DSSSB Legal Assistant Paper 2017

DSSSB Legal Assistant Paper 2017

Under the modes of acquisition of state territory, the word ‘annexation’ means
(a) Illegal usage of territory belonging to another state
(b) Optional takeover of any region of another state by one state
(c) Forcible acquisition of territory by one state at the expense of another
(d) None of the above

Which among the following is NOT considered to be kind/s of Precedents ?
(a) Declaratory and Original
(b) Affirmative and Unconditional
(c) Persuasive
(d) Absolutely Authoritative

The Majority View, under Union Carbide Corporation v. Union of India was given by
(a) Justice Krishnamachar
(b) Justice Veerendranath
(c) Justice Kapadia
(d) Justice Venkatachaliah

Which of the following statement/s, regarding ‘Number of Arbitrators’ under Arbitration Act, 1940 is false ?
(i) parties are not free to determine number of arbitrators.
(ii) Number shall not be an even number
(iii) Section 10 provides for sole arbitrator
(a) I is false
(b) III is false
(c) II is false
(d) both III and II are false

The maxim ‘Nemo dot non habet’ means
(a) No one can have anything which is not legally his
(b) No one can transfer bad title
(c) No one can give that which one does not have
(d) None of the above

In which of the historic case, did the Supreme Court placed the doctrine of Res Judicata on a higher footing ?
(a) Union of India v. T.R. Verma
(b) Ward v. Keenan
(c) Daryao v. State of U.P
(d) Sharma v. Krishna Sinha

The Supreme Court, under which case law, emphasise that the power to stay a legal proceeding under Section 34 of 1940 Arbitration Act was discretionary and the party making such an application could not as of right claim a stay ?
(a) Booz Allen v. SBI Home Finance Ltd
(b) Anand Gajapathi Raju v. P.V.G. Raju
(c) Printers (Mysore) Ltd v. Pothan Joseph
(d) Brijendra kumar Sharma v. Rajendra Kumar Sharma

‘If the Parent act is saved under Article 31-B and cannot be challenged, the delegated legislation also cannot be challenged as being violative of any Fundamental Rights on the ground of derivative protection’. This was held under which of the following case law/s?
(a) Vasanlal Maganbhai v. State of Bombay
(b) Latafat Ali Khan v. State of U.P
(c) Both (a) & (b)
(d) None of the above

In which of the following case laws did the bench got reconstituted on objection that one of the members of the bench was member of co-operative society for which the land in dispute had been acquired ?
(a) Manak Lal v. Dr. Prem Chand
(b) Stephen J.R v. Farrant
(c) Vishakpatnam Motor Transport v. Bangaruraju
(d) Jeejeebhoy v. Asstt. Collector Thana

Which provision of the Indian Constitution confers residuary power on the Parliament to make laws with respect to any matter not enumerated in the concurrent list or the state list ?
(a) Article 243
(b) Article 247
(c) Article 248
(d) Article 246