MODEL TESTPAPER-1
PART- 1: GENERAL ENGLISH
Instructions: The passages given below are followed by
questions. Choose the best answer for eachquestion.
PASSAGE 1
(Questions 1 to 8)
The teaching and transmission of North Indian
classical music is, and long has been achieved by largely
oral means. The raga and its structure, the often
breathtaking intricacies of tala or rhythm, and the
incarnation of rage and tala as bandish nor composition,
are passed thus, between guru and shishyabyword of
mouth and direct demonstration, with no printed sheet of
notated music, as it were acting as a go-between.
Saussures conception of language as a communication
between addresser and addressee is given, in this model, a
further instance, and a new, exotic complexity and
glamour.
These days, especially with the middle-class having
entered the domain of classical music and playing not a
small part in ensuring the continuation of this ancient
tradition, the tape recorder serves as a handy technological
slave and preserves, from oblivion, the vanishing, elusive
moment of oral transmission. Hoary gurus, too, have seen
the advantage of this device, and increasingly use it as an
aid to instruct their pupils:, in place of the shawls and
other traditional objects that used to pass from shishya to
guru in the past, as a token ofthe regard of the former for
the latter, it is not unusual, today, to see cassettes changing
hands.
Part of my education in North Indian classic music
was conducted via this rather ugly but beneficial rectangle
of plastic, which I carried with me to England when I was
an undergraduate. One cassette had stored in it various
talas played upon the tabla, at various tempos, by my
music teachers brother-in-law, Hazarilalji, who was a
teacher of Khathak dance, as well as singer and a tabla
player. This was a work of great patience and prescience, a
one and half hours performance without any immediate
point or purpose, but intended for some delayed future
moment when Id practice the talas solidarity
This repeated playing out of the rhythmic cycles on
the table was infected by the noises-an irate auto driver
blowing a horn; the sound of overbearing pigeons that
were such a nuisance on the banister; even the cry of a
kulfi seller in summer-entering from the balcony of the
third floor flat we occupied in those days, in a lane in a
Mumbai suburb, before we left the city for good. These
sounds, in turn, would invade, hesitantly, the ebb and flow
of silence inside the artificially heated room, in a borough
of West London in which I used to live as an
undergraduate. There, in the trapped dust, silence and heat,
the theka of the tabla, qualified by the imminent but
intermittent presence of the Mumbai suburb, would come
to life again. A few years later, the tabla and, in the
background, the pigeons and the itinerant kulfiseller,
would inhabit a small graduate room in Oxford.
The tape recorder though remains an extension of the
oral transmission ofmusic, rather than a replacement of it.
And the oral transmission of the North Indian classing
music remains, almost uniquely, a testament to the fact
that the human brain can absorb, remember and reproduce
structures of great complexity and sophistication without
the help of the hieroglyph or written mark or a system of
notation. I remember my surprise on discovering that
Hazarilalji who had mastered Kathak dance, tala and
North Indian classic music, and who used to narrate to me,
occasionally, composition meant for dance that were grand
and intricate in their verbal prosody, architecture and
rhythmic complexity was near illiterate and had barely
learnt to write his name in large and clumsy letters.
Of course, attempts have been made, throughout the
20thcentury for formally codify and even notate this music,
and institutions set up and degrees created, especially to
educate students in this scientific and codified manner.
Paradoxically, however, this style of teaching has
produced no noteworthy student or performer, the most
creative musician still remerge from the guru-shishya
relationship, their understanding ofmusic developed by
oral communication.
The fact that North Indian classic music emanates
from, and has evolved through, oral culture, means that
this music has a significantly different aesthetic, and that
this aesthetic has a different politics, from that of Western
classical music. A piece of music in the Western tradition,
at least in its most characteristic and popular conception,
originate I its composer, and the connection between the
two, between composer and the piece of music, is
relatively unambiguous precisely because the composer
writes down, in notation, his composition, as a poet might
write down and publish his poem. However far the printed
sheet of notated music might travel thus from the
composer, it stills remains his property; and the notion of
property remains at the heart of the Western conception of
genius, which derives from theLatin gignere or to
beget.
The genius in Western classic music is, the, the
originator; begetter and owner of his work the printed,
notated sheet testifying to his authority over his product
and his power; not for expression or imagination, but for
origination. The conductor is a custodian and guardian of
this property. It is an accident that Mandelstam, in his
note-books, compares the conductors baton to a
policemans, saying all the music of the orchestra lies
mute within it, waiting for its first movement to release it
into the auditorium?
The raga transmitted through oral means is, in a
sense, no ones property; it is not easy to pin down its
source, or to know exactly where its provenance or origin
lies. Unlike the Western classical tradition, where the
composer begets his piece, notates it and stamps it with his
ownership and remains in effect larger that or the father of
his work in the North Indian classical tradition, the rage
unconfined to effect larger that or the father of his work in
the North Indian classical tradition, the rage confined to a
single incarnation, composer or performer remains
necessarily greater that the artists who invokes it.
This leads to a very different politics of
interpretation and valuation to an aesthetic that privileges
evanescent moment of performance and invocation over
the controlling authority of genius and the permanent
record. It is a tradition thus that would appear to value the
performer as medium, more highly than the composer who
presumes to originate what effectively, cannot we
originated in a single person-because the raga is the
inheritance of a culture.
1. The authors contention that the notion of property
lies at the heart of the Western conception of genius
is best indicated by which one of the following?
(a) The creative output of a genius is invariably
written down and recorded.
(b) The link between the creator and his output is
unambiguous.
(c) The word genius is derived from a Latin word
which means to beget.
(d) The music composer notates his music and thus
becomes the father of a particular piece of
music.
2. Saussures conception of language as
communication between addressor and addressee
according to the author is exemplified by the
(a) Teaching of North Indian classical music by
word of month and direct demonstration.
(b) Use of the recorded cassette as a transmission
medium between the music teacher and the
trainee.
(c) Written down notation sheets of musical
compositions.
(d) Conductors baton and the orchestra.
3. The author holds that the rather ugly but a beneficial
rectangle of plastic, has proved to be a handy
technological slave in
(a) Storing the tales played upon the tabla at various
tempos.
(b) Ensuring the continuance of an ancient tradition.
(c) Transporting North Indian classical music across
geographical borders.
(d) Capturing the transient moment of transmission.
4. The oral transmission of North Indian classical
music is an almost unique testament of the
(a) Efficacy of the guru-shishya tradition.
(b) Learning impact of direct demonstration
(c) Brains ability to reproduce complex structure
without the help of written marks.
(d) The ability of an illiterate person to narrate grand
and intricate musical compositions.
5. According to the passage in the North Indian
classical tradition the raga remains greater than the
artistwho invokes it. This implies an aesthetic which
(a) Emphasizes performance and invocation over the
authority of genius and permanent record.
(b) Makes the music no ones property.
(c) Values the composer more highly than the
performer
(d) Supports oral transmission of traditional music.
6. Which one of the following cannot be inferred?
(a) It is easy to transfer a piece of Western classical
music to a distant place.
(b) The conductor in the Western tradition as
custodian can modify the music since it lies
mute in his baton.
(c) The authority of the Western classical music
composer over his music product is
unambiguous.
(d) The power of the Western classical music
composer extends to the expression on his music.
7. According to the author the inadequacy of teaching
North Indian classical music through a
codified,notation based system is best illustrated by
(a) A loss of the structural beauty of the ragas.
(b) A function of two opposing approaches creating
mundane music.
(c) The conversion of free-flowing raga into stilled
set pieces.
(d) Its failure to produce any noteworthy student or
performer.
8. Which of the following statements best conveys the
overall idea of the passage?
(a) North Indian and Western classical music are
structurally different.
(b) Western music is the intellectual property of the
genius while the North Indian raga is the
inheritance of the culture.
(c) Creation as well as performance are important in
the North Indian classical tradition.
(d) North Indian classical music is orally transmitted
while Western classical music depends on
written down notation.
PASSAGE 2
(Questions 9 to 16)
This contract is so one sided, I am astonished to
find it written on both sides of the paper.
Lord Evershed M.R.
This article looks at the various existing systems of
interpretation of standard form contracts (such as tickets to
a cricket match), and after reviewing each systems plus
points and minus points, it attempts to evolve an
alternative system.
The Indian cricket team was due to play a cricket
match against South African cricket team in Chennai on
22-11-2005. Cricket lovers bought the tickets by the
thousands. They paid varying sums of money for their
tickets, and handed over the cash to the gentlemen behind
the counter. The gentleman checked the tender and put it
in his pocket and waited in anticipation for the day to
arrive. Of course, instead of folding the ticket, if he had
opened up the ticket and looked at the reverse side, he
would have noted about six printed conditions, one of
which was, No refund will be given under
anycircumstances.
The 22nd day of November turned out to be a very
rainy day, and the match was called off without a single
ball being bowled. It was then that the cricket fans
discovered that as per the conditions in the printed ticket,
they would get no refund at all. As on the date of this
writing, the cricket authorities had not accepted to any
request for refund. The problem remains unresolved.
Some interesting legal issues arise in these circumstances:
(1) Generally speaking, what is the legitimacy / validity
of a clause in a printed form of contract?
(2) What are the limits on its enforceability?
