Name of the Board : National Law University Delhi
Class : Admission Test
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Year : 2016
Website : https://nludelhi.ac.in/home.aspx
NLU Delhi Admission Test Question Paper
Duration : 90 Minutes
Max. Marks 150
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Instructions
1 . No clarification on the question paper can be sought. Answer the questions as they are’ –
2 . tnere ate150 multiple choice objective type questions’ Answer ALL the questions’ I
3. Each question carries ONE mark . Totat marks are 150. fnere is no negative marking’ il
4. Candidates have to indicate the correct answer by darkening one of the four responses I I provided, with HB pencil in the oMR Answer sheet
5 . Answering the questions by.any method.other than the method indicated above shall ; incorrect and no marks will be awarded for the same.
6. More than one response to a question shall be counte d as Wrong arrnrairo I g.
8. The candidate shail not write anything.on the oMR Answer Sheet otherthan the details II required and in the spaces provided for’
9. After the Test is over, the candidate has to return the test booklet along with the OMR I
1O. The use of any unfair means by any candidate shall result in the cancellation of nature.
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Section A
Directions (Qs. 1 -9) : Read the following passage carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Rural manualworkers comprise the single largest occupational category in lndia. ln 199’1, according to the National Commission on Rural Labour, 60 percent of the workers in rural India were manual workers and they numbered more than 160 million. The changes in theworking and living conditions of rural labourers are thus central to changes in the welfare of the rural population and of the country as a whole. The structure and working of rural labour markets in India is complex; as is well known, there is great diversity across regions and across segments of the labour market. This article brings together an interesting body of research that seeks to understand and explain the types of changes that have accrued in the structure of rural labour markets over the last few decades.
1. Give an appropriate title to the passage
(a) The complex labour markets in lndia
(b) Matters of concern in rural agriculture
(c)Theagricultura|andnon-agrictrltura|sectors:Changingperspective
(d) The Changing Structure of Rural labour market
2. The author does not say
(a)ln1991,about3/5oftheworkersinruralIndiaweremanua|worKers
(b)Thedecadeoflg8Oswascharacterisedbyare|ativeriseincasua|emp|oyment as opposed to regular emPloYment
(c)Thereisnogenderbiasamongworkersinagriculturesector
(d)Wagesinagriculturalemp|oymenthavebeen|esserthanthoseinnon.agricultura| emPloYment in the 1990s
3. why is the increasing gap between rabour productivity in agricurturar and non-agricurtural occupationsacauseofconcern’accordingtoRadhakrishnanandSharma?
(a) This would increase the wages of agricultural sector
(b) This wourd read to pressure on both the agricurturar and non-agricurturar sectors the other
(c)Thiswou|dindirect|ymeanapressureonagricultura|sectorintermsofhigher mean a pressure on non-agricurturar sector in terms of higher wages
4. How does Bhalla explain the fact that the realwages of agricultural labourers began to rise in all parts of the country after mid-7Os ?
(a)Economicdeve|opmentincreasedforboththesectorsacrosstheworld
(b)Economic|ibera|izationinIndialedtothedeve|opmentoftheagricultura|sector
(c)Theagricultura|labourersbecamerichduetosuccessivegoodcropsduring the time of Green Revolution
(d) There was a mass outfrow of agricurturar rabourers into the non-agricultural
5. What is the most important problem in understanding the condition of rural labour markets in India ?
(a) The rural labour markets are uneconomic in nature
(b) The rural labour markets are very complex and there exists great diversity across regions and across segments of such markets
(c) The rural labourers are a reticent lot; not forthcoming with their problems, not very open to suggestions on how to improve their lifestyle
(d) They are lazy and want doles from the government without undertaking any viable productive activities
6. What sort of tension exists between the decline of poverty and the slow growth of agricultural employment and the increased casualisation of the labour torce ?
(a) A decline in rural poverty is only possible when there is increased agricultural employment and lower casualisation of the labour force
(b) The tension exists in the fact that an increased casualisation of the labour force would increase Poverty
(c) When there is a decline in poverty there should be faster growth of agricultural employmen
7. What sort of Passage is this ?
(a) Political
(c) Economic
(b) Social commentary
(d) Philosophical
8. The author does not say which of the following statements in the passage?
(a) The National Commission on Rural Labour gives data on the activities of rural labourers in lndia
(b) Economic development basically means a rise in the share employment in the agricultural sector at the expense of the secondary and the tertiary sectors
(c) In India, employment was higher among the new entrants to the workforce in the 1980s
(d) Realwages of the agricultural labourers started showing an upward trend from the 1970s
Section – B
Which folk dance J tnoi” has made it to the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest folk dance in the world ?
