Model Questions High Court Assistant Exam | Kerala PSC | 04

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1. The highest and final judicial tribunal of India is :
Answer - Supreme Court

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2. Which of the following High Court has jurisdiction over more than one State/ Union Territories?
Answer - Guwahati

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3. Who of the following decides the number judges in a High Court?
Answer - The President

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4. The Chief Justice and other Judges of the High Court are appointed by the :
Answer - President

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5. The oath to a High Court Judge is administered by the :
Answer - Governor of the concerned state

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6. The Supreme Court of India was set up under which of the following Act?
Answer - Regulating Act, 1773

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7. In India, the power to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court lies with :
Answer - The Parliament of India

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8. Disputes between the States of India comes to the Supreme Court under
Answer - Original jurisdiction

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9. Which of the following statements is correct with respect to a retired judge of a High Court?
Answer - Cannot practice in the High Court from where he has retired

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10. Who was the Chief Justice of India when public interest litigation (PIL) was introduced to the Indian Judicial System?
Answer - P. N. Bhagwati

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11. The civil affairs like marriage, divorce, inheritance etc. which has been authorized by the Constitution to make legal laws?
Answer - Centre and States, by the Concurrent List of the Constitution

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12. Which of the following writs/orders of the High Court/Supreme Court is sought to get an order of an authority quashed?
Answer - Certiorari

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13. Why did one of the High Courts in India decree that “bandhs are unconstitutional and punitive”?
Answer - It is not in the exercise of a fundamental freedom

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14. Which of the following is at the apex of the subordinate criminal courts?
Answer - Court of Sessions Judge

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15. Preventive detention means-
Answer - Detention without interrogation

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16. Who is empowered to transfer a Judge from one High Court to another High Court?
Answer - President of India

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17. The main function of the judiciary is:
Answer - Law adjudication

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18. The salaries and emoluments of the judges of the Supreme Court are changed on:
Answer - The Consolidated Fund of India

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19. Which of the following “writs” of the High Court or the Supreme Court is sought to produce in the court a person, suspected to be missing/ in custody?
Answer - Habeas Corpus

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20. Where the High Courts in India first set up?
Answer - Bombay, Madras, Calcutta

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