A leading authority on the law of Contracts states that
aproblem may arise in proving the terms of the
agreementwhere it is sought to be shown that they are
contained ina contract in a printed form i.e. in some ticket,
receipt, orother standard form document. Chitty states:
The other party may have signed the document, in
which case he is bound by its terms. More often, however,
it is simply handed to him at the time of making the
contract and the question will then arise whether printed
conditions which it contains have become terms of the
contract. The party receiving the document will probably
not trouble to read it, and may even be ignorant that it
contains any conditions at all. Yet standard form of
contracts very frequently embodies clauses which purport
to impose obligations on him or to exclude or restrict the
liability of the person supplying the document. Thus, it
becomes important to determine whether these clauses
should be given contractual effect.
A valid contract requires offer and acceptance, that is
to say, an acceptance made, fully conscious of and alive to
the terms and conditions of the proposal. Of course, that is
not to say that a man who signs an agreement blindfolded
will be relieved from his obligations under that agreement,
simply because he later chooses to discard the blindfold.
However, what Section 2 (b) require is that the acceptor
must have a real opportunity to review the proposal and
decide on whether to accept or not.
A standard form of contract purports to represent the
terms of the bargain between the parties thereto. It
purports to embody the consensus between the parties. In
short, it purports to be an agreement enforceable by law.
To follow the principles laid down in the Indian
Contract Act to the letter, one would require each and
every clause in an agreement to be discussed, negotiated
and then finalized, and a consensus arrived at.
9. What can be an apt title for the above passage?
(a) Contract and Cricket
(b) Essentials of Indian Contracts
(c) Valid contracts
(d) Offer and acceptance in Contracts
10. A valid contract requires
(a) Standard form of contracts
(b) Offer and Acceptance
(c) Only an Offer
(d) Only Acceptance
11. A standard form of contract embodies
(a) Consensus
(b) Terms laid by either of the parties
(c) Written agreement
(d) An offer
12. The cricket was called off without any reason
(a) The statement is correct
(b) The statement is false
(c) The statement is half correct
(d) Cannot say
13. There was no refund because
(a) No games were played
(b) The people did not read the terms of the contract
(c) It was not valid as there was no consensus
(d) There was no valid offer and acceptance
14. What is the purpose for writing this article?
(a) To tell that no game of cricket was played on22-
11-2005
(b) To tell that refund of ticket money was made by
many people
(c) To relate the discontent of fans
(d) To suggest a system of an alternative nature to
deal with standard form contracts
15. The Legal issues arising are
(a) Whether printed form contract is valid and
enforceable?
(b) Whether a ticket can be an agreement of
contract?
(c) Whether the clauses are rightly drawn?
(d) Whether the purchaser needs to sign on the ticket
to make it binding on the seller?
16. The Contracts Act demands that
(a) The contract agreement be written by both parties
(b) The contract agreement be read by both parties
(c) The contract agreement clauses be discussed,
negotiated and finalized before drawing it.
(d) The contract agreement must be agreed by
bothparties.
PASSAGE 3
(Questions 17 to 21)
Excerpt from the Power and the Glory by Graham
Greene
Suddenly, he realized that he could see a face, and
then another; he had begun to forget that it would ever be
another day, just as one forgets that one will ever die. It
comes suddenly on one in a screeching brake or a whistle
in the air, the knowledge that time moves and comes to an
end. All the voices slowly became faces there were no
surprises. The confessional teaches you to recognize the
shape of a voice the loose lip of the weak chin and the
false candour of the too straightforward eyes. He saw the
pious woman a few feet away, uneasily dreaming with her
prim mouth open, showing strong teeth like tombs: the old
man: the boaster in the corner, and his woman asleep
untidily across his knees. Now that the day was at last
here, he was the only one awake, except for a small Indian
boy who sat cross-legged near the door with an expression
of interested happiness, as if he had never known such
friendly company. Over the courtyard the whitewash
became visible upon the opposite wall. He began formally
to pay his farewell to the world: he couldnt put any heart
in it. His corruption was less evident to his senses than his
death. One bullet, he thought, is almost certain to go
directly through the heart a squad must contain one
accurate marksman. Life would go out in a fraction of a
second (that was the phrase), but all night he had been
realizing that time depends on clocks and the passage of
light. There were no clocks and the light wouldnt change.
Nobody really knew how long a second of pain could be.
It might last a whole purgatory or forever. For some
reason he thought of a man he had once shrived who was
on the point of death with cancer his relatives had had to
bandage their faces, the smell of the rotting interior was so
appalling. He wasnt a saint. Nothing in life was as ugly as
death.
17. The mood of the narrator in this passage is
(a) happy and upbeat
(b) pensive and thoughtful
(c) insouciant and without a care in the world
(d) looking forward to the future
18. The narrator is most likely a
(a) Hindu pandit
(b) Jewish rabbi
(c) Catholic priest
(d) Animist
19. What is the narrator awaiting?
(a) A piece of chocolate cake in the morning
(b) The arrival of the love of his life
(c) A firing squad
(d) Mundane office chores
20. What time is it?
(a) Mid morning
(b) Dusk
(c) Dawn
(d) Mid afternoon
21. The passage is a reflection on
(a) The inevitability of life
(b) The movement of time and the nature of life
(c) The movement of time
(d) The movement of time and the nature of death
PASSAGE 4
(Questions 22 to 26)
He was a deeply subtle man, I know by now. With
such natures it is usually a waste of efforts to fence: the
only way to speak face-to-face is to be direct. I said that I
had been waiting for news of the Nobel Prize, and that I
was very sorry. He stared at me, and nodded. He didnt
pretend not to mind. He said something to the effect that it
would be good to have. Then, quite suddenly, he gave a
grim chuckle, and launched into an anecdote, possibly
apocryphal and certainly slanderous, about another
unsuccessful candidate not English-speaking who had
been bucking for the prize for years and years. He had
left nothing to chance. He had known all the right boys (in
Frosts demonology, this probably meant some of the
enemies). He had been told that it was in the bag. The
day of the election, he was sitting with a horde of
supporters. He had the champagne out on the table. He
was waiting for the telephone to ring.
There was a long wait. A longer wait. At last the
telephone did ring. He hadnt got it. He was told the name
of the winner. It is impossible, he cried. It is impossible. It
is impossible. That was all he could think of, Frost said,
cheering himself up with malice. But had happened.
After that, he was quite gay. He talked about
England. He was sensitive to his audience. So that I was
left under the impression that he had been a lifelong
Anglophie. When I read his letters and his remarks about
the British (a term he wouldnt have used to me) I wasnt
surprised about something, but I was by those. May be, as
I have suggested, he had come to think better of us. He
was enthusiastic about the common language that was
essential thing. Then he spoke about what he called the
locative in art. Art which meant anything to him was
locative, rooted in a place, in the singularities of a place.
We had a bit of an argument. Temperamentally, I said, I
was on his side. But locative art needs knowledge and
patience to understand: that was why cosmopolitan art,
abstract art, traveled further and faster. One didnt have to
know anything to read, say, Kafka or Hemingway. They
had traveled round the world to an extent that Jane Austen
or Forster never would. Frost wouldnt have it. The
greatest locative art transcended everything. It was
organic, and no other art could be. He still had immense
stamina for argument, or rather for his oblique
interpretation of ideas. He would have gone on talking
long after our hosts returned.
22. The author was very sorry that
(a) The news of the Nobel Prize never reached Frost
(b) Frost rejected the Nobel Prize
(c) Frost did not get the Nobel Prize
(d) None of the above
23. He didnt pretend not to mind, this means
(a) He did mind
(b) He did not mind
(c) He had mixed feelings
(d) He showed no feeling
24. That was all he could think of, Frost said, cheering
up with malice. Here he refers to
(a) Frost
(b) the author
(c) the unsuccessful
(d) None of these
25. The author was left under the impression that Frost
had been
 (a) A great admirer of English
(b) Detested English
(c) An avid reader of English works
(d) Collecting English works
26. The greatest locative art transcended everything.
We can infer from the passage that
(a) Kafkas or Hemingways was locative art
(b) Jane Austens was locative art
(c) Frosts was locative art
(d) Frost believed that none of these was locative art
Directions for Question No. to 27to 29: There are three
short passages given below. Read each of the passages
and answer the question that follows it.
27. In a recent report the gross enrolment ratios at the
primary level that is the number of children enrolled
in class one to five as a proportion of all children
aged six to ten were shown to be very high for most
states in many cases, they were way above 100
percent. These figures are not worth anything since
they are based on the official enrolment data
complied from school records. They might as well
stand for gross exaggeration ratios.
Which one of the following options best supports the
claim that the ratios are exaggerated?
(a) The definition of gross enrolment ratio does not
exclude, in its numerator, children below six years or
above ten years enrolled in class one to five.
(b) A school attendance study found that many children
enrolled in the school records were not meeting a
minimum attendance requirement of 80 percent.
(c) A study estimated that close to 22 percent of children
enrolled in the class one records were below six
years of age and still to start going to school.
(d) Demographic surveys show shifts in the population
profile which indicates that the number of children in
the age group six to ten years is declining.
28. Although in the limited sense of freedom regarding
appointments and internal working, the
independence of the Central Bank in unequivocally
ensured the same cannot be said of its right to pursue
monetary policy without coordination with the
Central Government. The role of the Central Bank
has turned out to be subordinate and advisory in
nature.
Which one of the following best supports the
conclusion drawn in the passage?