(a) Bihu (Assam)
(b) Garba (Gujarat)
(c) Nati (Himachal Pradesh) (d) Bhangra (Punjab)
which e-commerce company has made its maiden entry in the Thomson Reuters top 100 Global Innovators list 2015 ?
(a) Amazon
(b) Snapdeal
(c) ebay
(d) Alibaba
which of the foilowing groups of internationar institutions are arso known as’Bretton Woods Sisters’ ?
(a) United Nations and Bank of International Settlement
(b) IMF and World Bank GrouP
(c) IMF and WTO
IBRD and lnternationalTrade Organisation which of the following variables is not part of the ‘lmpossible Trinity’ conundrum ?
(a) Capital Control
(b) Exchange Rate
i.) rircut Policy
(d) Monetary Policy
Themeasurementofpoverty-|ineinlndiaisbasedonthecriteriaof
(a) Nature of employment (b) Dwelling houses
(c) Level of education (d) Calorie consumption
who termed paris deal on climate change as’crimate Justice’ ?
(a) Ban-Ki-Moon
(b) Barack Obama
c) ruur”ndra Modi (d) Francois Hollande
What is R2 – D2 ?
(a)ltisanastromechdroidthatextinguishesfires’repairsspaceshipsandassists the lead characters in the Star Warslilm
(b) lt is a new atomic particle discovered
(c) lt is vaccine against Ebola
(d) lt is a video game
Section – C
Directions (Qs’ 71 -82): Given be.low
Apply the principle apProPriate answer’ ffiat principtefollowed by a to the facts given netow and select the most
71. LEGAL pRlNcrpLE : A reasonabre crassification having nexus with the object sought to be achieved is not viorativ” “inni.i”-
or
Articre t o-ot *re constitution of lndia’ XiS a ma|e teacher in a Women’S college, who app|ied for the post of principar of that cJ,”g” His candidature was rejected on the basis of theGovernment,spo|icyofappointingon|ywomenasPrincipalofawomen’sco||ege’ ,X’ challenges the policy on t'” gro,ino of discrimination’ whether the challenge ts sustainable?s candidature amounts to sexuar discrimination and dePrivation of oPPortunitY’
(b)No’therejectiondoe-s’notamounttodiscriminationsinceitisareasonab|e classification p”‘titsible under the Constitution’
(c)No,becausethepo|icyofappointmentofon|yladyPrincipa|inawomen’sco||egeis a reasonable classification having a nexus with the object sought to be ,a, xll’,”Jiluse the pori:y i: viorative of the suarantee of equaritv before law under Article 14 of the Constitution’
DEGISION :
(a) No, because penal laws only have prospective application.
(b) No, because a penal statute cannot be given retrospective effect.
(c) No, since at the time of coming into force of the amended law, ‘P’was already suffering the sentence and had not completed the full term. Hence, his case should not be dealt under the new law.
(d) Yes, because retrospective application of criminal law if it is beneficial to the accused is not against Article 20 (1) of the Constitution.
90. The constitution (one hundredth Amendment) Act, 2015 amended the Schedule of the Constitution to give effect to an agreement entered into by India and _ on acquiring and transferring of territories between the two countries.
(a) Ninth; Pakistan
(b) Second; Pakistan
(c) First; Bangtadesh
(d) First; China
91. Who is the CEO of NtTt Aayog ?
(a) Sindhushree Khullar
(b) Arvind panagariya
(c) Bikesh Debroy
(d) Amitabh Kant
92. Allahabad High Court has held that the of deceased Government employees are eligible for appointment on compassionate ground.
(a) wife
(c) mother
(b) daughter
(d) married daughter
93. Which party has won the general elections of Spain in spite of its worst result since 1989 ?
(a) People’s Party
(b) Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist party
(c) Popular Union
(d) Ciudadanos Party
94’ Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has started using
for online registration under the National pension system scheme.
(a) PAN Card
(b) passport
(c) Aadhar Card
(d) Driving License
95. When a vehicle is financed by a bank, what kind of charge does the bank have over the primary security ?
(a) Pledge
(b) Hypothecation
(c) Assignment
(d) Lien