This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Judiciary > Pil > Public Interest Litigation – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Public Interest Litigation Quiz 1 (22 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Indian judiciary introduced the concept of PIL in which of the following cases? A) ) Maneka Gandhi v Union of India. B) ) ADM Jabalpur v. Shivakant Shukla. C) ) SP Gupta v. Union of India. D) ) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ) SP Gupta v. Union of India. 2. Which of the following scam was unearthed by a Public Interest Litigation? A) ) Fodder Scam. B) ) 2G Scam. C) ) Bofors Scam. D) ) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ) 2G Scam. 3. Law should not remain a ..... shop. A) . closed. B) . closure. C) . close. D) . closing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . closed. 4. There is little ..... between Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and Social Action Litigation (SIL). A) . distinct. B) . different. C) . distinction. D) . distinctive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . different. 5. Which State established the permanent Lok-Adalat for hearing Public Utitlity Services A) Assam. B) Orrisa. C) West Bengal. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rajasthan. 6. What is the full form of PIL A) Public information litigation. B) Personal International Law. C) Public interest litigation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Public interest litigation. 7. Who was the another Judge to accept PIL along with Justice P.N.Bhagwati? A) Justice Ashok Bhan. B) Justice J.S. Verma. C) Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer. D) Justice M. Katju. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer. 8. In which of the following cases a Public Interest Litigation was filed against Ganga water pollution? A) ) MC Mehta v. Union of India. B) ) PUDR v. Union of India. C) ) Lilly Thomas v. State of Uttar Pradesh. D) ) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ) MC Mehta v. Union of India. 9. In the year ..... in drought affected Rajasthan and Odisha, millions faced scarcity of food A) 2003. B) 2001. C) 2004. D) 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2001. 10. The supreme court in early ..... evolved a system of public interestlitigation(PIL) A) 1940s. B) 1980s. C) 1990s. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1980s. 11. Concept of Lok-Adalat is derived from A) 32 of the Constitution of India. B) 14 of the Constitution of India. C) 226 of the Constitution of India. D) 39 A of the Constitution of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 39 A of the Constitution of India. 12. Interpretation of which of the following Article has gives rise to Environmental PILs in India? A) ) Article 10. B) ) Article 21. C) ) Article 24. D) ) Article 23. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ) Article 21. 13. The concept of Public Interest Litigation originated in A) Canada. B) United Kingdom. C) South Africa. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) USA. 14. Which of the following Public Interest Litigation case mandated 27% reservation for OBCs? A) ) Indra Swahaney case. B) ) Hussainara Khatoon case. C) ) Sunil Batra case. D) ) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ) Indra Swahaney case. 15. Lok Adalat is Different from other Courts A) Because its decision cannot be challenged in any court of law. B) Because the system is developed by the judges. C) Because the Parliamentary Act guides it. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because its decision cannot be challenged in any court of law. 16. Which PIL case established right to pollution-free environment as a fundamental right? A) ) MC Mehta v. Union of India. B) ) Subhash Kumar v State of Bihar. C) ) Council For Environment Legal Action v/s Union of India. D) ) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ) Subhash Kumar v State of Bihar. 17. Which of the following case relaxed the rule of locus standi? A) ) Golakhnath v. State of Punjab. B) ) Sheela Barse v. State of Maharashtra. C) ) Bar Council of Maharashtra v. M. V. Dabholkar. D) ) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ) Bar Council of Maharashtra v. M. V. Dabholkar. 18. Which of the following PIL case made provisions for seperate lock-ups for women? A) ) Veena Sethi v. State of Bihar. B) ) People's Union for Democratic Rights & Others. C) ) Sheela Barse v. State of Maharashtra. D) ) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ) Sheela Barse v. State of Maharashtra. 19. Public Interest litigation is a part of ..... justice. A) . participate. B) . participatory. C) . participating. D) . participated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . participatory. 20. PIL in Supreme Court can be filed under which Article of the Constitution? A) ) Article 227. B) ) Article 136. C) ) Article 226. D) ) Article 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ) Article 32. 21. PIL can be directly filed to Supreme Court A) ) Yes, only in cases related to poverty schemes. B) ) Yes, only in cases of pollution. C) ) No. D) ) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ) Yes. 22. The Chairman of District Legal Services Authority is A) C District Judge. B) A Judge of High Court. C) D Advocate General. D) B Chief Justice of concerned High Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C District Judge. Related QuizzesJudiciary QuizzesIndian Polity Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books