Important Judicial Cases CDS Questions

CDS Indian Polity

Important Judicial Cases MCQ Questions


1.
The Indra Sawhney v. Union of India case (1992) is popularly known by which other name?
A.
The Mandal Commission case
B.
The Champakam Dorairajan case
C.
The Balaji case
D.
The Ashoka Kumar Thakur case
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ANSWER :
A. The Mandal Commission case
2.
The Indra Sawhney case was decided by a bench of how many judges of the Supreme Court?
A.
Five judges
B.
Nine judges
C.
Seven judges
D.
Eleven judges
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ANSWER :
B. Nine judges
3.
On what date did the Supreme Court deliver its verdict in the Indra Sawhney case?
A.
16 November 1992
B.
24 March 1992
C.
15 August 1992
D.
26 January 1992
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ANSWER :
A. 16 November 1992
4.
The Indra Sawhney case arose as a constitutional challenge to which government action of 1990?
A.
A Supreme Court order increasing reservations to 70 percent
B.
A State law reserving 100 percent of seats for one community
C.
An Office Memorandum providing 27 percent reservation in central government jobs for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (OBCs)
D.
A Presidential Ordinance abolishing all reservations
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ANSWER :
C. An Office Memorandum providing 27 percent reservation in central government jobs for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (OBCs)
5.
The recommendations implemented by the 1990 Office Memorandum, which led to the Indra Sawhney case, originated from the report of which body?
A.
The Kaka Kalelkar Commission
B.
The Sarkaria Commission
C.
The Second Backward Classes Commission (the Mandal Commission)
D.
The Sapru Committee
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ANSWER :
C. The Second Backward Classes Commission (the Mandal Commission)
6.
The Mandal Commission, whose recommendations led to the Indra Sawhney case, was appointed under which Article of the Constitution?
A.
Article 312 (All-India Services)
B.
Article 339 (control of the Union over Scheduled Areas)
C.
Article 350 (language to be used in representations)
D.
Article 340 (appointment of a commission to investigate the conditions of backward classes)
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ANSWER :
D. Article 340 (appointment of a commission to investigate the conditions of backward classes)