(a) A decision of the Chairman of the Central Bank
to increase the bank-rate by two percentagepoints
sent shock-waves in industry, academic and
government circles alike.
(b) Government has repeatedly resorted to
monetization of the debt reservations of the
Central Bank.
(c) The Central Bank does not need the Central
Governments nod for replacing soiled currency
notes.
(d) The inability to remove coin shortage was amajor
shortcoming of this government.
29. About 96 percent of Scandinavian months have ears
tuned to the ultrasonic pulses that bats,
theirpredators, emit. But the remaining 4 percent do
not have ears and are deaf. However, they have a
larger wingspan that the hearing moths, and also
have higher wing-loadings-the ratio between a
wings areas and its weight-meaning higher
maneuverability.
Which one of the following can be best inferred from
the above passage?
(a) A higher proportion of deaf moths than hearing
moths fall prey to bats.
(b) Deaf moths may try to avoid bats by frequent
changes in their flight direction.
(c) Deaf moths are faster than hearing moths and so
are less prone to becoming a bats dinner than
hearing moths.
(d) The large wingspan enables deaf moths to better
receive the pulses of their bat predators.
Directions for Question No. 30 to 32: In each of the
following sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined.
Beneath each sentence, four different ways of
paraphrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose
the best alternative among the four.
30. It was us who had left before he arrived.
(a) We who had left before time he had arrived
(b) us who had went before the arrived
(c) us who had went before had arrived.
(d) we who had left before he arrived.
31. Many of these environmentalists proclaim to
savenothing less than the planet itself.
(a) to save nothing lesser than
(b) that they are saving nothing lesser than
(c) to save nothing less than
(d) that they save nothing less than
32. Since the advent of cable television, at the beginning
of this decade, the entertainment industry took a
giant stride forward in our country
(a) this decade saw the entertainment industry taking
(b) this decade, the entertainment has taken
(c) this decade, the entertainment industry had taken
(d) this decade, the entertainment industry took
Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blanks:
33. He trespassed .. forbidden territory.
(a) into (b) of
(c) on (d) against
34. He trespassed my time.
(a) on (b) against
(c) into (d) of
35. To attack unarmed nations is an offence .. capital gains tax to the tune of over 11,000 Crores.
humanity. The Company was
(a) against (b) to (a) Airtel (b) Vodafone
(c) of (d) for (c) Suzuki (d) None of the above
36. The accused was acquitted .. the 45. Who among the following is the new
charge of murder. SecretaryGeneral of the Federation of Indian
(a) of (b) for Chambers ofCommerce and Industry (FICCI)?
(c) from (d) to (a) Dr. A. Didar Singh
37. He was angry .. the world because (b) Rajiv Chandrashekhar
no one would give him food. (c) RV. Kanoria
(a) with (b) on (d) None of the above
(c) at (d) against 46. Who among the following has been recently elected
38. He has no rival .statesmanship. as the communication advisor to the Prime
Ministers office?
(a) to (b) in
(a) K. Muthukumar (b) PankajPachuri
(c) for (d) None
(c) Binoy Job (d) None of the above
39. I request you not to take offence my
sonsrudeness. 47. Recently, the Supreme Court allowed the voters to
use the None of the above (NOTA) option if they
(a) at (b) against are not willing to vote for the candidates in the
(c) to (d) for ballot. What will be the consequence if the
40. She sat . her pet dog. maximum number ofvoters gives the NOTA option?

(a) besides (a) Election will be cancelled

(b) beside (b) The candidates will be barred from contesting

(c) both A & B are correct (c) It will not affect the election results

(d) both A & B are incorrect (d) None of the above

48. The Parliamentary Committee on Privileges has
suggested that the status ofMembers of Parliament
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / CURRENT AFFAIRS should be on par with ChiefJustices of the High
41. Who among the following was the SpecialProsecutor Courts in the Warrant of Precedence. Who among
for Mumbai Police in Ajmal Kasabs Death Appeal? the following is the Chairman of the committee?
(a) Gopal Subramanyam (a) P.C. Chacko (b) A.M. Singhvi
(b) P.P. Rao (c) SitaramYechuri (d) None of the above
(c) Rohinton Nariman 49. Which of the following is the Indias longest
trainservice?
(d) None of the above
(a) Jammutawi Express (b) Vivek Express
42. Arfa Karim Randhawa, who became the worlds
youngest Microsoft Certified Professional at the age (c) Himasagar Express (d) None of the above
of nine, died after a heart attack following an 50. Who among the following has been appointed asthe
epileptic fit, belonged to new UNICEF ambassador to India?
(a) UAE (b) Bangladesh (a) Amir Khan
(c) Pakistan (d) None of the above (b) Vivek Oberoi
43. The main feature of the Protection of Children from (c) Salman Khan
Sexual Offences Act (PCSOA) is
(d) None of the above
(i) To criminalize teenage sex by increasing the age
of consent from l6to 18 51. Which of the following films bagged the
covetedGolden Peacock Award for the Best Film at
(ii) To treat oral sex with anybody below 18 years as the 43rdInternational Film Festival of India (2012)?
rape
(a) Nader and SimmA Separation
(iii) To punish any adult who molests a child with a
sentence ranging from three to five years (b) AdaminteMakan Abu

(a) (i) only (c) Porfirio

(b) (i) and (ii) only (d) Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan

(c) (ii) and (iii) only 52. Who among the following has become the firstIndian
to have been inducted into the Hall of Fameby the
(d) (i), (ii) and (iii) International Womens Forum (IWF)?
44. The Supreme Court had set aside the demand of the (a) Shabana Azmi (b) Sonia Gandhi
Income Tax Department requiring a company to pay
 (c) Nandita Das (d) None of the above 60. Who among the following is the richest member of
54. Which of the following former Judges of RajyaSabha?
theSupreme Court of India recently said, (a) Vijay Mallya
Higherjudiciary is guilty of 7 sins? (b) Ram Jethrnalani
(a) Justice Sudarshan Reddy (c) Abhishek Manu Singhvi
(b) Justice Mukundakarn Sharma (d) None of the above
(c) Justice Ruma Pal 61. The worlds population touched Seven Billion on
(d) None of the above (a) October 21, 2011
55. Which of the following High Courts in (b) November31, 2011
November2011, hosted a public colloquium to bring
togetherpoliticians, students, youth leaders and civil (c) October3l,2011
society members to debate the role of a citizen in (d) October 22, 2011
protecting public property and abjuring violence a 62. Who among the following cricketers
Fundamental Duty under Article 51(A) (i) of the was/wererecently found guilty by plotting to fix parts
Constitution? of aTest match last year after a betting scam?
(a) Delhi High Court (a) Mohammed Amir
(b) Bombay High Court (b) Salman Bhat
(c) Himachal Pradesh High Court (c) Mohammed Asif
(d) None of the above (d) All the above
56. Which of the following News Channels was asked to 63. India has been unanimously elected as the
deposit Rs. 100 Crore by the Mumbai High Court in ViceChairman of the Association of Asian
a defamation Case filed byJustice PB. Savant? ElectionAuthorities (AAEA) at its General Assembly
(a) Headlines Today (b) StarNews held atSeoul in October 2011. Which among
(c) Times Now (d) None of the above thefollowing countries has been elected as
theChairman for the next three-year term?
57. Which of the following sitting Judge of the Supreme
Court termed death penalty barbaric, anti-life, (a) Bhutan (b) Nepal
undemocratic and irresponsible, but legal while (c) South Korea (d) None of the above
expressing his personal views on the subject, 64. The Supreme Court has recently directed the
adding that the constitutional guarantee of right to Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conduct a
life could not be subjected to vague premises. The survey and submit a report on how safe the four
rarest of rare doctrine in death penalty cases is a minarets of the Taj Mahal are. Who among the
grey area as it depended on the interpretation of following approached the Supreme Court for the
individual judges.? direction to protect the Taj?
(a) Justice A.K. Ganguly (a) Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL)
(b) Justice S.H. Kapadia (b) Common Cause
(c) Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra (c) M.C. Mehta
(d) None of the above (d) None of the above
58. In which of the following cases, seven persons who 65. Lady Brenda Hale, is the only woman judge of the
were made accused byATS, were released on bail Supreme Court of
after having spent five years in jail when NIA found
them to be innocent? (a) UK (b) USA
(a) Godhra Case (c) Canada (d) None of the above
(b) Malegaon Blast Case 66. Who among the following won the 2013 Nobel Prize
for literature?
(c) Best Bakery Case
(a) Tomas Transtromer (b) Mario Vargas Llosa
(d) None of the above
(c) Doris Lessing (d) Alice Munro
59. Who among the following has been appointed as the
leader of a Task Force of Experts on Clean Energy 67. Who among the following has been conferred with
Investment Project at Columbia Law Schools Center the 2012 UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of
for Climate Change Law, Columbia University, in Tolerance and Non-Violence, an award instituted in
New York? the memory of Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) P.P. Rao (a) Aung San Suu Ki
(b) Fall Nariman (b) Abu Awwad
(c) Mohan Parasaran (c) DalaiLama
(d) None of the above (d) None of the above
68. The renowned writer Indira Goswami, who died 77. Who among the following is the head of the15-
recently, was a mediator in talks between member Central Expert Committee set up by the
theGovernment and central government over the Koodankulam nuclear
(a) LTTE (b) Naxalites power plant issue?
