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1 Socialism means d) None of the
a) Improving national economy by passing suitable legislation b) Providing above
suitable political opportunity to backward people c) Encouraging socio-
economic imbalances d) None of the above
2 The directive principles of State Policy d) None of the
a) Confer rights to citizens and non-citizens b) Confer rights only to citizens c) above
Do not confer any right to alien enemies d) None of the above
3 The Indian Constitution does not prohibit d) Compulsory
a) Begar b) Employing children in mines who are below 14 years age c) Traffic service for public
in human beings d) Compulsory service for public purpose purpose
4 The preamble contains in a nut shell the ideals and aspirations of c) People of India
a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar b) Mahatma Gandhi c) People of India d) Members of
the Drafting Committee
5 The reasonableness of restriction under Art 19 implies balance between the a) Social control
right guaranteed and
a) Social control permitted b) National welfare c) His duties to the community
d) Sovereignty and integrity of India
6 The right to Education is included in the right to c) Life and personal
a) Extensive training in professional ethics b) Equality before law c) Life and liberty
personal liberty d) Speech and expression
7 The right of equality before the law is applicable to c) Any person within
a) Only to Indian citizens b) Only to Indian citizens and non-citizens c) Any the territory of India
person
within the territory of India d) None of the above
8 This article is applicable to both citizens and non-citizens a) 21
a) 21 b) 29 c) 15 d) 16
9 The right of press is included in the right to b) Personal liberty .
a) Information and communication b) Personal liberty c) Speech and
expression
d) Freedom of trade and business.
10 Art 12 defines b) State
a) Nation b) State c) Executive d) None of the above
11 Art 19 (1) (b) deals with c) Right to Assembly
a) Speech and Expression b) Occupation and Profession c) Right to Assembly
d) None of these
12 Directive Principles of State policy is dealt in a) Part iv
a) Part iv b) Part iii c) Part v d) None of the above
13 Fundamental Rights are d) Reasonably
a) Absolute b) Unlimited c) Natural d) Reasonably restricted restricted
14 Fundamental Rights are a) Enforceable
a) Enforceable b) Non Enforceable c) Non-Justiciable d) Justifiable
15 Liberty means a) Freedom .
a) Freedom b) Restriction c) Economics d) All of these.
16 Restrictions imposed on the rights guaranteed under Art 19 are a) Reasonable
a) Reasonable b) Arbitrary c) Conditional d) None of these.
17 The head of the state is c) President
a) Chief minister b) Judge c) President d) Speaker.
18 The State can make special provisions under Art 15 in favour of a) Other backward
a) Other backward classes b) Foreigners c) Higher castes d) All of these classes
19 Under Art 32 writ jurisdiction is vested in b) Supreme Court
a) High court b) Supreme Court c)Civil Court d) None of these
20 When a person is detained under the law of preventive detention a) An advisory board
a) An advisory board must be constituted b) A charge sheet must be filed with must be constituted
in 90 days
c) He cannot be detained for more than 9 months d) None of the above
21 Which amendment of the Constitution added the terms ‘Socialist‘ and ‘Secular’ c) 42nd
to the preamble
a) 25th b) 41st c) 42nd d) 22nd
22 Writs are issued by a) Supreme court
a) Supreme court b) Executive c) Legislature d) All of these
23 Locus Standi refers to d) None of the
a) Public interest litigation b) Application of law to local area above
c) Local standards for fixing minimum wages d) None of the above
24 Child labour is prohibited Under _________ a)24
a)24 b)32 c)43 d) None of these
25 For the enforcement of Fundamental rights, the courts can issue b)writs
a)notification b)writs c) Decree d)an order
26 An arrested person should be allowed to a)To consult his
a)To consult his advocate b)To see the concerned judge c) Both a&b d) None advocate
of these
27 The concept of Directive Principles of State Policy is borrowed from the d) Ireland
constitution of
a) Canada b) Britain c) France d) Ireland
28 Fundamental Duties are dealt under d)None of these
a) Part iv b) Part ii c)Part v d)None of these

29 Directive Principles of State policy contains a) Duties of the state

a) duties of the state b) Rights of the Government c) Duties of the Citizens
d) All of these
30 The right against exploitation prohibits d) Traffic in human
a) Working of women in nights b) Giving in marriage a minor girl c) Taking or beings
