CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge The Judiciary System Of India Quiz 10 - MCQExams.com

Ms Sujatha Vaaant Manohar was the ________ woman judge of the Supreme Court of India.
  • first
  • second
  • third
  • fourth
The territorial jurisdiction of the Guwahati High Court extends over the States of
  • Assam, Nagaland and Mizoram
  • Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal
  • Pradesh and Mizoram
  • Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh
Which of the following is/are true about the "Gram Nyayalayas"?
(A) These courts will be mobile courts and will function at Panchayat level.
(B) The Magistrates of these courts will go to the villages in their area of coverage and will dispose off cases of the villages there itself.
(C) Only civil suits related to the property of Rs. 5,00,000 and above will be disposed off in this way.
  • Only (A)
  • Only (B)
  • Only (C)
  • Only (A) and (B)
An Advocate General is a/an
  • State Government official
  • Union Government official
  • Extra-Constitutional authority
  • None of these
Fill in the blanks:
Choose the pair of words which complete the sentence to make logical sense.
The NDA led Government notified the ..... and the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, thus ending the over two-decade old .... of appointing judges of Supreme Court and high courts. Under the new law, a six member panel headed by ....... will select judges of the apex court and state high courts.
  • $$99$$th Constitutional (Amendment) Act, $$2015$$, collegium system, the Chief Justice of India.
  • $$121$$st Constitutional (Amendment) Act, $$2015$$, collegium system, the Union Law Minister.
  • $$121$$st Constitutional (Amendment) Act, $$2015$$, collegium system, the Prime Minister.
  • $$99$$th Constitutional (Amendment) Act, $$2015$$, cabinet system, the Prime Minister.
When the office of Chief Justice of a High Court Calls vacant his duties will be performed by one of the other Judges of the Court as may be appointed for the purpose by the
  • Governor
  • Chief Minister
  • President
  • Supreme Court
Consider the chronology of the following judgments delivered by the Supreme Court of India in 
1 Keshavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala
2 Berubari (in re:)
3 Excel Apparel Wear v. Union of India Codes:
  • 1, 3, 2
  • 1, 2, 3
  • 3, 1, 2
  • 2, 1, 3.
_______ is issued when the court finds that a particular office holder is not doing legal duty and thereby is infringing on the right of an individual.
  • Habeas Corous
  • Mandamus
  • Prohibition
  • Quo Warranto
Who has been sworn-in as the first-ever visually impaired judge of Pakistan?
  • Yawar Ali
  • Sana Afzal
  • Yousaf Saleem
  • Zubair Sabir
The doctrine of prospective overruling was first evolved by chief justice of India K. subba Rao in
  • Golak Nath v. State of punjab
  • Sajjan Singh tiv. State of Rajasthan
  • Kesshvananda Bharti v. State of Kerala
  • Sankari Prasad v. Union of india
Who has been appointed the new chairman of the Press Council of India (PCI)?
  • C K Prasad
  • R. Banumathi
  • Madan Lokur
  • Kurian Josepg
Under which of the following jurisdiction can any individual, whose fundamental right has been violated, can directly move the Supreme Court for remedy?
  • Original Jurisdiction
  • Writ Jurisdiction
  • Appellate Jurisdiction
  • Advisory Jurisdiction
_______ means cases that can be directly considered by the Supreme Court without going to the lower courts before that.
  • Original Jurisdiction
  • Writ Jurisdiction
  • Appellate Jurisdiction
  • Advisory Jurisdiction
What is true about the Mayer's Courts under the Charter of 1687 and 1726?
  • Charter of 1687 applied to Madras only while the Charter of 1726 applied to all the three presidencies
  • Mayer's Court of 1687 was a Court of the East-India Company, while the court established under the Charter of 1726 was the court of the Crown
  • Under the Charter of 1726 criminal jurisdiction was completely assigned to the executive, i.e., the Governor and Council, while under the earlier charter it belonged to the Mayer's court and the Admiralty Court
  • All the above
Consider the following statements about the Supreme Court Collegium:
It comprises of five senior most judges of Supreme Court excluding the Chief Justice of India.
Collegium can refer the name of advocates for elevation to become Judge of Supreme Court.
The Collegium makes their decision public with respect to transfer, appointment or elevation.
The government of India had passed the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-First Amendment) Bill, 2014 to establish a National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) to replace the Collegium.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
  • 1 and 3
  • 2, 3 and 4
  • 1, 2 and 4
  • 1, 2 and 3
The Supreme Court has given advisory jurisdiction in the following cases in the order
In re Kerala Education Bill case
In re Keshav Singh case
In re Delhi Laws Act case
  • 1, 3, 2
  • 1, 2, 3
  • 3, 1, 2
  • 2, 1, 3
Consumer welfare is indicated by
  • Savings
  • Disposable income
  • Expenditure
  • None of the above
Probation and Parole are which form of punishment?
  • Deterrent punishment
  • Retributive punishment
  • Extra-mural treatment
  • None of the above
Which of the following is an index crime?
  • being in a football pool
  • speeding
  • robbery
  • all of the above
Who has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Kerala?
  • K.T. Koshi
  • Arijit Pasayat
  • Navniti Prasad Singh
  • Antony Dominic
The Court of Wards, Administrative General, etc., must be appointed by ________________.
  • Supreme Court
  • High Court
  • Any court
  • None of the above
Which HRD Ministry-appointed committee is drafting new National Education Policy (NEP)?
  • Ram Shanker Kurneel committee
  • K Kasturirangan committee
  • V G S Rathore committee
  • K J Alphonse committee
Gambling and prostitution are included in the category of.
  • organized crime
  • crimes against persons
  • social order crimes
  • sins against religious teaching
Which action did the Marbury v. Madison ruling make possible? (APEX)
  • A federal district court chooses to disregard Supreme Court precedent when making a ruling.
  • The president nominates several justices to the Supreme Court who share her political beliefs.
  • The Supreme Court voids a new tax because it unconstitutionally targets religious minorities.
  • The Senate filibusters a proposed gun control bill for fear that it violates the Constitution.
The term secondary deviation refers to.
  • the punishment or stigmatization of deviant acts
  • the labelling of an act as deviant through social reactions to it
  • the ways in which taking on a deviant role affects future action
  • all of the above
What is the term that describes repeat offending by those who have been in prison?
  • rehabilitation
  • deterrence
  • reform
  • recidivism
Which of the following is not a reason why corporate crime is more difficult to prosecute compared with individual crimes?
  • victims may not realise that a crime has been committed
  • it is more difficult to apportion blame to corporate criminals
  • legal systems are founded on individual not collective responsibility
  • corporate offences cause less harm than crimes against an individual
By which of the following Acts were the High Courts of Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta established?
  • India High Courts Act, 1911
  • India High Courts Act, 1865
  • India High Courts Act, 1861
  • None of the above
Which of the following are correct?
1) The Supreme Court can not interfere with the delimitation of the constituencies.
2) The Supreme Court cannot question the detention or arrest of a person or an Act, if it has been made in accordance with the procedure established by law.
3) The Supreme Court cannot declare unconstitutional a law passed by the Parliament.
4) The Supreme Court cannot question the decision of the Speaker as to whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not.
  • 2 , 3 and 4
  • 1 , 2 and 4
  • 1 , 2 and 3
  • 1 , 2 , 3 and 4
Under what type of arrangement do people reckon descent and transmit property through the mother's side of the family?
  • bilineal
  • neolocal
  • patrilineal
  • matrilineal
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