English-1 Namita PG 51-109
English-1 Namita PG 51-109
English-1 Namita PG 51-109
Namita L a w S e r i c s ©
English-1
NOVEMBER 08
1. (a) Answer
wer the following (1-2 sentences)
deny me, fie upon your
law'". What is the speaker
i. If you
concerned about being denied to him and in which court
is he?
ylock Jew, concerned about
the is the pound of
Thespeaker
which he had demanded being denied. in the Court
A. He is
flesh
ofthe Duke of Venice.
wMercy upon me", said Mr. Pickwick struggling violently.
in this way because Mrs Bardell had
A.Mr. Pickwick exclaimed and he was
been fainted in his arms struggling to deposit her
back on the chair.
English Government.
) The Khilafat promise was not to be redeemed. What was
the Khilafat promise and to w h o m was it made? Write the meani
A. The promse was made e Sultan or urkey known as Khalif, by in toto - entirely
of egal terms
modus -
the Bntish during First Worid War in order to secure the caveat nanner, mode
The British assured them actor let the doer
cooperation of the Indian Muslims.
-
have to be in prison,
for money have I none
and
O'Henry's satire on the law In "The
A. Refer to Q22.
v ) I should profession and what Cop and the
What is
cannot pay.
the speaker's is Anthem",
h e accused of?
and he was accused
C.Denning's
AThe defense
case of of the Welsh students.
to practice philosophy of Welsh
Socrates used
corupting the vouth Athens
of
a n d ot not believing
90us in the was a
dramatic case. students,
haut Ehe Students Morris
of Wales vs. Crown Office: It
Welsh
the programmes language
were
the atyY-State. and they were veryvery enthusiastic
(indirect) welsh. They to wales were being upset
in English andbecause
Rewrite the
following a s
reported speech:
the London anddemonstrated to make protest. They
a not in
men and young invaded
(c) the
Court. A came upto
Lord, a m I?" said
the chemist. women, invaded the group of students, young
( ) " I am t o be s w o r n ,
my
replied the testy
little judge. prearranged. They strode into the court.
DUblic gallery. They shouted
court. It was completely
C e r t a i n l y , Sir, w h e t h e r he was to sworn. The They flocked into the
inquired the Judge They sang songs and broke slogans and
distributed
The chemist
adjourn. They were removed.up
the
hearing. The pamphlets.
Order was restored. judge had to
affirmative.
replied in
testy judge
The judge sentenced some of
as
directed
for contempt of court and those them three months imprisonment
(d) Do he grew pale. (Use who apologise were fined fifty
the verdict, pounds. The
judge
éxcessive. It was stated
that the
As s o o n a s
the jury gave
necessary for
punishment given was not
(i) "No sooner") v e r d i c t than
he grew pale. studentS everywhere that this kindhimofto show them and all the
thing
the jury gave
the Let students demonstrate, if they cannot be tolerated.
A. No s o o n e r Affirmative)
please,
which they believe. They can demonstrate, but for the causes in
sincerity.
(Make by lawfu means. It is only by the they must do it
did n o t
d o u b t his maintenance
thatthey are privileged to be students and to study of law and order
(ii) I doubtless.
and live in
His sincerity
was
not say what peace.
A. if I did
failed in my duty
I would
have
"Unless'") have
failed in
(iii) now. (Use now, I would
h a v e to s a y to say
what I have
Unless I say
duty.
and to release the
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Denning, gas in the court
So the gas, he ought
Lord would enliven the speeches and
of Appeal before special would
Court he had a oe
diverting for other
case came to effort
as
was a
and a relief from tedium of
When the the case With
extra
World War
he
pornography. So he installed the
the First_ to cylinder at the roof top and next
he considered
Wales. During was attached
morning he sat
adjacent to the pornography case court as the in the court
r e l a t i o n s h i p with
before them.
Engineerswhich
the royal
lieutenant_in the case came from that court. But he got caught for the way to roof was
second Division. When which the judge theft of bottle of
the38th (welsh) vindicated by
the sentences
order must nitrous oxide. At the end of the
has been
t h a t law and
court had brought him before him.day's hearing, the judge of that
the law He h a s shown appeal, Fh The police
But on this
passed a week and
before. maintained. the law evidence. Balogh admitted that it was inspector gave
true but he meant it
will be no longer dery
bemaintained T h e s e students here respect for it. Tha oractical joke not to hurt anyone. But the judge
for
things changed. to t h i s
c o u r t a n d shown
It is not necesan.
differentlyand was not amused. To
him it was thought
They
have appealed
week in
the prison.
are nok matter. It was a serious contempt of court. not a laughing
senved one I h e s e young people Balogh tried his
have already longer. them, best to convince the judge that it was
inside any or vice in n not meant for his
but the judge got annoyed and convict court
tokeep themThere is no
violence,
dishonesty
t h a t one should
applaud. The
They him and gave him
criminals. there w a s much the welsh language
as the nunishment of six
years jail not for the theft but for the
in
the contrary, preserve contempt of court.
