OBJECTIVES APPEARED IN PAPERS OF LAST EXAMINATIONS
BY ASMATULLAH KAKAR
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Supplementary Examination, 2012
1. Jurisprudence is the study of ___________ law.
(a). Religious
(b). Moral
(c). Ethical
(d). Positive
(e). None of above
Answer: (d). Positive
2. Cicero was a _________ jurist.
(a). Greek
(b). Roman
(c). Chinese
(d). English
(e). None of above
Answer: (b). Roman
3. ___________ has presented the thesis that jurisprudence is a social engineering.
(a). Black Stone
(d). Jeremy Bentham
(c). John Stuart Mill
(d). Roscoe Pound
(e). None of above
Answer: (d). Roscoe Pound
4. According to John Austin the subject-matter of Jurisprudence is ______ law.
(a). Positive
(b). Negative
(c). Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
(d). Metaphysical
(e). None of above
Answer: (a). Positive
5. Legal Realism is the theory of law according to which ‘law is the _______ of court.
(a). Wisdom
(b). Understanding
(c). Practice
(d). weapon
(e). None of above
Answer: (c). Practice
6. The fair and _________ distribution of rights and obligations, is known as justice.
(a). equal
(b). equitable
(c). natural
(d). political
(e). None of above
Answer: (b). Equitable
7 Probation is a _________ of the Administration of Criminal Justice.
, 8. ___________ states that all the actions of human beings are controlled by two
sovereigns, namely ‘pain’ and ‘pleasure’
(a). Hedonism
(b). Utilitarianism
(c). Realism
(d). Formalism
(e). None of above
Answer: (a). Hedonism
9. The theory of Utility was propounded by ___________.
(a). Roscoe Pound
(b). Jeremy Bentham
(c). Henry Maine
(d). Rawls
(e). None of above
Answer: (b). Jeremy Bentham
10. The sources of law were classified by _______ and ________.
(a). Salmond/Keeton
(b). Salmond/Austin
(c). Keeton/Austin
(d). Hobbes/Holland
(e). None of above
Answer: (a). Salmond/Keeton
11. Legislation is derived from two Latin terms, legis which means ________ and latum
which means __________.
(a). Leg/Legs
(b). Law/to make
(c). Low/price
(d). Rule/Random
(e). None of above
Answer: (b). Law/to make
12. Delegated legislation is a ____________ legislation.
(a). Supreme
(b). Superb
(c). Kind
(d). Proper
(e). None of above
Answer: (e). None of above
Note: Option ‘c’ appears to be correct but it is not the correct answer as if inserted in the
blank space it cannot make a meaningful sentence. See for example: Delegated
legislation is a kind legislation. This sentence would mean that delegated legislation is
a nicer or gentle legislation. Which would obviously be a wrong selection. Therefore,
the only option is ‘e’.
13. ___________ is a source of law.
(a). Media
(b). Internet
(c). Religion
(d). Precedent
(e). None of above
Answer: (d). Precedent
14. Summa Theologica is a(n) ________ written by _________.
(a). Report/Hobbes