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Solution for DU LLB Entrance Exam 2017 1. B Spurred by the Unnikrishnan judgment and a public demand to enforce the right to education, successive governments from 1993 worked towards bringing a constitutional amendment to make education a fundamental right. That led to the 86th amendment in December 2002 which inserted the article 21A in the Constitution: Right to education (21A):- The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years in such manner as the State may, by law, determine." 2. B Article 80 of the Constitution lays down the maximum strength of Rajya Sabha as 250, out of which 12 members are nominated by the President and 238 are representatives of the States and of the two Union Territories. 3. B To make sure that Rajya Sabha doesn't amend the bill by adding some non-money matters (known as Financial Bill), the Lok Sabha Speaker certifies the bill as a money bill before sending it to the upper house, and the decision of the Speaker is binding on both the Houses. 4. C Carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of a particular individual, organization, or community. 5. C 6. B The Leader of the Opposition is the politician who leads the official opposition in either House of the Parliament of India. The post received statutory recognition through the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 which defines the term "Leader of the Opposition" as that member of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha who, for the time being, is the Leader of that House of the Party in Opposition to the Government having the greatest numerical strength and recognised, as such, by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha or the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. As in the given question Alphabet L and O are given in capital that could mean that the question is referring to recognized opposition leader and thus the answer would be C i.e. Y. B. Chavan. The second possibility is the opposition leader of 1 st lok sabha was A. K. Gopalan, until then the post of opposition of leader was not recognized. 1 Coaching for DU LLB, Judicial Services and CLAT www.delhilawacademy.com
The third possibility could be option B, as in 4 th Lok sabha election the Indian National Congress (INC) satisfied the criteria of 10% of vote and thus Dr. Ram Suhag Singh is elected as the Opposition leader. 7. A Parole refers to the temporary or permanent release of a prisoner before the expiry of a sentence, on the promise of good behaviour. 8. D 9. D 10. D official answer key gives B, but we feel the right answer is D because there are states such as Assam, Goa etc which have less than 60 members, and this is because Parliament has passed amendments which allow this to happen. 11. A The Supreme Court of India's collegium system, which appoints judges to the nation's constitutional courts, has its genesis in, and continued basis resting on, three of its own judgments which are collectively known as the Three Judges Cases. 12. A The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, has been passed by the Lok Sabha on 22nd May, 2012. The act defines a child as any person below the age of 18 years and provides protection to all children under the age of 18 years from the offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography. 13. A 14. D The joint sitting of the Parliament is called by the President and is presided over by the Speaker or, in his absence, by the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or in his absence, the Deputy- Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. 15. A 16. A 17. C 18. B though the answer could be A also, as the same language is present in both DPSPs and Preamble 2 Coaching for DU LLB, Judicial Services and CLAT www.delhilawacademy.com
19. A 20. B The word Quo-Warranto literally means "by what warrants?" or "what is your authority"? It is a writ issued with a view to restrain a person from holding a public office to which he is not entitled. The writ requires the concerned person to explain to the Court by what authority he holds the office. If a person has usurped a public office, the Court may direct him not to carry out any activities in the office or may announce the office to be vacant. Thus High Court may issue a writ of quo-warranto if a person holds an office beyond his retirement age. 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. Both option C and D could be the correct answer. Snapdeal was founded by Rohit Bansal and Kunal Bahl, and Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos. 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. C 32. B 33. A The final tournament will involve 32 national teams, which include 31 teams determined through qualifying competitions and the automatically qualified host team. A total of 64 matches will be played in 12 venues located in 11 cities. The final will take place on 15 July in Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium. 34. C 35. B 36. D 37. A 38. C 39. D 40. B 3 Coaching for DU LLB, Judicial Services and CLAT www.delhilawacademy.com
