The High Court MCQ

Indian Polity MCQ | High Court 

Indian Polity is an essential part of General Studies for competitive exams such as State PSC, UPSC, SSC CGL, CHSL, WBPSC Clerkship Exam, Panchayat Exam, etc. Therefore, it is important to thoroughly study this topic and practice MCQs repeatedly.

We are providing MCQ on the High Court. The High Court comprises a Chief Justice and other judges appointed by the President of India. The Parliament can also establish a common High Court for two or more states or for two or more states and a union territory. So go through all the questions regarding the High Court MCQ.

The High Court MCQ

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1. The pension of a retired High Court Judge is charged to the

A)Consolidated Fund of India
B)Consolidated Fund of the State where he last served
C)Consolidated Fund of the different States where he has served
D)Contingency Fund of India

... Answer is A)
Consolidated Fund of India

2. The age of retirement of a High Court Judge is

A)65
B)60
C)62
D)58

... Answer is C)
62

3. Which among the following is not correct about a High Court in India?

A)The second appeal to the High Court is within its appellate jurisdiction
B)Every judge of a High Court is appointed by the President
C) Governor of the State appoints the Judges of a High Court
D)High Courts may accept a petition related to ‘Public interest litigation’

... Answer is C)
Governor of the State appoints the Judges of a High Court

4.The salaries and allowances of the Judges of the High Court are charged to the

A)Consolidated Fund of India
B)Consolidated Fund of the State
C) Contingency Fund of India
D)Contingency Fund of the State

... Answer is B)
Consolidated Fund of the State

5. The number of High Court of Judicature in India is

A)Twenty five
B)Twenty one
C)Twenty two
D)Twenty three

... Answer is A)
Twenty five

6.When the Chief Justice of a High Court acts in an administrative capacity, he is subject to

A)The writ jurisdiction of any of the other judges of the High Court
B) Special control exercised by the Chief Justice of India
C)Discretionary powers of the Governor of the state
D)Special powers provided to the Chief Minister in this regard

... Answer is A)
The writ jurisdiction of any of the other judges of the High Court

7. The power of High Court to issue writ covers

A)Constitutional Rights
B)Statutory Rights
C) Fundamental Rights
D) All of the above

... Answer is D)
All of the above

8. Which one of the following High Courts has the Territorial Jurisdiction over Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Calcutta
C)Madras
D)Orissa

... Answer is B)
Calcutta

9.Which High Court stated that the divorce, by saying ‘Talaq’ 3 times, is illegal?

A)Calcutta HC
B)Allahabad HC
C)Bombay HC
D)Punjab HC

... Answer is B)
Allahabad HC

10. Which of the following High Courts has its jurisdiction over more than one state or Union Territory?

A)Allahabad
B)Delhi
C)Gujarat
D)Maharashtra

... Answer is D)
Maharashtra

11.Which one of the following Indian States does not have its own High Court?

A)Orissa
B)Sikkim
C)Himachal Pradesh
D)Mizoram

... Answer is D)
Mizoram

12.Which of the following High Courts has the largest number of Benches? [UPPCS (Mains) 2007]

A)Kolkata High Court
B)Madhya Pradesh High Court
C) Bombay High Court
D)Allahabad High Court

... Answer is C)
Bombay High Court.

13.In which petition, Judiciary orders Executives to perform their duty?

A) Habeas Corpus
B) Mandamus
C) Prohibition
D) Quo-Warranto

... Answer is B)
Mandamus.

14. When the Supreme Court issues a writ to a person or to an institution to perform its duty, it is called

A)Certiorari
B)Mandamus
C)Quo-Warranto
D)Habeas Corpus

... Answer is B)
Mandamus.

15.Which one of the following is not the main jurisdiction of the High Court of a State?

A) Advisory jurisdiction
B) Original jurisdiction
C) Supervisory jurisdiction
D) Appellate jurisdiction

... Answer is A)
Advisory jurisdiction.

16.Which among the following is issued when the procedure is pending in court?

A) Mandamus
B) Certiorari
C) Prohibition
D) Quo-Warranto

... Answer is C)
Prohibition.

17.The Writ of Certiorari is issued by a Superior Court

A)To an inferior court to transfer the record of proceedings in a case for review
B)To an inferior court to stop further proceedings in a particular case
C)To an officer to show his right to hold a particular office
D)To a public authority to produce a person detained by it before the court within 24 hours

... Answer is A)
To an inferior court to transfer the record of proceedings in a case for review.

18.The term District Judge is mentioned in which of the following Article of Constitution?

A)Article 230
B)Article 231
C)Article 233
D)Article 233

... Answer is D)
Article 233.

19.A High Court Judge addresses his letter of resignation to

A)The President
B)The Chief Justice of India
C)The Chief Justice of his High Court
D) The Governor of the State

... Answer is A)
The President.

20.The mobile court in India is the brain child of

A)Justice Bhagwati
B)Mr. Rajeev Gandhi
C) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
D)Mrs. Pratibha Patil

... Answer is C)
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

21. Under Preventive Detention, a person can be detained without trial for

A)One month
B)Three months
C)Six months
D)Nine months

... Answer is D)
Nine months.

22.Name the Chairman of the ‘Law Commission’ who advocated that One-third of the Judges in each High Court should be from another State.

A) Justice P.N. Bhagwati
B) Justice Hidayatullah
C) Justice H.R. Khanna
D) Justice Chandrachud

... Answer is C)
Justice H.R. Khanna.

23. Which one of the following writs examines the functioning of subordinate courts?

A) Quo-Warranto
B) Mandamus
C) Certiorari
D) Habeas Corpus

... Answer is C)
Certiorari.

     

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