(c) ULFA (d) None of the above (a) A.P.J. Abdul Kalal
69. Oscar Maron Filho, who died following a heart (b) Dr. A.S. Anand
attack at an open forum in the Goa International Film (c) A.E. Muthunayagam
Festival 2011, was a Film Director from (d) None of the above
(a) France (b) Italy 78. Who among the following will be the Chief Guestat
(c) Brazil (d) None of the above Indias Republic Day Celebrations 2014?
70. Who among the following topped in M.PhilEconomics (a) Park Geun-hye
at the Cambridge University (2010-2011) and won (b) Vladimer Putin
the prestigious Stevenson Prize?
(c) Yingluck Shinawatra
(a) Divya Darshini (b) Vrinda Bhandari
(d) None of the above
(c) Mahima Khanna (d) None of the above
79. Who among the following Indian Political
71. Who among the following is the author of the book Figureshas been recently elected to the elite club
Revolution 2020? ofSingapore christened Friends to our Shore.?
(a) Rohinton Mistry (b) A.PJ. Abdul Kalam (a) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(c) Chetan Bhagat (d) None of the above (b) Jawaha Lal Nehru
72. The empowered group of State Finance Ministers on (c) Rajeev Gandhi
GST approved the setting up of a special purpose
vehicle, called the GST Network, to beheaded by (d) None of the above
(a) Narayana Murthy (b) Nandan Nilekani 80. A Mumbai-based journalist, Jigna Vora, was arrested
in connection with the murder case of Mid-Day
(c) Sam Pitroda (d) None of the above journalistJ. Dey. She was workingwith
73. Who is the author of the book The Kesavananda (a) Asian Age (b) Times of India
Bharati Case The untold story of struggle
forsupremacy by Supreme Court and Parliament? (c) Hindustan Times (d) None of the above
(a) Rajeev Dhavan (b) P.P.Rao 81. World Book and Copyright Day is a yearly event on
23 April, organized by . to promote
(c) TR. Andhyarujina (d) None of the above reading, publishing and copyright.
74. The Union Cabinet has approved the final (a) UNO (b) UNESCO
recommendations of the Wage Board along with
certain corrections and rectifications carried out (c) Writers Guild (d) None of the above
under Section 12(1) of the WorkingJournalists and 82. Which among the following cases was
other Newspaper Employees (conditions of Service) notinvestigated by CBI?
& Miscellaneous ProvisionsAct, 1955. Who among (a) 2GScam (b) CWG Scam
the following was the Chairman of the Wage Board?
(c) Cash for Vote Scam (d) None of the above
(a) Justice G.R Majithia
83. Article 159 of the Constitution may mandate a
(b) Justice Markandey Katju governor to take oath of office by swearing in the
(c) Justice Santosh Hegde name of God or solemnly affirm but the
(d) None of the above SupremeCourt has recently ruled that.
Governor Syed Ahmad did not breach the
75. Why Dr. Conrad Murray was in news recently? constitutional provision by taking oath in the name
(a) He was found guilty in a sexual assault case of Allah.
(b) He was a US spy caught in Iran (a) Kerala (b) Jharkhand
(c) He was found guilty in connection with Michael (c) Chhattisgarh (d) None of the above
Jacksons death 84. The Parliament Committee on Human Resource
(d) None of the above Development has recommended imposition of
76. Which among the following parties has won the amaximum penalty of .. on thosetechnical
Hisar Loksabha bye-election which received and medical institutions which charge capitation fees
attention due to Team Annas anti- from the students.
Congresscampaign? (a) Rs.25lakhs (b) Rs.50 lakhs
(a) Congress (c) Rs.75lakhs (d) Rs.1 Crore
(b) BJP 85. How many women Judges have been appointed so
(c) Haryana Janhit Congress far in the history of Indian Supreme Court?
(d) INLD (a) 3 (b) 4
 (c) 5 (d) 6 (c) 12 kms (d) 8 kms
86. Name the Indian born, former management 97. Add the two smaller numbers and multiply the result
consultant in Price Water-house Coopers, who won a by the largest of these numbers: 3, 7, 4.
recent by-election to the House of Commons? (a) 35 (b) 49
(a) Nirj Deva (b) Seema Malhotra (c) 21 (d) 40
(c) Priti Patel (d) None of the above 98. A segment 15 metres long can be divided into how
87. Who among the following won the Poly many segments 30 cm long?
UmrigarAward for the best Indian cricketer 2012? (a) 50 (b) 20
(a) Rahul Dravid (b) Sachin Tendulkar (c) 5 (d) 2
(c) ViratKohli (d) None of the above 99. What is the 0.5 per cent of 100,000?
88. Who among the following won the Womens Title in (a) 0.05 (b) 0.5
the French Open Tennis Tournament 2013?
(c) 5 (d) 500
(a) Venus Williams (b) Li Na
100. In 2007, the rainfall in city X was 80% of the
(c) Anna Ivanovic (d) Serena Williams normal. If the actual rainfall that year was 36 cm,
89. The 2000 Match in the history of Test Cricket was how many cm of rainfall per year was normal forthat
played between city?
(a) India and England (a) 60 cm (b) 45 cm
(b) Srilanka and Australia (c) 70 cm (d) 30 cm
(c) Pakistan and West Indies 101. The ratio between two numbers is 9:5 and theirsum
(d) England and Australia is 224. The numbers are:
90. Which among the following Countries has (a) 100, 124 (b) 150, 74
becomethe first Asian Country to win the FIFA (c) 144, 80 (d) 200, 24
WorldCup defeating USA in the FIFA Womens 102. A tank is filled in 12 hours when two taps are made
WorldCup Final 2011? to function simultaneously. If one tap fills the tank
(a) China (b) South Korea 10 hours faster than the other, the second tap
(c) Japan (d) None of the above fillsthetank in
(a) 25 hours (b) 28 hours
(c) 30 hours (d) 35 hours
MATHEMATICAL ABILITY
103. The difference between the highest four digitnumber
91. If Mohans income consists of Rs.150/- per month
and the smallest two digit number is
plus a commission of 6 per cent of total sale;
whathas been the sale for the month if his income (a) 8890 (b) 9900
forthat month was Rs.600? (c) 9989 (d) 9089
(a) Rs.6000 (b) Rs.7500 104. Average of five consecutive odd numbers starting
(c) Rs.10,000 (d) Rs.75,000 with 5 is
92. 1, 3, 9,27, ..what number comes next. (a) 8 (b) 9
(a) 63 (b) 81 (c) 12 (d) 14
(c) 96 (d) 39 105. Gopal was engaged by a man to work for 20 days on
the condition that for every day he works, he will be
93. 23,18, 14,11, 9, .what number comes next?
paid Rs 20/- per day and for every day of his
(a) 8 (b) 11 absence, he will be fined Rs 5/-. If he receives only
(c) 7 (d) 4 Rs 275/- for how many days was he absent?
94. Add the two smaller numbers and divide the result (a) 6 days (b) 9 days
by the largest of these numbers: 5, 3, 8Tick the (c) 11 days (d) 5 days
correct answer below:
106. The sum of one half, one third and one fourth of a
(a)2 (b)3 number exceeds the number by 10. The number is
(c)1 (d) 0 (a) 60 (b) 120
95. Add the two larger numbers and divide the result by (c) 430 (d) 220
the smallest number: 7,3,8.
107. One third of one third of a number is 31. The number
(a) 2 (b) 1 is
(c) 5 (d) 3 (a) 198 (b) 279
96. A boat is rowed down a river at 16 km/hour and up (c) 333 (d) 373
the river at 8kms/hour. The distance travelled by the
boat in still water in 2 hours is
(a) 24 kms (b) 16 kms
108. A husband and wife have eight married sons and
each of them have four children. The total number Directions: In each of the following questions a series of
infamilyis letters or numbers has been arranged in some sequence.
(a) 40 (b) 45 Below each are given alternative responses. Find out the
(c) 50 (d) 55 correct response.
109. Three bells toll at intervals of 3,4& 5 seconds. If they 117. 2, 6, 14, 11, 15, 23, 20, 24,........,29
now toll together, they will again toll togetherafter (a) 31 (b) 29
(a) 11/2 minutes (b) 1 minute (c) 28 (d) 32
(c) 1 3/4 minutes (d) 30 seconds 118. 97, 86, 73, ..,45,34
110. The difference between Simple Interest (a) 54 (b) 56
andCompound Interest on Rs 2,000/- for 2 years at (c) 58 (d) 60
therate of, 10% per annum will be
119. 6, 11, 21, 36, 56, ..
(a) Rs12/- (b) Rs 32/-
(a) 41 (b) 51
(c) Rs20/- (d) Rs46/-
(c) 81 (d) 91
120. 21, 25, 33, 49, 81, ..