41. C 42. B 43. A 44. C 45. A 46. C 47. D 48. A 49. D 50. A 51. A 52. B 53. C 54. D official answer key gives C, but the passage clearly states Equity is the case law developed by the Court of Chancery which is now defunct. 55. D 56. B 57. B 58. D 59. A 60. B Trumped up means an excuse or a false accusation. 61. B The contempt of court is an offence of being disobedient to or disrespectful of a court of law and its officers. 62. A Lyre is a stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar, used especially in ancient Greece. Modern instruments of this type are found mainly in East Africa. 63. C 64. C 65. C 66. C Mutability refers to liability or tendency to change, which is opposite to Tenacity. 67. D Credulous refers to having or showing too great a readiness to believe things, which is opposite to being skeptical. 4 Coaching for DU LLB, Judicial Services and CLAT www.delhilawacademy.com
68. D Ones prohibit copying the book content by obtaining the authority through copyrighting the book. Likewise one can prohibit others from claiming ownership over their property by obtaining authority over it through deed. 69. C The sentence is collection of words, likewise the paragraph is the collection of punctuations. 70. B The castle is surrounded by Moat likewise Glade is surrounded by woods. 71. B Official answer key gives D but we feel answer should be B because river is the only moving body of water, the remaining are not. If the intention was to differentiate between freshwater and saltwater bodies, there are many saltwater lakes too, so that would fail. 72. B or D the answer would be B if the differentiator is herbivores vs carnivores, but the answer would be D if the differentiator is mammals vs non-mammals. 73. B The relation is between states and their capital. 74. A The relation is between the animals and their shelters. 75. D The series would be as follows: 5*2+1=11 11*2+1=23 23*2+1=47 Thus option D is correct. 76. A The relation would be as follows: 7*3=21 41*3=123 77. B 5 Coaching for DU LLB, Judicial Services and CLAT www.delhilawacademy.com
78. A The pattern is following first 2 increasing order alphabet and next 2 decreasing order alphabet. Question 79-83 1) Negligence of child right is coded as mi ki va se 2) education of child is coded as ki de va 3) abusive environment of child is coded as va li ki fo 4) effective environment of child is coded as ki li re va The code ki va is common is all of the code with word of child. education de By comparing (3) and (4) we can conclude that environment -> li In 4 th code what left is Effective -> re 79. A the ambiguity in (ki va) = (of child) is saved purely by options in Q 83 80. A 81. D 82. A 83. D 84. B Having cloudy day doesn t guarantee raining hence the option B is correct. 85. A 86. A Let the total amount of work to be done is 120 units. Ram can finish the work in 60 days, so his per day work is 2 units. Similarly, Sohan can finish the work in 40 days, so hid per day work is 3 units. Working together the work done per day by Sohan and Ram=2+3=5 unit To complete 120 units of work they together takes 120/5= 24 days. 87. B Let s consider the cost price for Geeta be x. as given in the question, (80*x)/100= 800 x=1000 The cost price for Geeta would be the selling price for Shakti. 6 Coaching for DU LLB, Judicial Services and CLAT www.delhilawacademy.com
Let s consider the actual price of watch be w (80 * w)/100 = 1000 w=1250 Thus the actual cost of the watch is Rs. 1,250. 88. B As given in the question, Speed= 60 km/hr = 50/3 m/sec Time=120 sec Distance= L 1+L 2= 800+x Using the formula, Speed=Distance/Time 50/3= (800+x)/120 2000= 800+x Therefore, x=1200 The length of the bridge is 1200 meters. 89. D Let s consider the price of both pens were x and y. A given in the question x+y=65..(1) x+y= (107*x)/100 + (94 * y )/100 6500 = 107x + 94(65-x) 6500 = 107x + 94*65 94x 6500 = 6110 +13x 390=13x x=30 y=65-30=35 Therefore, the cost of the two pens are 30 and 35. 90. C 91. D 92. D 93. B 94. A 95. B 96. D 7 Coaching for DU LLB, Judicial Services and CLAT www.delhilawacademy.com
97. A 98. B 99. A 100. B 8 Coaching for DU LLB, Judicial Services and CLAT www.delhilawacademy.com