Practice Quiz set 1 - indian polity mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) How many High Courts in India have jurisdiction over more than one State (Union Territories not included)?
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Q-2) Curative Petition in India can be filed in Supreme Court under Article
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Q-3) Parliament of which of the following SAARC country has recently voted to remove chief justice of the country on charges of corruption, in a move analysts say could trigger a constitutional crisis?
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The Parliament of Sri Lanka has recently voted to remove the Chief Justice of the country on charges of corruption. Shirani Bandaranayake, the 43rd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, was impeached by Parliament and then removed from office by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in January 2013.
Bandaranayake was accused of a number of charges including financial impropriety and interfering in legal cases, all of which she has denied. The impeachment followed a series of rulings against the government by the Supreme Court, including one against a bill proposed by Minister Basil Rajapaksa, President Rajapaksa's brother.
Bandaranayake was replaced as chief justice by former Attorney General Mohan Peiris.
Q-4) Which of the following statements regarding the Advisory Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is correct?- It is binding on the Supreme Court to give its opinion on any matter referred to it by the President.
- The full bench of the Supreme Court hears any reference made to it under its power of Advisory Jurisdiction.
- The opinion given by the Supreme Court on a reference under Advisory Jurisdiction is not binding on the Government.
- Not more than one reference at a time can be made to the Supreme Court under its power of Advisory Jurisdiction.
Select the answer from the codes given below.
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Q-5) Special leave petition power of the Supreme Court does not extend to the following judgments, decrees, etc.
- Interim order
- Any court or tribunal constituted by or under any law relating to the Armed forces
- Criminal cases.
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Special leave petition power of the SC does not to the judgment of any court or tribunal constituted by or under any law relating to the Armed Forces.
Q-6) When there is no quorum of the judges of the Supreme Court available to hold or continue any session of the court, the Chief Justice of India may with the previous consent of the President and after consultation with the Chief Justice(s) of the High Court(s) concerned, request in writing the attendance at the sittings of the court for such period as may be necessary, of a judge of High Court duly qualified for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court to be designated by the CJI. What is the name of such type of judge?
- Ad hoc judge
- Sessions judge
- Additional judge
- District judge
- Acting judge
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
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Article 127 says that if there is no quorum of the Supreme Court judges to hold or continue any session of the court, the CJI with the previous consent of the President and in consultation with the chief justice of the High Court concerned, can request in writing a judge of the High Court, who is qualified to be a judge of the Supreme Court, to function as ad hoc judge of the Supreme Court.
Q-7) Special leave petition power of the Supreme Court does not extend to the following judgements, decrees etc.
- Interim order
- Any court or tribunal constituted by or under any law relating to the Armed forces
- Criminal cases.
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(b)
(c)
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Special leave petition power of the SC does not to the judgment of any court or tribunal constituted by or under any law relating to the Armed Forces
Q-8) Which of the following pair(s) is/ are correctly matched
- Article 129 : Supreme Court to be a court of record
- Article 137 : Transfer of cases from one High Court to another or to itself from one or more High Courts
- Article 132 : Supreme Courts’ apostrophs power to review its own judgement
- Article 143 : Advisory jurisdiction of Supreme Court
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Supreme Court is empowered to transfer cases from one or more High Courts to itself or from one High Court to another under Article 139A. Supreme Court can review its own orders under Article 137.
Q-9) Which article of Indian Constitution provides an advisory jurisdiction to the Supreme Court?
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Article 143 of Indian Constitution provides an advisory jurisdiction to the Supreme Court.
Q-10) Consider the following regarding the death penalty
- Indian law permits execution only in the cases of ‘rarest of rare’ crimes.
- In India pardoning power of the president with respect to death sentence is decided by the president as per recommendations of the Union Home Ministry.
- Recently, China, Pakistan, voted against a UN resolution on calling for a ban on capital punishment while India supported the resolution.
Which of the following given statements is/are correct?
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India was among the 39 countries that voted against a UN General Assembly draft resolution which called for abolishing the Death Penalty.