Questions for: The Supreme Court

• Q: Which of the following is/are the function/functions of the Cabinet Secretariat?
  
  A) Only 1

  B) Only 2 and 3

  C) Only 1 and 2

  D) 1, 2 and 3
  Answer:
  Explanation:
• Q: 1. Preparation of agenda for Cabinet Meetings
  
  A)

  B)

  C)

  D)
  Answer:
  Explanation:
• Q: 2. Secretariat assistance to Cabinet Committees
  
  A)

  B)

  C)

  D)
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: 3. Allocation of financial resources to the Ministries
  
  A)

  B)

  C)

  D)
  Answer:
  Explanation:
• Q: Select the correct answer using the code given below.
  
  A)

  B)

  C)

  D)
  Answer:
  Explanation:
• Q: The Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and
  
  A) Seven Judges

  B) Nine Judges

  C) Thirty three Judges

  D) Twenty five Judges
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: The current sanctioned strength of Judges of Supreme Court of India is
  
  A) 20

  B) 25

  C) 30

  D) 34
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: When was the Supreme Court inaugurated in India?
  
  A) 27 January, 1950

  B) 28 January, 1950

  C) 29 January, 1950

  D) 30 January, 1950
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: The sanctioned strength of Supreme Court of India is
  
  A) 24

  B) 20

  C) 18

  D) 34
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: The status of women in Indian Society was glorified by a Judgment of a Court in September, 2003. The Court is
  
  A) Supreme Court of India

  B) Local Courts

  C) Special Courts

  D) High Court, U.P.
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Supreme Court in India was established
  
  A) By an Act of Parliament in 1950

  B) Under Indian Independence Act, 1947

  C) Under Indian Government Act, 1953

  D) By the Indian Constitution
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Of the following statements, which one is not correct?
  
  A) Supreme Court was constituted in 1950

  B) Supreme Court is the highest Court of appeal in the country

  C) Supreme Court can hear from any High Court/Tribunals except Court-martial

  D) Supreme Court can hear from any High Court/Tribunals as well as from Court-martial
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: The power to increase the number of Judges in the Supreme Court of India is vested in
  
  A) The President of India

  B) The Parliament

  C) The Chief Justice of India

  D) The Law Commission
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: A Judge of the Supreme Court may resign his office by writing a letter to
  
  A) The Chief Justice

  B) The President

  C) The Prime Minister

  D) The Law Minister
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: How can a Judge of the Supreme Court be removed?
  
  A) By the will of the Chief Justice

  B) By the President

  C) By the President on the recommendation of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

  D) By the President on the recommendation of the Parliament
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: A Judge of the Supreme Court can be removed by the President of India after
  
  A) An enquiry by C.B.I.

  B) An enquiry by Chief Justice of India

  C) A report by the Bar Council of India

  D) An impeachment by the Parliament
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: The age of retirement in the Supreme Court is
  
  A) 62 years

  B) 63 years

  C) 64 years

  D) 65 years
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court are determined by
  
  A) Pay Commission appointed by the President

  B) Law Commission

  C) Parliament

  D) Council of Ministers
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: The Judges of the Supreme Court, after retirement, are permitted to carry on practice before
  
  A) Supreme Court only

  B) High Courts only

  C) Both Supreme Court and High Court

  D) None of the Courts
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India is appointed by
  
  A) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

  B) Prime Minister

  C) President

  D) Law Minister
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: The Judges of Supreme Court of India are appointed by the President
  
  A) After recommendation by Rajya Sabha

  B) On the advice of Lok Sabha

  C) On the advice of Prime Minister

  D) In consultation with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Adhoc Judges are appointed in the Supreme Court when
  
  A) Some Judges go on long leave

  B) No one is available for permanent appointment

  C) There is an abnormal increase in cases pending before the Court

  D) There is no quorum of the Judges available to hold
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: The Indian Constitution provides for the appointment of ‘Adhoc Judges’ in
  
  A) Supreme Court

  B) High Courts

  C) District and Session Courts

  D) All of the above
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: In which year was the Collegium System for the appointment of Judges adopted by the Supreme Court of India?
  
  A) 1993

  B) 1996

  C) 2000

  D) 2004
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: The Supreme Court’s Collegium comprises the Chief Justice of India and a few Senior Judges. The number of such Senior Judges is
  
  A) 3

  B) 4

  C) 5

  D) 6
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: The minimum number of Judges of the Supreme Court required for hearing any case involving interpretation of the Constitution is
  
  A) Ten

  B) Nine

  C) Seven

  D) Five
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide disputes between the Centre and the State falls under its
  
  A) Advisory jurisdiction

  B) Appellate jurisdiction

  C) Original jurisdiction

  D) Constitutional jurisdiction
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: The second largest bench constituted by the Supreme Court till date was in the
  
  A) Golaknath Case

  B) Minerva Mills Case

  C) Bank Nationalisation Case

  D) T.M.A. Pai Foundation Case
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court enunciated the ‘Doctrine of Basic Structure’?
  
