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ENGLISH II
SYBLS – May 2021

1. “I feel it is my duty while dismissing the action to leave both parties to bear their own
cost” Which chapter is this excerpt from?
a. The Greek Interpreter
b. Passage to India
c. Glynn vs Weston Film Feature Co.
d. Justice
2. What was the evidence found in Marabar Caves?
a. The broken eyeglasses of Ms. Adella
b. The scarf of Ms. Derek
c. The single shoe of Ms. Adella
d. There was no evidence in Marbar Caves.
3. Who gives the information to Simon about him being set up with Johann Breitstein’s
case?
a. Breitstein
b. Regina
c. Malone
d. Tedesco
4. Who is suspected of committing forgery instead of Falder?
a. Frome
b. Ruth
c. Davis
d. Cokeson
5. Which of the following case ruled that separate was not equal in graduate school?
a. United States Vs Susan B Anthony
b. Plessy Vs Ferguson
c. Brown Vs Board of Education
d. Sweatt Vs Painter
6. Who was the member of the parole Board in Counselor – at – Law?
a. Malone
b. George Simon
c. Breitstein
d. Francis Clark Baird
7. Why Susan B Anthony was of the opinion that there was no “Jury of peers” in her
case?
a. Because of the existence of Separate but Equal doctrine
b. Because the Jury was dominated by women only and not disenfranchised men
c. Because the Jury consisted of women from both the races
d. Because women were disenfranchised citizen and thus couldn’t qualify to
be a member in the jury
8. ‘I was outside his office when he was taken away. It nearly broke my heart. “Who is the
speaker?
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a. Falder
b. Walter How
c. Ruth
d. James How
9. ‘Heresy, he calls it! Am I heretic because I try to escape from prison.’ who is the
speaker?
a. Frome
b. Joan
c. The Baudricourt
d. Dunois
10. “May it please your honor I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty”. Who is the
speaker?
a. Susan Anthony
b. Judge Hunt
c. The Clerk
d. The United States Marshal
11. What was the revert given by Ms. Adella at Aziz’s trial, while she was still under oath,
about what happened in the caves?
a. she declares that she has made a mistake.
b. She declares that Aziz was guilty
c. She declares that she has no recollection of the event
d. She dismisses the happening of the whole story.
12. What was the crime committed by Winston Smith when he scribbles in his diary “Down
with Big Brother” –
a. Hate crime
b. Written crime
c. Thought crime
d. Totalitarian crime
13. Sub judice (Explain the Meaning)
a. In absence
b. Law
c. Under consideration
d. entirely
14. Amicus Curiae (Explain the Meaning)
a. Friend of the Court
b. Legal Representative
c. Attorney
d. Witness
15. Caveat Emptor (Explain the Meaning)
a. Leave the stage
b. Per year
c. It is the buyer’s look – out
d. Ignorance of the law excuses nobody
16. Ab-initio (Explain the Meaning)
a. From the beginning
b. All around
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c. True in fact
d. In the end
17. Vice Versa (Explain the Meaning)
a. According to
b. Per year
c. The other way around
d. In part
18. Prima Facie (Explain the Meaning)
a. As above
b. Under a penalty
c. In Proportion
d. On the first instance
19. Detenue (Explain the Meaning)
a. Prisoner
b. Oral Testimony
c. In existence
d. Manner
20. Locus Standi (Explain the Meaning)
a. To that extent
b. Right to bring action
c. As above
d. In part

 Choose the appropriate word –

21. According to the _____ all men found with arms will be shot.
a. Declaration,
b. Proclamation,
c. Order
d. Decision
22. _______ the construction of new housing units at the rate of one every month, there is
still a shortage of accommodation.
a. through
b. by
c. despite
d. for
23. The witness was____ and he agreed to support the wrong evidence.
a. Bribed
b. Cursed
c. Hurt
d. Humbled
24. If you ruin my reputation on purpose, you will be liable for________.
a. Damage
b. Damages
c. Punishment
d. Reward
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25. By the King’s order most of the opposition was ___________without trial.
a. Incarcerated
b. Incarnated
c. Unpermitted
d. Permitted
26. Every time he tried to say anything, he was ___________ by his teammates.
a. Intercepted
b. Interrogated
c. Interrupted
d. Interoperated
27. The Democracy requires the equal right of all to the development of such capacity for
good as nature has ________ them with.
a. endowed
b. replenished
c. presented
d. fortified
28. Unauthorised hutments _________ in some parts of Mumbai.
a. Acquired
b. Accessed
c. Demolished
d. Disturbed
29. His persistence in his misdemeanours has lowered him in the ________ of everyone
who knowns him.
a. esteem
b. eyes
c. estimation
d. estimate
30. By the King’s order most of the opposition was ___________without trial.
a. Incarcerated
b. Incarnated
c. Unpermitted
d. Permitted

31. Ir-re-proach-able (Select the stressed syllables)

a. Ir-(re)-proach-able
b. Ir-re-(proach)-able
c. Ir-re-proach-(able)
d. (Ir)-re-proach-able

32. Cos-mo-po-lit-anism (Select the stressed syllables)

a. Cos-mo-po-lit-(anism)
b. Cos-mo-(po)-lit-anism
c. Cos-mo-po-(lit)-anism
d. (Cos)-mo-po-lit-anism

33. Ag-gre-sion (Select the stressed syllables)

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a. Ag-(gre-sion)
b. (Ag)-gre-sion
c. Ag-(gre)-sion
d. Ag-gre-(sion)

34. Trans-for-ma-tion (Select the stressed syllables)

a. Trans-for-ma-(tion)
b. Trans-for-(ma)-tion
c. Trans-(for)-ma-tion
d. (Trans)-for-ma-tion

35. opinionated (Select the stressed syllables)

a. o-pin-(ion)-a-ted
b. o-pin-ion-(a)-ted
c. o-pin-ion-a-(ted)
d. o-(pin)-ion-a-ted
36. Ex-em-pli-fi-ca-tion (Select the stressed syllables)
a. Ex-em-pli-fi-(ca)-tion
b. Ex-em-pli-fi-ca-(tion)
c. Ex-em-(pli)-fi-ca-tion
d. Ex-(em)-pli-fi-ca-tion
37. Re-nun-cia-tion (Select the stressed syllables)
a. Re-(nun)-cia-tion
b. Re-nun-cia-(tion)
c. Re-nun-(cia)-tion
d. (Re)-nun-cia-tion

38. Whose intellect outstrips themselves according to Sherlock Holmes?

a. Kratides
b. Melas
c. Mycroft
d. Latimer

39. In the “the Jury of her Peers”, who was the character that finds out of the death of Mr.
John Wright?
a. Mrs. Hale
b. Lewis Hale
c. Henry Peters.
d. Mrs. Peters

40. Which article in the Indian Constitution implies the Uniform Civil Code?
a. Article 21
b. Article 44
c. Article 25
d. Article 46
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41. Which was the case that first held the ‘Doctrine of Prospective Overruling’ –
a. Kesavananda Bharati Vs. State of Kerala
b. Golaknath & Ors Vs State of Punjab
c. Maneka Gandhi Vs Union of India
d. Supreme Court Advocates on record Vs Union of India

42. In which of the following cases was the Doctrine of ‘Absolute Liability’ laid down –
a. M.C.Mehta Vs Union of India
b. Vishakha & Ors Vs State of Rajasthan
c. D.K.Basu Vs State of West Bengal
d. Olga Tellis Vs Bombay Municipal Corporation

43. Among the following find the incorrect pair -

a. Rylands Vs Fletcher – Strict liability
b. State of Maharashtra Vs Madhukar Narayan Mandikar – Right to Privacy
c. Mr ‘X’ Vs Hospital ‘Z’ - Every Right has a correlative Duty and
every Duty has a correlative authority
d. S. Jagannath Vs Union of India - Aqua/shrimp culture industries
activities banned in the area of CRZ notification

44. In which case Clause (4) & (5) of Art 368 was declared unconstitutional?
a. Keshvanand Bharati Vs State of Kerala
b. Minerva Mill Vs Union Of India
c. Golaknath Vs State of Punjab
d. Sajjan Singh Vs State of Rajasthan

45. Which of the following is NOT an essential ingredient of a ‘tort’ –

a. The existence of a duty of reasonable care to be observed towards others.
b. The wrongful commission or omission of an act
c. The Intention behind the act
d. The remedy.

