UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Delhi HC rejects Neha Bora’s plea against notice to sign peace bond

Q1. Consider the following statements regarding preventive measures in Indian law: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Because proceedings for security for keeping the peace are preventive in nature, they are governed by the Advisory Board safeguard that Article 22 prescribes for preventive detention.
  2. Article 22 itself contemplates laws providing for preventive detention, and it denies persons detained under such laws certain safeguards that are available to an ordinary arrestee.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 2 only
  • C. Both 1 and 2
  • D. Neither 1 nor 2

Q2. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. Proceedings requiring a person to execute a bond for keeping the peace, such as those against the AISA president in October 2026, are conducted before an Executive Magistrate rather than a Judicial Magistrate.
  2. Executive Magistrates are members of the State judicial service, and their posting and promotion are controlled by the High Court under Article 235.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q3. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. An assembly whose members carry arms falls outside the right guaranteed by Article 19(1)(b), even without any law restricting it.
  2. Article 19(3) permits the State to impose, by law, reasonable restrictions on the right of assembly in the interests of public order.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q4. A police notice asked a student leader to show cause before a Special Executive Magistrate why she should not execute a bond for keeping the peace during an enquiry. On her writ petition, the High Court declined to interfere 'at this juncture'. It directed the magistrate to furnish all material to her and, before passing any order, to decide whether a bond was needed at the very first instance or during the enquiry. Which of the following inferences can be drawn from the above?

  1. The High Court did not finally decide whether the notice was justified on its merits.
  2. The High Court found that the petitioner was likely to commit a breach of the peace.
  3. The High Court treated the magistrate's pending enquiry as the forum in which the petitioner could contest the material against her.
  4. The High Court held that a writ petition is never maintainable against a notice issued under the BNSS.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 4 only
  • C. 1, 3 and 4 only
  • D. 1 and 3 only

Q5. With reference to the writ jurisdiction of the High Courts under Article 226 and of the Supreme Court under Article 32, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Article 226 empowers High Courts to issue writs for any other purpose as well, whereas Article 32(2) confers writ power on the Supreme Court only for enforcing the rights in Part III.
  2. Article 226 provides that a High Court's writ power overrides, and thereby limits, the writ power of the Supreme Court under Article 32(2).
  3. A High Court may issue writs to any person or authority, including in appropriate cases any Government, within the territories over which it exercises jurisdiction.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1 only