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Questions Related to general knowledge

When two persons descend from a common ancestor but by different wives, they are said to be related to each other by _________________.

  1. Sapinda relationship

  2. Half blood

  3. Full blood

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

______ was the leader of "Chipko Movement".

  1. Medha Patkar

  2. Subhash Gheising

  3. Balasaheb Doeras

  4. Sunderlal Bahuguna


Correct Option: D

Which country didn't allow USA to its land for war against Iraq? 

  1. Turkey

  2. Kuwait

  3. UAE

  4. Pakistan


Correct Option: B

DIRECTIONS: (Qs. 92-97)Given below/ a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the faile given below and dselect the most appropriate answer
Principle Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, no person shall be capable of being taken in adoption unless he or she is a Hindu, he or she not already been adopted, he or she has not been married, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permits persons who are married being taken in adoption, and he or she has not completed the age of fifteen years, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permits persons who have completed the age of fifteen years being take in adoption.
Facts Vijay being natural father had given Tarun, a boy aged 10 years, in adoption to Manoj in March 2010 in accordance with the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. In May 2012 Manoj gave Tarun in adoption to Sanjay. Subsequently in December 2013, Sanjay gaveTartm in adoption to Vijay.

  1. Adoption of Tarun by Sanjay is valid

  2. Adoption of Tarun by Vijay is valid

  3. Adoption of Tarun by Manoj is valid

  4. None of the above adoptions is valid


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

According to the principle given here, adoption of Tarim by Manoj is valid because all the conditions required to be fulfilled in accordance with the provisions of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 are completed. So, the adoption is valid.

DIRECTIONS: (Qs. 92-97)Given below/ a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the faile given below and dselect the most appropriate answer
Facts Michael works hard enough, walking down the streets, taking down the names of people who live at houses and makes a street directory as a result of that labour.

  1. Michael's exercise in making a street directory is sufficient to justify in making claim to copyright in that work which is ultimately produced

  2. Michael's exercise in making a street directory is not enough to justify in making claim to copyright in that work

  3. A street directory-cannot be enough to be considered as a literary work

  4. None of the above statement is correct


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to principle given here, Michael's exercise in making a street directory is sufficient to justify in making claim to copyright in that work, because the principle clearly states that, a literary work need not be of literary quality.
Even so prosaic a work as an index of railway stations or a railway guide or a list of stock exchange qualifies as a literary work if sufficient work has been expended in compiling it to give it a new and original character.

DIRECTIONS: (Qs. 92-97)Given below/ a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the faile given below and dselect the most appropriate answer
Principle One of the essential conditions for a marriage between any two persons to be solemnised under the Special MarriageAct 1954 is that at the time of the marriage tht male has completed the age of twenty-one years and the female the age of eighteer years. If the said condition is not fulfilled such a marriage is null and void.
Facts 'A', a male aged twenty-two year, proposes to many B', a female aged sixteer years, at Delhi in the month of June 2014 under the Special MarriageAct, 1954.

  1. Marriage between 'A' and 'B' can be legally solemnised under the Special Marriage Act 1954

  2. Marriage between 'A' and 'B' cannot be legally solemnised under the Special Marriage Act, 1954

  3. Marriage between 'A' and 'B' can remain valid for A under the Special Marriage Act, 1954

  4. None of the above is correct


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

According to the principle given here and the provisions of the Special MarriageAct 1954, essential condition for a marriage between any two persons is that at the time of the marriage the male has completed the age of 21 yr and female the age of 18 yr. However, in this case, the marriage is null and void because the female is 16 yr old, so the marriage cannot be legally solemnized.

DIRECTIONS: (Qs. 92-97)Given below/ a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the faile given below and dselect the most appropriate answer
Principle Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 either the husband or the wife can move a petition for a decree of divorce on the ground of desertion. The term 'desertion' means desertion of the petitioner by the other party to the marriage for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition, without reasonable cause and without the consent or against the wish of such party and includes the willful neglect of the petitioner by the other party to the marriage and its grammatical variations and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly. It is also said that desertion is withdrawal not from a, place but from a state of things.
Facts Rohan, a technocrat, went to US in January 2011 for pursuing his higher studies for a period of three years. In fact, Rohan went to US with the consent of his wife Basanti, who stayed at her parents' home, and with a promise- of his return to India upon the completion of his studies. From US he has quite often been in touch with his wife. Subsequently, Rohan has got a job there in US and he wishes to take his wife. She refuses to go to US and, in the meanwhile, she files a petition for a decree, of divorce on the ground of desertion by her husband.

  1. Rohan's three year stay in US in the above context can amount to a ground of desertion for divorce

  2. Rohan's three year stay in US in the above context cannot amount to a ground of desertion for divorce

  3. Rohan's continued stay after three years can amount to a ground of desertion for divorce

  4. Basanti's refusal can amount to a ground of desertion for divorce


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

According to the provisions of Hindu marriage Act 1955, either party can file a petition for a decree of divorce on the ground of desertion provided that desertion has been committed for a period of not less than 2 yr and without the consent of the other party. In the given case Rohan's stay in US for three years cannot amount to a ground of desertion for divorce because he went to US with the consent of his wife.

Who is the CEO of NITI Aayog ?

  1. Sindhushree Khullar

  2. Arvind Panagariya

  3. Bikesh Debroy

  4. Amitabh Kant


Correct Option: D

Who is the Chairperson of the 20th Law Commission of India?

  1. Justice Altamas Kabir

  2. Justice P.V. Reddy

  3. Justice A.R Lakshmanan

  4. Justice D. K. Jain


Correct Option: A

John Doe order in India is known as __________________.

  1. Ashok Kumar Order

  2. DMCA Order

  3. Take Down Order

  4. Injunction


Correct Option: A