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Which of the following statements is true about the article 14 of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan?
- A) Every citizen shall have the right to profess, practice and propagate his religion.
- B) The dignity of man and, subject to law, the privacy of home, shall be inviolable.
- C) All forms of forced labor and traffic in human beings are prohibited.
- D) No person shall be deprived of life or liberty save in accordance with law.
What is meant by a “convicted person” in law?
- A) Free trial
- B) Careless person
- C) Found guilty
- D) Annoyed person
Which of the following writ petitions, a person can file if a relative is missing and there is a suspicion that he is under secret custody of police?
- A) Certiorari
- B) Habeas corpus
- C) Quo warranto
- D) Mandamus
Which of the following terms describes the rule against double punishment by the Americans?
- A) Double danger
- B) Double jeopardy
- C) Double trouble
- D) Double hazard
Under which of the following laws of 1973 Constitution of Pakistan it is stated that all accused shall be liable to cross-examination?
- A) Qanun – e- Shariat
- B) Qanun –e- Shujaat
- C) Qanun –e- Adalat
- D) Qanun –e- Shahadat
Which of the following is used by a state to bind a professional occupation like doctor and lawyer?
- A) Endorsing
- B) Accrediting
- C) Licensing
- D) Validating
Article 14 of 1973 Constitution of Pakistan covers all of the following subjects EXCEPT;
- A) Privacy of home
- B) Self-incrimination
- C) Torture
- D) Dignity of man
Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that no one shall be subjected to:
- A) Taxation
- B) Torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- C) Arrest without warrant
- D) Freedom of speech
All of the following are constitutional rights of an accused person EXCEPT:
- A) He shall not be detained in custody without being informed.
- B) He has a right to be produced before the nearest Magistrate within 24 hours of his arrest.
- C) He has no right to consult a lawyer of his own choice.
- D) He is not to be detained in custody beyond the said period of 24 hours without the authority of the court.
Which of the following functions can a court perform under the Writ of Mandamus?
- A) Order to transfer the case
- B) Ask to let a person free
- C) Direct to do or not to do a thing
- D) Ask the authority by which a public office is held
Which of the following terms best denotes as a warrant which does not contains the name of a person to be arrested?
- A) Wide ranging warrant
- B) Execution warrant
- C) General warrant
- D) Search warrant
Which of the following best explains Ubi Jus Ibi Remedium?
- A) When there is right there is remedy
- B) When there is justice there is remedy
- C) When there is jurisdiction there is remedy
- D) When there is judge there is remedy
Which of the following laws allows forming and joining of political parties, trade unions, societies and other organizations?
- A) Freedom of Politics
- B) Freedom of Association
- C) Freedom of Assembly
- D) Freedom of Religion
Which of the following jurists has claimed that administration of justice is the duty of judiciary and there is no need of any administrative tribunals?
- A) Lord Dicey
- B) Aristotle
- C) Lord Jennings
- D) K.C Davis
Keeping a suspect awake all night is an example of:
- A) Torture
- B) Legal punishment
- C) Bail condition
- D) Remedy
Which of the following articles of the constitution provides safeguard as to arrest and detention?
- A) Article 10
- B) Article 8
- C) Article 12
- D) Article 6
Violating human dignity means:
- A) Helping citizens
- B) Treating people with respect
- C) Humiliating or degrading a person
- D) Providing services
Which of the following articles of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan provides that every citizen shall have the right to profess, practice and propagate his religion?
- A) Article 23
- B) Article 22
- C) Article 20
- D) Article 21
What does FIR stands for?
- A) First Investigation Report
- B) First Information Report
- C) Final Inquiry Report
- D) Final Information Report
Freedom of Speech is usually available in which of the following forms of Government?
- A) Dictatorships
- B) Democracies
- C) Fascist
- D) Totalitarian