamus
3. Prohibition
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A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 2 and 3 only
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The provisions of the Constitution can be amended by-
A. Simple majority
B. Special majority
C. Special majority and ratification by resolution passed by not less than one-half of the State Legislatures
D. All of the above
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A statutory body arbitrarily terminated the services of an employee without hearing and notice. What is the best remedy for the employee?
A. He has the remedy of making a representation to the statutory body
B. He can file a civil suit for declaration
C. He can file a writ petition before the Supreme Court of India
D. He can approach administrative Tribunal for relief
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Match
List I with
List II and select the correct answer:
List I
List II
a. Golak Nath v. State of Punjab
1. Minority Educational Institutions
b. Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation
2. Prospective overruling
c. T. M. A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka
3. Doctrine of eclipse
d. Keshavan Madhava Menon v. State of Bombay
4. Right to Livelihood
A. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
B. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
C. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
D. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
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Choose the correct chronological order (Latest first) of following cases.
1. Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
2. A. D. M. Jabalpur v. S. Shukla
3. Indira Gandhi v. Raj Narain
4. Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala
A. 4, 2, 3, 1
B. 4, 1, 2, 3
C. 3, 2, 4, 1
D. 4, 3, 2, 1
E. None of these
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