UG-CLAT entrance exam Question Bank Solutions for Legal Reasoning

Given below is a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the file  given below and select the most appropriate answer 

Principle: Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 either the husband or the wife can move a petition for a decree of divorce on the ground of desertion. The term 'desertion' means desertion of the petitioner by the other party to the marriage for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition, without reasonable cause and without the consent or against the wish of such party and includes the willful neglect of the petitioner by the other party to the marriage and its grammatical variations and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly. It is also said that desertion is withdrawal not from a place but from a state of things.

Facts: Rohan, a technocrat, went to the US in January 2011 for pursuing his higher studies for a period of three years. In fact, Rohan went to the US with the consent of his wife Basanti, who stayed at her parents' home, and with a promise of his return to India upon the completion of his studies. From the US he has quite often been in touch with his wife. Subsequently, Rohan has got a job there in the US and he wishes to take his wife. She refuses to go to the US and, in the meanwhile, she files a petition for a decree, of divorce on the ground of desertion by her husband.

Given below is a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the file  given below and select the most appropriate answer 

Principle: Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, no person shall be capable of being taken in adoption unless he or she is a Hindu, he or she not already been adopted, he or she has not been married, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permit persons who are married being taken in adoption, and he or she has not completed the age of fifteen years, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permit persons who have completed the age of fifteen years being taken in adoption.

Facts: Vijay being a natural father had given Tarun, a boy aged 10 years, in adoption to Manoj in March 2010 in accordance with the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. In May 2012 Manoj gave Tarun in adoption to Sanjay. Subsequently, in December 2013, Sanjay gave Tarun in adoption to Vijay.

Given below is a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the file  given below and select the most appropriate answer 

Principle: Under copyright law, copyright subsists in original literary works also. A literary work need not be of literary quality. Even so prosaic a work as an index of railway stations or a railway‟ guide or a list of stock exchange quotations qualifies as a literary work if sufficient work has been expended in compiling it to give it a new and original character.

Facts: Michael works hard enough, walking down the streets, taking down the names of people who live at houses, and makes a street directory as a result of that labour.

Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 does not provide that: 

Principle: The court has the power to issue an injunction to prohibit a child's marriage from being performed.
Factual Situation: A marriage is performed between A and B. A is of 14 years of age and B of 17 years of age. X is a public-spirited person who filed a suit to declare the said marriage void. 15 the suit maintainable?
DECISION:

Which country didn't allow the USA to its land for war against Iraq?

During a trial, an attorney is planning to call to the stand to testify six different witnesses- T, V, W, X, Y, and Z. She will call each witness exactly one time, and the  other in which she calls them is subject to the following conditions  

(i) The fourth witness must be T.  
(ii) W and Y must both be called before V.  
(iii) X must be called before W.

Which of the following could be the order in which the attorney calls the six witnesses?

During a trial, an attorney is planning to call to the stand to testify six different witnesses- T, V, W, X, Y, and Z. She will call each witness exactly one time, and the  other in which she calls them is subject to the following conditions  

(i) The fourth witness must be T.  
(ii) W and Y must both be called before V.  
(iii) X must be called before W.

Which of the following must be true about the order in which the attorney calls the witnesses?

During a trial, an attorney is planning to call to the stand to testify six different witnesses- T, V, W, X, Y, and Z. She will call each witness exactly one time, and the  other in which she calls them is subject to the following conditions  

(i) The fourth witness must be T.  
(ii) W and Y must both be called before V.  
(iii) X must be called before W.

Which of the following could be true about the order in which the witnesses are called?

During a trial, an attorney is planning to call to the stand to testify six different witnesses- T, V, W, X, Y, and Z. She will call each witness exactly one time, and the  other in which she calls them is subject to the following conditions  

(i) The fourth witness must be T.  
(ii) W and Y must both be called before V.  
(iii) X must be called before W.

If the attorney calls Z last, which witness must be called fifth?

During a trial, an attorney is planning to call to the stand to testify six different witnesses- T, V, W, X, Y, and Z. She will call each witness exactly one time, and the  other in which she calls them is subject to the following conditions  

(i) The fourth witness must be T.  
(ii) W and Y must both be called before V.  
(iii) X must be called before W.

If the attorney calls immediately after Y and immediately before Z, she must call V.

This question consists of principle and fact. The principle may or may not be true in the real and legal sense, yet you have to conclusively assume them to be true for the purposes of this Section. In other words, in answering the question, you must not rely on any principle except the principle that is given herein below for the question.  
Further, you must not assume any facts other than those stated in the question. The objective of this section is to test your interest in study of law, research aptitude, and problem-solving ability. 
Therefore, to answer a question, the principle is to be applied to the given facts and to choose the most appropriate option.

Principle: According to Sec. 2 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, 'Industrial dispute means any dispute or difference between employers and employers or between employers and workmen or between workmen and workmen, which is connected with the employment or non-employment or the terms of employment or with the conditions of labour of any person'.

Facts: The employees of DK Enterprises met the management and requested half a day leave to allow them to celebrate a lunar eclipse, which was going to happen two days later. The management refused the request. Does this situation amount to an 'industrial dispute'?

Under which of the following enactments, is the use of mobile phones while driving made punishable?  

The Source law classified by ______ and _____

Natural law means

Customs which have the force of law is

According to analysts, jurisprudence is the study of

The kind of jurisprudence which deals with the law as it ought to be known as

Jurisprudence is derived from the word jurisprudence which is a

Particular jurisprudence is the science which examines