MCQ 07 March 2024

Daily MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (07 March 2024)



Question/ Answer
Question1:- Which of the following is not correct about the 93rd Constitutional amendment by which Article 15(5) was inserted in the Constitution?
  • (a) State may make special provision for socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes
  • (b) This provisions relate to their admission in educational institutions
  • (c) This provision applies to all educational institutions, aided or unaided
  • (d) This provision applies to all educational institutions including minority institutions
Answer is D is correct. By 93 rd Constitutional Amendment clause (5) to Article 15 was added and all the options were added to the clause other than application to minority institute. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question2:- The right to ‘equality before the law’ contained in Article 14 of the Constitution of India is available to:
  • (a) Natural persons only
  • (b) Legal persons only
  • (c) Citizens of India
  • (d) All persons whether natural or legal
Answer is D is correct. Article 14 applies to all persons whether legal or natural. Hence it applies to companies as well. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question3:- The fundamental right available only to a citizen of India is the right under Article
  • (a) 14
  • (b) 15
  • (c) 20
  • (d) 22
Answer is B is correct. Article 14, 20 and 22 applies to all person whereas word ‘citizen’ is used under Article 15 of the Constitution of India. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question4:- ‘The guiding principle of Article 14 is that all persons and things similarly circumstanced shall be treated alike both in respect of privileges conferred and liabilities imposed’, was held in
  • (a) Satish Chandra v. Union of India, 1953
  • (b) S.S. Kumar v. State of Bihar, 1972
  • (c) Anwar Ali Sarkar v. State of U.P., 1975
  • (d) Rudal Sha v. State of Bihar, 1983
Answer is A is correct. In Satish Chandra v. Union of India it was held that ‘the guiding principle of Article 14 is that all persons and things similarly circumstanced shall be treated alike both in respect of privileges conferred and liabilities imposed’. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.
Question5:- Equality before law under Article 14 of the Constitution is with reference to
  • (a) Laws enacted by legislature
  • (b) Orders passed by the executive
  • (c) Notifications issued by the Government only
  • (d) Laws enacted by legislature, executive order etc.
Answer is D is correct. Equality before law applies to legislative acts or laws and even to executive orders there is no bar in this regard. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question6:- Discrimination by law in the marriageable age of a boy 21 years and a girl 18 years
  • (a) Offends Article 14 of the Constitution
  • (b) Does not offend Article 14 of the Constitution
  • (c) Is against Rule of Law
  • (d) Violates Human Rights
Answer is B is correct. Discrimination in marriageable age of male and female is in no way discrimination of equality under Article 14 as that is decided upon other factors surrounding marriage. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question7:- Article 14 of Indian Constitution does not prohibit
  • (a) Class legislation
  • (b) Special treatment to an individual
  • (c) Treatment unequal at an equal footing
  • (d) Reasonable classification
Answer is D is correct. Article 14 does not prohibit reasonable classification and the same was held for the first time in the case of State of West Bengal v. Anwar Ali Sarkar. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.