Jurisprudence Questions Asked in UGC NET Exam | UGC NET (Law) #Special

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The official syllabus of UGC NET (Law) for Jurisprudence includes the following:

1. Nature and sources of law

2. Schools of jurisprudence

3. Law and morality

4. Concept of rights and duties

5. Legal personality

6. Concepts of property, ownership and possession

7. Concept of liability

8. Law, poverty and development

9. Global justice

10. Modernism and post-modernism

1. "Usage represents the twilight stage of custom. Custom begins where usage ends". It is said by:

(1) Oppenheim

(2) Starke

(3) D.J. Harris

(4) Ian Brownlie

Answer: 2

2. Who among the following juris is the main exponent of organic theory of personality?

1) Savigny

2) Salmond

3) Gierke

4) H.L.A Hart

Answer: 3

3. Arrange the following jurists in chronological order of their year of birth:

A. Rousseau

B. Hugo Grotius

C. Thomas Hobbes

D. John Locke

E. Montesquieu

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) C, B, A, D, E

(2) B, C, D, E, A

(3) A, D, C, B, E

(4) E, B, C, A, D

Answer: 4

4. Which one of the following thinkers gave the concept 'Categorical Imperative'?

(1) Eugen Ehrlich

(2) G.W. Paton

(3) Hens Kelson

(4) Immanual Kant

Answer: 4

5. Match the following:

(1) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

(2) A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III

(3) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

(4) A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

Answer: 3

6. Match the following:

Choose the correct option:

(1) A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

(2) A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

(3) A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

(4) A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

Answer: 3

7. Which of the following pair(s) is/are incorrectly matched:

A. Social Solidarity - Duguit

B. Ground norm – Hens Kelsen

C. Felicific Calculus - Austin

D. Volksgeist - Savigny

E. Social Engineering – Ihering

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1. A and C only

2. C and E only

3. B and D only

4. A, C and E only

Answer: 2

8. "Law is an ordinance of reason for the common good made by him who has the care of the community and promulgated." This statement was given by:

(1) St. Augustine

(2) St. Thomas Acquinas

(3) Ulpian

(4) Rousseau

Answer: 2

UGC NET June 2023

1. Who made the following statement?

"Large part, and as many would add the best part of law of England is judge-made law, that is to say, consists of rules to be col the judgements of the courts."

1. Dicey

2. Lord Denning

3. Bacon

4. Bentham

Answer: 1

2. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.

Assertion A: "Laws may be unjust though being opposed to the divine good; such laws are the laws of tyrants laws of this kind must no wise be observed

Reason R: Externment order is of no effect and its violation is no offence In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

2. Both A and R are correct and R is NOT the correct explanation of A

3. A is correct but R is not correct

4. A is not correct but R is correct

Answer: Dropped

3. Who wrote the book 'Concept of Law?

1. Paton

2. Korkunor

3. Salmond

4. H.L.A Hart

Answer: 4

4. Which one of the following is not covered by the schools of Jurisprudence?

1. The Historical school

2. The Realist school

3. The Sociological school

4. The Critical school

Answer: 4

5. The theory of 'Separation of powers is credited to:

1. Aristotle

2. Locke

3. Montesquieu

4. Kelsen

Answer: 3

6. Which of the following theories of punishment provides that 'crime is a disease' and the object should be to 'cure disease?

1. Deterrent theory

2. Reformative theory

3. Expiatory theory

4. Retributive theory

Answer: 2

7. Which of the following is correct?

1. "The only right which any man can possess is the right always to do his duty" is Duguit's Theory

2. 'Social solidarity' a natural principle is given by Jurist Gierke

3. Pound, legal philosophy is 'Utilitarianism'

4. Austin said " Law is Social Engineering"

Answer: 1

8. Who made the following statement: "Life of law is not logic, it is experience"

1. Roscoe Pound

2. H. Kelsen

3. O.W Holmes (Jr)

4. John Austin

Answer: 3

9. Which Jurist gave the classification of the sources of law as (a) binding and (b) persuasive:

1. Keeton

2. Salmond

3. Allen

4. Rosco Pound

Answer: 1

10. As per Salmond, there are 4 distinct kinds of rights:

A. Liberties

B. Rights

C. Power

D. Immunities

E. Kindness

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A and B only

2. A.B. C and D only

3. C.D and E only

4. A. B. D and E only

Answer: 2

11. Who made the statement that "Jurisprudence is the study and systematic arrangement of the general principles of law"?

