ProBono India

and
Legal Services Committee
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
Organises

National Law Quiz Competition on

Legal Aid and Allied Laws
Pro Bono Publico – 2020

November 1, 2020

FINAL – RAPID FIRE

ROUND
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Q1. Article 39A of the Constitution - inserted by the 42nd Amendment Act in 1976
provided for
a) Free Legal Aid
b) Dispute resolution through Administrative Tribunal
c) Permanent lok adalats for disputes regarding Public Utility Services
d) Establishment of National Legal Services Authority
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With which of the following issues did D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal deal with?
a. Safeguards against sexual exploitation
b. Safeguards for arrested persons
c. Safeguards for children
d. Safeguards for unorganized workers
 
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Which case laid the guidelines for sexual harassment at workplace?
A. Pooja vs state of M.P
B. Naz foundation vs state
C. Vishakha vs state of rajasthan
D. Subramanium swamy vs Union Of India
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In which Landmark Legal Case the Supreme court held the Right to Legal aid as a
Fundamental Right?
A. Sheela Barse v. Union of India
B. Keshavnanada Bharti v. State of Kerala
C. S.R Bommai v. Union of India
D. T.M.A Pai v. Union of India
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Right to Pollution free Environment comes under?
A. Article 21 Right to Life
B. Article 14 Right to Equality
C. Article 30 Right to establish and administer instituions
D. Article 19 Right of movement
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Which Landmark case of the Supreme Court talked about Speedy Trial?
A. Nandini Satpathi v. P.L. Dani
B. Hussainara khatoon v. Home Secretary, State of Bihar
C. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum
D. Rajagopal v. State of Tamilnadu
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Consider the statements regarding National Authority for Legal Services. Which of
them is true?
a) Was formed in1995 under the authority of the Legal Services Authorities Act 1987.
b) The Chief Justice of India is patron-in-chief of NALSA while second senior most
judge of Supreme Court of India is the Executive-Chairman
c) To organize Lok Adalats.
d) All of the above
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Rohan wants to opt for a dispute resolution form which offers way to discuss and solve
the problem underlying a dispute and create truly lasting peace? Identify:
a. Mediation
b. Conciliation
c. Arbitration
d. Lok Adalat
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Which of the following is not a function of NALSA?
a) Provide legal services, legal aid and speedy justice through Lok Adalats
b) Laying down policies and principles for making legal services under the Act
c) Provide judicial education to State Judicial Academies
d) To disburse funds and grants for implementing legal aid schemes  
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Before passing of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. Which provision in
India law provided for free legal aid?
1. Section 304(1) of Code of Criminal Procedure
2. Order 33, Rule 17 of Code of Civil Procedure.
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a) Only 1
b) Only 2
c) Both 1 and 2
d) None of the above
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Who is eligible for accessing legal aid under Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.
A) Women
B)  a victim of trafficking in human beings
C) a person with disability
D) All of the above
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Which among the following articles helped the Madrasas in India to remain out of
purview of the Right to Education Act?
[A] Article 26
[B] Article 27
[C] Article 28
[D] Article 30
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Which of the following articles of the constitution mention special provisions for the
scheduled castes (SCs), the scheduled tribes (STs), the backward classes (BCs) and the
Anglo-Indians?
[A] Articles 330 to 342A
[B] Articles 344 to 352A
[C] Articles 350 to 352A
[D] Articles 360 to 362A
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Who was the first chairperson of National Green Tribunal?
[A] Dipak Misra
[B] Lokeshwar Singh Panta
[C] Ranjan Gogoi
[D] T. S. Thakur
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Epidemic Diseases Act was passed in which year?
[A] 1890
[B] 1893
[C] 1895
[D] 1897
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In which year the government introduced Food for Work Programme (FWP)?
[A] 2000
[B] 2001
[C] 2003
[D] 2004
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In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court allow Passive Euthanasia under
exceptional circumstances?
 
