UPSC Indian Polity and Civics Fundamental Rights and Duties Question Bank Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles of State Policy

DIRECTIONS (Qs. 36 to 40): Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.

List - I (Writs) List - II (Provisions)

[a] Habeas Corpus (1) directs public servant to perform some public duty refused to have been performed by him

[b] Mandamus (2) directs an individual (private or executive) to produce a detainee before the court

[c] Prohibition (3) issued by high court forbidding an inferior court from continuing proceedings in a particular case

[d] Certiorari (4) enquires into the legality of the claim which a party asserts to a public office

[e] (5) Issued to a lower court quashing its decision in a particular case

A) A - 5 ; B - 1 ; C - 3 ; D - 2 ; E - 4

B) A - 2 ; B - 1 ; C - 3 ; D - 5 ; E - 4

C) A - 4 ; B - 2 ; C - 3 ; D - 1; E - 5

D) A - 3 ; B - 4 ; C - 5 ; D - 2 ; E - 1

Correct Answer: B

	List - I (Writs)		List - II (Provisions)
[a]	Habeas Corpus	(1)	directs public servant to perform some public duty refused to have been performed by him
[b]	Mandamus	(2)	directs an individual (private or executive) to produce a detainee before the court
[c]	Prohibition	(3)	issued by high court forbidding an inferior court from continuing proceedings in a particular case
[d]	Certiorari	(4)	enquires into the legality of the claim which a party asserts to a public office
[e]		(5)	Issued to a lower court quashing its decision in a particular case