1. R.W.M Dias

2. Julius stone

3. Keeton C.G

4. E.W Patterson

Answer: 3

UGC NET December 2023

1. Salmond distinguishes between 'possession in fact' and 'possession in law. He treated possession in fact as: 

1. A fallacy

2. A fiction

3. A conception

4. A right

Answer: 3

2. American realist Judge Jerome Frank described his own attitude (towards realism) as one of :

1. Decisive cynicism

2. Constructive skepticism

3. Positive evangelism

4. Radical objectivity

Answer: 2

3. According to Austin's definition of ownership, the attributes of ownership are :

(A) Indefinite user

(B) Plenary control over an object

(C) Unrestricted disposition

(D) Bundle of rights

(E) Unlimited duration

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

1, (A), (C) and (E) Only

2. (B), (D) and (E) only

3. (A), (C) and (D) only

4. (A), (B) and (D) only

Answer: 1

4. The term preferred by Bentham to explain his imperative concept of a law is :

1. Firman

2. Manda te

3. Dictate

4. Fiat

Answer: 2

5. Arrange the names of the following jurists in terms of chronological order of their birth:

(A) Jeremy Bentham

(B) John Austin

(C) Sir Henry Maine

(D) Hans Kelson

(E) Immanuel Kant

Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 

1. A, B, C, D, E

2. E, A, B, C, D

3. A, B, E, C, D

4. D, E, B, A, C

Answer: 2

UGC NET December 2021 and June 2022 (Merged Cycles)

1) Who said that there are two elements of possession

(a) Corpus possessions and

(b) Animus domain?

1. Ihering

2. Paton

3. Savigny

4. Salmond

Answer: 3

2) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Hart deals with primary rules of obligation and secondary rules of recognition.

Statement II: Hart has nothing to do with the reformulation of analytical positivism.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

1. Both statements I and Statement II are correct.

2. Both statements I and Statement II are incorrect.

3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.

4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.

Answer: 3

3) Who defined ownership as plenary control over an object?

1. Roscoe Pound

2. Holmes

3. Holland

4. Paton

Answer: 3

4) Who said, "A legal person, is any subject matter other than a human being to which law attributes personality"? 

1. Salmond

2. Holmes

3. Jerome Frank

4. Pound

Answer: 1

5) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Imperative law means "a concept of the rule of action imposed upon men by some authority which enforces obedience to it

Statement II: Natural law signifies the principles of natural right and wrong

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1. Both Statement and Statement II are correct

2. Both Statement and Statement II are incorrect

3. Statement is correct but Statement II is incorrect

4. Statement is incorrect but Statement is correct

Answer: 1

6) Given below are two statements

Statement I: "All human beings are not legal persons"

Statement II: "State is a juristic person"

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct

2. Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

3. Statement I is correct but statement II is incorrect

4. Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Answer: 1

7) Given below are two statements

Statement I: Holland defines ownership as 'plenary control over an object'

Statement II: Ownership is either vested or contingent

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

1. Both Statement and Statement II are correct

2. Both Statement and Statement II are incorrect

3. Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

4. Statement II is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Answer: 1

8) Match List I with List II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

2. A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV

3. A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

4. A-II, C-I, B-III, A-IV

Answer: 3

9) Match List I with List II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

2. A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

3. A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

4. A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III

Answer: 1

10) Choose the correct chronological order of the emergence of the schools of Jurisprudence (earliest to the latest):

A. Natural Law School, Historical, Analytical Positivism, Realist

B. Historical, Natural, Realist, Analytical Positivism

C. Analytical Positivism, Historical, Realist, Natural Law School

D. Realist, Historical, Analytical Positivism, Natural Law School

E. Realist, Natural, Historical, Analytical Positivism

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A only

2. B only

3. C only

4. D only

Answer: 2

11) Choose the correct chronological order of the jurists from the earliest to the latest:

A. Austin, Bentham, Pound, Holmes

B. Bentham, Holmes, Austin, Pound

C. Bentham, Austin, Pound, Holmes

D. Holmes, Austin, Bentham, Pound

E. Bentham, Holmes, Pound, Austin

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. B only

2. Either A or B

3. C only

4. E only

Answer: 3

12) Kelsen focuses on:

1. Primacy of Pacta sunt servanda

2. State behaviour being in conformity with customary international law

3. Pacta sunt servanda being responsible for the growth of customary international law

4. Pacta sunt servanda being independent of the principles of customary international law

Answer: 2

UGC NET September 2020

1. Which of the following duties have been included by Austin in the category of 'absolute duties'? 

A. Duties owed to persons indefinitely

B. Self-regarding duties

C. Duties owed to the sovereign

D. Duties owed to parents

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B and C only

2. B, C and D only

3. A, C and D only

4. A, B, C and D all.

Answer: 1

2. The real relation of Jurisprudence to Law depends not upon what law is treated, but how Law is treated,  is said by:

(a) Gierke

(b) Gray

(c) Rawls

(d) Duguit

Answer: 1

3. The movement of progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from status to contract. The statement has been made by: 

(a) Savigny

(b) Puchta

(c) Maine

(d) Bruke

Answer: 3

4. Which of the following statements describes the relationship between law and morality among non-positive legal theorists?

1. Law is always in advance of moral ideas

2. Morality is generally in advance of the law

3. The law is inextricably bound up with morals

4. There is no relationship between law and morality.

Answer: 3

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