Test: Legal General Knowledge - 2 - CLAT MCQ

B is the correct option.Retired Supreme Court judge Justice S N Phukan was appointed to head the commission of inquiry looking into the Tehelka expose of alleged corruption in defence deals IN 2003.

• Legal obligation. 

We will now discuss these two elements: 

Agreement : According to Section 2(e) every promise and set of promises forming the consideration for each other is agreement'. This means that in an agreement there can be one or more than one promises given in return for each other. Promise is defined in Section 2 (b) in these words: When the person to whom the proposal is made signifies his assent thereto, the proposal is said to be accepted. A proposal, when accepted, becomes a promise'. Therefore every agreement, is composed of a proposal from one side and its acceptance from the other. To sum up: Agreement = Offer or Proposal+ Acceptance of Offer

The Preamble to the Constitution of India declares India as "Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic". Sovereignty implies that India is free and has the authority to conduct its own affairs and governance. In India, the supreme power is possessed by people of the country. The people of the nation elect their representatives to govern them i.e., the Parliament derives its sovereignty from the people of the nation.

Correct Answer :- B

Explanation : In Rajya Sabha, total number of requests is not allowed to exceed seven on a single day. The total time allocated for Zero Hour is 30 minutes wherein a member gets three minutes to raise the issue. The session should be completed before 1 pm.

But in lok sabha, zero hour is not specified.

The President, according to Article 56 of the Constitution, enjoys his post for 5 years and can only be removed by a complicated impeachment process, akin to the President of the USA. The Prime Minister’s term lasts only as long as his Cabinet enjoys the confidence of the Parliament.

In India, the right to vote is provided by the Constitution and the Representation of People's Act, 1951, subject to certain disqualifications. Article 326 of the Constitution guarantees the right to vote to every citizen above the age of 18. According to Section 62(1) of RPA act 1950 Right to vote is neither Fundamental Right nor Constitutional Right but merely a Statutory Right or Legal Right.
Therefore correct answer is A.

As of January 2020, there have been 104 amendments of the Constitution of India since it was first enacted in 1950. There are three types of amendments to the Constitution of India of which second and third type of amendments are governed by Article 368.

Article 124(4) of Constitution of India lays down the procedure for removal of a judge of Supreme Court which is applicable to chief justices as well. Once appointed, the chief justice remains in the office until the age of 65 years. He can be removed only through a process of impeachment by Parliament. So option B is correct.

A is the correct option.The phrase 'basic structure' itself cannot be found in the Constitution. The Supreme Court recognised this concept for the first time in the historic Kesavananda Bharati case in 1973.

The following constitute, with the Chancellor as chairperson, the General Council: Hon'ble Shri Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan, Chief Justice, High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad & Chancellor, NALSAR. Hon'ble Shri Justice Madan B Lokur, Judge, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi.