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1. Which one of the following statements is true?
2. According to the jurists of Analytical School:
3. Judicial persons means:
4. According to Austin, international law is:
5. According to the ‘declaration theory’ of jurisprudence, the judges only declare the law and they do not make any law. The supporters of this theory were:
6. “A person is any being whom the law regards as capable of rights or duties”, according to:
7. The meaning of the term ‘mediate possession’ is:
8. ‘A’ conveys the land to ‘B’ for lease and thereafter to ‘C’ absolutely. This is an example of:
9. According to the theory of ‘Social utilitarianism’ as propounded by Ihering:
10. A decision of Privy Council given before 1949 is:
11. National character of law was introduced in jurisprudence by:
12. Which one of the following is not a theory of legal personality?
13. The statement ‘Precedents are the past decisions which are used as guide in the moulding of future decisions’ is attributed to:
14. Consider the following four types of legal doctrine: I. Volksgeist II. Imperative theory of law III. Social engineering IV. Social solidarity. Identifying the correct order in terms of time of their appearance:
15. Which one of the following Jurists emphasized that ‘We cannot understand what a thing is unless we study what it does’?
16. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
17. ‘Positive Law’ is called positive because it is:
18. Which rule of construction is applied in the construction of penal statutes?
19. Law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all the courts within the territory of India. Here ‘courts’ means:
20. Possession through an agent or servant is an example of:
21. One of the important elements in the concept of possession is ‘possessions’ which means:
22. Mark the incorrect option:
23. Who said: ‘Case law is gold in mine while statute law is coins of the realm ready for immediate use?’
24. ‘Law is law, what it ought to be’ does not attract jurists of:
25. Which rule of interpretation is employed in the social welfare legislation?