MCQ 03 October 2025

Daily MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (03 October 2025)



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Question 1: The 'Basic Structure' doctrine, which limits the Parliament's constituent power to amend the Constitution, was definitively pronounced by the Supreme Court of India in which of the following landmark cases?
  • (A) A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras (1950)
  • (B) Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India (1978)
  • (C) Kesavananda Bharati Sripadagalvaru v. State of Kerala (1973)
  • (D) Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India (1980)
Answer C is correct. Explanation This 13-Judge Bench judgment established the 'Basic Structure Doctrine', which holds that the Parliament's power to amend the Constitution under Article 368 is not absolute and cannot be used to alter the fundamental features of the Constitution (like democracy, secularism, judicial review, etc.). The court ruled that the Constitution has certain features that are so fundamental that they cannot be taken away even by a constitutional amendment.
Question 2: What is the correct legal status of a contract entered into by a minor (a person who has not attained the age of majority) under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, as definitively settled by the Privy Council in the landmark case of Mohori Bibee v. Dharmodas Ghose?
  • (A) Voidable at the option of the minor, but enforceable by the minor against the other party.
  • (B) Valid, provided it is a contract for necessities suitable to the minor's condition in life.
  • (C) Valid until repudiated by the minor upon attaining majority.
  • (D) Void ab initio (void from the very beginning).
Answer D is correct. Explanation Void ab initio (void from the very beginning). Section 10 of the Indian Contract Act requires all parties to be competent to contract. Section 11 expressly states that a person is competent if, among other things, they are of the age of majority.
Question 3: Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, what is the specific nature of the interest acquired by a daughter in the coparcenary property of a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) after the 2005 Amendment to Section 6?
  • (A) She acquires an interest only upon the death of the coparcener father, like an heir in Class I.
  • (B) She acquires an equal interest as a coparcener, but only in the father's separate self-acquired property.
  • (C) Her interest is limited to a right of maintenance and residence in the family dwelling house.
  • (D) She acquires an interest by birth in the coparcenary property, placing her on par with a son.
Answer D is correct. Explanation The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, substituted the original Section 6. The amended Section 6 now explicitly declares that a daughter of a coparcener shall by birth become a coparcener in her own right in the same manner as a son. This amendment confers upon the daughter the same rights, liabilities, and disabilities in respect of the coparcenary property as if she had been a son, establishing gender equality in the Mitakshara coparcenary.
Question 4: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for the first time criminalizes the act of engaging in sexual intercourse by a man with a woman under a false promise of marriage, where he had no intention of fulfilling that promise. Under which specific section is this offense defined and penalized?
  • (A) Section 63 (Relating to Rape of a Minor Wife)
  • (B) Section 68 (Relating to Sexual Harassment)
  • (C) Section 69 (Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc.)
  • (D) Section 70 (Relating to Gang Rape)
Answer C is correct. Explanation Section 69 of BNS is a newly introduced provision to address the growing issue of 'sex by deceit' or 'sexual intercourse under false promise of marriage' where the consent is vitiated by deception. The section makes a man liable if he engages in sexual intercourse with a woman by deceitful means or by making a promise to marry without any intention of fulfilling the same.
Question 5: According to John Austin's Command Theory of Law, which forms the basis of the Analytical School, a 'Law properly so called' is characterized by three essential elements. Which of the following correctly identifies all three elements?
  • (A) Command, Sovereign, and Recognition by the community.
  • (B) Command, Sovereign, and Sanction.
  • (C) Rule, Sovereign, and Habit of obedience.
  • (D) Command, Habit of obedience, and Sanction.
Answer B is correct. Explanation John Austin, often considered the founder of the English Analytical School of Jurisprudence (Positivism), defined law as a command issued by a political sovereign and backed by a sanction (punishment) in case of non-compliance.

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