JURIS MCQ

1. "Jurisprudence is the scientific synthesis of the essential principles

of law" was stated by C.K. Allen
2. Which of the following writers has divided jurisprudence into
particular jurisprudence and general jurisprudence? Austin
3. A comparative method of study of law was introduced by Maine
4. Who said jurisprudence is the eye of law? Laski
5. In the dark ages, natural law was given a new interpretation by:
Thomas Aquinas
6. Who propounded the concept of Grundnorm? Hans Kelsen
7. Out of the following jurists, whose theory of law has earned the
name of "natural law with a variable content"? John Locke [C]
Stammler
8. That truth is right reason in agreement with nature was propagated
by:Cicero
9. "A Theory of Justice" is the work of Rawls
10. Who among the following is considered an exponent of
Utilitarianism? Bentham
11. "Natural law is based on the nature of man and on his inward need
of living in society". Who said it? Hugo Grotius
12. Who categorized the subject of jurisprudence as expositorial
jurisprudence and censorial jurisprudence? Bentham
13. Law is an instrument of: Social change
14. Kelsen's theory of law is called pure theory because Kelsen:
Separated law from religion, ethics, sociology and history
15. The expression to signify an assumption which conceals or affects
to conceal the fact that a rule of law has undergone alteration, its
letter being unchanged, its operation being modified is: Legal
Fiction
16. Which school of jurisprudence believes that there are more
important obligations, higher ideals, than obedience to the positive
law of the state: Natural Law School
17. Criticizing Savigny's theory, who said that 'Savigny encouraged
juristic pessimism'? Pound
18. Savigny has observed that: 1. Custom precedes legislation. 2.
Legislation must conform customary practices. 3. Custom is not
important than legislation. 4. Custom is superior to legislation.
Select the best option: [C] 1, 2 and 4
19. Law grows with the nation, increases with it, and dies with its
dissolution and it is a characteristic of it. It is said by: Savigny
20. Who said "Possession is the embodiment of the will of the man"?
Kant
21. Indicate the correct meaning of the theory of 'social engineering'
propounded by Roscoe Pound. Balancing of competing interest in
the society
22. "The idea of social function 'crowds out' the conception of
subjective right." Whose view is this? Duguit
23. "Law is the sum of conditions of social life as secured by the power
of the state through the means of external compulsion". This
statement relates to which school of jurisprudence: Sociological
24. According to Professor Goodhart, a ratio decidendi of a case is:
The conclusion reached by the judge on the basis of the material
facts of the case
25. Main pioneer of the sociological jurisprudence is : [A] Montesquieu
26. Which one of the following is correctly matched? [C] The Law of a
community is to be found in social facts and not in formal sources
of law- Ehrlich
27. Assertion (A) - It is easy to identify sociological school with Pound.
Reason (R) - Sociological school neither begins nor ends with
Pound. [A] Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct
explanation of (A)
28. "Custom precedes legislation and hence is superior to it and the
legislation must conform to the principles of custom." This principle
is a basic feature of which school [B] Historical
29. What is utilitarianism? The idea that collective good prevails over
individual rights
30. How did Aristotle describe justice in restoring equality when this
has been disturbed? Corrective Justice
31. When a state wants to delay the de jure recognition of any state, it
May, in the first stage grant de facto recognition. Who said this?
Schwarzenberger
32. The idea of obligation lies at the heart of a rule and people obey
law due to a sense of obligation, and not because of a habit of
obedience. Who among the following is well-known for this
statement? [C] Hart
33. Which of the following is not ‘law properly so called’ according to
Austin? [B] Constitution of India
34. The Hart-Fuller Debate discussed: [A] Validity of Nazi Laws
35. The positivist school postulates that: [C] Law and Morality are not
necessarily interconnected
36. According to natural law theory: [A] An unjust law is not law
37. Which of the following is most anti-consequentialist? [D]
Utilitarianism
38. Grundnorm is a concept related to: Hans Kelsen
39. A basic premise of natural law theory is: [A] Existence of objective
moral principles [B] A code of conduct being the essential nature of
the universe [C] No human being is above the Law [D] All of the
above
40. Who supported the absolute power of the sovereign on
authoritarian grounds? [D] Hobbes
41. The Delhi High Court in Naz Foundation case supported which of
the following relationships between law and morality? [A]
Enforcement of public morality is subject to fundamental rights
42. Which of the following is a compilation of John Austin’s lectures?
Province of Jurisprudence Determined
43. Which of these statements is true of utilitarianism? [A] The principle
of utility is the criterion of morality
44. ‘Oliver Wendell Holmes’ famous ‘Bad man theory of law’ is
accepted as valid by: [C] American legal realism
45. Which of the following is not one of Fuller’s desiderata? [C]
Specificity
46. Who wrote the essay "Vom Beruf" in 1814? [B] Savigny
47. Sociological School studies: Effect of law on society
48. In which one of the following cases, the court pierced the veil of the
corporate personality? Daimler Company v. Continental Tyre Co.
