CLAT 2018 Question Paper

Article 51-A on Fundamental Duties was inserted into the Constitution of India through the

The highest law officer in India is the

How many languages are there in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India?

A Panchayat Samiti at the block level in India is only a/an:

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental duty as per the provisions of the Constitution of India?

The Right to Education Act, 2009 (RTE) provides for free and compulsory education to:

The question below consists of two statements, one labeled as ‘Assertion’ (A) and another as ‘Reason’ (R). Examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items from the codes given below.

Assertion (A): It is the legal and constitutional duty of the State to provide legal aid to the poor.
Reason (R): No one should be denied justice by reason of his poverty.

Which was the law introduced by Sir William Bentinck to prohibit the practice of

Legal Principle: Nothing is an ‘offence’, if committed by a child below seven years of age. Fact Situation: Adil, aged six years, is a student of class one. He placed his sharpened pencil on the bench with its pointed end up when his classmate Ajay stood up to answer a question from the teacher. Ajay gets hurt when he sits on the pencil and Adil and his friends have a good laugh. Ajay’s father, on seeing his son injured when he returns home, wants action against Adil.

Which of the following statements is the most appropriate in relation to the legal principle stated above?

Legal Principle: The doctrine of basic structure in Constitutional jurisprudence means that the Constitution of India has certain basic features that cannot be taken away through amendments by the Parliament. The power of judicial review is a part of the basic structure and it helps the constitutional Courts to determine whether an amendment is against the basic structure or not.

Fact Situation: Parliament proposes an amendment to limit the power of appeal against conviction for the offence of Sedition, to be exercised only by the Supreme Court of India.

Which of the following statements is the most appropriate in relation to the legal principle stated above?