wish to do all
they can to wrong in going
to extreme h
They have done They should he be
are proud of it.should shoW mercy on them. to their parents nd
an After eleven days in jalil Balogh considered
his mistake and
did but one to
t h e i r studies,
wronah wrote a letter of apology to the official
Solicitor
permitted to go back Wnich thney nave _so the case to upper court. Ihe case was who forwarded
the g00d cOurse opened, it occurred to
continue everyone present in the court that
was he
guilty of the
disturbed.
be of aood
of contempt of court. He was offence
future. They must
undoubtedly guilty of stealing the
for the the gas cylinder. No proceedings were
must be security the peace. There is power in
But there
disturbed
upset. Nothing untoward took place. No gas was and no trial was
must keep necessary, this cout
behavior. They has to be done by him which he did not released. A lot
it should become to prison
them. If and commit them he would have been able to do get any chance. Even if
court, to recall to callthem back from the what he intended to
would not hesitate should be released very undoubtful whether it would have do, it is
sentence. They be_of good any effect at all. The gas
bound over to
the
for the rest of shuld be f
would have been so diluted by air that it
they thejudgment would not have been
prison today, but the peace and to come up for noticeable. So here Balogh had the criminal
intent to
to convict him. He wasdisrupt
behavior, to keep months. the court, but that is not
the next 12 of enough guilty
called upon
within stealing, but no more.
case.
gas
in the laughing films and books
in
On this short
The punishment pornographic
ground,
and the sentenceeveryone thought that the judge was in
d. about he was a
tried each day as error
A case was being was there a5 of six months was
A. Balogh just excessive. Balogh
Crown Court.
Stephen for the defense, spent 14 days in the
employed by the solicitors
on and He go
on. prison;
enough to purge his contempt, if and has apologized. That is
casual hand dragged
no law. The
case
it up. He kne contempt it was.
a clerk, knowing
made a plan
to enliven
exceedingly
bored. He
nitrous
oxide. It gives e.
A. Seriousness of
"Contempt of Court" cases in early times.
about a gas
called
called laughing
gas. Refer to Q18.
Something inhaled. It is
effect when
exhilarating
of it and
carried inn
half a cylinder
the inlet sys
trial he took a cylinder at
During the the
was to put
brief case. His plan
Nanmita Law SeriesO 3. (a) Read the following passage and answer the
of Court.
In the case guestions. following
court.
Contempt of
Silence as as
contempt
silent if thev
a s k e d to keep (b) Make
is
considered
are sentences of the
A. Silence
discussed
here the judges
satisfactorily
were
but w h i l e
doing this they
wrote for Punch meaning in a following terms to bring out their
legal context
can't judge
a case
Mr.
Quintin Hogg he was adjourn, acquittal. mitigate, affidavit, fine,
of court. charge that
contempt Blackburn
on
the Appeali 4. (a) Answer the following-
doing Mr. the Court of n
himself up by criticized
s t a t e of his this
tO and in
(b) Critically write
reluctant
confused
too he
knew
on
was
either everything
and his witnece
he to say be told
too
willing
secrets
not to with hi
nis
s o m e t i m e s
only he
revealed
Similar
i n s t a n c e s
happened
T h e claims of Lord Russell and Lord
Denning to be called
haste
his
friend.
and Mr.
Snodgrass.
"Portia Man".
against
went Tupman Refer to Q21.
Mr. A.
other two friends plaintiff's
neighbor were
all
Sanders, against Mr. Pickwick
Witnesses
of Susannah
which
talks
went
did support
the defendant
ii) The judgment
Trial, 1922'.
pronounced on M.K. Gandhi at The
Great
female gossiping
evidence
Although Sam Weller's
been
done. A. Refer to Q14.
worse had
then
by and pleas given
speech ii) The Rasu v/s Pertamina case.
and the emotional went against the defenda
All the
evidences
the trick
and This is a Mareva Injunction case. In Rasu
best to save him but at last he
B u z f u z z did vs.
Sergeant tried his
ffifty a Liberian company, issued a writ
Pertemina, Rasu,
Tndonesian state-owned company. Rasuagainst
lawyer s e v e n hundred and
though
his
a s k e d to pay Pertamina, an
even
and was claimed damages of
convicted nearly million sterling pounds for
2
OaS Sought to attach the assets breach
was
of a
pounds to
the plaintiff.
Mr. Pickwint of Pertaminacharterparty.
attack by the plaintiff's, wick in many
countries; but Pertamina had been busy getting rid of its
emotional
the this novel was written in ar Dutting them out of reach of assets
So due to in that
e when
time
male its
creditors. At length Rasu
convicted as an e n g a g e m e n t or nake
was
century, if
a man broke off found there were assets of Pertamina in
nineteenth the girl
coOuld s u e for
damages as
Ivina at the West Gladstone Dock England. They were
breach of
promise
for girls.