case
49. The social contract theory explains: Origin of state
50. Cicero’s conception of natural law is based on the idea that 'true
law is right reason in agreement with nature.' Reason is key
element because,The law of nature is the basis of all positive law
51. According to Hobbes, 'peace is the first law of nature' because of
which of the following situation: [A] Without peace everyone has a
right to everything including another’s life
52. In law, there is a fiction that a child, en ventere sa mere is a person
in being for the purpose of: [B] Acquisition of property
53. Hume’s attack on natural law is founded on his argument that: [A]
We cannot objectively know what is morally right or wrong
54. Acquisition of 'res nullius' is: [A] Original acquisition of ownership
55. Ownership consists of: [C] Rights in rem
56. "A judge is sworn to determine, not according to his own private
judgment, but according to the known laws and customs of the
land, not delegated to pronounce a new law, but to maintain and
explain the old one." The statement was given by: [B] Blackstone
57. Which of the following statements best captures the nature of
Fuller’s inner morality of law? [B] Morality of Aspiration
58. Which proposition below may be characterized as the most
powerful refutation of lord Devlin’s argument by Hart? [A] Society
 has no right to preserve its moral and social cohesion through the
criminal law
59. The United States Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade is
highly controversial. It was related to :[B] Law relating to abortion
60. Which statement below is the least consistent with the argument
that judges in an unjust legal system ought to resign? [B] Since
they also prop up the unjust system, lawyers should also resign
61. Which of the following is the strongest argument against ethical
relativism's hostility to human rights? [C] Positivism
62. Who defined jurisprudence as the knowledge of things divine and
human, the science of just and unjust? [B] Ulpian
63. Which proposition below is the most inconsistent with Mill’s
statement that any suppression of speech is an assumption of
infallibility and that only by the unrestricted circulation of ideas can
the truth be discovered? C] Reason generally prevails
64. Right in rem is right against which one of the following? [C]
Everyone
65. 66) Posner’s economic analysis of law is roundly attacked by
Dworkin who says that the theory has not achieved the beginning of
a beginning. What is the basis of this criticism? [C] It regards wealth
as a value, which it is not
66. If the jural correlative of "Right" is "Duty", then the co-relative of
"Liberty" is: [D] No right
67. 68) Which of the following elements is essential for a practice to
become a custom? [C] Opinio juris sive necessitates
68. Statutes are "source of law … not parts of the law itself." This
statement is made by: [C] Gray
69. According to Hart, law is the union of primary and secondary rules
which one of the following is not one of the secondary rules? [D]
Rules of Interpretation
70. Who said that the movement of progressive societies has hitherto
been from status to contract? [D] Henry Maine
71. X has transferred his property in favour of Y. X has exercised his:
[B] Right
72. Negligence essentially consists in mental attitude of undue
indifference with respect to one’s conduct and its consequences.
This statement represents: [B] Subjective Theory
73. Who has propounded social contract theory in terms of general
will? [C] Rousseau
74. Volksgeist is associated with: [B] Savigny
75. Who said that the end of law should be to satisfy a maximum of
wants with a minimum of friction and waste? [B] Pound
76. According to Salmond, malice in law means: [C] An act done with
wrongful intention
77. Who among the following is the associated with interest theory of
rights? [C] Bentham
78. Which one of the following schools gave birth to the concept of
'Human Rights'? [B] Natural Law School
79. Who wrote "Taking Rights Seriously"? [B] Ronald Dworkin
80. Who has defined jurisprudence as lawyers extraversion? [C] Julius
Stone
81. Who is known as the founder of the Historical School of
Jurisprudence? [B] Friedrich Savigny
82. Which of the following is not an essential element of states? [D]
Democracy
83. A distinction between static and progressive societies was drawn
by: [D] Maine
84. According to Hindu legal theory, what are the sources of law? [A]
Smritis [B] Shrutis [C] Puranas [D] All of the above
85. To which of the following jurisprudential approaches/schools of
thought does the work of John Rawls could best be described to fall
in? [B] Liberal Positivism
86. The two primary and essential function of the state are [D] Welfare
and Safety of People
87. The _________ School of Jurisprudence postulates that the law is
based on what is "correct". [A] Natural Law
88. Which of the following statements is not true of legal personality?
[D] A foetus cannot be a legal person
89. A custom whose authority is conditional on its acceptance and
incorporation in agreements between the parties to be bound, is a:
[D] Conventional Custom
90. 91) Consider the following statements: 1. Precedents help in the
progressive development of law 2. Copyright is a corporeal right 3.
In the process of interpretation judges do make the law. Of the
statements - [C] 1 and 3 are correct
91. Who gave the organic theory of society? [A] Herbert Spencer
92. Which one of the following is the directive principle of state policy?
[B] Protection and Improvement of Environment
93. Balancing of social interests and the doctrines of social engineering
is the greatest contribution to sociological school. This is attributed
to whom? [B] Roscoe Pound
94. Who said that law is a union of primary rules of obligation and
secondary rules of recognition? [A] Hart
95. Who wrote "Anarchy, State and Utopia"? [B] Nozick
96. Austin's theory of law can be found in his work titled 'Province of
Jurisprudence Determined', through which he meant to convey the
idea that: [C] The subject matter of divine laws etc. does not fall
within the purview of jurisprudence
97. Positive law is called positive because [C] It is made by a person in
authority
98. Who said that the only purpose for which power can rightfully be
exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will
is to prevent harm to others? JS Mill
99. An equivalent to Mill's Harm Principle is stated in: [C] France's
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
100.