THE JUDICIARY MCQS SET 21

THE JUDICIARY MCQS SET 21

201) In which case did the Supreme Court strike down certain provisions of the 42nd Amendment and restored primacy of fundamental rights over the Directive Principles?
A) Kesavananda Bharati Case
B) Minerva Mills Case
C) AK Gopalan Case
D) Golaknath Case
Answer: Minerva Mills Case
   
202) If the Parliament passes a law which is against the Constitution, it can be declared as unconstitutional by the:
A) Supreme Court
B) President
C) Chief Justice of India
D) A bench of High Court Judges
Answer: Supreme Court
   
203) The power to declare an Act passed by a State Legislature as unconstitutional lies with the
A) President
B) State High Court
C) State Governor
D) Supreme Court and State High Court
Answer: Supreme Court and State High Court
   
204) All proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court will be in
A) Hindi
B) English
C) Hindi and English
D) Hindi or English
Answer: English
   
205) A civil case becomes a fit case for appeal to the Supreme Court if:
A) it involves a sum of money over Rs. 50,000
B) it involves a point of Constitutional law
C) the High Court certifies that it involves a point of law and needs interpretation of the Constitution
D) the case had come to the High Court under an appeal from a subordinate court
Answer: the High Court certifies that it involves a point of law and needs interpretation of the Constitution

206) Scope for 'judicial review' is very limited under the unitary system because
A) there is no judiciary under this system
B) the powers are well defined leaving no scope for dispute
C) judicial review makes judiciary autocratic
D) all powers are concentrated in the Central Government
Answer: all powers are concentrated in the Central Government
   
207) The minimum number of judges to sit on the Constitutional Bench or on Bench which
gives its advisory opinion on the reference by the President must be :
A) one half of the total strength of the Supreme Court
B) seven
C) three
D) one-third of the total strength of the court
Answer: one half of the total strength of the Supreme Court
   
208) The Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed:
A) by the President
B) by the President in consultation with the Chief Justice of India
C) by the President in consultation with the Chief Justice of India and with the Judges of the Supreme Court and High Court as he may deem necessary for the purpose
D) by the President in consultation with Prime Minister
Answer: by the President in consultation with the Chief Justice of India and with the Judges of the Supreme Court and High Court as he may deem necessary for the purpose
   
209) A hopeless tribal woman of Koraput District in Odisha sends a telegram to the Supreme Court that the police have confined her to unlawful custody. Which of the following writs shall be issuable by the Supreme Court to provide a suitable remedy to her?
A) Quo Warranto
B) Certiorari
C) Mandamus
D) Habeas Corpus
Answer: Habeas Corpus
   
210) The rules for regulating the practice and procedure of Supreme Court under Article 145 of the Constitution are made by the:
A) President of India
B) Supreme Court with the approval of the President of India
C) Supreme Court alone
D) Supreme Court in consultation with the Bar Council of India
Answer: Supreme Court with the approval of the President of India