Quiz on Legal aptitude - 1

Quiz on Legal aptitude - 1

1) Where are juvenile delinquents sent?
a) Borstal
b) Asylums
c) Protective custody
d) Reformation centre.

2) All of the following words connote a prison except one
a. Tihar
b. Sing Sing
c. Gulag
d. Borough.

3) Capital offences result in
a) Sentence of death
b) Sentence of life imprisonment
c) Imprisonment over 10 yrs
d) Amputation

4) What is a caveat?
a) A warning
b) An Injunction
c) Certiorari
d) Writ.

5) What is a ‘Cognizance’?
a) Arousing judicial notice or knowledge
b) It is a crime
c) It means custody without warrant
d) It means custody with warrant.

6) Bye-law making power granted to the executive by the legislature is called
a) Delegated legislation
b) Order power
c) Prerogative power
d) Delegated authority.

7) A person who makes an affidavit or deposition is called
a) Deodand
b) Deponent
c) Denizen
d) Demesme.

8) The word ‘due process of law’ indicates
a) As ordained by statue law
b) In course of time
c) In course through courts
d) Justice by tribunals

9) The rule of evidence which forbids a person from denying the truth of some statement formerly made by him
a) Estoppel
b) Estray
c) Et seq
d) Estreat

10) Vice-President is ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha. ‘Officio’ means
a) Part time
b) By virtue of his office
c) Chairman
d) None of the above