MCQ 20 March 2024

Daily MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (20 March 2024)



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Question1:- Which of the following statements is incorrect?
  • (a) Parliament can enact legislation under Article 252 of the Constitution of India
  • (b) State legislatures cannot enact a legislation to punish a person for an offence under Article 17 of the Constitution of India
  • (c) Parliament can enact legislation on ‘electricity’
  • (d) State legislatures can enact legislation on ‘weights and measures’
Answer is D is correct. All the above options are correct except option (d) as state has no authority to enact legislation on ‘weights and measures’. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question2:- Which one of the following statements is correct?
  • (a) No citizen of India shall accept a title from any foreign State and no title may be conferred by the State
  • (b) India may confer a title on a non-citizen
  • (c) A citizen may accept the title of Sir or Lord conferred by the Queen
  • (d) A foreigner in the service of India may accept a title from a foreign State
Answer is A is correct. As per Article 18 of the Constitution of India no citizen of India shall accept a title from any foreign State and no title may be conferred by the State. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.
Question3:- Right under Article 19 are:
  • (a) Available to all person in India
  • (b) Available only to citizens of India
  • (c) Are available to persons of foreign origin
  • (d) Both (b) and (c) above
Answer is B is correct. Rights under Article 19 are available only to citizens and not to non-citizens as the Article starts with ‘all citizens have the right’. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question4:- Which of the following cases relates to anti-strike verdict?
  • (a) T.K Rangarajan v. Government of Tamil Nadu, AIR 2003 SC 3032
  • (b) People’s Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, (2003) 4 SCC 399
  • (c) L. Chandra Kumar v. Union of India, AIR 1997 SC 1125
  • (d) Communist Party of India v. Bharat Kumar, (1998) 1 SCO 201
Answer is A is correct. T.K Rangarajan v. Government of Tamil Nadu relates to anti-strike verdict whereby the Supreme Court held that an employee has no right to strike. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.
Question5:- “Autre Fois Acquit” principle is related to
  • (a) Retrospective-operators
  • (b) Double Jeopardy
  • (c) Ex Post Facto Law
  • (d) Self-incrimination
Answer is B is correct. Autre Fois Acquit is a plea by the defendant that he has been already acquitted in the previous case with the same issue furthermore; double jeopardy means that a person cannot be tried for the same offence twice. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question6:- Sentence hearing after conviction of an accused is
  • (a) discretion of the Court
  • (b) allowed on request of accused
  • (c) allowed with consent of public prosecution
  • (d) constitutional mandate under Article 21
Answer is D is correct. Article 21 of the Constitution of India deals with right to life and liberty which includes sentence hearing after conviction. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question7:- In which year and by what amendment Article 21A was inserted?
  • (a) 86th Amendment 2002
  • (b) 89th Amendment 2002
  • (c) 91st Amendment 2002
  • (d) 93rd Amendment 2002
Answer is A is correct. Article 21A of the Constitution deals with right to education which was added by 86 th Amendment Act 2002. The Right to Education Act was enacted in the year 2010. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.

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