Indian Legal System

1.       After its inauguration the __________ commenced its sittings in a part of the 

      Parliament House

a. District Court      b. High Court   c. Supreme Court   d. Federal Court

2.       As the work of the Court increased and arrears of cases began to accumulate. 

      Parliament increased the number of Judges from 8 in 1950 to  _____________

a. 14 in 1960                b. 18 in 1978               c. 26 in 1986            d.All

3.       Supreme Court Judges retire upon attaining the age of

a. 58 years b. 60 years        c. 62 years        d. 65 years

4.       A Judge of the Supreme Court cannot be removed from office except

a. By an order of the President passed after an address in each House of Parliament

b. Supported by a majority of the total membership of that House

c. By a majority of not less than two-thirds of members present and voting

d. All

5.       There are High Courts at the State level

a. 17                b. 20                            c. 21                            d. 50

6.       Below the High Courts are a hierarchy of subordinate courts such as the and various

other district courts.

a.   Civil courts             b. Family courts           c. Criminal courts         d. All

7.       High Courts are instituted as constitutional courts under of the Indian Constitution.

a. Part VI          b. Chapter V                       c. Article 214                d.All

8.       The High Courts are the of original jurisdiction in the state

a. Apex court of the country     b. Principal Civil Courts   c. Both        d. None

9.       High courts may also enjoy original jurisdiction in certain matters in a state or Federal law

a. If so designated specifically by a law   b. By Order of President of India

c. By Order of Prime Minister of India    d. By Order of Chief Minister of respective state

10.    Primarily the work of most High Courts consists of _____________

a. Appeals from lower courts                b. writ petitions in terms of Article 226

c. Both                                                 d. None

11.    __________  philosophy is traditionally divided into six astika or schools of thoughts

a. Hindu        b. Islam             c.  Buddhist           d.  None

12.    Hindu philosophy accepts the ___________ as supreme revealed scriptures

a. Puranas              b. Vedas       c. Idhikasas      d. None

13.    The astika schools are ___________ and Vaisheshika, Mimamsa, Vedanta

a. Samkhya                        b. Yoga             c. Nyava           d. All

14.     ___________ an atheistic and strongly dualist theoretical exposition of 

      consciousness and matter.

a. Yoga                   b. Nyaya          c. Samkhya     d. Vaisheshika

15.    ___________  an empiricist school of atomism

a. Mimamsa                        b. Nyaya           c. Vedanta        d. Vaisheshika

16.    ___________  an anti-ascetic and anti-mysticist school of orthopraxy

a. Miasma        b. Nyaya           c. Vedanta        d. Vaisheshika

17.    ___________ Vedanta came to be the dominant current of Hinduism in the post-medieval period.

a. Pre-medieval period       b. Post-medieval period  c. Colonial Period         d. None

18.    However, medieval philosophers like Vidyaranya classify Indian philosophy into sixteen 

      schools, where schools belonging to___________ thought are included with others

a. Saiva                   b. Panini                       c. Rascsvara                d. All

19.    Three Vedantic schools Advaita, Vishishtadvaita and Dvaita (which had emerged as 

       distinct schools by then) are classified separately

a. Advaita                b. Vishishtadvaita         c. Dvaita                       d. All

20.    Dvaita adopts  ___________       

a. Dualism              b. Non – dualism                      c. Both              d. None