LEGAL G.K. for “LAW-EXAM/ CLAT” (ONE-LINERS)

1. “Census” in India is primarily governed by which Act?—Census Act, 1948.
2. The Limited Liability Partnerships are governed by which law in India?—Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008.
3. The offence of ‘Murder’ is defined under Section________of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023—Section 101. (Previously under Section 300 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860)
4. An offence for which, a police officer may arrest without warrant is called—Cognizable Offence.
5. An offence for which, a police officer has no authority to arrest without warrant is called—Non-Cognizable Offence.
6. A category of cases relating to offences punishable with death, imprisonment for life or imprisonment for a term exceeding two years, is called—Warrant Case.
7. Presently, how many Fundamental Duties are prescribed under Constitution of India—11 Duties.
8. Which Article of the Constitution of Indian, 1950 empowers the President of India to promulgate ordinances when Parliament is not in session and immediate action is required—Article 123.
9. Which was the highest Court for India before coming into existence of Supreme Court of India—Federal Court.
10. The Supreme Court of India started functioning from the old Parliament House. The Court moved into a new building at “Tilak Marg, Delhi” in the year—1958.
11. The Supreme Court of India started function in the year 1950 with how many Judges—8 Judges (including Chief Justice)
12. True/ False—In India, no Supreme Court or High Court judge has been formally removed from office by Parliament—True.
13. Who was the first judge to face formal impeachment proceedings in 1993 in India—Justice V. Ramaswai (but the motion failed in the Lok Sabha).
14. Marketing, distribution and sale of goods or provision of services through a network of sellers, other than through a permanent retail location is known as—Direct Selling.
15. Buying or selling of goods or services including digital products over digital or electronic network, is called—E-commerce.
16. Goods which are falsely claimed to be genuine is defined as—Spurious Goods.
17. A duty in the discharge of which the State, the public or the community at large has an interest, is known as—Public Duty.
18. A lump-sum monetary benefit paid by an employer to an employee as a token of appreciation for long-term service, typically upon retirement, resignation, or death after completion of certain minimum period of service, is called—Gratuity.
19. When two persons are descended from a common ancestor by the same wife, they are said to be related to each other by—Full-Blood.
20. When two persons are descended from a common ancestor by the different wives, they are said to be related to each other by—Half-Blood.
21. When two persons are descended from a common ancestress by the different husbands, they are said to be related to each other by—Uterine-Blood.
22. True/ False—Registration of ‘Will’ is not mandatory (optional) in India—True.
23. All documents (other than a ‘will’) shall be presented for registration within the period of_______months from the date of its execution—4-months.
24. If the two persons are related by blood or adoption wholly through males, they are called—Agnate.
25. If the two persons are related by blood or adoption not wholly through males, they are called—Cognate.
26. Any person, male or female, who is entitled to succeed to the property of an intestate is called—Heir.
27. The property of which a person has not made a testamentary disposition, is called—Intestate.
28. Transfer amongst living person are known as—Transfer Inter-vivos.
29. ‘Caveat Emptor’ means—Let the Buyer Beaware.
30. An stipulation essential core to the core/main purpose of the contract, the breach of which gives rise to a right to treat the contract as repudiated is called—Condition.
31. A stipulation collateral to the main purpose of the contract, the breach of which gives rise to a claim for damages but not to a right to reject the goods and treat the contract as repudiated is called—Warranty.
32. When the whole of the price has not been paid or tendered, the seller of goods is deemed to be an—Unpaid Seller.
33. A person appointed by competent authority to administer the estate of a deceased person when there is no executor is known as—Administrator.
34. An instrument made in relation to a Will, and explaining, altering or adding to its dispositions is called— Codicil.
35. A person to whom the execution of the last Will of a deceased person is, by the testator’s appointment, confided, is called—Executor.
36. The act of the copy of a ‘will’ certified under the seal of a court of competent jurisdiction with a grant of administration to the estate of the testator, is called—Probate.
37. A legal declaration of the intention of a testator with respect to his property which he desires to be carried into effect after his death—Will.
38. Any instrument chargeable with duty executed only out of India, and not being a bill of exchange or promissory note, may be stamped within ______ months after it has been first received in India—Three Months.
39. The word ‘tort’ is derived from which Latin word?—Tortum.
40. Damages which are not ‘pre-determined’ is called—Unliquidated Damages.
41. A ‘right in-rem’ is a legal right that is enforceable against the—World at large.
42. The ‘right in-personam’ is a legal right that is enforceable against—Specific individual and not against whole world.
43. Maxim ‘Res ipsa loquitur‘ means—The things speak for itself.
44. Latin maxim “Ex turpi causa non oritur action” means— From an immoral cause no action arises.
45. Where, on a transfer of property, an interest therein is created in favour of a person without specifying the time when it is to take effect, such interest is called—Vested Interest.
46. Where, on a transfer of property, an interest therein is created in favour of a person to take effect only on the happening of a specified uncertain event, such interest is called—Contingent Interest.
47. A transfer of ownership in exchange for a price paid or promised or part-paid and part-promised, is known as—Sale.
48. A transfer of an interest in specific immoveable property for the purpose of securing the payment of money advanced, is called—Mortgage.
49. “Right of Foreclosure” is available to whom?—Mortgagee.
50. “Right of Redemption” is available to whom?—Mortgagor.
51. When two persons mutually transfer the ownership of one thing for the ownership of another, such transaction is called—Exchange.
52. A transfer of ownership in moveable or immoveable property without consideration, is called—Gift.

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