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UPSC CDS Judiciary — practice questions

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A judge stays in office until retirement age and can be removed only in rare cases. What does this protect?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are the salaries of judges kept outside the approval of the legislature?Read the answer and worked solution →A newspaper editor is punished for insulting a court ruling. Which power did the court use?Read the answer and worked solution →By convention the senior-most Supreme Court judge becomes Chief Justice. When was this first broken?Read the answer and worked solution →The Chief Justice recommends new judges after consulting four senior-most judges. What is this principle called?Read the answer and worked solution →On what grounds alone can a Supreme Court or High Court judge be removed?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1991 the first motion to remove a Supreme Court judge was signed by how many MPs?Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike some federations, India has no separate State courts. What is this feature called?Read the answer and worked solution →Punjab and Haryana dispute river water. Under which jurisdiction does the Supreme Court hear it directly?Read the answer and worked solution →A person loses in the High Court and takes the case higher. Which jurisdiction is this?Read the answer and worked solution →The President asks the Supreme Court for its opinion on a constitutional question. Which jurisdiction is used?Read the answer and worked solution →Is the President bound to accept the Supreme Court's advice on a reference?Read the answer and worked solution →A district court gives a ruling that contradicts a Supreme Court judgment. Which prevails?Read the answer and worked solution →A lawyer files a case on behalf of poor prisoners who cannot approach the court themselves. What is this called?Read the answer and worked solution →Undertrials in Bihar had spent longer in jail than their possible sentence. Which early PIL arose from this?Read the answer and worked solution →A Tihar prisoner's scribbled note on torture was turned into a petition by which judge?Read the answer and worked solution →Under which article can a citizen move the Supreme Court for writs like habeas corpus?Read the answer and worked solution →Under which article do High Courts issue writs?Read the answer and worked solution →The Supreme Court strikes down a law that clashes with the Constitution. What is this power called?Read the answer and worked solution →Is the term judicial review written anywhere in the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1973 the Supreme Court held that Parliament cannot violate the Constitution's basic structure. Which case was this?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the right to property removed from the list of fundamental rights?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch independenceRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the PIL casesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the courtsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the writsRead the answer and worked solution →Which jurisdictionRead the answer and worked solution →Who does whatRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Judiciary bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A judge stays in office until retirement age and can be removed only in rare cases. What does this protect?

  1. Security of tenure
  2. Salary of judges
  3. Contempt power
  4. Right to appeal
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Correct answer: A. Security of tenure

1. Judges hold office till retirement. 2. Removal is exceptional. 3. This security of tenure lets them act without fear. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 6, Judiciary._

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Why are the salaries of judges kept outside the approval of the legislature?

  1. To tax judges at higher rates
  2. To keep judges independent
  3. To pay judges less than MPs
  4. To let the CJI fix their pay
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Correct answer: B. To keep judges independent

1. The judiciary is not financially dependent on other organs. 2. Judges' salaries need no legislative approval. 3. This protects independence. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 6, Judiciary._

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A newspaper editor is punished for insulting a court ruling. Which power did the court use?

  1. Contempt of court
  2. Judicial review
  3. Advisory jurisdiction
  4. Original jurisdiction
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Correct answer: A. Contempt of court

1. Judges are immune from personal criticism. 2. Courts can penalise contempt of court. 3. This shields judges from unfair attacks. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 6, Judiciary._

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