giving dowry d) Traffic in human beings
31 The following are the organs of the state d) Both a) and c)
a)judiciary b) Public Corporations c)Executive d) Both a) and c)
32 High Court is empowered to issue a writ under Art a) 226
a) 226 b) 236 c)32 d) 33
33 Secularism is reflected in Art b) 25
a) 23 b) 25 c)35 d) All of these
34 State is defined under Art a) 12
a) 12 b) 15 c)16 d) None of the above
35 Part iv of the Constitution of India deals with b) directive
a) Fundamental rights b) directive principles of State Policy c)Fundamental principles of State
freedoms d)None of these Policy
36 Writs are issue in case of infringement of a)Fundamental
a)Fundamental rights b)writs c)Fundamental policies d) All of these rights
37 Forced labour is prohibited under a)Right against
a)Right against exploitation b)Right to shelter c)Right to trade d) All of these exploitation
38 The following prohibits discrimination on the basis of caste particularly with a)Art 29
regard to admissions in educational institutions
a)Art 29 b)Art 15 c)Art 16 d) All of these
39 The following could be minorities under Art 30 a)Muslims in
a)Muslims in Karnataka b)Brahmins in karnataka c)Both of these d) none of Karnataka
these
40 Art 24 Prohibits d) none of these
a) employment of women b)employment of mentally deranged c)Both of these
d) none of these
41 Writ of mandamus could be issued in case of c)non performance
a) erroneous judgments b)non performance of a duty c)non performance of a of a legal duty
legal duty d) none of these
42 Art 22 deals with the following c)Right of
a) Right to speedy trial b)Right to free legal aid c)Right of representation d) All representation
of these
43 Possession of ‘Kirpans’ is considered under c)Art 25
a) Art 26 b)Art 27 c)Art 25 d) None of these
44 Right to property under Art 19 is b)repealed
a) is fundamental under Right to freedom b)repealed c)Ownership d) None of
these
45 Constitution of India came into force in the year d) None of these
a) 1956 b)1935 c)1949 d) None of these
46 The state list comes under c) Schedule vii
a) Schedule iv b) Schedule v c) Schedule vii d) None of these
47 A company recognized under the companies Act having 56% share belonging c) Art 12
to the state government comes under the purview of
a)Art 27 b)Art 13 c) Art 12 d) none of these
48 Practice of Untouchability is b
a) allowed b)prohibited c) non-legal d) None of these
49 Art 17 deals with a)Abolition of
a)Abolition of Untouchability b)Prohibition of caste system c) Abolition of Untouchability
practice of purity and pollution d) All of these
50 Constitution of India was adopted in the year d) 1949
a)1945 b)1950 c) 1947 d) 1949
51 Right to Die is considered as a right under ______ of the Constitution of India d) None of these
a)Part iii b)Art 21 c) Criminal laws d) None of these
52 If ‘A’ makes a statement voluntarily as a witness of theft committed by him it d) None of these
amounts to
a)Self incrimination b)violation of art 21 c) both of these d) None of these
53 Definition of Law includes a)Order
a)Order b)Command c) Rights d) All of these
54 Writ of Certiorari can be issued to (3) High Court
a)The State b)a company c) High Court d) Both (2) & (3)
55 Reasonable restrictions imposed on the right under Art 19 (1) (g) - (2) Monopoly of the
a) Interest of the Scheduled Tribes b) Monopoly of the state state
c) Prescribing conditions d) All of these
56 The Right to own and acquire property under Art 26 is available to institutions (2) Established by a
a) established by the State group of individuals
 b) Established by a group of individuals belonging to a religious denomination belonging to a
c)established by an individual belonging to Islam religion religious
d) None of these denomination
57 Creating conditions as to compel a worker to work in an organization for (c) Forced labour
insufficient payment amounts to
a) Begar b) Under employment c) Forced labour d) All of these.
58 Subjection of an individual to polluted Air is violation of the Right to a) Life
a) Life b) liberty c) Exploitation d) Both a) and b)
59 The emolument accepted by a citizen of India working in a company owned by b) Allowed
the state is
a) Prohibited b) Allowed
c) Allowed if consent is obtained from the central Government d) None of these
60 India is a --------- State c) Welfare
a) Democratic b) Socialistic c) Welfare d) None of these
61 Writs are entertained before d)Both a) &b)
a) Supreme Court b) High Court c) District Courts d)Both a) &b)
62 Directive Principles of State Policy cannot be a) Enforced.
a) Enforced b) Justified c)Both a) & b) d)Amended.
