INDIAN POLITY MCQS SET 98

INDIAN POLITY MCQS SET 98

971) A law made by the State Legislature having extra territorial operation shall
A) be deemed invalid
B) not be deemed invalid
C) be deemed ultravires
D) be deemed unconstitutional
Answer:  be deemed ultravires
   
972) Which one of the following statements is not correct?
A) Parliament has exclusive power to make Law on any matter in the Union List
B) Parliament and State Legislature both have power to make Law on any matter in the Concurrent List
C) In certain exceptional circumstances, the Legislatures can make Law on a subject given in the Union List
D) The Union Parliament can make Laws on State subjects in certain circumstances
Answer:  In certain exceptional circumstances, the Legislatures can make Law on a subject given in the Union List
   
973) “What cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly"? This statement epitomises the doctrine of
A) Pith and Substance
B) Implied Powers
C) Ancillary Powers
D) Colourable Legislation
Answer:  Colourable Legislation
   
974) Which of the following are correctly matched?
1. Territorial Nexus : Object should have territorial connection with the State
2. Pith and Substance : The validity of Substance legislation is determined by the degree of invasion into the field
3. Colourable Legislation : Restriction on legislative power
4. Repugnancy : Conflicting result are not produced when both the Laws are applied to same facts
Codes
A) 1, 2 and 4
B) 2, 3 and 4
C) 1, 3 and 4
D) All of the above
Answer:  1, 2 and 4
   
975) Which of the following is/are example(s) of ancillary legislation?
A) Power to legislate with respect to collection of rent includes power to legislate with respect to remission of rent
B) Power to tax agriculture activity includes competence to enact a Law relating to tax on agricultural income
C) Power to levy tax includes power to enact provisions to check evasion of tax
D) All of the above
Answer:  Power to tax agriculture activity includes competence to enact a Law relating to tax on agricultural income

976) Rule of pith and substance
A) justifies strict verbal interpretation of the statute
B) does not justify strict verbal interpretation of the statute
C) ignores incidental/accidental encroachments
D) Both (b) and (c)
Answer:  justifies strict verbal interpretation of the statute
   
977) To satisfy Article-254, the existing Law must be with respect to one of the matters enumerated in
A) List I
B) List II
C) List III
D) All of these
Answer:  List II
   
978) Which of the following statements is not true?
A) No Law made by a state legislature shall be treated as unconstitutional if it incidentally touches upon the jurisdiction under List | or List II
B) The legislature of a State cannot make a Law to regulate water
C) The Law made by Parliament under Article 357 for a State continues its application after the expiry of President's Rule
D) Parliament has full power to make Law on a residuary matter
Answer:  The Law made by Parliament under Article 357 for a State continues its application after the expiry of President's Rule
   
979) Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer from the codes given below.
1. Parliament may, with the consent of the Governor of a State, entrust to the State Government some of the functions of the Union.
2. Governor of a State may, with the consent of the President, can entrust some of the functions of the State Government.
Codes
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer:  Only 1
   
980) Parliament has made a Law that Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction over the Cauvery river dispute. The Law is
A) valid
B) invalid
C) invalid as Parliament does not have power to make such Law
D) invalid as only President of India may pass such an Order
Answer:  invalid