CLAT Practice Quiz

Question 1

A State government issues an order prohibiting all public meetings in the capital city for three months, citing possible traffic disruption during a major international summit. A student group seeks to hold a peaceful assembly in a public park to discuss education policy and challenges the order. Which option is most constitutionally sound?

Accepted Answer

The order is unconstitutional because a blanket ban on all public meetings for three months is disproportionate and not a reasonable restriction on peaceful assembly.

Question 2

A municipal corporation allows only newspapers supportive of the ruling party to place stalls inside a government-run press complex, while denying space to critical newspapers without any written policy. The denied newspapers challenge the decision. Which is the best constitutional conclusion?

Accepted Answer

The denial is unconstitutional because selective exclusion based on viewpoint is arbitrary and violates equality and free speech principles.

Question 3

A State law prohibits all persons who have ever been arrested for any offence, regardless of acquittal or conviction, from contesting local body elections for life. An acquitted person challenges the law. Which option is most constitutionally defensible?

Accepted Answer

The law is unconstitutional because a lifetime disqualification based merely on arrest, without conviction, is arbitrary and disproportionate.

Question 4

A State passes a law requiring every citizen to submit a DNA sample to a central database, regardless of any criminal investigation, to improve future policing and welfare delivery. A citizen challenges the law. Which is the best constitutional answer?

Accepted Answer

The law is unconstitutional because compulsory universal DNA collection without narrow purpose, safeguards, and proportionality violates bodily privacy and personal liberty.

Question 5

A State law permits preventive detention for up to six months on the District Magistrate's satisfaction that a person may act in a manner prejudicial to public order. The detainee is not informed of the grounds for detention for 25 days, though no exceptional circumstances are recorded. Which is the best constitutional assessment?

Accepted Answer

The detention is invalid because grounds must be communicated as soon as may be, and an unexplained 25-day delay violates constitutional safeguards.