Union & State Judiciary Of INDIA MCQs Set 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

The Supreme Courts of India enjoys

a) Appellate and advisory jurisdiction

b) Advisory jurisdiction

c) Original jurisdiction

d) Original, appellate and advisory jurisdiction

Question : 2

The power to enlarge the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India with respect to any matter included in the Union list of legislative powers rests with:

a) The Union Ministry of Law

b) The Parliament

c) The President of India

d) The Chief Justice of India

Question : 3

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A):
Willful disobedience or non-compliance of Court orders and use of derogatory language about Judicial behaviour amount to Contempt of Court.
Reason (R):
Judicial activism cannot be practiced without arming the Judiciary with punitive powers to punish contemptuous behaviour. In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct? Code

a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

b) (A) is true, but (R) is false

c) (A) is false, but (R) is true

d) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

Question : 4

Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction under the following article in relation to

1. Constitutional cases
2. Federal cases
3. Cases related to directive principles of state policy
4. River water disputes.

a) 1,2 and 3

b) 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 2 and 3 only

Question : 5

Original jurisdiction of Supreme Court is mentioned in which of the following articles of Indian Constitution?

a) Article 148

b) Article 143

c) Article 131

d) Article 132

Question : 6

The Supreme Court was set up under:

a) Indian Councils Act, 1892

b) Pitt's India Act

c) Regulating Act

d) Indian Councils Act, 1861