63 Constitution of India is _______ in nature d) None of these
a)Federal b)Unitary c)Unity in Diversity d) None of these

64 Fundamental rights a) Can be

a)Can be Amended b)Cannot be amended amended
c) Can be amended only Under Art 366 d) All of these
65 Constitution of India Prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion in case of a)employment in
a)employment in state service b) Employment in a religious institution state service
c) employment in trust belonging to a denomination d) All of these
66 Right to form any kind of association comes under d) None of the
a) Art 23 b)Art 25 c) Art 18 d) None of the above above
67 This freedom is guaranteed to only citizens of India c)Art 19
a)Art 25 b) Art 27 c)Art 19 d) None of the above
68 A society registered under the Society registration Act comes under the d) None of these
a) definition of state b) Agency of the State c)Central Government d) None of
these
69 Art 20 deals with a) Double jeopardy
a) Double jeopardy b) rights of an arrested person
c) Rights of an alien enemy d) Both a) and b)
70 A writ of Quo-Warranto is issued d) None of the
a) Against a lower court, for violating rules of natural justice above
b) To prevent a person from illegally assuming any private office
c) Quash an order issued by the lower court without jurisdiction
d) None of the above
71 Fundamental rights are dealt in _______ of the Constitution of India b) Part iii
a) Part iv b) Part iii c) Part v d) None of the above
72 Article 14 deals with d) Both a) & b)
a) Equality before law b) Equal protection of the laws c) Right against
exploitation d) Both a) & b)
73 The following are the ideals of the Constitution of India d) all of these
a) Secular b) Democracy c)Sovereignty d) all of these
74 Constitution of India is a c)law
a)Text b)Book c)law d) all of these
75 Constitution of India is given by d) None of these
a)Central Government b)Supreme Court c)President d) None of these
76 A negative approach to responsibility is emphasized by c) Minimalist view
a) Group thinking b) Self-interest c) Minimalist view d) Egocentric tendencies
77 According to Lawrance, one of the elements of risk is c) Magnitude of
a) Tight coupling b) Complex interaction c) Magnitude of adverse effect d) adverse effect
Ignorance
78 Engineers must protect the public from d) Unacceptable risk
a) Natural Calamities b) Acceptable risk c)Technical risk d) Unacceptable risk
79 Looking out for number one tendency arises out of a) Self interest
a) Self interest b) Good works c) Egocentric tendencies d) Group thinking
80 One of the aims of engineering ethics is to b) Make engineers
a) Acquire latest in engineering research and testing b) Make engineers morally and
morally and professionally sound c) Infuse self confidence in engineers in professionally sound
discharging their duty efficiently d) Stimulate deep interest in engineering
ethics
81 When the risk of harm is equated by the probability of producing benefit, the d) Acceptable Risk.
risk is considered to be
a) Probable Risk b) Expected Risk c) Natural Risk d) Acceptable Risk
82 Minimalist view involves b) negative
a) Group thinking b) negative approach to responsibility c) reasonable care d) approach to
All of these responsibility
83 An engineer should posses d) Both a) & c)
a) Specialised Knowledge b) Money c) Skill d) Both a) & c)
84 Engineering Ethics involves the study of d) All of the above
a) Moral issues in Engineering b) Questions of Moral Conduct c)Impact of
Engineering activity d) All of the above
85 Engineering Ethics is a branch of a) Professional
a) Professional Ethics b) Common Ethics c) Public Ethics d) None of the above Ethics
86 Proper analysis of ethical issues is a part of a) Preventive ethics
a) Preventive ethics b) Moral ethics c) Utilitarianism d) All of these
87 It is not an impediment to responsibility d) Public interest
a) self interest b) Group thinking c) Fear d) Public interest
88 Minimalist view is to accept a) Minimum
a) Minimum responsibility b) Adequate responsibility c) Average responsibility responsibility
d) None of these
89 One of the characteristics of High Risk Technology is a) Tight Coupling
a) Tight Coupling b) Hazardous c) Dangerous d) None of these
90 Tight coupling d) None of above
a) Helps to increase the product b) Increases the efficiency of the machine
c) Reduces the risk d) None of above
91 Risk implies d) All of the above
a) Harm b) Danger c) A thing which is Unsafe d) All of the above
92 Safety means c) Free of Risk
a) Risky b) Dangerous c) Free of Risk d) All of these
93 A compound measure of the probability and magnitude of an adverse effect is b) Risk
a) Acceptable risk b) Risk c) Technical risk d) All of the above
94 Which of the following is not considered as an aim of engineering ethics d)Shifting of
a)Moral imagination b)Identifying ethical issues c)Development of analytical responsibility
skills d)Shifting of responsibility
95 This is not an engineering association (society) d) None of these
a)NSPE b)IEEE c)BCS d) None of these
96 They are not Trade Secrets a) Principles
a) Principles b) Formulas c)Patterns d) Device
97 The risk experts approach is based on ------------approach c)Utilitarian
a) Unbiased b)Totalitarian c)Utilitarian d) None of these.
