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UGC NET Law Mock Test 6 (Hard) is a free, timed practice paper for UGC NET Law (058): 100 multiple-choice questions in 120 minutes, 200 marks in all, with no negative marking. 100 hard questions across all 10 units of the Law syllabus (10 per unit): concept, case-based, statement, match, assertion-reason and chronology types. 120 minutes, 2 marks each (200 marks), no negative marking. Every question carries the red tough mark. Difficulty mix: 100 difficult. Your answers and result stay in your browser; there is no sign-up.

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Questions by unit
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Jurisprudence and Legal Theory10
Constitutional Law10
Administrative Law10
Public International Law10
Human Rights10
Family Law10
Contract, Torts and Consumer Protection10
Commercial Law10
Criminal Law, Procedure and Evidence10
Environmental, IPR and Labour Law10

Sample questions from this test

Try these five before you start. They are part of the paper, so you may prefer to skip the answers until after you have attempted it.

1In the Hohfeldian scheme of jural relations, which pair correctly gives the jural correlative and the jural opposite of a 'privilege (liberty)'?

  1. Correlative: right; Opposite: no-right
  2. Correlative: liability; Opposite: disability
  3. Correlative: no-right; Opposite: duty
  4. Correlative: duty; Opposite: right
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Answer: C. Correlative: no-right; Opposite: duty

Privilege's correlative is no-right and its opposite is duty. Power/liability and immunity/disability are the other pairs.

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2Consider the following on the basic structure doctrine and the Ninth Schedule:
1. In Waman Rao, laws placed in the Ninth Schedule before 24 April 1973 were held open to basic structure challenge.
2. In I.R. Coelho, laws placed in the Ninth Schedule after 24 April 1973 are open to challenge on basic structure / Part III grounds.
3. In Minerva Mills, clauses (4) and (5) inserted in Art. 368 by the 42nd Amendment were struck down.
4. In Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain, Art. 329A(4) was struck down.
Which are correct?

  1. 1, 2 and 3 only
  2. 1, 2 and 4 only
  3. 1, 3 and 4 only
  4. 2, 3 and 4 only
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Answer: D. 2, 3 and 4 only

Waman Rao fixed 24 April 1973 as the cut-off; pre-cut-off laws were NOT open to challenge.

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3In Dimes v. Proprietors of Grand Junction Canal (1852), the Lord Chancellor's decree was set aside because of:

  1. Prejudgment of the subject matter
  2. Personal hostility towards a party
  3. Departmental (institutional) bias
  4. Pecuniary interest, disqualifying automatically without proof of actual bias
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Answer: D. Pecuniary interest, disqualifying automatically without proof of actual bias

He held shares in the canal company; pecuniary interest disqualifies automatically.

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4Consider the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969:
1. Art. 53: a treaty is void if it conflicts with a peremptory norm at the time of conclusion.
2. Art. 64: a new peremptory norm terminates an existing treaty in conflict with it.
3. Art. 62: fundamental change of circumstances may be invoked to terminate a treaty establishing a boundary.
4. Art. 27: a party may not invoke its internal law to justify non-performance.
Which are correct?

  1. 1, 2 and 4 only
  2. 1, 3 and 4 only
  3. 2, 3 and 4 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3 only
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Answer: A. 1, 2 and 4 only

Art. 62(2)(a) bars the doctrine for boundary treaties.

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5The UDHR was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948 with:

  1. Unanimity
  2. 56 in favour, none against, 2 abstentions
  3. 48 in favour, 8 against
  4. 48 votes in favour, none against, 8 abstentions
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Answer: D. 48 votes in favour, none against, 8 abstentions

The vote was 48-0-8.

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