This had a bad effect. awaiting shipment.
parts of equipment for making a floating fertilizer They weree
a felt sorry
generally juries applied for a Mareva injunction to plant. rasu
in modern
times would
have been totall
taken out of the jurisdiction of thestop this equipment
Court. On the ex
being
trial e v i d e n c e . Mrs. Bardells
Mr Pickick's to modern laws
of
application the judge granted the injunction. parte
different according of marriage really
looks unusual in to discharge it. Pertamina applied
breach of promise nineteenth
c o m m o n in the
action for apparently
But it was
the girl could sue In this case
today's time. broke off an
engagement,
This had a
both the sides
were heard.
century. If
a man
juries felt sorry for girls.
in accusing each other at lengths. The case They both were
as generally corroborate
and for Pertamina there argued for the
to plaintiffs by Mr. was
plaintiff had
The judges werePhillips
for damages, the an
Later in 1869, evidence such as was Mr. Mustill.
bad effect. material Lord Justice
support of
the promise
other
to breach
of mariage Then Justice Denning and Lord Justice Orr.
m a t t e r s pertaining when the of the seizureDenning made a historical and
But
ring.
finally ended
in 1961, of assets comparative survey
judgment states that thisbefore
engagement
became fewer
gradually
and
be abolished. So judgment. The judges in their
they shouldPickwick if thesto is not a case in which
Law
Commission
recommended
against Mr.
should be granted to
restrain the defendants in injunction
an
have been no
case
disposal of the the use or
there would
advance of goods Liverpool. The courts have a discretion,
In at
time.
today's
has been set in judgment, to issue an injunction to
removal of assets-
whether the defendant is restrain the
within the
ama w Senes
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Sdicton or outsice it. This discretion should not ho APRIL 09
oy ngic ules and it shouid be exercised be etterec
wnen it
Cut t De jLSt and convenient. appears to the
Answer the following (1-2 sentences)
1.
cecsior was a good way or things done. By their here". Whose
Lcges dic mucn toestesn Mareva injunction words s. "have no more Vagabonds settled
rnccie out by tneir decsion they avoided as a nene decision is this
and to whom does it refer?
the youth
1deal for last
moment FULL VIEW ne allegation against him was that
he is corrupting
that he was only preaching9
he had asked the jury
glance at a
or
Athens and do in their life and he did
people about what should they really
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as g00d as anything
now,
feeling
AIam
f."She has become so poor that she has little power 2. Answer Briefly-
a eN N s dne which is
Engh
proper for hi. write on
h s
legal
o t he pmvilege or the layer du of hid profess (0)
the
"Little
Catings Ltd., it was not a will but a document of
Sydall
v
R he sourve of intormation w one
can nt. By In
ature, a group insuran scheme. Mr. Sydall's
be a gossinbelieve h by which,
similar
stn nas ot r invenbon or t may had a schen on a workman's death,
ployees
tmng to sm attention. So, this is in public interest. an was payable to his dependants or relations. Mr. Sydall
nd £ 300 was payable. He had four grown-up children by
tempt
money
wife. But
he had separated from her and formed a
old
his
inown to the
law by which a nent association with a lady with whom he lived and had
e N DVNe
eanswer 3 question which is elevant to the canjournalist p e r m a n e n
The cou nave anxiously considered the sentences of Lord Denning protested. His views were that according to
Sx words Yvette is a relation of her father
hs end three months respectivey which Gorman J
passa rdinary meaning of the
Mhand and Foster, and after tull consideration the cour ssed and a descendant from him. She should therefore, be included
etnedie to adopt the view that the sentences are among those qualified for benefit. But Lord Russell, the counsel
Ospropotionete to the senious nature of the offence. oressed that relations includes only legitimate relations. Since
Yvette was illegitimate, she was to be excluded from any
Read the benefit. Lord Denning said that it was acceptable in olden times
3.(a) following passage and answer the questions, as judges in those days used to think that if they allowed
(b) Nake sentences of the following terms to bring out their illegitimate children to rake a benefit they were encouraging
meaning in a legal context- immorality. But now the times have changed and the old rules
be
writ, convict (Verb), defend, appeal, penal. should replaced by a more
relations and dependants in a
rational approach. The words
group assurance scheme are
wide enough to include illegitimate children and should be
4. (a) Answer the following- interpreted like that.
(0) Comment on the sentence passed on Shylock.
A. Refer to Q1.
But Lord Russell took the traditional view and said that he see
no sufficient
(ü) Summarize the factors which led to Mr. Pickwick losing ground for departing from the normal rule of
construction. In his judgment descendant is to be construed as
the case filed by Mrs. Bardell.
descendant in the legitimate line.
A. Refer to Q4 (a) (i) (Nov 08).
(ii) Analyze John Olding's evidence and point out any weak SO little Yvette, because she was
illegitimate took nothing
Quite contrary to what her father would have wished and
points which would favor the accused. contrary to what the trustees desired.