LOGICAL REASONING
(a) 145 (b) 129
Directions: In the following questions, there are two
statements 1 and2 followed by two conclusions (A) and (c) 113 (d) 97
(B). You have to assume everything in the statements to 121. 462, 420, 380, .., 306
be true and consider both the conclusions together, and
(a) 322 (b) 332
then decide which of the two given conclusions logically
follow beyond a reasonable doubtfrom the information (c) 342 (d) 352
given in the statement. 122. Z, U, Q,..,L
Mark (a) If only conclusion (A)follows. (a)M (b)I
Mark (b) If only Conclusion (B) follows. (c)K (d)N
Mark (c) If either or (B) follows. 123. BF, CH,.., HO, LT
Mark (d) If neither (A) nor (B) follows. (a) DN (b) EL
111. Statements: 1. All books are pencils. (c) EK (d) EM
2. Some Pencils are Cycles. 124. CAT, FDW, IGZ..
Conclusions: A. Some Cycles are Pencils. (a) KJA (b) KTC
B. Some Cycles are Books. (c) LHD (d) LJC
112. Statements: 1. Some Singers are Teachers. 125. MOQ, SUM, YAC,..
2. No teacher is a lady. (a) FIL (b) DHJ
Conclusions: A.Some teachers are not ladies. (c) EGI (d) XAD
B. Some ladies are teachers. Directions: The following five (5) items consist of
113. Statements: 1. All young girls are modern. twostatements, one labeled the 4ssertion A and the other
labeled the Reason R. You are to examine these two
2. No modem men are conservative.
statements carefully and decide if the assertion A and the
Conclusions: A. No girls are conservative reason Rare individually true and whether the reason is
B. No young men are conservative a correct explanation of the assertion. Select
youranswers to these items using the codes given below
114. Statements: 1. All windows are doors.
andmark your answer accordingly.
2. No door is a wall.
Codes:
Conclusions: A. No window is a wall.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
B. No wall is a door. explanation of A.
115. Statements: 1. Some phones are watches. (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
2.All watches are guns. explanation of A.
Conclusions: A. All guns are watches. (c) A is True but R is False.
B.Some guns are phones. (d) A is False but R is True.
116. Statements: 1.Some boys are men. 126. Assertion A : A stranger to a contract has no right to
enforce it against the parties to the contract.
2.No man is black.
Reason R :Privity of contract between the parties is
Conclusions: A. Some boys are not black.
essential for the enforcement of contract.
B. Some men are boys.
 (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct 5. The brown side is adjacent to white.
explanation of A. 6. The red side isface down.
(b) Both A and Rare true but R is not the correct 131. The side opposite to brown is
explanation of A.
(a) Red (b) Black
(c) A is True but R is False.
(c) White (d) Green
(d) A is False but R is True.
132. The four colours adjacent to green are
127. Assertion A: A finder of a thing has a title to it.
(a) Red, black, blue and white
Reason R: The finders title to a thing is superior to
that of the owner. (b) Red, black, brown and blue
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct (c) Red, black, brown and white
explanation of A. (d) Black, blue, white and red
(b) Both A and Rare true but R is not the correct 133. K is Ls wifes husbands brother. M is the sister of
explanation of A. K.N is the sister of L. how is K related to M?
(c) A is True but R is False. (a) SisterinLaw (b) Brother
(d) A is False but R is True. (c) Daughter (d) Wife
128. Assertion A: A minor is not competent to enter into 134. Atul is the son of Zamir. Alka is the daughter of
any contract, even for necessaries. Aman.Sheela is the wife of Aman. Mohan is the son
Reason R: For necessaries supplied to a minor, his of sheela. How is Alka related to Mohan?
estate can be made liable to reimburse. (a) Sister (b) Uncle
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the (c) Son (d) Father
correctexplanation of A. Five adultsA, B, C, D and E are sitting at Bharat Provision
(b) Both A and Rare true but R is not the correct Store. In the group, there is one Manager, oneAccountant,
explanation of A. one supplier ofprovisions. The Accountant, who has achild
(c) A is True but R is False. earns least money. A, who is married to Cs sister,earns
more than the Manager.D is an unmarried ladyand does
(d) A is False but R is True. not do any work. There is one married couple inagroup
129. Assertion A: A legal right is a legally protected ofwhich B is husband Eis the Brother ofCandIs neither a
interest. Supplier nor an Accountant. No lady is aSupplier or
Reason R: An element of advantage is essential to Manager. C is neither a Supplier nor anAccountant.
constitute a right. 135. Who is the accountant?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the (a) A (b) B
correctexplanation ofA. (c) C (d) D
(b) Both A and Rare true but R is not the 136. Who is the supplier?
correctexplanation ofA.
(a) A (b) B
(c) A is True but R is False.
(c) C (d) D
(d) A is False but R is True.
137. Who is the wife of B?
130. AssertionA: Customs to have the force of law
mustbe immemorial. (a) A (b) B
Reason: Custom represents the common (c) C (d) E
consciousnessof people. 138. Who is earning the highest?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the (a) A (b) B
correctexplanation ofA. (c) C (d) D
(b) Both A and Rare true but R is not the 139. Who is the sister of C?
correctexplanation of A.
(a) A (b) B
(c) A is True but R is False.
(c) F (d) D
(d) A is False but R is True.
140. It is possible to make a meaningful word with
thethird, the fourth, and the eleventh letters
Directions: Some information isprovidedin theform ofwordCONTROVERSIAL. Write the first letter
ofstatements. On the basis of that information find of thatword.
theanswer to the questions which follow. (a) I (b) N
1. A cube has six sides each of a different colour. (c) S (d) T
2. The red side is opposite to black. 141. If(a) Chip din chuck means student attends
3. The green side is between red and black. class;(b) din sunk dink means (c) jumpnink sink
4. The blue side is adjacent to white. means schools are good; (d) dink mupchimp means
teacher is good, then what is the code for Arjuna?
 (a) Din (b) Sunk everything which, in consequence of the motion so caused,
(c) Dink (d) Chunk is moved by that animal.
Explanation 5.The consent mentioned in the definition
may be express or implied, and may be given either by the
Directions: In the folio wing groups find the odd one person in possession, or by any person having for that
outthat does not belong to that group. purpose authority either express or implied.
142. (a) Offer (b) Consideration 151. FACTS: A cuts down a tree on Zs ground, with
(c) Acceptance (d) Cheque intention of dishonestly taking the tree out of Zs
143. (a) Nuisance (b) Negligence possession without Zs consent.

(c) Defamation (d) Rape (a) A has not committed theft since a tree is not
movable property.
144. (a) V.R. Krishna Iyer (b) J.S. Verma
(b) A has committed theft since a tree becomes
(c) A.S. Anand (d) RN. Bhagawati capable of moving once it is severed from the
145. (a) Sujatha Manohar (b) Leela Seth earth.
(c) Ruma Pal (d) Fathima Beevi (c) A has committed mischief.
146. (a) Cyriac Joseph (b) H.L. Dattu (d) None of the above.
(c) S.B. Sinha (d) Arijit Pasayat 152. FACTS: A puts a bait for dogs in his pocket, and
thus induces Zs dog to follow it.
147. (a) Sushil Kumar Shinde (b) Bebi Prasad Verma
(a) A has committed theft as soon as Zs dog has
(c) Mallikarjun Karge (d) Jyotiraditya Scindia
begun to follow A.
148. (a) ShivarajPatil (b) SadanandaG owda
(b) A has not committed theft since he did not take
(c) Ashok Gehiot (d) Nitish Kumar the dog out of possession of Z.
149. (a) NLU, Delhi (b) NLU, Jodhpur (c) A has not committed theft since Dog is not a
(c) NLU, Orissa (d) NUALS, Cochin movable property.
150. (a) Hurt (b) Culpable Homicide (d) None of the above.
(c) Assault (d) Forgery 153. FACTS: A meets a bullock carrying a box of
treasure. He drives the bullock in a certain direction,
in order that he may dishonestly take the treasure.
This section consists of 50 questions in total. Each
(a) A has committed theft as soon as the bullock has
problem consists of a set of PRJCIPLES and FACTS.
begun to follow A.
Apply the specified PRICIPLES to the set offacts and
answer the questions. In answering the following (b) A has committed theft of bullock only.
questions, you should not rely on any PRINCIPLES (c) A has not committed theft since he did not take
except the PRINCIPLES that are supplied for every possession of treasure.
problem. Further, you should not assume any fact other
(d) None of the above.
than those stated in the problem. The aim is to test your
ability to properly apply a rule to a given set offacts, even 154. FACTS: Z going on a journey entrusts his plate to
when the result is absurd or unacceptable for any other A, the keeper of a ware house, till Z shall return. A
reason. It is not the aim to test any knowledge of law you carries the plate to a goldsmith and sells it.
may already possess. (a) A has committed theft since A sold it with
dishonest intention.
Principles for questions 151 to 160 (b) A has not committed theft since he did not take
the plate out of possession of Z.
PRINCIPLE: Whoever, intending to take dishonestly any
movable property out of the possession of any person (c) A may have committed some other offences, but
without that persons consent, moves that property in order not committed theft because in order to constitute
to such taking, is said to commit theft. theft the property shall be acquired by the
accused without the consent.
Explanation 1.A thing so long as it is attached to the
earth, not being movable property, is not the subject of (d) Both (b) and (c).
theft; but it becomes capable ofbeing the subject of theft as 155. FACTS: A finds a ring lying on the highroad, not
soon as it is severed from the earth. Explanation in the possession of any person. A took it for his use.
Explanation 2.A moving effected by the same act which (a) A has committed theft since A took it with
effects the severance may be a theft. dishonest intention.
Explanation 3.A person is said to cause a thing to move (b) A has not committed theft since he did not take it
by removing an obstacle which prevented it from moving out of possession any bodys possession.
or by separating it from any other thing, as well as by
actually moving it. (c) A may have committed some other offences, but
not committed theft because in order to constitute
Explanation 4.A person, who by any means causes an theft the property shall be acquired from a
animal to move, is said to move that animal, and to move persons possession.
