Legal Quiz on Separation of Powers

1.     Who formulated the doctrine of separation of powers?

a.      Dicey

b.     Montesquieu

c.      Davis

d.     None of the above

2.     What are the main categories of governmental functions?

a.      Legislative

b.     Executive

c.      Judicial

d.     All of the above

3.     Strict separation of powers is :

a.      A theoretical absurdity

b.     Practical impossibility

c.      Both

d.     None of the above

4.     Actually which theory has been adopted in England?

a.      Separation of powers

b.     Integration of powers

c.      Both

d.     None of the above

5.     What is/are the main function of judicial review

a.      To declare any law passed by Legislature ultra vires

b.     To declare any law passed by Legislature unconstitutional

c.      Both

d.     None of the above

6.     Who is/are vested with the power of judicial review

a.      Supreme Court

b.     High Courts

c.      All the courts

d.     Both Supreme Court and High Courts

7.     Choose the correct option

a.      One of the elements of separation of powers is the system of checks and balances

b.  Separation of power is in our Constitution but is not a basic structure of the Constitution

c.      Separation of powers in our Constitution is as rigid as in the US

d.     All the options are incorrect

8.     Choose the incorrect option

a.      Parliament exercises judicial functions also

b.     Parliament exercises certain executive or administrative functions also

c.      Only President can issue ordinance

d.     All the options are correct

9.     Legislative powers, executive powers and judicial powers are in Articles __, ___ & ______ respectively in the American Constitution.

a.      I, III & II

b.     I, II & III

c.      II, III & I

d.     II, I & III

10.  What is/are the fundamental object behind Montesquieu’s doctrine of Separation of power?

a.      Liberty of an individual

b.     Freedom of an individual

c.      Both

d.     None of the above

1(b), 2(d), 3(c), 4(b), 5(c), 6(d), 7(a), 8(c), 9(b), 10(c)

RULE OF LAW QUIZ

1.     Who is the originator of the concept of Rule of Law

a.      Sir Edward Coke

b.     Dicey

c.      Davis

d.     None of the above

2.     What was/were the meaning(s) attributable to the doctrine of Rule of Law by Dicey?

a.      Supremacy of Law

b.     Equality before law

c.      Judge-made constitution

d.     All of the above

3.     “The rule of law requires that the government should be subject to the law, rather than the law subject to the government.” Who among the following gave this statement?

a.      Wade

b.     Dicey

c.      Davis

d.     None of the above

4.     ‘Droit administratif’ is legal system of which country?

a.      England

b.     France

c.      India

d.     America

5.     Dicey’s rule of law has come to be identified with the concept of rights of ­­­___________

a.      ­Alien enemies

b.     Animals

c.      Citizens

d.     All of the above

6.     Davis gave ________ principal meanings of the term “rule of law”.

a.      3

b.     5

c.      7

d.     9

7.     Which of the following cases is known as Habeas Corpus Case?

a.      Maneka Gandhi v/s Union of India

b.     Indira Nehru Gandhi v/s Raj Narain

c.      ADM, Jabalpur v/s Shivkant Shukla

d.     None of the above

8.     “Supremacy of law” being the 1^st principle of Rule of Law excludes the –

a.      Arbitrary power

b.     Wide discretionary power

c.      Both

d.     None of the above

9.     “Equality before law” being the 2^nd principle of Rule of Law means –

a.      Equality before the law

b.     The equal subjection of all classes to the ordinary law of the land

c.      Both

d.     None of the above

10.  The doctrine of rule of law proved to be an effective and powerful weapon in keeping __________ authorities within their limits.

a.      Legislative

b.     Administrative

c.      Judiciary

d.     None of the above

1(a), 2(d), 3(a), 4(b), 5(c), 6(c), 7(c), 8(c), 9(c), 10(b)

Legal Quiz on Natural Justice

NATURAL JUSTICE QUIZ

1.     What is the object of the doctrine of natural justice?

a.      To ensure fundamental liberties and rights of subjects.

b.     To secure justice

c.      To prevent miscarriage of justice

d.     All of the above

2.     “The aim of the rules of natural justice is to secure justice or to put it negatively to prevent miscarriage of justice.” – This was held in which of the following cases

a.      A.K. Kraipak v/s Union of India

b.     Maneka Gandhi v/s Union of India

c.      Olga Tellis v/s Bombay Municipal Corpn.

d.     None of the above

3.     What are the principles of natural justice?

a.      Nemo debet esse judex in propria causa

b.     Audi alteram partem

c.      Both

d.     None of the above

4.     ‘Nemo debet esse judex in propria causa’ means –

a.      No man shall be a judge in his own cause

b.     No man can act as both at the one and the same party – a party or a suitor and also a judge

c.      Deciding authority must be impartial and without bias.

d.     All of the above

5.     ‘Audi alteram partem’ means –

a.      Hear the other side

b.     Both the sides must be heard

c.      No man shall be condemned unheard

d.     All of the above

6.     There are how many types of bias?

a.      3

b.     4

c.      2

d.     5

7.     A bias in which a judge is a relative or a friend or a business associate of a party is known as –

a.      Pecuniary bias

b.     Personal bias

c.      Official bias

d.     Judicial obstinacy

8.     What is the test for being biased

a.      Whether he was actually biased

b.     Whether there is reasonable ground for believing that he was biased

c.      Whether he was impartial

d.     None of the above

9.     The bias in which the judge has a general interest in the subject matter –

a.      Pecuniary bias

b.     Personal bias

c.      Official bias

d.     Judicial obstinacy

10. Judicial obstinacy was founded in which of the following cases?

a.      State of W.B. v/s Shivananda Pathak

b.     A.K. Kraipak v/s Union of India

c.      Maneka Gandhi v/s Union of India

d.     Olga Tellis v/s Bombay Municipal Corpn.

1 (d), 2(a), 3(c), 4(d), 5(d), 6(b), 7(b), 8(b), 9(c), 10(a)