A. Refer to Q7.
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nor (a)
advocates attracted so much attention as the acci
1. the following
ndeed, o
negligent of the art of adapting his reasoning and his.
w h a t c i r c u m s t a n c e s ?
regardless appearance,
the compliment of wearing a wig worn specially trib by
bond doth give the here no jot of blood". Who is
prosecutors and sword. The box in which the managers the ii) "Thiss
bond?
and what is the
contained an array of speakers such as perhaps hadstood the speaker
These words are of Portia at the trial. If Antonio fails to pay
appeared together since the great age of Athenian eloquen not A.
hack lent money within three months, Shylock will take a pound
There was Demosthenes and Hyperides. The younaest
of his body.
intelligent among all of them was Windham. All who stoodand of flesh from any part
at
that bar, save him alone are gone, culprit, advocates, accuse
sers. i "My name is Sarah Stone". In which novel does she
appear and what is her role when she says this?
A. She appears in the novel Adam Bede by George Eliot. She said
( ) M.C. Chagla's presentation of Indira Gandhi.
these words at the trial of Hetty Sorrel as an eye witness.
A. Refer to Q17.
something it was
untouchables of the soclety.
They al were as the king finished speaking, the people began
treated as ) As s o
No sooner... then)
him. (Use
i ) " I am a Portia man". Who are two claimants to this to
che
ooner
the king hed
finishe speaking then the people began to
man are No
A. The two claimants
to be a Portia
Lord
Lord Denning A cheer him.
Lord Russell.
the eanings of any four of the following legal
Explain
of this part of the case was an
l) "The conduct
Sheridan". What were
Sheridan's qualities? usted to i )
terms
a d n-
i n t e r i m -
for the meantimne
law
in
jure-in
ii) decentum-a hundred
iv) room,
iv)"The Khilafat promise waswnot to be redeemed i n camera- in a (judgeS private) in secret
She said, "I have lived one hour as a proud rose". He (c) Describe how Lord Denning dealt with the journalists
asked "And then?" who refused to reveal their source of information.
A. She exclaimed that she had lived one hour as a proud rose. He A. Refer to Q2 (f) (April 09).
asked her what's next.
(d) Explain the case of Chapman V Honig, where a tenant is
(d) Do as directed (an two) evicted from his home.
i) If roads do not develop along highways, there will w A. Chapman v/s Honig is a case regarding victimization of witness
traffic problems. (Rewrite using 'unless') which amounted to be contempt of court. The contemnor can
be punished
A. There will be traffic problem unless roads do not develop alog by the courts of law by fine or imprisonment. But
can the sufferer who
has been victimized for being the witness
hlghways can sue the contemnor for damages. The victimization is not
only a criminal offence; it is a civil wrong- a tort as lawyers call
l) Is there any one here who can claim such honor? (Ma it.
assertive)
A. Anyone there can claim such an honor.
n this case, a landlord forcibly evicted one tenant called
daand from his flat. That tenant sued the landlord for
dmages for wrongful eviction.
Chapman, the next floor tenant
tnessed whatever happened on second floor. Harrand
Ed him to be witness and give evidence against the lanaiord.
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Chapman refused but he was
subpoenaed to do
Engish- N a m i t a Lavw S e i e s e
involuntarily gave evidence. Ihe very next day so for Hetty's convection.
served a notice on Chapman to quit his flat and he
th nd ( ü )D i s c u s s the
he
grounds
within
Chapman has givenmoonth.dlord
a t o Q6.
reason he did was simply because
against him. The eviderence
A.
R e f e r
to Q4.
The principle upon which the case was
decided A.
Refer
write
nn
on finding him victimized for doing it refuses and then (b)
Critically
A. Refer to Q2(c) (Nov 08). (i) The place of English in Our Education System
(ii) My idea of an Ideal Citizen
3. (a) Read the following passage and answer the (ii)The role of Students in Free India.
questions that follow.
(b) Make sentences with any three of the following words t April 2010
bring out their meaning in a legal context-
Public, writ, default, reservation, challenge .(a) Answer in not more than two sentences any three or
the following
4. (a) Attempt any two -
My Lord, here stays without a messenger with letters
rom the doctor." Who is the speaker? Whom does he call
Lord?
(0)Assess the witnesses at Mr. Pickwick's trial.
A. Refer to Q4 (a) (i) (Nov08).
olanlo
Lord.
said these words at the trial and he called the Duke as
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(ii) I know, I ought to do, if I got on as
English.1 N a m i t a L a wS e r i e s O
The Pickwick Papers' by Charles Dickens. the editio be received so kindly." Whose words
and would
speaker.
Scot Scout is the indirect speech
Rewrite in
(C) "Is it dead?"
(iv)"My name is John Olding. I am a labourer." Sheela said,
whether it was dead.
Sheela enquired
he which
novel does he appear and what is his role when
the above line. utters Raiu replied, "No, I can still feel its heart beating."