Gian Kaur vs. State of Punjab
Aruna Shanbaug vs. Union of India
Sharda vs. Union of India
Seema vs. Ashwini Kumar
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Under article 338A of the Indian Constitution there shall be a commission known as?
a. National Commission for Schedule Tribes
b. Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
c. Competition Commission of India
d. National Commission on Cattle
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Which article under Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability?
a. Article 17
b. Article 21
c. Article 14
d. Article 32
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Which of the following writs is said to be a guarantor of personal freedom?
a. Mandamus
b. Quo Warranto
c. Habaes Corpus
d. Certiorari
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Who is the legal advisor to the Government of a
State of India?
A. The Solicitor General
B. The State Chief Legal Officer
C. The High Court
D. The Advocate General
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In law, the term ‘neighbour’ means?
A. People who might be affected by your
actions
B. People who stay in your locality
C. People who live adjoining to your residence
D. The word has not been given any particular
definiation
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In which of the following cases did the Supreme
Court direct the compulsory registration of all
marriages in India?
A. Danial Latifi vs UOI
B. Ashok Kumar vs UOI
C. Seema vs Ashwini Kumar
D. Sharda vs Dharampal
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Which of the following principles is applicable
for the purpose of reducing multiplicity of
proceedings?
A. Res getae
B. Res interregnum
C. Res judicata
D. Res ispa loquitor
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Which of the following best describes the legal
phrase amicus curiae?
A. Let the buyer beware
B. Friend of the court
C. At ones’s own risk
D. On what authority
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In which of the following cases did the Supreme
Court for the first time lay down that
Fundamental Rights have primacy over the
Directive Principles of State Policy?
A. Keshavananda Bharati vs State of Punjab
B. A.K. Roy vs Union of India
C. ADM Jabalpur vs Shiv Kant Shukla
D. Minerva Mills vs Union of India
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Which of the following writs can be used against
a person believed to be holding a public office
he is not entitled to hold?
A. Mandamus
B. Quo Warranto
C. Habaes Corpus
D. Certiorari
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Which of the following is entrusted with a
statutory duty of laying down the standards of
professional conduct and etiquette for advocates
in India?
A. Supreme Court of India
B. Bar Association of India
C. Bar Council of India
D. Delhi Bar Council
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A person has designed a new type of scissors for
cutting of clothes. Under which act can he seek
protection of his invention?
A. The Patents Act
B. The Copyrights Act
C. Consumer Protection Act
D. Arms Control Act
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Which of the following laws deal with intellectual
property protection for horticultural products?
A. Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers
Rights Act
B. Horticultural Products (Protection of
Intellectual Property) Act
C. Agricultural Patents Act
D. Protection to Biological Innovations Act
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Who among the following was the first person to
be directly appointed as the Judge of Supreme
Court?
A. N Santosh Hegde
B. Ghulam E Vanhavati
C. Kuldeep Singh
D. V.R. Krishna Iyer
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What is the maximum time limit for filing of a
complaint before the consumer disputes redressal
forum from the date when the cause of action
arises?
A. one year
B. two years
C. three years
D. four years
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Which of the following writs is said to be a
guarantor of personal freedom?
A. Mandamus
B. Quo Warranto
C. Habaes Corpus
D. Certiorari
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Which is the oldest High Court of India?
A. High Court of Madras
B. High Court of Calcutta
C. High Court of Delhi
D. High Court of Allahabad
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The power to issue writs has been envisaged
under the provisions of which of the following
fundamental rights?
A. Right to Equality
B. Right to Freedom
C. Right to Constitutional Remedies
D. Right against Exploitation
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Rule of Law means:
A. all persons are equal in the eyes of law
B. treating all unequally as equals
C. working according to law
D. distributing state largesse to everyone in
equal proportion
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Which of the following writs can be issued to
force a public authority to perform a public or
statutory duty.?
A. Mandamus
B. Habeas Corpus
C. Certiorari
D. Quo Warranto
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The marriage of a 15 year old girl with a 45 year
old man is:
A. Valid
B. Invalid
C. voidable at the option of the girl
D. voidable at the will of the man
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What does the legal term Caveat Emptor refer
to?
A. Let the buyer beware
B. According to value
C. An unwelcome person
D. Beyond the powers
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Who was the first woman judge to be appointed
to the Supreme Court of India?
A. Justice Smt Gyan Sudha Mishra
B. Justice Smt M. Fathima Beevi
C. Justice Smt Leila Seth
D. Justice Smt Ranjana Desai
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Who was the first woman judge to be appointed
Chief Justice of a High Court?
A. Justice Smt Gyan Sudha Mishra
B. Justice Smt M. Fathima Beevi
C. Justice Smt Leila Seth
D. Justice Smt Ranjana Desai
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In which of the following cases did the Supreme
Court allow Passive Euthanasia under
exceptional circumstances?
A. Gian Kaur vs. State of Punjab
B. Aruna Shanbaug vs. Union of India
C. Sharda vs. Union of India
D. Seema vs. Ashwini Kumar
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Sharda Act deals with:
A. Widow Remarriage
B. Child Marriage
C. Inter-caste Marriage
D. Polygamy
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Who of the following is credited with drafting
the Indian Penal Code, 1860?
A. Sir James Stephen
B. Charles Wood
C. John Morley
D. Lord Macaulay
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In which one of the following judgments of the
Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court of
India, the 'rarest of rare' principle in the award of
death penalty was first laid down?
A. Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab (1980)
B. Gopalanachari v. State of Kerala (1980)
C. Dr. Upendra Baxi v. State of UP (1983)
D. Tukaram v. State of Maharashtra (1979)
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In which one of the following cases, the
Constitutional validity of the Muslim Women
(Protection of Rights of Divorce) Act 1986, was
upheld by the Supreme Court?
A. Muhammad Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum
B. Danial Latifi v. Union of India
C. Mary Roy v. State of Kerala
D. Shankari Prasad v. Union of India
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According to the UN convention on the rights of
the child which amidst the following is NOT a
right?
A. Social security
B. Employment
C. Protection from exploitation
D. Education
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Who is considered as the father of Indian
Evidence Act?
A. Stephen Fleming
B. James Stephen
C. Rory Burns
D. Chadwick Boseman
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The statement “what cannot be done directly
cannot be done indirectly” relates to the
doctrine of:
A. Duckworth Lewis
B. Statutory Legislation
C. Colourable Legislation
D. Modus Operandi
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Which Article abolishes Untouchability?
A. 16
B. 17
C. 18
D. 19