 (d) Both (b) and (c).
156. FACTS: A sees a ring belonging to Z lying on a
table in Zs house. Not venturing to misappropriate
the ring immediately for fear of search and detection,
A hides the ring in a place where it is highly
improbable that it will ever be found by Z, with the
intention of taking the ring from the hiding place and
selling it when the loss is forgotten.
(a) Ahas committed theft at the time of first moving
the ring.
(b) A has not committed theft since he did not getthe
possession of the property.
(c) A has committed only attempt to theft.
(d) None of the above.
157. FACTS: A delivers his watch to Z, a jeweller, to be
regulated. Z carries it to his shop. A, not owing to the
jeweller any debt for which the jeweller might
lawfully detain the watch as a security, enters the
shop openly, takes his watch by force out of Zs
hand, and carries it away. Here,
(a) A has committed theft since it was taken from the
possession of Z.
(b) A has not committed theft since he had no
dishonest intention.
(c) Ahas committed theft since it was taken without
consent of Z.
(d) None of the above.
158. FACTS: If A owes money to Z for repairing the
watch, and if Z retains the watch lawfully as a
security for the debt and A takes the watch
dishonestly out of Zs possession, with the intention
of depriving Z of the property as a security for his
debt.
(a) A has committed theft since it was taken with
dishonest intention of depriving Z of the property
as a security for his debt.
(b) A has not committed theft since A has right over
the watch.
(c) A has not committed theft since the watch
belongs to Z.
(d) None of the above.
159. FACTS: A, being on friendly terms with Z, goes
into Zs library in Zs absence, and takes away a
book without Zs express consent for the purpose
merely of reading it, and with the intention of
returning it.
(a) A has committed theft since it was taken without
Zs consent.
(b) A has not committed theft since there was no
dishonest intention.
(c) A has committed theft he takes it away from Zs
possession.
(d) N one of the above.
160. FACTS: X, a Government servant, at the instance of
some body took a file to his house for a day and
made it available to a person to facilitate the removal
of some papers and the insertion of some. There after
the file was replaced. Here
(a) X has committed theft.
(b) X has not committed theft.
(c) X has committed no offence.
(d) None of the above.
Principles for questions 161 to 165
(a) The fundamental right to freedom ofassociation
includes the right to form an association as wellas
not join an association.
(b) The fundamental right to freedom of association also
includes the freedom to decide with whom to
associate.
(c) The fundamental right to freedom of association
does not extend to the right to realise the objectives
of forming the association.
(d) Fundamental rights are applicable only to laws made
by or administrative actions of the State and do not
apply to actions of private persons.
(e) Any law in contravention of fundamental rights is
unconstitutional and therefore cannot bindany
person.
FACTS for questions 161 to 165
Gajodhar Pharmaceuticals, a private company, offered an
employment contract of two years to Syed Monirul Alam.
One of the clauses in the employment contract provided
that Syed Monirul Alam must join Gajodhar Mazdoor
Sangh (GMS), one of the trade unions active in Gajodhar
Pharmaceuticals.
161. Decide which of the following propositions can be
most reasonably inferred through the application of
the stated legal rules to the facts of this case:
(a) The employment contract offered to Monirul
Adam to join GMS is legal as it does not restrict
his freedom not to join any association.
(b) The condition requiring Monirul Adam to join
GMS cannot bind him as it infringes on his
freedom not to join any association.
(c) Syed Monirul Adam cannot claim a
fundamentalrighttofreedom of association against
Gajodhar Pharmaceuticals and therefore, the
contract would bind him even though his
freedom of association is restricted.
(d) The employment contract infringes Syed Monirul
Adams freedom to decide with whom to
associate and therefore is legally not enforceable.
162. If Parliament enacts a law which requires every
employee to join the largest trade union in their
workplace mandating Syed Monirul Adam to join
GMS, then:
(a) Such a law would merely govern private action
to which fundamental rights do not apply.
(b) Such a law would not curtail any individuals
right to freedom of association.
(c) Neither the employment contract, nor the law of
the parliament would be enforceable as they
would curtail the freedom of association.
 (d) The law of Parliament would violate an
individuals freedom not to join any
associationand therefore be unconstitutional.
163. If Parliament enacts a law that requires a trade union
to open its membership to all the employees, then
(a) Such a law would not infringe any
fundamentalright to freedom of association.
(b) The law of the parliament would curtail an
individuals right not to join any association.
(c) Such a law would curtail the union members
right to decide with whom they would like to
associate.
(d) Such a law would render the employment
contract offered by Gajodhar Pharmaceuticals to
Syed Monirul Adam unenforceable.
164. If Gajodhar Pharmaceuticals enter into an agreement
with GMS wherein the former agrees to hire only the
existing members of GMS as employees, then:
(a) The agreement would be illegal as it would
curtail the union members right to decide with
whom they would like to associate.
(b) Such an agreement would infringe the unions
right to decide with whom to associate and
therefore is legally not enforceable.
(c) The agreement would not be enforceable as it
would infringe upon the employers right not to
join an association.
(d) The constitutionality of this agreement cannot be
contested on grounds of contravention of
fundamental rights as such rights are not
applicable to private persons.
165. If Parliament enacts legislation prohibiting strikes by
trade unions of employees engaged in
pharmaceutical industry, then
(a) The legislation would not violate the right to
freedom of association.
(b) The legislation would curtail the right of trade
unions to strike, and therefore violate freedom of
association.
(c) Since strike is only one of the objectives with
which a trade union is formed, right to strike is
not protected by the right to freedom of
association.
(d) None of the above.
Principles for Questions 166 to 175
A. When one person signifies to another his willingness
to do or to abstain from doing anything; with a view
to obtaining the assent ofthat other to such act or
abstinence, he is said to make an offer.
B. In a valid offer the terms of the offer mast be certain,
definite and not vague.
C. An offer should not contain any term the non
compliance of which would amount to acceptance.
D. An offer may lapse by subsequent illegality or
destruction ofsubject matter.
E. Acceptance of an offer is complete when the
acceptance is put into the course oftransmission so as
to be out of the power of the acceptor.
166. FACTS: A offers B lavish entertainment if B
paintshis portrait.
(a) Offer is valid since the work is specified.
(b) Offer is valid since the terms are identifiable.
(c) Offer is not valid since the terms are vague.
(d) None of the above.
167. FACTS: Ramesh, an auctioneer advertised in a
newspaper that a sale of imported furniture would be
held on 1.1.2012 at Cochin. Dilip, with the intention
to buy the furniture, came from Coimbatore for the
auction, but the auction was cancelled. He filed a suit
against Ramesh.
(a) Ramesh will succeed.
(b) Ramesh will get the travelling expense only.
(c) Ramesh will not succeed since it is not an offer
but a mere declaration of intention.
(d) None of the above.
168. FACTS: A writes to B I shall sell my car for
Rs. 2 lakh. If I do not receive a reply in a week, I
shall assume that you have accepted the offer.
(a) The offer is valid.
(b) The offer is not valid.
(c) The offer is valid if he does not receive the reply
in a week.
(d) None of the above.
169. FACTS: A offers to supply 700 bottles ofArrackto
B on 1.1.2012. Before this offer is accepted byB,
the Government banned the sale and use ofArrack
(a) The offer is valid.
(b) The offer is not valid.
(c) The offer is valid since it was made before the
ban.
(d) None of the above.
170. FACTS : A accepts Bs offer of his motor car for 4
lakhs. The acceptance was put into e-mail.
Unfortunately, when the e-mail was put, there is a
distortion asa result of which B is not in a position to
really read what A has written.
(a) Both the parties are bound to perform their part
of the agreement.
(b) No body is bound to perform the agreement.
(c) A is bound to perform the agreement but not B.
(d) B is bound to perform the agreement but not A.
171. FACTS: Rama while walking in Baxi Bazar saw a
suit displayed in the shop with a price chit of 1000l.
This attracted him to the shop and he asked the shop
keeper to give this suit to him forRs.1000/ but Rama
was surprised when shop keeper refused to give and
said that the actual price of the suit is Rs.1500/.
(a) He cannot refuse to sell the suit because the
contract has already been made.
 (b) He can refuse to sell the suit for Rs.1000/
because it was only invitation to offer and not the
real offer.
(c) It was not a valid offer because willingness to
enter into a contract was absent.
(d) None of the above.
Principles for Questions 172 to 175
A. Article l4of the Constitution guaranteesequality
before law and the equalprotection before law.
B. Any Law or Rule which is arbitrary and
unreasonable is violative of Article 14.
C. The State shall not deny to anyperson equality before
the law or the equal protection of thelaws within the
territory of India.
172. FACTS: The Income Tax Act happens to provide
that those whose annual income is uptoRs.6000/-
shall pay 10% of their income as tax; and those
whose annual income exceeds Rs.60,000l shall pay
the tax at the rate of 20%. Those citizens whose
annual income exceeds Rs.60,000/ challenge this
Legislation on the ground that it is a violation of the
principle of equality before law.
(a) They will succeed, because the law discriminates
against the people who earn more than
Rs.60,000/- per annum.
(b) They will not succeed, because the people who
earn more than Rs.60,000/- are not equal to the
people who earn less than Rs.60,000/-
(c) They will not succeed, because this law enables
the Government to equalise the incomes of all the
people in the country.
(d) None of the above.
