Daily Quiz for Judiciary Exam Preparation – January 15th – Mixed Bag

1. In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court held in strong words that “We won’t allow Bench Hunting, Bench-Hopping or Bench Avoiding”?

2. The Constitution Bench recently held that Mother Tongue can be compulsory medium of instruction in schools. The statement is

3. In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court held in strong words that “imposing the mother tongue as the medium of instruction violates the fundamental rights.”?

4. Which of the following is the only Article in the Constitution of India which contains the expression ‘mother tongue’?

5. Mother tongue in the context of the Constitution means

6. In which of the following cases, has the Supreme Court held that the ‘Two-finger’ test violates the right of rape survivors to privacy, physical and mental integrity and dignity?

7. . In which of the following cases, has the Supreme Court held that a compromise entered into between the parties cannot be construed as a leading factor for awarding a lesser punishment?

8. In which of the following cases, has the Supreme Court held that the offer of the rapist to marry the victim is not a relevant reason to reduce the minimum punishment for rape?

9. The discretion of the court to impose a sentence below the minimum sentence in a case of rape, for adequate and special reasons to be mentioned in the judgment, has been removed by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013. This statement is

10. No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 376B of the Indian Penal Code where the persons are in a marital relationship, except upon prima facie satisfaction of the facts which constitute the offence upon a complaint having been filed or made by the wife against the husband. This bar is contained in section………………of Code of Criminal Procedure.

11. In which of the following cases, the Supreme Court held that ‘we find no principle or binding authority to hold that the moment a competent police officer, on the basis of information received, makes out an FIR incorporating his name as the informant, he forfeits his right to investigate. If at all, such investigation could only be assailed on the ground of bias or real likelihood of bias on the part of the investigating officer. The question of bias would depend on the facts and circumstances of each case and it is not proper to lay down a broad and unqualified proposition, in the manner in which it has been done….’?

12. The receipt of information is a condition precedent for starting investigation. The statement is

13. Any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken on oath is called

14. Which of the following sections of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 defines the term ‘judicial proceeding’?

15. Which of the following is a ‘judicial proceeding’?