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Subject Compilation of Previous year questions [CQPs]
Course Jurisprudence -Course I
Category Short Notes [5/6/8 Marks]
Faculty Name
Years Covered January-2011 to April-2021
Compiled by Guru Ganesh , CA Balachandra & Team
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Units
Unit-I
Unit-II
Unit-III
Unit-IV
Unit-V
Subject Index
Unit-I
Meaning of Jurisprudence
Nature Law
Historical school of Jurisprudence
Austin School
Law as Command
Commands of Sovereign
Social Engineering
Sanction
Law as system of Rule
Legal Realism
International Law as Law
Authority of Law
Unit-II
Secondary Function of Court
Law and Justice
Administration of Justice
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Question of Law and Facts
Civil Wrong
Purpose of Law
Punishment
Justice
Law and fact
Unit-III
Custom
Precedent
Sub-ordinate Legislation
Delegated Legislation
Supreme Legislation
Ratio decidendi and Obiter Dicta
Comparative Law
Jude Made Law
Rule of Interpretation
Primary Legislation
Codification
Unit-IV
Right and Duty
Possessory Right
Possessory remedies
Legal Right
Possession
Ownership
Possession v Ownership
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Source of Obligation
Minor
Unborn Person
Dead Man
Personality
Person
Jus necessitates
Vestative facts
Incorporation
Unit-V
Vicarious Liability
Negligence
Obligation
Mens rea
Remedial Liability
Motive
Strict Liability
Damunum Sine injuria
Injuria sine damnm
Motive v Intention
act
Duty of Care
Causation
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Sl Questions Year
Unit-I
Meaning of Meaning of jurisprudence June-2011
Jurisprudence
Nature Law Nature Law
Natural law. Jan-2011
June-2013
Concept of natural law June-2012
Write Explanatory note on Natural law June-2016
Dec-
2019[onb]
Natural Law School June-2015
Historical school of
jurisprudence
Historical school of jurisprudence Jan-2011
June-2012
Dec-2012
Austin School Write Explanatory Notes on Austinian School Dec-2014
June-
2019[onb]
Law as Command Law as Command June-2018
Commands of Commands of the sovereign. June-2011
Sovereign
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Social Engineering Comment on “Social Engineering”. Jan-2012
Legal Rules Characteristics of Legal Rules
Sanction Discuss Sanction as one of the essential of Law Dec-2013
Gunman Law Gunman law June-2012
Value of Write a short note on value of Jurisprudence. June-2014
Jurisprudence
Volkgeist Volkgeist
Mar-
2021[100m]
What is Volkgeist ? Dec-2013
Comment on idea of "Volksgeist June-2014
Law as Rule Write Explanatory Notes- Law as a system of Rule June-2015
Dec-2017
Describe Law as system of Rule Dec-
2019[18-19]
[
Legal Realism Legal realism Dec-2015
Dec-
2018[onb]
Mar-
2021[80M]
International Law Write a note on International Law as Law Dec-
as Law 2018[18-19]
Write a note on Write a note on authority of law Mar-
authority of law 2021[80M]
Unit-II
Secondary Function Secondary functions of the Court Jan-2011
of Court
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June-2013
Dec-2013
June-2017
Dec-
2020[on]
Mar-
2021[80M]
Law and Justice Law and Justice Jan-2011
Administration of Write a note on necessity of administration of justic
Justice
Question of Law Question of Law June-2011
and Facts
Question of Facts Dec-2012
Write explanatory Notes on Question of Law and Dec-2014
Question of Fact
Civil Wrong Explain ‘Civil Wrong’ Jan-2012
Purpose of Law
Examine the Purpose of Law Jan-2012
State the functions and purpose of Law Dec-2012
June-2012
Punishment
Short Notes-Punishments. June-2011
Meaning of punishment. June-2012
Reformative theory June-2012
Dec-2016
Dec-
2019[18-19]
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Write Explanatory Notes- Theories of Punishment June-2015
Dec-2018
Write a note on Purpose of Punishment Dec-
2019[18-19]
What are the primary and sanctioning rights ? June-2014
Point out the necessity of Administration of Justice. June-2014
Write a note on "Authority of Law June-2014
Justice Justice
Justice. June-2013
Elaborate the kinds of Justice. Dec-2013
Law and fact Law and fact Dec-2016
June-
2018[onb]
June-
2018[onb]
June-
2019[onb]
Dec-
2019[onb]
Mar-
2021[100M]
Write Explanatory Note on Law and fact June-2017
Decc-2017
Unit-III
Custom Customs June-2011
Dec-2014
Write a note on general Custom Dec-
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2019[18-19]
Write Explanatory Note on requirement of Valid Dec-
Custom 2015June-
2019[onb]
Dec-
2020[on]
State the reasons for reception of customary law Mar-
2021[80M]
Precedent Precedent Dec-2015
Sub-ordinate Subordinate legislation. Jan-2011
Legislation
June-2017
Write Explanatory Note on Subordinate Legislation Dec-2015
State the form of Subordinate Legislation Mar-
2021[80M]
Delegated State the objectives of Delegated Legislation Jan-2012
Legislation
Supreme Explain Supreme Legislation. Dec-2013
Legislation
Ratio decidendi and Ratio decidendi Jan-2011
Obiter Dicta
Dec-2012
June-2013
Dec-
2020[on]
What is "Ratio Decidendi" ? How it is determined? June-2014
Obiter Dicta June-2012
State the significance of Obiter Dicta Dec-2013
Write Explanatory Note on Ratio decidendi and June-2015
Obiter Dicta
Dec-
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2019[onb]
Write a short Note on Ratio decidendi and Obiter Dec-2017
dicta
Comparative Law Comparative Law June-2011
Judge made Law What is judge made law? Jan-2012
Rule of Rules of interpretation June-2012
interpretation
Write Explanatory Notes on Interpretation of enacted Dec-2014
law.