173. FACTS: Punjab University Rules for the admission
to the evening classes of L.L.B Course provided that
the admission would be available only to the
Government Employees and not to private sector
employees. X an employee of ICICI Bankchallenged
the Rule on the ground that it is violativeofArticle
14.
(a) Rule violates the Artide since it is discriminatory.
(b) Rule is not violative since Government
employees are not equally placed with Private
employees and the principle of equality provides
equality among equals only.
(c) Rule is not violative since it is the university to
decide the eligibility for admission.
(d) None of the above.
174. FACTS: Regulation 46 of Air India Regulations
provides that an Air hostess would retire from on
first pregnancy Nargesh Mirza, an Air hostess in Air
India challenged the rule on the ground that it is
violative of Article 14.
(a) Rule violates the Artide since it is discriminatory
(b) Rule is not violative since the nature of the job
demands such a requirement.
(c) Rule is not violative since it is the employer to
decide the eligibility for the job.
(d) None of the above.
175. FACTS: The Government of Kerala appointed a
commission to find out the creamy layer in the
backward communities. On the basis of the report,
Government issued the notification that candidates
belonging to families whose annual income is
Rs 2,00,000/- and above are not eligible for
reservation of eats in educational institutions.
Jayashree, a candidate, whose annual income is
Rs 4,00,000/-challenged the notification on the
ground that it violates her fundamental right to
equality. Decide
(a) She will succeed, because the law discriminates
against the candidates whose family income is
more than Rs 2,00,000/- per annum.
(b) She will not succeed, because candidates whose
family income is more than Rs 2,00,000/- per
annum are not equal to candidates whose family
income is less than Rs.2,00,000/- per annum
(c) She will not succeed, because this law enables
the Government to equalise the incomes of all the
people in the country
Principles for questions 176 to 185
A. Nothing is an offence which is done in the exercise
of the right ofprivate defence.
B. When an act, which would otherwise be a certain
offence, it not that offence, by reason of the youth,
the want of maturity of understanding the
unsoundness ofmindor the intoxication oftheperson
doing that act, or by reason ofany misconception on
the part ofthat person, everyperson has the same
right of private defence against that act which he
would have if the act were that offence.
C. Every one has the right to defend their l and property
against criminal harm provided it is notpossible to
app roach public authorities and more harm than that
is necessary has not been caused to avert the danger.
D. Ifin the exercise ofthe right ofprivate defence against
an assault which reasonably causes the apprehension
of death, the defender be so situated that he cannot
effectually exercise that right without risk of harm to
an innocent person, his right ofprivate
defenceextends to the running ofthat risk.
E. The right ofprivate defence continues as long as
apprehension oft/anger continues.
176. FACTS: Z, under the influence of madness, attempts
to kill A. A in attempting to defend himself caused
the death of Z. Here
(a) Z is liable for murder since he had no right to self
defence against an unsound person.
(b) Z commits no offence since he has every right to
self defence against anybody sound or unsound.
(c) A commits culpable homicide since he exceeded
his right of private defence.
(d) None of the above.
177. FACTS: A enters by night a house which he is
legally entitled to enter. Z in good faith, taking A for
a house-breaker, attacks A.
 (a) A has no right of private defence because it is
available against an offender only.
(b) A has the same right of private defence against Z,
which he would have if Z were not acting under
that misconception.
(c) A had exceeded his right of private defence.
(d) None of the above.
178. FACTS: The farm of X on outskirts of the Delhi was
attacked by a gang of armed robbers. X without
informing the police, at first warned the robbers by
firing in the air. As they were fleeing from the farm,
he fired and killed one of them. At the trial
I. X can avail the right of private defence as he was
defending his life and property.
II. X cannot avail the right as he failed to inform the
police.
III. Xcannot avail the right as he caused more harm than
was necessary to ward off the danger.
IV. X can avail of the right as at first he only fired in the
air.
(a) IandIV (b) II only
(c) II andIII (d) IVonly
179. FACTS: Won returning home late after work was
accosted by an armed vagabond who tried to rob her
purse and valuables at knife point. W raised an alarm
but was unsuccessful in obtaining help. In the
ensuing struggle W snatched the knife from the
brigand and killed him. At the trial W
I. Can claim the right of private defence as she was
defending her life and property
II. Can claim private defence as she tried to obtain help
but could not approach public authorities.
III. Cannot claim private defence as to defend a few
valuables a person cannot be killed.
IV. Cannot claim private defence as it was her ownfault
that she was coming home late at night.
(a) I and II (b) III
(c) IIIandIV (d) II
180. FACTS: Mr. Shambha, a dacoit is attacked by
people of Ramgarh who attempt to kill him. He
cannot effectually exercise his right of private
defence without firing on the mob, and he cannot fire
without the risk of harming young children who are
mingled with the mob. Shambha by so firing kills
one child.
(a) Shambha has committed the offence of murder.
(b) Shambha has committed the offence of culpable
homicide not amounting to murder.
(c) Shambha has committed no offence as he
exercised his right of private defence.
(d) An aggressor cannot claim right of private
defence and hence Shambha will be responsible.
181. FACTS: Mr. Prashanth threatens Mr. Krishna that he
will kill Mr. Krishna. After saying so, Mr. Prashanth
goes to his house saying that he would get his axe.
(a) Mr. Krishna will have to run away.
(b) Mr. Krishna will have to go to the Police Station
and file a complaint.
(c) Mr. Krishna can exercise the right of self
defence.
(d) Mr. Krishna cannot exercise the right of self
defence.
182. FACTS: Gokul was living in a farm house with a
few family members. One night, a group of robbers
broke open the door of the house and there was
scuffle between the intruders and the residents.
Gokul took out his pistol and fired a shot at one of
the intruders. The shot did not hit the target and the
robbers ran out of the house and by that time, the
neighbours gathered in front of the house. Gokul in a
fit of anger came out of the house and fired at fleeing
robbers who by that time mingled with the
neighbours. The shot injured a neighbour and he
filed a suit against Gokul.
(a) Gokul is not liable, since his action was in
continuation of self-defence.
(b) Gokul is liable, because the threat of his life was
over once the robbers ran away.
(c) Gokul is not liable since his act was intended
against the robbers.
(d) None of the above.
183. FACTS:A and B were swimming in the sea after a
ship wreck. They got hold of a plank. It was not
large enough to support both. A then pushed off B
who was drowned to death. Here
(a) A is guilty of offence since there was no
apprehension from B.
(b) A is not guilty of offence since he was
actingunder self defence.
(c) A is not guilty of offence since he had every right
to preserve his life.
(d) None of the above.
184. FACTS: A enters by night a house which he is
legally entitled to enter. Z in good faith, taking A for
a house-breaker, attacks A. Here Z, by attacking A
under this misconception, commits no offence. Here
(a) A has no right of private defence because it is
available against an offender only.
(b) A has the same right of private defence against Z,
which he would have if Z were not acting under
that misconception.
(c) A has no right ofprivate defence since A has a
right to enter.
(d) None of the above.
185. FACTS: The accused found the deceased engaged in
sexual intercourse with his 15 year old daughter. The
accused assaulted the deceased on the head with a
spade which resulted in the death. Accused claimed
private defence and the prosecution claimed that the
sexual intercourse was with consent. Here
(a) Accused is entitled to the right to private defence
since the girl was only 15 years old.
(b) Accused exceeded the right to private defence.
 (c) Accused is not entitled to the right to private
defence since the sexual intercourse was with
consent.
(d) None of the above.
Principles for Questions 186 to 190
A. A minor is a person who is below the age of
eighteen. However, where a guardian administers the
minors property the age ofmajority is twenty-one.
B. A minor is not permitted by law to enter into a
contract. Hence, where a minor enters into a contract
with a major person, the contract is not enforceable.
This effectively means that neither the minor nor the
otherparty can make any claim on the basis of the
contract.
C. In a contract with a minor, f the other party hands
over any money or confers any other benefit on the
minor, the same shall not be recoverable from the
minor unless the other party was deceived by the
minor lo hand over money or any other benefit. The
other party will have to show that (he minor
misrepresented her age, he was ignorant about the
age of the minor and that he handed over the benefit
on the basis ofsuch representation.
FACTS for Questions 186 to 190
186. Ajay convinces Bandita, a girl aged 18 that she
should sell her land to him. Bandita mother Chaaru is
her guardian. Nonetheless Bandita, without the
permission of Chaaru, sells the land to Ajay for a
total sum of rupees fifty lakh, paid in full and final
settlement of the price. Chaaru challenges this
transaction claiming that Bandita is a minor and
hence the possession of the land shall not be given to
Ajay. Thus Ajay is in a difficult situation and has no
idea how to recover his money from Bandita. Chaaru
is justified in challenging the sale transaction
because
(a) Bandita is of unsound mind and is not in a
position to make rational decisions.
(b) Though Bandita is eighteen year old, she will be
treated as a minor, as Chaaru is her guardian.
(c) Though Bandita is eighteen year old, she cannot
sell the land without the permission of her
mother.
(d) Though Bandita is eighteen year old she should
not be treated like a person who has attained the
age ofmajority
187. Ajay can be allowed to recover the money only if he
can show that
(a) He was deceived by Bandita who misrepresented
her age.
(b) He honestly believed that Bandita was
empowered under the law to sell the land.
(c) He was an honest person who had paid the full
price of the land to Bandita.
