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Online SEMESTER EXAMINATION July 2021
SUBJECT NAME: JURISPRUDENCE YEAR:2
SUBJECTCODE: L321/L5A21/L5C21 SEMESTER: 3
COURSE: 3 year LLB(HONS)/5 Yr,BA,LLB/BCOM,LLB DURATION: 2HOURS
EXAM DATE: MAX MARKS:50
PART – A 8x1 = 8Marks
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Aristotle was _________________ philosophy
a. Egyptian
b. Chinese
c. English
d. None of these
2. _______________________ theory is stressing that ‘Law is the practice of courts’.
a. Legal Realism
b. Natural Law
c. Normative
d. Command
3. The physical force of the state behind law is called as _______________________
a. Governance
b. Army
c. Public order
d. Sanction
4. Systemic arrangement of the rules in a single document concerning a particular subject in a
way as to avoid inconsistency and overlapping. The process is called ___________________
a. Legislation
b. codification
c. Prescription
d. Administration
5. The book “jurisprudence or Theory of Law” awarded with Swiney gold cup in 1914 by royal
society of this, was written by
a. Salmond
b. Austin
c. H.L.A Hart
d. Hobbes
6. A title which destroys the right is called as __________________ title
a. Vanishing
b. Extinctive
c. Original
d. Investitive
7. Lex Extrema is the ordinance of
a. Divine wisdom of the universal governance
b. Theory of jurisprudence
c. A school of thought
d. None of the above
8 Legal Realism was analysed in United State by
a. Salmond
b. Holmes
c. Austin
d. Grotius
Part – B 2x8= 16 Marks
Answer Any Two Questions
9 Define Civil Law, ‘Positive Law and Municipal Law
10 Comment on the following ‘Judicial decisions may make Law, but they cannot alter it?
11 Scope and value of jurisprudence.
12 Advantages of precedents.
Part – C 5x4 = 20Marks
Answer Any Five Questions
13 Distinction between civil and criminal justice?
14 Definition of law by Austin and merits of Austin’s definitions. and Explain Salmond criticizes
Austin’s definition of Law
15 Explain purpose of Law?
16 Write Short notes on value of jurisprudence
17 Solitary confinement
18 State the significance of obitur dicta
19 Constitutional interpretation is the process of creation of set of rules. Elucidate the phase of
constitutional interpretation.?
20 Reasons for growth of Delegated Legislation
21 Distinction between Historical school and Analytical school?
Part – D 1 x 6 =6Marks
Answer Any ONE Question
22 X a qualified voter went to the polling booth to cast his vote. Y, the presiding officer
refused to give ballot to X by not seeing the properly even though his name was there in the
voters list, but the candidate to whom X wants to cast his vote got elected with very high
majority. X filed a suit for damages against y. Decide.?
23 X found a bundle of currency notes in the bank premises. X handed over the bundle to the Y,
the Bank Manager to the real owner. No one claimed the money for two years. X claimed
the ownership of the money. Y refused to hand over the money to X on the ground that the
money was found in his premises. ?