THE JUDICIARY MCQS SET 23

THE JUDICIARY MCQS SET 23

221) To whom does a Judge of the Supreme Court address his resignation if he wants to leave office before his term is complete?
A) Chief Justice of India
B) Prime Minister
C) President
D) Union Law Minister
Answer: President
   
222) The power of judicial review ensures:
A) The supremacy of the Supreme Court
B) That Supreme Court can review its own judgements
C) The constitutionality of laws
D) Justice by the subordinate courts
Answer: The constitutionality of laws
   
223) The right to seek advisory opinion of the Supreme Court on any question of law or fact belongs to :
A) the President
B) High Courts
C) the Governor
D) All of these
Answer: the President
   
224) Match the following:
Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court       Cases Covered
A. Original Jurisdiction       1. Advice on any question of law as may be referred to the Supreme Court for consideration by the President
B. Appellate Jurisdiction       2. Case involving interpretation of the Constitution
C. Advisory Jurisdiction       3. Appointment of officers and servants of the Supreme Court
      4. Dispute between the Government of India and a State
The below codes are given as A B C order
A) 1 2 3
B) 4 3 2
C) 4 2 1
D) 2 1 3
Answer: 4 2 1
   
225) The concept of Public Interest Litigation originated in:
A) the United Kingdom
B) Australia
C) the United States
D) Canada
Answer: the United States

226) The Constitution allows preventive detention but stipulates:
A) that no one should be detained beyond three months unless an Advisory Board authorizes detention beyond that period
B) that the grounds for detention should be conveyed to the detenu before arresting him
C) that the detenu must be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of 24 hours of his arrest
D) All of the above
Answer: that no one should be detained beyond three months unless an Advisory Board authorizes detention beyond that period
   
227) Who is appointed as an adhoc Judge of the Supreme Court?
A) A retired Judge of Supreme Court
B) A sitting Judge of a High Court duly qualified for appointment as a Supreme Court Judge
C) An acting Judge of the Supreme Court
D) A person fully qualified for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court
Answer: A sitting Judge of a High Court duly qualified for appointment as a Supreme Court Judge
   
228) Which of the following amendments curtailed the power of judicial review of the Supreme Court and the High Courts?
A) 24th
B) 26th
C) 42th
D) 44th
Answer: 42th
   
229) Under a single, integrated, hierarchical judicial system, the High Courts in the States are directly under the:
A) President
B) Governor of the State
C) Union Parliament
D) Supreme Court
Answer: Supreme Court
   
230) If a High Court in India does not give the certificate to a case that it involves a
substantial question of law, the Supreme Court:
A) can never hear the case
B) does not enter into the picture
C) may hear the case if it is satisfied that the case involves a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution
D) may hear the case if the President calls upon it to do so
Answer: may hear the case if it is satisfied that the case involves a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution