Which of the following most strongly supports the neutral model of law and law-making?

Once enacted, legislation is regarded as an act of Parliament as a whole, rather than any political party

Party whips ensure members vote in line with party ideology

Social welfare laws are enacted for the benefit of weaker sections of society

Elections to legislatures are hotly contested

Principles requiring that laws be general, public, prospective, coherent, clear, stable, and practicable are indispensable to law-making correspond to:

Legitimacy and transparency in law-making

Doctrine of res judicata is applicable to writs if

Neither (A) nor (B). CORRECT OPTION: C

The legal propositions are generally based on ______

Political interest. CORRECT OPTION: A

Legal Principles & Maxims — CLAT Previous Year Questions

48 solved PYQs · 2016–2026 · Legal Reasoning

Solved PYQs: 48
Years covered: 2016–2026
Avg / year: ~5
Subject: Legal Reasoning

How many CLAT questions come from Legal Principles & Maxims?

Legal Principles & Maxims has contributed 48 questions to Common Law Admission Test papers between 2016 and 2026 — an average of about 5 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 19,890 CLAT questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 48 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Legal Principles & Maxims within Legal Reasoning, so you can drill this chapter across every year at once instead of hunting through paper PDFs. Practising a chapter’s full PYQ history is the fastest way to learn the patterns examiners reuse.

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Question 1 · CLAT 2023
Which of the following most strongly supports the neutral model of law and law-making?
1. (A) $Once enacted, legislation is regarded as an act of Parliament as a whole, rather than any political party$
2. (B) $Party whips ensure members vote in line with party ideology$
3. (C) $Social welfare laws are enacted for the benefit of weaker sections of society$
4. (D) $Elections to legislatures are hotly contested$
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$Answer: (A) Once enacted, legislation is regarded as an act of Parliament as a whole, rather than any political party$
Question 2 · CLAT 2022
Principles requiring that laws be general, public, prospective, coherent, clear, stable, and practicable are indispensable to law-making correspond to:
1. (A) $inner morality$
2. (B) $method of logic$
3. (C) $Legitimacy and transparency in law-making$
4. (D) $democratic law making$
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$Answer: (A) inner morality$
Question 3 · CLAT 2021
Doctrine of res judicata is applicable to writs if
1. (A) $The decision is on merits.$
2. (B) $Order is a speaking order.$
3. (C) $Both (A) and (B).$
4. (D) $Neither (A) nor (B). CORRECT OPTION: C$
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$Answer: (C) Both (A) and (B).$
Question 4 · CLAT 2021
The legal propositions are generally based on ______
1. (A) $Generalised possibility.$
2. (B) $Exclusivity.$
3. (C) $Social interest.$
4. (D) $Political interest. CORRECT OPTION: A$
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$Answer: (A) Generalised possibility.$
Question 5 · CLAT 2021
According to which of the following jurists, property is the objective manifestation of the personality of an individual?
1. (A) $John Austin$
2. (B) $Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel$
3. (C) $Jeremy Bentham$
4. (D) $Roscoe Pound$
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$Answer: (B) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel$

Legal Principles & Maxims questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2026	1
2025	2
2024	4
2023	1
2022	5
2021	4
2019	1
2018	11
2017	13
2016	6

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