Dec-2018
Write a note on interpretation of enacted Law Dec-
2019[18-19]
Primary Legislation Primary Legislation Dec-2012
Codification Codification June-2013
Codification of Statue Mar-
2021[100M]
Unit -IV
Right and Duty Right and duty. Jan-2011
Explain the various kinds of duties Jan-2012
Write a short note on “Duty’ June-2014
Write Explanatory note on Right in Repropria and June-2016
Right in re-aliena
Primary and Sanctioning rights Dec-2016
Write explanatory Note on Primary and Sanctioning June-2018
Rights
Jus necessitates Jus necessitates June-2016
Vestative facts Vestative facts June-2016
Possessory Right Possessory rights June-2012
Possessory Possessory remedies Jan-2011
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remedies
Write explanatory note on Possessory remedies Dec-2015
Legal Right Enumerate the characteristics of legal right. Jan-2012
Write Explanatory Note-Explain Hohfeld’s analysis of June-2017
legal right.
Possession Possession
Kinds of possession. June-2011
State the elements of possession. Dec-2013
Acquisition of Possession Dec-2014
Dec-
2018[onb]
Explanatory Note- Possession intact Dec-
2020[on]
Distinguish between possession in law and Mar-
possession in fact. 2021[80M]
Element of Possession Mar-
2021[100M]
Ownership Kinds of ownership Dec-2012
Characteristics of Ownerships June-2015
Dec-
2018[onb]
Substantiate the subject matter of ownership Dec-2013
Co-ownership June-
2019[onb]
Write a note on trust and beneficial owners Mar-
2021[80M]
Possession v Write a note on distinguish between possession and June-
Ownership ownership 2019[18-19]
Source of Obligation Sources of Obligations June-2011
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Minor Legal Status of Minor June-2012
Unborn Person Legal status of unborn person Dec-2012
June-2015
Dec-2017
Short Notes-unborn person’s status Dec-
2019[onb]
Status of unborn Child June-2013
Dead Man Status of dead Man June-2013
Status of dead Person Dec-
2020[on]
Personality Write a short note on “Double capacity and double June-2014
personality”
Write a note on Corporate Personality Dec-
2019[18-19]
Person Person Dec-2014
Legal Person June-2017
Incorporation Write Explanatory Note-Uses and purposes of June-2017
incorporation.
Unit-V
Vicarious Liability Vicarious Liability Jan-2011
Dec-2016
Mar-
2021[100M]
Explanatory Note-Vicarious Liability Dec-
2020[on]
Negligence Negligence Jan-2011
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June-2012
June-2013
Obligation Obligations June-2011
Solidary obligation June-2016
Dec-
2019[18-19]
Explanatory note on Kinds of Obligation Dec-2017
Short notes on Kinds of Obligation June-
2019[onb]
Mens rea Men rea
Mens rea June-2011
June-2012
Define Mens rea Dec-2013
Explanatory Note on Mense rea June-2018
Remedial Liability Examine the Remedial Liability Jan-2012
Strict Liability Rule of strict Liability Dec-2012
Dec-
2019[onb]
Damunum Sine Damnum sine injuria Dec-2012
injuria
June-2018
Mar-
2021[80M]
Mar-
2021[100M]
Injuria sine damnm Injuria sine damnum June-2013
June-2016
Write Explanatory note on Injuria sine Damnum Dec-2018
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Motive intention Define Motive Jan-2012
Short Note on Motive Dec-
2019[onb]
Distinguish between motive and intention Dec-2013
How does Motive differ from intention June-2014
Intention Dec-2017
Explanatory Not on Intention June-
2019[onb]
act What is the meaning of the term act June-2014
Duty of Care Short Notes -Duty of Care Dec-
2019[18-19]
Causation Write a note on causation Mar-
2021[80M]
onb Old & New Batch
on Old/New
18-19 2018 & 2019 Batch
80M- 80 Marks Question Paper
To identify Units
Prospective Over ruling Jan-2012
Privilege and immunity Dec-2015
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Short Notes Mischief Rule Dec-2016
Write Explanatory note on Mischief Rule June-2018
Short Notes-Void and voidable agreement- Dec-2016
Note-Short Notes questions were allotted, 8 marks till 2018 and 6 marks from 2019
Questions involving “write Explanatory Note) were allotted 10 marks
Note-In 2021 March [100Marks] 11 th question was
Solve any two problems of the following:
(a) Damnum Sine Injuria.
(b) Vicarious Liability.
(c) Law and Fact
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