A. He appears in the novel Adam Bede by
these words at the trial of Hetty Sorrel as an
George Eliot. He Raiu replied in negative that he could feel its heart beatina
eye witness said then.
(b) Answer in not more than two sentences
any three as directed-
the following- of (d) Do
(G) "He took another strip of glass and (1 This is the largest tree in neighborhood. (Change the
took another strip of glass? Why did he exclaim?
exclaimed"
Who degree)
A. Tom Driscoll took another strip of glass and he
No tree is as large as this tree in the
neighborhood.
exclaimed when
he saw old Roxy's label on the striP and the date on
the strin (i1) The milk is too hot for me to drink.
was about twenty three years back.
The milk is so hot that I cannot drink it.
(Remove too)
(ii) "Let's reflect in another way, and we shall see that ther (e) Explain the
is great reason to hope the death is a good, for
one of mens rea-
meaning of any four-
two things". Who is the speaker? In what situation guilty mind
are memorabilia- things worth
these lines uttered?
pro rata- in remembering
A. Socrates said these words while addressing his fellow Atheniars de facto- in proportion
for the last time before he was condemned to death
actual fact, real
sentence ex
gratia- as an act of grace
(iii)"But all the
hope was shattered. The Khilafat promise 2. Write briefly
two on any
was not to be redeemed". Whose words are these a
what was this promise? a)
A. These the words of Mahatma Gandhi at his trial.
Discuss the
significance
and the Anthem'? of the title of the
are
1* story The Cop
promise was made to Sultan of Turkey known as Khallf, by be A Refer to Q22.
British during First World War in order to secure e
cOoperation of the Indian Muslims. The British assuréo ther Write
A.
an
essay on 'Lomax Harder and
Refer to Q23. John Franting.
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Describe briefly the
A.
significance?
Refer
Laughing Gas'
incidentt
Engish NamitaLan SenesE
e can
w h i c h he
d) trial a t
Explain the air
Refer to Q2 importance of the Cha
a
A. to
has to resign. He
a r r a n g e d
at the endresigned
A.
circumstances
Imbert Perian Hallett had in which
to resign. Honorable Si
while a n d t h e n he
a
poignant
case, as he was able and intelligent
The honourable Sir It w a s
too many questio which cost him his
Hugh Imbert Perian ugh man but he asked
term.
judge.He
experience judgeHallett
was a very was ro a and has to
resign.
grew is
loquacity.
dived deep into
He got so
interested
and with
experie
every detail of it. He in every case
spected position
therience
c)Elucidate the idea of 'question of Privilege' with
asked too many talked too dt he
and the questions one after another appropriate examples?
modern India. It was under hlm that Indla creator d for reputed college. Candidate must be
a
won her
independence. It was true that Tllak had anticipated him by Master's Degree in graduate with
Library
apply. Write Box No. BBR 98 Science. Even fresher's may
advocating a policy of strong action the 3K, The Times of India,
Government instead of a pollcy of mendicancy as followed by
against Brtis Mumbal-400 001
the Moderates in India, but it cannot be denied that it was
under Gandhijl that the nationalist movement In Indla became OR
(c) You have
amass movement and not a movement of the met borrowed a book
from College Library, but
Intelligentsla of Indla. He followed varlous methods to achie
his ends,
unfortunately
Principal you have lost it.
Write a letter to the
He started the Non-Co-Operatlon Movement apologizing
for your
started the Clvil DIsobedlence Movement. He vlolated the (d) Write an
carelessness.
of the country. It was under him that the Congress passe essay on any one
del ) Let's
Quit India Resolution. He fasted. He court arrested. e h Stop Child Labor
the might of the British Emplre. But he did all this w
The Place
object and that was the liberatlon of this country. of
W) The ClnemaWomen in Indian Society
Advertlsements.
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more t h a n
mor
t w o sentances-
not
In
A n s w e r
Official
Solicitor
in this
ockers
Case is regarding
powerS
of
ontempt
con
court of law is its power to give
As soon as the chief guest important
has to make an order commanding a
ii) arrived, the students cla most o f t e n it
Very him in some way. If the
A.
(Use No sooner....than).
No sooner the chief guest arrived, than the
orders.
person too do
something o r
restrai.
Court has one weapon in its
disobeys, the
students ela. dents clapped person
concern
that is it can punish the
use and person
which it can
e) Explain the meaning of the legal terms ury
court. a criminal offence, but
It Is before
for contempt of for contempt of court it must be proved
Per diem - per day rommitting person doubt and there must be several
reasonable
ii) Infra - below, lower down the page beyond strictly observed.
requirements being
iii) Vice- versa -
the order being reversed, terms exchanger
iv) Ultra v i r e s - beyond one's power
was very much evident in
Three Dockers Case. It
This strictness Act 1971 which set up a
v) Status quo the existing state of Industrial Relation
things at any given date
-
with any
three of the following
-
Coincidence,
Conversation,
approached the Court o
asklno to
b ) Make.
Appeal and
C o r r e s p o n d e n c e , C a l c u l a t i o n .
eforestrlkthe.e
short
The Court was unabl Vrite
(ii) (April 09).
with all the sufficiency which is Q4 (b)
uired
before to prove Refer to
evidence, deprivin
his liberty. The Court analyzed the against Joseph?
and felt a man
ng case
Booby's
falls far short of what would be required What is Lady
Therefore, the order of committal was set for sSuch t ii) Refer to Q4.
pu A.
warrants were not executed. aside and sketch of 'Portia' and 'Bassanio'.
the Write character is the heroine of the plaay
3) Read the following passage and Character Sketch of Portia- Portia
answer the questions
au The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.
She is a
given below -
beautiful woman who attacked everybody with her humor,
intelligence and wit. She is full of virtues and all the graces of a
Many studies in recent years have
looked at the perfect wman.
allocation of resoures at the house hold
level, The
reveal that a much greater share of They In the scenes of her choosing her suitors, Portia has intellectual
education,
and food expenditures goes to boys than girls. In
health
many wit, dignity, personality, grace, modesty and wisdom. Some of
cultures, parents think that there are lower benefits from the suitors were conceited and boastful and even they were
investing in girls. This is where vicious circle starts; bores, but Portia keeps her own dignity and does not fail in
leaving many women in a disadvantaged position for lite showing proper courtesy to them.
The losers are not only the women but the entire society
Before her marriage to Bassinio, arrives the
news of
There has been progress in the past few decades. Morn danger. It is Portia then who rises to the occasion. Antonio's
even Bassinio, could None, not
girls in the developing countries are enrolled in Primay have better Antonio's envisaged
Schools. Since 1950s the female labour force has gown And none could have
decided at
danger.
once what
could be done to
twice as fast as the male labour force. Some 30% of the save Antonio from the danger. Her
part of the torma foresight,
ner grasp of realities, her promptitude in her sound sense,
women in the developing coutries are
action,
illustrated anywhere as in the Trial could not have
Deen better
work force. scene.
in which she 97
uncertaintY ke
heart-thrilling
is not conPs the
"yet painful verges upon dgony, English-
whole until
suspense
ana inevitable. Al Ved b) Write on
any two
effect merely"
it is necessary
in the
first instance are eithee speech
direct ort note on Adam Bede
addressed to Shylock temper and feeli
elings. She w
at
indirect
experiments
on his
to the end d as must be
examining, A. Refer to Q8. Hetty's trial.
from beginning
on his
mind with
understood own wo
of her Mr.
i n t e n s e anxiety,
the effect
that spirit which she hopes and # Do you think Pickwick
would
watching the modern law of evidence? have fared
countenance as
or persuasion.
Her strong exprece aken A. Refer to Q4 (ii) (April 09),.
worse under
either by r e a s o n horror which
to strike as shuddering
are calculated reflection she
through his
interposes, her delay and Comment on the
nerves the
n ii) role of the
time for anyY latent feelina Emergency of 1975. Judiciary during
circumlocution to give pity in the
all a r e neditated and ten AThe
Shylock to display itself,
to the object she
has in view. independence or Juaiciary was severely curtailed
acCOunt of powertul central
same manner on
government ruled by Indian
National Congress. This was during
balanced character. She is the focal point the Indian
Portia is a perfect
force and wit. She is a han
int of (1975-1977) of Indira Gandhi. The constitutional Emergency
ghtness and tenderness, imprisoned persons were rights of
restricted under Preventive
blending of grieve and the gay. She has the quality of the laws passed by the detention
parliament.In the case of
Shiva
ntellect and strength without which she should have become Shukla Additional District Magistrate of Kant
dantic. She has that indefinable charm of manner. The Shukla, popularly known as the Habeas Jabalpur v. Shiv Kant
Corpus case, a bench of
onightness and beneficence of Portia provide an excellenra five senior most judges of
Supreme Court ruled in favour of
contrest with dark, unfortunate and mischief working Shylock. state's right for unrestricted
powers of detention
emergency. Under the declaration of emergency no personduring has
Character Sketch of Bassanio Bassanio is no mere passive any locus to move any writ petition under Article 226 before
a
hero of romance. Good fortunes come to him, but he does nat High Court for habeas corpus or any other writ or order or
wait for it he goes actively in search of it, and he gets it as he direction to challenge the
legality of an order of detention.
ceserves t He is fortune's favorite. He does little for himse
2 t al sorts of tnings are done for him. But he is a The only dissenting opinion was from Justice H. R.
E 2s a 5ympathetic fiber,
gentleman
directness and courage. He is fra
Khanna, who
stated that detention without trial is an anathema to all those
who love personal
to confess t Antonio that he would mend his fortune by liberty. A dissent is an appeal to the
mng aacy nchly left. His emphasis on Portia's fortune s Droodin9 spirit of the law, to the intelligence of a future day,
not due tO
desire or the expectation of his becoming
maste wnen a later decision may possible correct the error into which
ne
e course, but to give Antonio an assurance that there5 dissenting Judge believes the court to have been betrayed.
occ rezs to feel that he will soon be in position to liquida
a nis ceots to his judgment cost his Chief Justice-ship of India. When the
his friend. His open onfession of extravagan agance
central Government is to recommend one of Supreme Court
e very person from whom he is tribut?
soliciting a loan is a
rankness and open heartedness. He is lavish
Judges for the post of Chief Justice in January 1977 Justice
dnna was superseded despite being the most senior Judge at
2
cert. a generous genteman though a fortune seeker; the and thereby Government broke the
convention of
gn a gay e the position of Chier
werd refrement galilant mainly thougn dependant.
He
and delicacY and POInting only the senior most judge tothe other juoges
re eye cf nonour
and rectitude, he stand uSuce of India. In fact, it was felt that The submission ordy dn
Ve gone along for this very reason.
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English-
N a m i t aL a w S e r i e s ©
T h e q u a l i ty
of mercy is not straine / It droppeth astthe
During the emergency period, the government also i) ty
area.
of houses
and
complaining servant of Judge
who a r e prime
suspects in the c a s e of
shops in your Capello and Luigi
Capello
Judge Driscoll's murder.
d) Write an essay on any one -
i) Why women education is
ii) Students and Discipline. important.
iii) Craze of sports in 21" Century.
NamitaLaWSeriesG tag).
b) Answer in not more than question
two
sentences Englisth-1 directed r u i n s .
(Add
it?
a
in
r u i n s ,
high
prisone. d) is the
Who said these ner sitting The building
occurred, building
Olding'prisoner,
e a r t h q u a k e
the
A. These words are said by John he
No ocCurred,
than
d.
(Use
earthquake
meaning
of the
b e g i n n i n g
fide
A. The agonized Mr Pickwick said these words to his Bona
bov Mar
Master
manner,
to
Bardell, the son of his landlady. These lines are from the
a c c o r d i n g
Modus
iv) through,
and had
the air
of
forehead,
fair hair with
These lines a r e
appearance
sense
an
e n o r m o u s
in
and corrupting the youth. features, popular in
corresponds
of impiety refined He
w a s found guilty who is very
m a n n e r .
almost
apologetic he is a poet of first
rate
notion of a
poet and is m a t t e r
have made my task an easy one by popular w h e r e poetry and poetic
'Mr. Gandhi you mad world has a kind
iv) to the charge'.
the tiny trifling
his poetic
n a t u r e he
place for
pleading guilty What was Mr. Gandhi being interest. wing
to
feelings. He had special bear
words? can't
these
heart. He felt
for others Lomax
Who spoke them a lot.
heart and respects was
tried for? Session's Judge Mr. Broomfield
w o m e n in his women
and t h a t ' s why
pronounced by with sedition the cruelties done by
people on
was a person of wits
T h e s e words being charged
are
A. was friend's wife. He the end.
Trial. Mr. Gandhi towards his till
Gandhi's sympathetic not caught
at India. murder and w a s no
in Young and grit. He attempted accordingly leaving
for his article and planned so
indirect speech. He thought intelligently no e x c i t e m e n t and kept his cool HIS
in said. Dehind. He showed morbid.
Rewrite the following Miss
Chowdhury
Magistrate
Es him. He was not
suspect the
c) do noting
for you? s a i d the nat no one can
Although he regretted
we case', c a n t d o anyl was not askew.
Can
to defend your
t h a t why
they PEspective of things twinge of Consclence
ds
T h i s is n o w a y dismay of his act, he felt no better
s a i d in ECEssity was
surely t
Chowdhury to derend to him s o m e o n e has to die and
A. Miss way
no raing enchanting, martyrised
brute should die than a heavenly,
was
that
for himn.
told him
that dt à of passion and couldn't
bear
The
Magistrate
reature. Lomax Harder was a man
wds d i w oy*
nice people and
and cruelty against
case. ne coarseness
ready to help them out.
English-
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household
match between him for his respect to she accused In
the Q18. answer
the
the girl
he had never
heard any apparently well-bred promotir
of
the
ffo
olll
loowing
Joseph aiong
the in
was harm of
parish. Lady concerned,
g i v e n b e l o w -
Read championships
she was the
Booby was and: as fardamsas 3) that
cricket
20
Country wench and enraged to he
she wouldhear him talk
handsomest woman fitness
of t hings
in
f o r m a t today
-
t h e Twenty
wil be
will h o s t the n e x t
produce vagabonds. Adams said that her to get marrl
what
of
t h efive years. Sri Lanka will
game
followeed by
consummate long ago, and he
the
hadcouple
do
of rersion
the sole
in cause and India in
publishing
the banns of delavis fans a r e . The
s c h e d u l e d
performing
no more
his office. The
lady said that he he wasaying it, Bangladesh in in 2 0 1 4
scheduled
where m o s t of its
decision only
without her orders. would puhlich y matches to be C r i c k e t Council (ICC)
assigned a Adams answered that them
International
the largest
proper reason anvan fact t h a t cricket
generates
stop. One reason, Lady against them, he would if
reinforces the a T20 cricket
Booby said, was that be willing ta in South Asia. Hosting
vagabond and would Joseph was revenues and profits
proposition. I t c a n n o t be
beauties. Adams produce a n expensive
a nest of is
were beggars championship
referred to even if thev viable.