46. How is ‘defect’ defined in the Consumers Protection Act –

a. Means any fault, imperfection or shortcoming in the quality, quantity,
potency, purity or standard which is required to be maintained by or
under any law for the time being in force or under any contract, express
or implied or as is claimed by the trader in any manner whatsoever in
relation to any goods or product and the expression "defective" shall be
construed accordingly;
b. Means any fault, imperfection or shortcoming in the quality, quantity, potency,
purity or standard which is not specifically required to be maintained by or
under any law for the time being in force in relation to any goods.
c. Deliberate withholding of relevant information by such person to the
consumer;
d. Any act of negligence or omission or commission by such person which
causes loss or injury to the consumer.
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47. Which of the following case addressed the issue of Fake conversion of men to Islam
for contracting Bigamous Marriage –
a. Soumitri Vishnu Vs Union Of India
b. Sarla Mudgal Vs Union of India
c. State of Mahrashtra Vs Chandraparakash Kewal Chand Jain
d. Madhu Kishwar and Others Vs State of Bihar

48. Which doctrine of Tort signifies violation of legal rights without causing any harm to
plantiff?
a. Injuria Sine Damno
b. Volenti non fit injuria
c. Damnum Sine Injuria
d. Caveat Emptor

49. Restitution of Conjugal rights is –

a. Where the guilty spouse is ordered to cohabit with the aggrieved spouse
in a marriage.
b. Where the spouses are at liberty to live separately from each other but not
remarry
c. Where an end is put to the marriage and all mutual rights, and obligations
stand terminated and the parties can remarry
d. the aggrieved spouse is deserted in the marriage by the guilty spouse without
reasonable cause and without the consent of the aggrieved spouse.

50. Which of the following doctrine allows state to act as the guardian of those who can’t
protect themselves?
a. Pari Passu
b. Parens Patriae
Pendente Lite
c. Pro Rata

Write 5-10 lines on the following:

1. Write any three legal remedies for ‘Torts’?
2. Discuss deficiencies in medical services.
3. What role do the Dominican priest play in Bernard Shaw’s ‘Saint Joan’.
Ans: The Dominican monk who serves as the Inquisitor at Joan’s trial, he knowsshe is
innocent but at the same time recognizes that her very existence is a challenge tochurch
authority. Canon John D’Estivet – The prosecutor in Joan’s trial, he is narrow-minded and
determinedto see her burn. The Inquisitor plays a large role in the trial. His problem was not
with Joan, but rather, her Protestant heresy. something completely unacceptable to the
Catholic church.
4. Explain why Susan B Anthony refused to pay the penalty.
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Ans: On November 5, 1872, American civil rights activist Susan B. Anthony

voted in a presidential election. (She voted for the incumbent, Republican
Ulysses S. Grant.) At that time, women were not allowed to vote. Two
weeks later, Anthony was arrested, and eventually fined $100 for voting
illegally. “I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty,” she said—and
she never did.

5. Did St Joan received fair trial? Explain in brief.

Ans: Any analysis of the trial and its circumstances makes it pretty clear that the answer
is "no". The trial was political and was heavily biased towards the wishes of the English,
who simply wanted Joan dead. It was presided over by the Burgundian bishop Pierre
Cauchon, who repeatedly rigged elements of the trial to get the outcome that his English
masters wanted. Even when she was convicted but then recanted he continued to pursue
her execution, assuring the English "We will have her yet" she was condemned because
she "claimed to hear the voice of God directly" is factually wrong. She made no such
claim, claiming only to have has visions of St Michael, St Catherine and St Margaret. It is
also nonsense that claiming to have visions was immediately heretical because this
somehow meant she was "needing no priests to intercede for her". The Church believed
in the possibility of genuine visions and this stuff about the intercession of priests is
found nowhere in the detailed record of the trial and was not Church doctrine anyway.
Joan was actually convicted on some fairly flimsy theological grounds due to deliberately
tricky questions by learned men determined to trip up a peasant girl.

If she was so clearly a heretic then the rehabilitation trial held postumously 24 years later
would not have been able to declare her innocent. And if the Church had such a problem
with her, as Adams also erroneously claims, they would have had no incentive to do so,
let alone make her a saint. But the rehabilitation was easily made because the original
trial was so clearly biased and technically botched.