  A) Golaknath

  B) A.K. Gopalan

  C) Keshvanand Bharti

  D) Menka Gandhi
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which case propounded the concept of ‘Basic Structure of the Indian Constitution’?
  
  A) Indira Sahni Case

  B) Shankari Prasad’s Case

  C) Rudal Shah’s Case

  D) Keshavananda Bharti’s Case
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: The minimum number of Supreme Court Judges who can hear a case involving a substantial question of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution is
  
  A) Five

  B) Seven

  C) Eleven

  D) Thirteen
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: In which case did the Supreme Court hold that ‘Fundamental Rights enable a man to chalk out his life in the manner he likes best’?
  
  A) Indira Gandhi Vs. Raj Narain

  B) Golaknath Vs. The State of Punjab

  C) Bank Nationalization Case

  D) Azhar Vs. Municipal Corporation
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Identify the incorrect pair of Case and Ruling in that case by Supreme Court
  
  A) Indira Sawhney Case - Creamy Layer for OBC

  B) Vishakaha Case - Protection of working women

  C) Maneka Gandhi Case - Arts. 14, 19, 21 not mutually exclusive

  D) Bella Banerjee Case - Right to travel abroad part of personal liberty
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Consider the following statements and state which one of them is correct?
  
  A) Supreme Court of India has only Original Jurisdiction

  B) It has only Original and Appellate Jurisdiction

  C) It has only Advisory and Appellate Jurisdiction

  D) It has Original, Appellate as well as Advisory Jurisdiction
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Curative Petition in India can be filed in Supreme Court under Article
  
  A) 138

  B) 140

  C) 142

  D) 146
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which Article of the Constitution permits the Supreme Court to review its judgement or order?
  
  A) Article 137

  B) Article 130

  C) Article 139

  D) Article 138
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following is correct with regard to the power to review any judgement pronounced or order made by the Supreme Court of India?
  
  A) The President of India has the power of review such judgment or order

  B) The Supreme Court has the power to review its judgment or order

  C) The Cabinet has the power to review such judgment or order with the permission of the President of India

  D) The Supreme Court does not have the power to review its judgment or order
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: In India, Judicial Review implies
  
  A) The power of the Judiciary to pronounce upon the constitutionality of laws and executive orders

  B) The power of the Judiciary to question the wisdom of the laws enacted by the Legislatures

  C) The power of the Judiciary to review all the legislative enactments before they are assented to by the President

  D) The power of the Judiciary to review its own judgments given earlier in similar or different cases
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Judicial Review means that the Supreme Court
  
  A) Has final authority over all issues

  B) Can charge allegations against President

  C) Can review the issues decided by High Courts

  D) Can declare illegal any law of the State
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Judicial Review implies the right of the Court to
  
  A) Declare any law or order invalid if it is in conflict with the Constitution

  B) Review the order of the Lower Courts

  C) Hear appeals against the decision of the Lower Courts

  D) Review the laws to see that they have been passed as per the procedure laid down
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: The system of Judicial Review is prevalent in
  
  A) India only

  B) U.K. only

  C) U.S.A. only

  D) Both in India and U.S.A.
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Under which Article of the Constitution the Courts have been prohibited from inquiring into the proceedings of the Parliament?
  
  A) Article 127

  B) Article 122

  C) Article 126

  D) Article 139
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: A Constitution (Amendment) Act may be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India if it
  
  A) Establishes three-tier federal set up in place of the existing two-tier set-up

  B) Removes Right of Equality before the law from Part III and places it elsewhere in the Constitution

  C) Replaces Parliamentary System of Executive with the Presidential one

  D) Establishes a Federal Court of Appeal to lighten the burden of the Supreme Court
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Judicial review in the Indian Constitution is based on
  
  A) Due Process of Law

  B) Procedure established by Law

  C) Rule of Law

  D) Precedents and conventions
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Who has the last authority to explain the Constitution?
  
  A) President

  B) Attorney General of India

  C) Speaker of Lok Sabha

  D) Supreme Court
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Who is the custodian of Indian Constitution?
  
  A) President

  B) Parliament

  C) Council of Ministers

  D) Supreme Court
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following is the custodian of the Constitution of India?
  
  A) The President of India

  B) The Prime Minister of India

  C) The Lok Sabha Secretariat

  D) The Supreme Court of India
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Who has the right to seek advisory opinion of the Supreme Court on any question of law?
  
  A) Prime Minister

  B) President

  C) Any High Court

  D) All of the above
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Under which Article can the President refer to the Supreme Court regarding the process of appointment and transfer of Judges?
  
  A) Article 127 sub clause (1)

  B) Article 143 sub clause (1)

  C) Article 143 sub clause (11)

  D) Article 144 sub clause (a)
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: The power to enlarge the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India with respect to any matter in the Union List rests with
  
  A) The President of India

  B) The Chief Justice of India

  C) The Parliament

  D) The Union Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: By whom can the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India be enlarged?
  
