1. Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, to the exclusion of any other Court, does NOT include any dispute:
- between Government of India and one or more States.
- between Government of India and any State or States on the one hand and one or more other States on the other.
- in relation to election of President of India.
- between Government of India and civil servants as to constitutional validity of service rule.
2. In which one of the following cases, the Supreme Court upheld the Constitutional validity of National Awards like Bharat Ratna holding that these awards do not amount to ‘titles’ within the meaning of Article 18 of the Constitution of India?
- Balaji Raghavan v. Union of India
- Mohini Jain v. State of Karnataka
3. Which of the following Fundamental Rights can NOT be suspended when a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation?
- Article 19 and Article 21
- Article 32 and Article 226
- Article 20 and Article 21
4. "My powerful plea is that the personal laws may be reformed from within, without a quantum leap into a common code. Remarkable changes in Islamic laws are possible without violating the Quran but adopting progressive hermeneutics," said by
Ans: Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer
5. "There is no conflict between the provisions of Section 125 and those of the Muslim Personal Law on the question of the Muslim husband’s obligation to provide maintenance for a divorced wife who is unable to maintain herself," held by the Supreme Court in which case?
Ans: Mohammed Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum and Ors. (1985 SCR (3) 844)
6. In which one of the following cases, the Supreme Court, while recognizing the Muslim Women’s right to maintenance for the first time, observed, “A uniform civil code will help the cause of national integration by removing disparate loyalties to laws which have conflicting ideologies”?
- Shamim Ara v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Danial Latifi v. Union of India
- Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum
7. Doctrine of Eclipse, pertaining to Fundamental Rights, has originated from which one of the
following Articles of the Constitution of India?
- Article 32
- Article 21
- Article 19
- Article 13
8. Article 246A of the Constitution of India:
a. contains a non-obstante clause thereby overrides Article 254.
b. confers exclusive power on the Parliament with respect to taxes on goods and services in
the course of inter-state trade and commerce.
c. the legislature of a State has been given power to make laws with respect to goods and services tax imposed by the Union or by such State.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- a only
- a and b only
- a, b and c
9. The Doctrine of Double Jeopardy is enshrined under which one of the following Articles of the
Constitution of India?
- Article 21
- Article 20(2)
10. In which one of the following cases the Supreme Court of India held that the Right to Privacy is
a part of Right to Life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India?
- K S Puttaswamy case
- M P Sharma case
- Binoy Viswam case
- Kharak Singh case