So no, she did not receive a fair trial in any sense. It was a political stitch-up from start to
finish and rigged to achieve one result - her execution.

6. Explain ‘deficiency’ under the Consumers Protection Act.

Ans: According to Section 2(11) of the Consumer Protection Act 2019 (“the Act”),
deficiency is any sort of fault, imperfection, shortcoming or defect in the feature, quality,
amount, nature, worth, authenticity, capacity and standard which is obligatory to be
maintained and regulated as per the laws and statutes in function or any agreement/contract
claimed by the seller, with respect to the products and goods. Including any act of negligence,
omission or commission by the seller which causes loss to the consumer, which a prudent
seller is supposed to do or is supposed to omit, but deliberately does the contrary, such
actions amount to ‘deficiency of service’. These definitions help to understand the clear
meaning of deficiency in services. Whenever there is any sort of deficiency in services, the
customer is exploited which impacts and causes loss of money. Any kind of negligence or
omission or commission can cause injury to consumers.
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7. Write 5 qualities explaining the character of Mr. Melas in your own words.
8. Comment on Elmer Rice’s Presentation of George Simon.
9. Explain in brief Brown Vs Board of Education
10. Write in brief about “O’Brien” state as presented by Orwell in 1984.
11. What Is the meaning of a ‘copyright’? What was the final verdict in the Glyn vs
Western Feature Film Co.?
12. What is “Statute of Limitation” explain in the meaning of the phrase and its relevance
in “Counsellor-at-Law”
13. Describe the three innovations suggested by the Supreme Court in the Oleum Gas
Leak Case
14. Discuss the deficiency in Insurance Services with suitable explanations.
15. Explain the significance of the title ‘A Jury of her peers’.
16. Did the two women manage to “right” the fate of Minnie Wright? Discuss the role of
judiciary and the role of the legislature in a democracy.
17. Explain 5 features of the character of Mr. Mycroft in your own words.
18. What is the meaning of defects in goods and services?
19. Write in brief about the “Three miserable traitors” mentioned by O’Brien in 1984?
20. Discuss the problems which the Greek, Interpreter had to face on both occasions.
21. Explain the efforts of the Supreme court for the codification of UCC?
22. Write a note on Child Prostitution with reference to the case Vishal Jeet Vs Union of
India and prayers of petitioner in relation to CBI ?
23. Explain Justice Young’s judgment in Glyn v. Weston film feature company (1916)
24. River Pollution with special reference to Ganga pollution.
25. River Pollution with special reference to Kali River
26. Explain in brief N.A Palkhivala’s statement “The donee of a limited power cannot, by
the exercise of that very power, convert the limited power into an unlimited one”.
27. Draft a minute of a monthly meeting of the managing committee of your sports
academy at which the following matters were discussed-
a. To renovate the cricket ground
b. To construct additional room for guards
c. To form new committee to take case of players.
d. To appoint doctors and physicians
e. To maintain swimming pool
28. You have been elected as the secretary of moot –court association. write a short
speech you will deliver as a secretary, at the first meeting of the council.
29. You are the General Secretary of the College. Prepare a speech to welcome and
felicitate a legal luminary who will be invited to inaugurate a function.
30. Personality is a lend itself to one possessed of self-confidence. What is self-
confidence? It is a state of mind entirely sure of its own thoughts and actions whether
right or wrong. Believe in yourself and in this belief, you will grow more and more
confidence in yourself. Surety invokes the approval of others, the needed
encouragement to greater confidence. The most effective and beneficial influence
towards this end is the understanding gained by experience of life so that you can see
life in its true proportion and realize that it is not enough to be fine; one must be
fitting and know that alone is the fittest who takes the least cognizance of what others
opinion of him is. It is the fear of other opinion that binds and imprisons one, while it
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is fearlessness of that opinion that gives one one͛ s freedom. If we desire that our life
should make a fascinating appeal and be full of charm. We must have personality. It is
not a thing reserved for the gifted. It can be had by any who wills to have it. But the
will must be strong enough to endure the most discouraging experiences, for nothing
that is worth hearing can be gained with ease, and of all the goals in life, personality is
the most difficult to gain precisely as it is the greatest prize to win. Make a precise in
4-5 lines and give a suitable title.