98 Which of them is not an essential symptom of group think c) Egoism
a)Mind guarding b)Self censorship c) Egoism d) Illusion of unanimity
99 This is not a conception of Responsibility a)Standard
a)Standard operating procedure b) Minimalist view c)Good works d) None of operating procedure
these
100 One of the impediments to responsibility is a)Fear
a)Fear b)Jealousy c) Accidents d) None of these
101 Forging is c)presenting the
a) Copying the data b) writing a wrong data for experiments conducted data for which the
c)presenting the data for which the experiments were never conducted d) All of experiments were
these never conducted
102 One of the ways of misusing the truth d) Lying
a) Forging b) Influencing others c) Both a&b d) Lying
103 Risk as maximising benefit is considered as b) Risk/Benefit
a) an engineer’s responsibility b) Risk/Benefit analysis c)safety/Risk analysis analysis
d)Ethics
104 Normalising deviance b) Increases the
a) decreases the risk b) increases the risk c) increases the efficiency of risk d) Risk
All of these
105 Retaining the data to support the theory and discarding the rest amounts to c) Cooking
a) Plagiarism b) Total restriction c) Cooking d) Strict restriction
106 Microscopic vision is c) limits the
a)is essential to an engineer b)is essential to understand the amount of risk perception of a
involved c) limits the perception of a professional d)None of these professional
107 This is not termed as dishonesty c) Planning
a) Trimming b) Cooking c) Planning d) None of these
108 Looking out for number one tendency arises out of a) Self interest
a) Self interest b) Good works c) Egocentric tendencies d) Group thinking.
109 Normal accidents are a) inevitable
a) inevitable b) frequent c)usual d) All of these
110 They are Trade Secrets d) All of these
a) designs b) Formulas c)Patterns d) All of these
111 An engineer should posses d) Both a) & c)
a) Specialised Knowledge b) Money c) Skill d) Both a) & c)
112 A Company cannot claim if the knowledge used is c)Generic
a)Trade secret b)Patented information c)Generic information d) None of these information
113 An information exclusively held by the company material to its production of b) Trade secrets
goods is a
a)Copyright b)Trade Secret c)Secret of trade d) Both b) and c)
114 Anchoring is dealt in the concept of Acceptable risk in __________ approach a) Lay person 's
a) Lay person's b) risk expert's c) industrial managers' d) None of these
115 This is one of the types of dishonesty associated with research and testing d) Multiple
a) copying b) Egoism c)Egotism d) Multiple Authorship Authorship
116 Utilitarianism is associated with c)cost-benefit
a) Plagiarism b)Reading c)cost-benefit approach d) Al of these approach
117 Maximum happiness of the maximum number is associated with a) Utilitarianism
a) Utilitarianism b)Socialism c) Capitalism d) All of these
118 Amalgamation of the risk and acceptable risk is seen in c) estimation of risk
a) technological risk b) risks c) estimation of risk by a non technical person d) by a non technical
All of these person
119 Safety is always d) None of these
a) absolute b) unconditional c) conditional d) None of these
120 A thing is said to be safe when its risks are considered to be b) acceptable
a) bearable b) acceptable c) Non-caculable d) calculable
121 This is one of the problems associated with engineering c)anticipation of
a) Dishonesty b) Conflict of interests c)anticipation of accidents d) all of these accidents
122 Engineering is called a profession because it is d) None of these
a) an occupation b)an education c)an expertize d) None of these
123 Risks may be calculated according to c) Event tree
a) free tree analysis b) Safety analysis c) Event tree analysis d) All of these analysis
124 Risk may be considered as b) Possibility of
a) Possibility of causing harm b) Possibility of suffering harm c)Possibility of suffering harm
