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UNION AND STATE JUDICIARY OF INDIA MCQs

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Question 21. What does Section 124A of Indian Penal Code deal with?
  1.    Atrocity against women
  2.    Crime for demanding dowry
  3.    Atrocity against SC/ST 
  4.    Sedition
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Sedition
Answer: (d)
Sedition in India is defined by section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code. Section 124A was introduced by the British colonial government in 1870 when it felt the need for a specific section to deal with radical Wahhabi movement of the 19th century. Sedition can be punished with imprisonment for life.
Question 22. The Bombay High Court does not have a bench at which one of the following places?
  1.    Aurangabad
  2.    Nagpur
  3.    Panaji
  4.    Pune
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Pune
Answer: (d)
Question 23. How can a Judge of the Supreme Court be removed?
  1.    By the President on the recommendation of the Parliament
  2.    By the President
  3.    By the President on the recommendation of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  4.    By the will of the Chief Justice
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> By the President on the recommendation of the Parliament
Answer: (a)
Question 24. Which among the following court has the original jurisdiction to hear petition and give decision challenging election of the Lok Sabha/ Vidhan Sabha ?
  1.    District Court of a constituency
  2.    Special Judge authorised by the Chief Justice of India
  3.    Supreme Court
  4.    High Court of the State
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> High Court of the State
Answer: (d)The High Court has the original jurisdiction to hear petition and give decision challenging election of the Lok Sabha/ Vidhan Sabha
Question 25. Who has the last authority to explain the Constitution?
  1.    Supreme Court
  2.    Attorney General of India
  3.    Speaker of Lok Sabha
  4.    President
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Supreme Court
Answer: (a)
Question 26. The second largest bench Constituted by the Supreme Court till date was in the
  1.    T.M.A. Pai Foundation Case
  2.    Minerva Mills Case
  3.    Bank Nationalisation Case
  4.    Golaknath Case
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Golaknath Case
Answer: (d)
Question 27. How many types of writs can be issued by the Supreme Court?
  1.    6
  2.    5
  3.    2
  4.    3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 5
Answer: (b)There are 5 types of writs which can be issued by the Supreme Court. They are Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari, & Quo Warranto.
Question 28. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

  • Assertion (A): The rule-making power of the Supreme Court is not subject to any law made by the Parliament of India.

  • Reason (R): Only an impartial and independent judiciary can protect the rights of the individual without fear or favour.


Codes :
  1.    A is false but R is true
  2.    A is true but R is false
  3.    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
  4.    Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> A is false but R is true
Answer: (a)
Question 29. Which of the following is not correct regarding writ?

  1. The Supreme Court of India and High Court are empowered to issue writs under Article 32 and 226 of the constitution but parliament of India confers this power on any other court in addition to the Supreme Court and High Court.

  2. The Supreme Court has wider jurisdiction to issue writs than the High Courts.

  3. The Supreme Court may refuse to exercise its writ jurisdiction while a high court may not refuse to exercise its writ jurisdiction


Correct code:
  1.    1,2 and 3 only
  2.    2 and 3 only
  3.    1 only
  4.    2 only
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 only
Answer: (c)
The Supreme Court can issue writs only for the enforcement of fundamental rights whereas a high court can issue writs not only for the enforcement of fundamental rights but also for any other purpose.
Question 30. The Judges of the High Court hold office
  1.    during the pleasure of the Chief Justice of India
  2.    till they have attained 65 years of age
  3.    as long as they desire
  4.    till they have attained 62 years of age
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> till they have attained 62 years of age
Answer: (d)
The appointment and removal of the Judges of the High Courts are governed by Article 217 of the Indian Constitution.
Clause (1) of Article 217 says that “every judge of a High Court shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, the Governor of the State, and, in the case of appointment of a Judge other than the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice of the High Court and shall hold office, in the case of an additional or acting judge, as provided in Article 224, and in any other case, until he attains the age of sixty-two years”

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