UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Govt. notifies CAPF Act amid challenge pending before SC

Q1. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. Even after the Supreme Court has decided a service dispute, a law that Parliament later enacts on the same subject can itself be challenged before the Supreme Court as violating fundamental rights.
  2. The law declared by the Supreme Court is binding on all courts within the territory of India.
  • 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

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

  1. A Central Act whose constitutional validity is pending before the Supreme Court can nonetheless be brought into force by the government.
  2. Article 32 empowers the Supreme Court to issue writs only for testing executive action, and not for examining the validity of laws enacted by Parliament.
  • 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. With reference to the categories of contempt of court in India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. An allegation that a government has wilfully failed to implement a court's judgment falls within civil contempt.
  2. A publication that scandalises a court can amount to criminal contempt even if no order of that court has been disobeyed.
  3. Mere non-compliance with a court's order amounts to civil contempt even when it is not wilful, because the test looks only at the outcome and not at the conduct of the party.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1 only

Q4. With reference to the constitutional position of forces such as the CRPF and the BSF, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Parliament's competence to legislate on the organisation of these forces flows from the Union List entry covering 'any other armed forces of the Union'.
  2. Because 'police' is a State List subject, deploying such a force in a State in aid of the civil power requires a law passed by that State's legislature.
  3. The State List entry on 'public order' expressly excludes the use of armed forces of the Union in aid of the civil power.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 1 only

Q5. A State legislature passes a law laying down promotion criteria for officers of a Central Armed Police Force battalion stationed in that State. Which one of the following best describes the constitutional position of this law?

  • A. It is valid until Parliament legislates, since Article 309 lets States regulate service conditions of such posts.
  • B. It is valid, since the State List subject of 'police' covers every armed police force operating inside the State.
  • C. It is beyond the State's competence, since these forces fall under a Union List entry on armed forces of the Union.
  • D. It is valid only if it receives the President's assent, since the subject falls in the Concurrent List.

Q6. With reference to the Indian Police Service and the constitutional framework for public services, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. The Constitution treats the Indian Police Service as a service deemed to have been created by Parliament under its All-India Services provision.
  2. Parliament may create a new All-India Service only after the Rajya Sabha declares, by a special-majority resolution, that it is necessary or expedient in the national interest.
  3. 'All-India Services' is a Concurrent List subject, so State legislatures may also regulate the conditions of service of IPS officers.
  4. Rules made by the President on recruitment to Union services operate only until an Act of Parliament provides on the matter, and remain subject to such an Act.
  • A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • B. 2, 3 and 4 only
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 4 only

Q7. With reference to how a Central law takes effect, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A Central Act can come into force only on the date on which it receives the President's assent.
  2. A notification issued by the government under statutory power is itself 'law' for the purposes of the fundamental-rights provisions of the Constitution.
  3. Once an Act is notified into force by the executive, any inconsistency of its provisions with fundamental rights is cured by that notification.
  • A. 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q8. With reference to the right to constitutional remedies under Article 32, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A petition under Article 32 lies only for the enforcement of the rights conferred by Part III of the Constitution.
  2. Parliament may by ordinary law suspend the right to move the Supreme Court under Article 32 whenever it considers this expedient.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 2 only
  • C. Both 1 and 2
  • D. Neither 1 nor 2