(d) Both (a) and (b).
188. In order to defend the sale, Bandita will need to
show that
(a) Bandita has attained the age of majority
(b) Bandita is mature enough to make rational
decisions regarding her own affairs.
(c) The sale transaction was beneficial to her interest
and will enhance her financial status.
(d) None ofthe above.
189. Which of the following is correct?
(a) Ajay should be allowed to recover the money
because even though there is no contract, Bandita
and Chaaru should not be allowed to unjustly
benefit from Ajays money.
(b) Ajay should be allowed the possession of the
land because Chaaru can always decide to
approve the transaction between Ajay and
Bandita.
(c) Ajay should not be allowed to recover because he
induced Bandita, a minor; to sell the land.
(d) None of the above.
190. Which of the following is correct?
(a) IfAjay is allowed to recover the money, that will
defeat the law framed for protecting the minors
against fraudulent persons.
(b) IfAjay is not allowed to recover that will cause
him injustice as he has not paid the entire sale
price.
(c) IfAjayis allowed to recover, Chaaru will benefit
from both the money and the land.
(d) None of the above.
Principle A: The State shall not discriminate, either
directly or indirectly, on the grounds of sex, race, religion,
caste, creed, sexual orientation, marital status, disability
pregnancy place of birth, gender orientation or any other
status.
PrincipleB: Direct discrimination occurs when for a
reason related to one or more prohibited grounds a person
or group ofpersons is treated less favourably than another
person or another group of persons in a comparable
situation.
Principle C: Indirect discrimination occurs when a
provision, criterion or practice which is neutral on the face
of it would have the effect of putting persons having a
status or a characteristic associated with one or
moreprohibited grounds at a particular disadvantage
compared with other persons.
Principle D: Discrimination shall be justified when such
discrimination is absolutely necessary in order to promote
the well-being of disadvantaged groups, such as women,
dalits, religious minorities, sexual minorities or disabled
persons.
FACTS for questions 191 to 195
On 2 October2010, the Governor of the state of Bihar
ordered the release of all women prisoners who were
serving sentence of less than one year imprisonment to
mark the occasion of Mahatma Gandhis birthday.
191. Which of the following is correct with respect tothe
Governors order?
(a) It discriminates directly on the ground of sex.
 (b) It discriminates indirectly on the ground of sex.
(c) It does not discriminate oil the ground of sex.
(d) It discriminates directly as well as indirectly on
tile ground of sex.
192. Is the Governors order justified under Rule D?
(a) Yes, because it is for the well-being of women
prisoners.
(b) No because it is not absolutely necessary for the
well-being ofwomen prisoners.
(c) No, because it does not promote the well-being
of women prisoners or the society.
(d) None of the above
193. Assume that the Governor also made a second order
requiring the release of all persons under the age of
25 and over the age of 65 who were serving a
sentence of less than one years imprisonment.
Under the Rules, this order is:
(a) Directly discriminatory.
(b) Indirectly discriminatory
(c) Not discriminatory
(d) Discriminatory but justifiable.
194. Assume further that the government made a third
order, releasing all graduate prisoners who are
serving a sentence of less than one years
imprisonment. Which of the following statistics
would have to be true for this order to be indirectly
discriminatory?
(a) Only 13% of the prison population in Bihar have
a graduation degree.
(b) Of the graduate prisoners 89% belong to upper
castes.
(c) Only 25% women in Bihar get a graduation
degree.
(d) All of the above.
Principle for Questions 195 to 200
Principle Efor Question number 195A discriminatory act
shall be justified if its effect is to promote the well-being
of disadvantaged groups, such as women, dalits, religious
minorities, sexual minorities or disabled persons.
195. Would the first Order of release of all women
prisoners be justified under Rule E?
(a) Yes, because it promotes the well-being of
women.
(b) No, because it does not promote the well-being
ofwomen prisoners
(c) No, because it does not promote the well-being
of all disadvantaged groups equally.
(d) None of the above.
Principle for Questions 195 to 200
Volenti non fit injuria, a well-established legal principle,
means that a person has no legal remedy for the injury
caused by an act to which lie has consented.
196. FACTS : A cricket match is being held in a stadium.
X, being unable to afford the ticket price, is viewing
the cricket match sitting atop a branch of a nearby
tree. When a batsman hits a ball over the boundary
the ball in turn hits A and he sustains injury on his
spinal chord due to fall from the tree.
(a) The organizers and the stadium owners are liable
to compensate
(b) The cricketer who hits the ball is liable along
with the organizers, but the stadium owner is not
responsible.
(c) Nobody is responsible.
(d) None of the above
197. FACTS: Ram was in a hurry to get to the airport to
catch a plane and he hired a taxi run by Capital Taxi
Company, well-known in that locality. Ram asked
the driver to drive fast. In the city zone, there was a
speed limit of60 km per hour and the driver, rather
reluctantly, drove quite fast at times 90 km per hour
to reach the airport in time. As a result, the driver
lost control and hit an obstacle and Ram was badly
injured. Ram filed a suit against the Taxi Company.
(a) The Taxi Company would not be liable since
Ram asked the driver to drive fast.
(b) The Taxi Company would be liable, because the
driver ought not to have exceeded the speedlimit.
(c) The Taxi Comany would be liable, because
driving fast should only mean driving withinthe
speed limits prescribed by law.
(d) None of the above.
198. A and Z agrees to fence with each other for
amusement. This agreement implies the consent of
each to suffer any harm which, in the course of such
fencing, may be caused without foul play; and if A,
while playing fairly, hurts Z,
(a) A commits offence.
(b) A commits no offence.
(c) Cannot be determined.
(d) None of the above.
199. FACTS: X, a snake-chamer claiming magical
powers of curing snake-bites asked Y to be bitten by
his Cobra. Y offered himself and died.
(a) X commits offence since consent is obtained by
misconception of facts.
(b) X commits no offence since Y offered himself
voluntarily.
(c) X committed the offence of cheating only.
(d) None of the above.
200. FACTS: An old lady was walking in a narrow one-
way lane in the opposite direction. It was night time
and there was no street-lighting. A car moving in
right direction but without headlights knocked her
down since the driver could not see her. She filed a
suit against the driver.
(a) She would lose, because she violated the traffic
rules in the first instance.
(b) She would lose, because, she voluntarily exposed
herself to the risks.
(c) The driver would lose, because he drove without
proper headlights.
(d) None of the above.
 MODEL TEST PAPER 1
ANSWER KEY
1 (c) 26 (d) 51 (d) 76 (c) 101 (c) 126 (a) 151 (b) 176 (b)
2 (a) 27 (a) 52 (c) 77 (c) 102 (c) 127 (c) 152 (a) 177 (b)
3 (d) 28 (b) 53 (b) 78 (a) 103 (c) 128 (d) 153 (a) 178 (c)
4 (c) 29 (b) 54 (c) 79 (b) 104 (b) 129 (c) 154 (d) 179 (a)
5 (a) 30 (d) 55 (c) 80 (a) 105 (d) 130 (b) 155 (d) 180 (c)
6 (b) 31 (d) 56 (c) 81 (b) 106 (b) 131 (c) 156 (a) 181 (d)
7 (d) 32 (b) 57 (a) 82 (c) 107 (b) 132 (c) 157 (b) 182 (b)
8 (b) 33 (a) 58 (b) 83 (b) 108 (c) 133 (b) 158 (a) 183 (a)
9 (c) 34 (a) 59 (c) 84 (d) 109 (b) 134 (a) 159 (b) 184 (b)
10 (b) 35 (a) 60 (c) 85 (c) 110 (c) 135 (b) 160 (a) 185 (a)
11 (b) 36 (a) 61 (c) 86 (b) 111 (a) 136 (a) 161 (d) 186 (b)
12 (c) 37 (a) 62 (d) 87 (c) 112 (a) 137 (c) 162 (d) 187 (d)
13 (c) 38 (b) 63 (c) 88 (d) 113 (d) 138 (a) 163 (d) 188 (a)
14 (d) 39 (c) 64 (c) 89 (a) 114 (a) 139 (d) 164 (c) 189 (c)
15 (a) 40 (b) 65 (a) 90 (c) 115 (b) 140 (d) 165 (a) 190 (a)
16 (c) 41 (a) 66 (d) 91 (b) 116 (a) 141 (b) 166 (c) 191 (a)
17 (b) 42 (c) 67 (a) 92 (b) 117 (d) 142 (d) 167 (c) 192 (b)
18 (c) 43 (d) 68 (c) 93 (a) 118 (c) 143 (d) 168 (b) 193 (c)
19 (c) 44 (b) 69 (c) 94 (c) 119 (c) 144 (a) 169 (b) 194 (b)
20 (c) 45 (a) 70 (c) 95 (c) 120 (a) 145 (b) 170 (b) 195 (a)
21 (d) 46 (b) 71 (c) 96 (a) 121 (c) 146 (b) 171 (b) 196 (c)
22 (c) 47 (b) 72 (b) 97 (b) 122 (d) 147 (d) 172 (b) 197 (a)
23 (a) 48 (a) 73 (c) 98 (a) 123 (c) 148 (a) 173 (a) 198 (b)
24 (c) 49 (b) 74 (a) 99 (d) 124 (d) 149 (a) 174 (a) 199 (a)
25 (a) 50 (a) 75 (c) 100 (b) 125 (c) 150 (d) 175 (b) 200 (c)