  A) President of India

  B) Parliament by passing a resolution

  C) Parliament by making a law

  D) President in consultation with Chief Justice of India
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: The advisory powers of the Supreme Court of India imply that it may
  
  A) Advise the President on issues of law or fact which are of public importance

  B) Advise the Government of India on all Constitution matters

  C) Advise the Prime Minister on legal matters

  D) Advise all the above persons
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: The Supreme Court of India tenders advice to the President on a matter of law or fact
  
  A) On its initiative

  B) Only if he seeks such advice

  C) Only if the matter relates to the Fundamental Rights of citizens

  D) Only if the issue poses a threat to the unity and integrity of the country
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Who has the right under the Constitution to seek the opinion of the Supreme Court on the question of law?
  
  A) President

  B) Any High Court

  C) Prime Minister

  D) All of the above
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Under which Article did the President make a reference to the Supreme Court regarding Gujarat Assembly Elections (2002)?
  
  A) Article 142

  B) Article 143

  C) Article 144

  D) Article 145
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Under which Article of the Constitution of India does the Supreme Court safeguard Fundamental Rights?
  
  A) 74

  B) 56

  C) 16

  D) 32
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: To become a Judge of Supreme Court, a person must be an advocate in High Court for at least how many years?
  
  A) 20

  B) 10

  C) 8

  D) 25
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Under which law is it prescribed that all proceedings in the Supreme Court of India shall be in English Language?
  
  A) The Supreme Court Rules, 1966

  B) Article 145 of the Constitution of India

  C) A Legislation made by Parliament

  D) Article 348 of the Constitution of India
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: “I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India... uphold the Sovereignty and Integrity of India...” It is the form of oath taken by
  
  A) The President of India

  B) The Chief Justice of India

  C) The Member of Parliament

  D) The Governor
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following cases comes under the Jurisdiction of High Court and Supreme Court?
  
  A) Dispute between the Centre and States

  B) Dispute between States

  C) Enforcement of Fundamental Rights

  D) Protection from violation of the Constitution
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Who has the right to transfer any case anywhere in India?
  
  A) President

  B) Supreme Court

  C) High Court

  D) None of the above
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Under which article did Supreme Court declare Migrants (Determination by Tribunal) Act, 1983 unconstitutional?
  
  A) Article 355

  B) Article 356

  C) Article 256

  D) Article 257
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: The source of the ‘Basic Structure Theory of the Constitution’ in India is
  
  A) The Constitution

  B) Judicial Interpretation

  C) Opinion of the Jurists

  D) Parliamentary Statute
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: The Supreme Court of India is a ‘Court of Record’. It implies that
  
  A) It has to keep a record of its decisions

  B) All its decisions have evidentiary value and cannot be questioned in any court

  C) It has the power to punish for its contempt

  D) No appeal can be made against its decisions
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following Courts in India is/are known as the Court(s) of Record?
  
  A) The High Courts only

  B) The Supreme Court only

  C) The High Courts and the Supreme Court

  D) The District Courts
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which one of the following is correct about the Supreme Court regarding its judgment?
  
  A) It can change the Judgment

  B) It cannot change the Judgment

  C) Only the Chief Justice of India can change the Judgment

  D) Only the Ministry of Law can change the Judgment
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: The Supreme Court holds its meetings in New Delhi, but it can meet elsewhere
  
  A) With the approval of President

  B) If the majority of Judges of Supreme Court so decide

  C) With the approval of Parliament

  D) On the request of State Legislature
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: In which case did the Supreme Court observe that CBI is a ‘Caged Parrot’?
  
  A) Rail Board Bribery Case

  B) Vineet Narayan vs. Union of India

  C) 2G Spectrum Scam Case

  D) Coal Gate Scam Case
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: TDSAT judgments can be challenged in the
  
  A) TRAI, High Court, Supreme Court

  B) TRAI and Supreme Court

  C) High Court and Supreme Court

  D) Supreme Court only
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Public Interest Litigations was introduced by
  
  A) A Parliamentary Act

  B) A Constitutional Amendment

  C) Judicial initiative

  D) None of the above
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: PIL is
  
  A) Public Interest Litigation

  B) Public Inquiry Litigation

  C) Public Investment Litigation

  D) Private Investment Litigation
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Where can the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) be filed?
  
  A) Only in Supreme Court of India

  B) Only in High Courts of States

  C) In Central Administrative Tribunals

  D) Both in High Courts and Supreme Court
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: The concept of Public Interest Litigation originated in
  
  A) Australia

  B) India

  C) The United States

  D) The United Kingdom
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: ‘Judicial Activism’ in India is related to
  
  A) Committed Judiciary

  B) Public Interest Petition

  C) Judicial Review

  D) Judicial Independence
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: What is the provision to safeguard the autonomy of the Supreme Court of India? (Correct statement(s))
  
  A) Only 1 and 3

  B) Only 3 and 4

  C) Only 4

  D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following are included in the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court? (1. A dispute between GoI and States 2. Dispute on elections 3. GoI and UT 4. Two or more States)
  
  A) 1 and 2

  B) 2 and 3

  C) 1 and 4

  D) 3 and 4
  Answer: B
  Explanation: