MCQ 16 May 2024

Daily MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (16 May 2024)



Question/ Answer
Question1:- 'X' a Hindu aged 28 years marries 'Y' aged 25 years according to Hindu rites. It turns out that at the time of marriage 'Y' was pregnant by someone other than 'X'. The marriage between 'X' and 'Y' is:
  • (a) Illegal
  • (b) Void
  • (c) Voidable
  • (d) Not a marriage at all under Hindu Marriage, Act
Answer is C is correct. Section 12(d) of Hindu Marriage Act makes the marriage voidable at the option of another party where the wife was pregnant prior marriage with any person other than the husband. The petition can be filed to annul the marriage where the court is satisfied that the petitioner was ignorant of this fact at the time of marriage, furthermore petition to be filed within one year from the date of marriage and no marital intercourse took pace with the consent of the petitioner after the discovery of this fact. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.
Question2:- In which of the following reports, the Law Commission recommended the Breakdown Principle to be accepted as the additional ground for divorce:
  • (a) In 70 th Report
  • (b) In 71 st Report
  • (c) In 73 rd Report
  • (d) In 72 nd Report
Answer is B is correct. The 71st Report of the Law Commission of India which was submitted to the Government on 7th April, 1978 briefly dealt with the concept of irretrievable breakdown of marriage. The report deals with a situation where marriage ceases to exist in reality then there is no point in continuing the same. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question3:- Surender’s dog is lost. He advertises in a newspaper — “Anyone who finds the dog will get a reward of Rs. 20,000.” This advertisement is?
  • (a) A proposal
  • (b) An invitation to proposal
  • (c) An acceptance
  • (d) A void contract
Answer is A is correct. It is a proposal as per section 2(a) of the Act which states when one person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything, with a view to obtaining the assent of that other he is said to make a proposal. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.
Question4:- A notice in the newspapers inviting tenders is?
  • (a) A proposal
  • (b) A promise
  • (c) An invitation to proposal
  • (d) An invitation for negotiation
Answer is C is correct. It is an invitation to proposal on which offer or proposal is to be made by the tender. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.
Question5:- A Government Company is one in which not less than ____ of the paid up share capital is held by the Govt.
  • (a) 51 percent
  • (b) 50 percent
  • (c) 90 percent
  • (d) 99 percent
Answer is A is correct. At least 51% of the paid-up share capital must be owned by the government in order to make the company as a government company as per Section 2(45) of the Companies Act 2013. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.
Question6:- Which of the statements is not in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996?
  • (a) An arbitral award shall be made in writing and shall be signed by the members of the arbitral tribunal
  • (b) In the absence of an agreement between the parties, the arbitral award shall state the reasons upon which it is based
  • (c) After the arbitral award is made, a signed copy shall be delivered to each party
  • (d) The arbitral tribunal shall not, during the arbitral proceedings, make an interim award.
Answer is D is correct. Section 31(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act specifically states that “the arbitral tribunal may, at any time during the arbitral proceedings, make an interim arbitral award on any matter with respect to which it may make a final arbitral award.” Hence option (d) is a wrong statement. Whereas option (a) is mentioned under Section 31(1) of the Act, option (b) under Section 31(3) and option (c) under Section 31(5) of the Act. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question7:- Supreme Court in a recent judgement stated that a mere contradiction between testimony and statement given to the police cannot discredit him.
  • (a) G.V. Raman and Ors. vs. Emperor
  • (b) Birbal Nath vs. State of Rajasthan
  • (c) Sitaram Sao vs. State of Jharkhand
  • (d) Ajodhya Prasad Bhargava vs. Bhawani Shanker Bhargava and Anr.
Answer is B is correct. Supreme Court on 1 st November 2023 in Birbal Nath vs. State of Rajasthan observed that statements recorded during investigation under Section 161 CrPC are previous statement recorded under Section 145 of Evidence Act; the same can be used only for the purpose of contradiction and not for corroboration. If there is any minor contradiction between these statements the same cannot discredit the witness as a whole. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.