MCQ 24 April 2024

Daily MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (24 April 2024)



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Question1:- The President can declare financial emergency
  • (a) On the recommendation of the Comptroller and Auditor General
  • (b) If there is a threat to the financial stability or credit of India
  • (c) If the majority of the state legislatures so recommend
  • (d) To meet the extraordinary expenses of conducting a war
Answer is B is correct. As per Article 360 of the Constitution of India 1950 if President is satisfied that the stability and credit of India or any of its part is in danger. Though, this emergency cannot be declared for longer than two months unless it is approved by both the Houses. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question2:- Full faith and credit clause does not apply to
  • (a) Public records
  • (b) Judicial proceedings
  • (c) Arts of corporation
  • (d) Public Art
Answer is C is correct. According to Article 261 of the Constitution of India 1950 full faith and credit shall be given throughout territory of India to public acts, records and judicial proceedings of the Union and of every state. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.
Question3:- If an intestate has left no heir qualified to succeed to his/her property, such property shall devolve on the government subject to all the obligations and liabilities attached to it is dealt with which doctrine
  • (a) Doctrine of Fatum Valet
  • (b) Doctrine of Escheat
  • (c) Doctrine of Patria Potestas
  • (d) Doctrine of Relating back
Answer is B is correct. Doctrine of Escheat deals with this principle. Though this principle does not apply when the person died had made a will regarding his property. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question4:- ‘A’ authorizes ‘B’ to sell land belonging to ‘A’, and to pay out of the proceeds of the sale the debts due to him from ‘A’. In the absence of any express contract
  • (a) ‘A’ may revoke this authority
  • (b) The insanity of ‘A’ may lead to termination of the authority
  • (c) The authority may terminate by the death of ‘A’
  • (d) ‘A’ cannot revoke this authority, nor can the authority be terminated by A’s death or insanity
Answer is D is correct. As per Section 202 of the Indian Contract Act, when the agent has himself an interest in the property which forms the subject matter of the agency, the agency cannot be terminated except where there is an express agreement to it. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question5:- The qualification for the Chairman and the members of the Finance Commission are specified in
  • (a) Finance Commission Act of 1950
  • (b) Finance Commission Act of 1951
  • (c) Finance Commission Act of 1952
  • (d) Finance Commission Act of 1953
Answer is B is correct. Finance commission is recognized as a Constitutional body under Article 281 of the Constitution of India 1950. The Finance Commission Act of 1951 lays down the qualification, term of office, conditions of service, salaries, procedure and powers of the chairman and members of the commission. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question6:- “Khap panchayat’s interference in marriage of consenting adults is illegal” was held in
  • (a) Lata Singh vs. State of UP
  • (b) Shakti Vahini vs Union of India
  • (c) Shafin Jahan vs Ashok K. M.
  • (d) Sabah Adnan Sami vs Adnan Sami
Answer is B is correct. Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justices A.M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud ruled this in the case of Shakti Vahini vs. Union of India 2018. This case deals with honor killing, wherein Supreme Court directed the state government and police department to make a complex mechanism in order to curb honor killings. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question7:- Post master murder case before the Privy Council was delivered by
  • (a) Sir Madhvan Nair
  • (b) Lord Coleridge
  • (c) Lord sumner
  • (d) Lord Haldane
Answer is C is correct. Barendra Kumar Ghosh vs. King Emperor, 1925 famously known as ‘Post Master Case’ deals with common intention which is provided under Section 34 of Indian Penal Code was delivered by Lord Sumner. Wherein he said “they also serve who stand and wait” Therefore option (c) is the correct answer

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