University : UPES
Course : Law
Year : 2020
Subjects : English Language and Comprehension, Logical Reasoning, Quant and Numerical Ability, Legal Awareness, and Legal Aptitude
Document Type : Sample Paper
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UPES Law Sample Paper
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English Language and Comprehension, Logical Reasoning, Quant and Numerical Ability, Legal Awareness, and Legal Aptitude
Legal Aptitude Sample Paper
Q.1 Choose the option that is most in accordance with the given principle.
Principle: A person once tried for one crime cannot be tried for the same crime again.
Fact: Akhil was driving his Yamaha when he drove the bike on to the footpath as a result of which 2 street dwellers died. Due to the lack of any tangible proof he was let go, but later the prosecution found key witnesses and proof against him. They wanted to prosecute him again. Was it allowed?
A. No, Akhil wasn’t prosecuted again
B. Yes, he was prosecuted since there was new proof against him
C. No, he wasn’t prosecuted as his father was a Bollywood actor
D. Yes, he was prosecuted again as he wasn’t punished at all
Q.2 Choose the option that is most in accordance with the given principle.
Principle: “Coercion” defined. “Coercion” is the committing, or threatening to commit, any act forbidden by the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) or the unlawful detaining, or threatening to detain, any property, to the prejudice of any person whatever, with the intention of causing any person to enter into an agreement.
Fact: Sam threatened Sunil that if he doesn’t lend his tractor to him, he will torture his cousin who is Sam’s wife. Sunil lent the tractor to Sam for a very small amount of rent for a period of 12 months. After a few weeks his cousin (Sam’s wife) died due to asthma. Sunil sued Sam for the recovery of the tractor.
A. Sunil will succeed as the consideration for rent is for a meagre amount
B. Sunil will succeed as the contract is void ab initio
C. Sunil will succeed as the contract was forced by coercion
D. Sunil won’t succeed as the contract is executed and Sam’s wife was not tortured
Q.3 Choose the option that is most in accordance with the given principle.
Principle: The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them.
Fact: A candidate of a prestigious school run by a private company is terminated from the school because the school fears that his religious connections will set a bad precedence for the other candidates and create a milieu which encourages dissidence. What will happen next?
A. The action of the School will be deemed void because it is a violation of the fundamental right of the candidate
B. No action can be taken against the school because the school is a private body
C. The School has taken similar action against other candidates engaging in similar activities, thus there has been no discrimination against the candidate
D. None of the mentioned options
Q.4 Choose the option that is most in accordance with the given principle:
Principle: The intentional use of force against another person without lawful justification constitutes the tort of battery.
Fact: During Amit’s Birthday party, Suraj snatched Chaand’s glass of wine. Chaand started weeping because his glass of wine had been unwillingly taken from him and decided to take Suraj to the court for battery. Will Chaand succeed?
A. Yes, as Suraj had violated Chaand’s right to the glass of wine
B. No, because the law doesn’t take note of small scuffles
C. Yes, as Suraj had willingly used force against Chaand without any justification
D. No, as Chaand could have easily got himself another glass of wine
Q.5 Choose the option that is most in accordance with the given principle:
Principle: Crimes of theft are offenses which involve the taking or appropriation of property without the consent of the owner in the knowledge that the accused has no right to the property in question.
Fact: “A” finds a mobile belonging to “Z” in the study table of Z’s bedroom. “A” took the mobile and kept it in his bag. Will it amount to theft?
A. Yes, “A” unknowingly committed theft
B. No, as “A” had no idea about the ownership of that mobile
C. Yes, “A” knowingly committed theft
D. No, as “A” was a kleptomaniac
Q.6 Choose the option that is most in accordance with the given principle:
Principle: Children who have been adopted according to the norm of civil law are considered as being the children of the person or persons who have adopted them.
Fact: A couple is willing to adopt a son and they have the right to do so as per the constitutional rights. Which article of the constitution provides for this right?
A. Article 21
B. Article 22
C. Article 23
D. Article 24
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