him that anyone who
served a year
Lawyer Scout who had told done if it is
not economically
the parish in which he gained a
served. Lawyer Scout settlement from format
to the writer is the most exciting
coxcomb, cried Lady Booby, and ordered was an impudent a) What according
further. But Parson Adams him to produce today?
no
said that he would kept standing there b)Wherewill the Twenty 20 version be staged in the n e a r
obey her in all that was lawful,undaunted. He
but even the feature?
poor had their rights. The lady threatened
dared to publish the banns to remove him if he
again. But Adams replied that as
c)Whowill host the championship after Sri Lanka?
d) What does the Crickets Council's decision reinforce?
long his conscience was
as
pure, he was not afraid of anything
that man could do to him. She
ordered him to leave, telling him
e)Whatis an expensive proposition?
)When is this not economically
that her doors were not
open to a person who ran about the advantageous?
COuntry with beauties. Adams said that he was sure she would b) Make sentences
with any three of the
not blame him when she had
enquired into the matter further. following
Commitment, Conviction, objectionable,
c) Refusing to Answer.
AccessoryY. Interpretation,
A. Refer to Q18. 4(a) Attempt any two -
disaffection
i) his
Comment on humanity. for
Refer to Q10. Puddn'head Wilson's
reasons
A. Gandhi's
G andh
defense of- borate
on
the twins,.
a g a i n s t t h e B r i t i s h .
a firm
of
Address the
of the novel and one sufferings and to
8, Mumbai.
female figures 0 . Box No.
a s s i s t a n t
c) Along
of the novelist of sh
the mact of legal India, P.
George Eliot. Sthe of
a
beautiful, bewitching, She is
Dresen
p o s
to The
Times
betrayal
is timid and character, The OR
Commissioner regarding
She is
conventional. whole letter to
the Municipal
a
young girl of seventeen, of write a
w a t e r supply.
Hetty beautiful but her beauty isexceptional physical charn
is the
inadequate
But poor, beautiful Hetty was destined to face great pain an m left the prisoner sitting by the fire in the
her lovely dreams ended in tragedy. Whatever might be u no said these words? From which extract kitchen".
lines taken. are these
novelists' intentions, we are not any time positlvely consod
or Hetty being a criminal, with the crime killing her own
*nese lines are from
George Eliot's 'Adam Bede' and thee
upon her head. She was an innocent victim
of circumst the Ker of these words is Mrs. Sarah
is not absolutely innocent, Du witnesses Stone, one of the
beyond her control. Hetty
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iv) "I
Who impeach him in the
A. Referis the person to be name of the NaniaLwSeriest came to a
the trial
to Q1
(b) (i) (Nov Enalist
English
impeached? directed-(2
M a r k s )
w i t h d r a w
w i t h d r a w n ,
ne
as
he
s
were
w e r e
No s o o n e r . . . . t h a n
c h a r g e s
n) han the
tha
trial came to a
more than
w i t h d r a w n
entences
close.( U s e
charges
I know aner the
the
that I am any three
sooner
(Add
A.
On which
occasion playing with fire. of the A.
No
their
destination.
phrase 'eye
speaker
to eye'?
of s
these
e
seen eye
words
words to
eye.
( e Explain
) tthe
he
lain
following
per day
criminal act
A. The speaker and what diem- commit a
whom
of these is mea Per
to
to those to
eant by who is acceptable
words is
Suborned-procured
autobiography-heldRoses in December.
not agree
M C
Chaga, Perso
grata-
a person
or
differing opinions. 'Eye to eye' means thoin his he is sent
testimony
they voce- by oral
iii) "And now, 0 men who
Viva
under
consideration
newspaper is
heir part such
answer the
case reported as Re F, A private. The point passage and
He gave her
drugs and
knowing that she was
girl of 15 ran awav arose in 1976
had
sexual intercou a man of28,
proceedin (a)
R e a d
the
following
below. (6
Marks)
this
Jailed lover should visit
thought
and
published there. The
hos article
Th Daly
an
Solidarity
reform.
reversed it. headed by Lord t
to Q19.
Den A. Refer
They said, thereare cases to on O'Henry's presentation of Soapy.
court of show that it ) Comment
publish
information relating to
was a
contemot
of A. Refer to Q22.
about a ward as the
court is entitled to proceedings
in cout
The public hear the case in detective.
and the
newspaper reporters private. i) Discuss Austin Bond as a