Organisation : Chanakya National Law University, Patna CNLU
Exam Name : LL.M Entrance Examination – May 2023
Document Type : Previous Year Question
Year : 2023
Website : https://cnlu.ac.in/
CNLU LL.M Entrance Examination
Duration for Multiple-Choice Questions : 90 Minutes
Commencement of Multiple-Choice Questions : 10:00 AM
Duration for Subjective Questions : 60 Minutes
Commencement of Subjective Questions : 11:30 AM
Instruction: Write the option from (a), (b), (c), or (d) whichever is the most appropriate correct in the Answer Column under each question with blue or black pen.
1. Imagine a sports team sets up a company to sell its own range of clothes. What type of intellectual property can the team use to show that the clothes are made by them?
(a) Trademark
(b) Copyright
(c) Patents
(d) Geographical Indications
2. The Supreme Court determined whether a religious practice falls within Article 25 using the:
(a) Essential Religious Practice Test
(b) Sincerity of Belief Test
(c) Proportionality Test
(d) Constitutional Morality Test
3. The High-Level Committee reviewing the CSR framework in 2018 recommended that:
(a) a national CSR data portal be set up to monitor the progress of implementation of CSR policies by companies
(b) spending of CSR funds on Covid-19 related activities be considered as an eligible CSR activity
(c) CSR implementing agencies should mandatorily register with the central government
(d) companies should balance CSR spending between local areas and the less developed regions of the country
4. Which of the following criteria should a company satisfy during the immediately preceding financial year to qualify for CSR under the Companies Act, 2013?
(a) Net profit of ₹ 5 crores or more
(b) Net profit of ₹ 1,000 crores or more
(c) Turnover of ₹ 5,000 crores or more
(d) Net worth of ₹ 5,000 crores or more
5. The Concurrent List was described as a ‘Twilight Zone’, as it were for both the Union and the States are competent to legislate in this field without coming in to conflict” is stated by
(a) Basu, D.D.
(b) Dicey, A.V.
(c) Pyle, M.V.
(d) Ambedkar, B.
6. Article IX of the Convention provides that disputes between Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation, application or fulfilment of the Convention, shall be submitted to the International Court of Justice (the “ICJ”) at the request of:
(a) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(b) Any State not party to the dispute
(c) The Secretary-General of the United Nations
(d) Any of the parties to the dispute
7. Doctrine of unjust enrichment implies:
(a) Obtaining benefit from another (which is not a gift) without legal justification
(b) Restoration of the benefit obtained without legal justification
(c) Neither (a) nor (b)
(d) Both (a) and (b)
8. When was the first United Nations Water Conference held?
(a) 1975
(b) 1976
(c) 1977
(d) 1978
9. In Gurmeet Singh v. State of Punjab, 2021 SCC Online SC 403, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India issued guidelines for trial in dowry death cases. The bench comprised of:
(a) N.V. Ramana, Uday Umesh Lalit and A.m. Khanwilkar, JJ.
(b) N.V. Ramana, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Surya Kant, JJ.
(c) N.V. Ramana, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose, JJ.
(d) N.V. Ramana, L. Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta, JJ.
10. CSR policy is based on which of the following principles?
(a) Trusteeship and giving back to society
(b) Utmost good faith
(c) Leveraging India’s managerial, technological and innovative skills
(d) Promoting greater protection for the environment
11. A, a ship-owner, contracts with b to convey him from Calcutta to Sydney in A’s ship, sailing on the first of January, and B pays to A, by way deposit, one-half of his passage money. The ship does not sail on the first of January and B, after being, in consequence, detained in Calcutta for some time, and thereby put to some expense, proceeds to Sydney in another vessel, and, in consequence, arriving too late in Sydney, loses a sum of money.
(a) A is liable to repay to B his deposit, with interest and the expense to which he is put by his detention in Calcutta, and the excess, if any, of the passage-money paid for the second ship over that agreed upon the first
(b) A is liable to repay to B his deposit, with interest and the expense to which he is put by his detention in Calcutta, and the excess, if any, of the sum of money which B lost by arriving in Sydney too late
(c) A is liable to repay to B his deposit, with interest and the excess, if any, of the passage-money paid for the second ship over that agreed upon the first, but not the sum of money which B lost by arriving in Sydney too late
(d) None of these
12. Which of the following is true?
(a) Individual is not a subject of international law
(b) General Assembly resolutions are binding
(c) General principles of law are also sources of international law
(d) Decisions of the International Court of Justice have precedential value.
13. Vis major stands as an exception to _______.
(a) The rule of strict liability
(b) The rule of absolute liability
(c) Res ipsa loquitur
(d) None of the above
Instructions to the Examinee
1. Possession of handwritten/ printed material/ electronic gadgets in any form is strictly prohibited for the examinee.
2. The examinee shall not be permitted to answer the natural call during the examination.
3. The examinee shall not submit the answer sheet before the completion of the examination.
4. Verbal/ Non-verbal communication between examinees is strictly prohibited in the examination hall and any such activity shall amount to Unfair Means.
5. The Admit Card duly signed by the invigilator should be retained and produced by the candidate at the time of counselling.
6. This Answer Booklet shall be submitted to the invigilator at 12:30 PM.
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