1. The power of the President of India to issue an ordinance is a

(A) Legislative power
(B) Executive power
(C) Quasi-judicial power
(D) Judicial power



2. The jurisdiction of Supreme Court of India may be enlarged by

(A) The President of India
(B) The Parliament by resolution
(C) The Parliament by Law
(D) The President in consultation with the Chief Justice of India



3. At the first instance, the President can issue a proclamation of financial emergency for a period of

(A) Fifteen days
(B) Two months
(C) One month
(D) Six months



4. Legal Theory is based on

(A) a systematic study of positive laws
(B) purely logical and empirical study
(C) concepts like morality, justice and ethics
(D) total exclusion of customary practices, morality and social vagaries



5. Who separated jurisprudence from religion?

(A) Kant
(B) Hugo Grotius
(C) Salmond
(D) Jethro Brown



6. Under how many categories the five theories of punishment can be divided?

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 3



7. In which of the following case the Supreme Court held that even the wife of a void marriage is entitled to maintenance?

(A) Amarjeet Kaur Vs. Harbhajan Singh (2003) 10 SCC 228.
(B) Chand Dhawan Vs. Jawaharlal Dhawan (1993) 3 SCC 406.
(C) Nirmala Devi Vs. Ram Dass (2001) 2 SCC. 4
(D) Ramesh Chandra Vs. Veena Kausal AIR 1978 SC 1807



8. In which of the following case, the court held that “Dower is a sale price of woman”?

(A) Maina Bibi case
(B) Humara Bibi case
(C) Subrunnisan case
(D) Abdul Kadir case



9. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Find correct answer using codes given below:

Assertion (A): “Option of Puberty” is an easy process to repudiate the marriage under Hindu Law.

Reason (R): “Option of Puberty” is not an easy process to repudiate the marriage under Muslim Law.

Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect.
(B) (A) and (R) both are correct.
(C) (R) is correct, but (A) is incorrect.
(D) (A) and (R) both are incorrect.



10. ‘Tuhr’ means

(A) Period of menstruation
(B) Period of iddat
(C) Period between menstruation
(D) None of the above



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