safety d) All of these
125 This is not one of the conceptions of responsibility b) reasonable care
a) Minimum responsibility b) reasonable care c) Unreasonable care d) Both a)
and b)
126 Engineering is an b)Profession
a) Occupation b)Profession c)Vision d) All of these
127 Receiving gifts from clients sometimes may lead to d) None of these
a) line drawing b) risks c) violation of IPRs d) None of these
128 This is a type of the Conflict of interests b) Actual Confilict of
a)Conflicts due to Gift b) Actual Confilict of interest c)Egoism d) None of these interest
129 Ford Pinto case is a good example of b) recklessness
a)Negligence b) recklessness c)Due deligence d)All of these
130 A design associated with a good or a product a) Trade marks
a) Trade marks b) Patents c) Copyrights d) None of these
131 Patents are a kind of b) intelligible
a) Properties b) intelligible property rights c)Copy rights d)None of these property rights
132 Columbia disaster is a very good example for c) Normalizing
a)Group think b) Cooking c) Normalizing deviance d) All of these deviance
133 The engineers of ford company (in ford Pinto Case) were charged with c) Gross Negligence
a)Criminal liability b)Negligence c) Gross Negligence d)None of these
134 Diane Vaugn propounded b)Normalizing
a)Normal Accidents b)Normalizing deviance c)Theory of Risks d)Both a)&b) deviance
135 Sustainable development involves b)equity among
a)economy b)equity among generations c)Engineering d)All of these generations
136 Group think is characterised by b) Mind guarding
a) Thinking in groups b) Mind guarding c) Groups based on caste d) None of
these
137 Lying is one of the a) Ways of Misusing
a) Ways of Misusing truth b) ways of making a statement c) Responsibility d) truth
 All of these
138 Ignorance inculcates in itself d) All of these
a) Failure to seek out the truth b) willful avoidance c) Lack of knowledge d) All
of these
139 ______ is one of the characteristics of a professional a) Skill
a) Skill b) Money c)Family d) Society
140 _________ is one of the conceptions of responsibility a) Minimalist view
a) Minimalist view b) Virtues c) Money d) Fame
141 Reasonable care involves a) perception of an
a) perception of an average man b) Reason for the care c) Reasoned care d) average man
perception of an engineer
142 Lying means b)misleading
a) wrong statement b)misleading statement with an ulterior intention c) a statement with an
statement which is not true d)all of these ulterior intention
143 If Engineering is considered as a building , its foundation is c) Honesty
a)Skill b) Knowledge c) Honesty d) All of these
144 What is morally wrong Can be legally right
a) can be measured as constitutionally right b)Cannnot be considered as
constitutionally right c) Can be legally right d)all of these
145 The owner of the patent generally holds the patent right for a period of d)20
_______ years
a) 30 b)80 c) 70 d)20
146 Risk as maximising benefit is understood by d) Cost/benfit
a) Eventree analysis b) fault tree analysis c) Both a) and b) d) Cost/benfit analysis
analysis
147 This is one of the types of concerns towards environment b) Intrinsic
a) Non-healthy b) Intrinsic c) extrinsic d) Both a) and b)
148 Crisis Oriented environmental management is characterised by a) No full time staff
a) No full time staff assigned to environmental concerns b) Management assigned to
dependent on crisis c) primary goal of responding to the crisis d) Both b) and c) environmental
concerns
149 Anthropocentric approach constitutes _____ concern towards environment c)Health concern
a) Intrinsic b)Concern for the welfare of animals c)Health concern d) None of
these
150 Mr. Aldo leopald calls the living and non-living part of natural world as a) Biotic Community
a) Biotic Community b) Environment c) Biotic and Abiotic Community d)
Biosphere