Article 20 Mini Quiz 1

1. Article 20 of the Constitution deals with:

Right to equality

Protection in respect of conviction for offences

Freedom of speech

Right to constitutional remedies

2. Article 20 provides how many types of protections?

Two

Three

Four

Five

3. Article 20(1) deals with protection against:

Double jeopardy

Preventive detention

Ex post facto laws

Arbitrary arrest

4. The term “Ex Post Facto Law” means:

Law applied before the act

Law applied retrospectively to punish an act

Law applied only to civil cases

Law applied to contracts

5. Article 20(2) embodies the principle of:

Natural justice

Double jeopardy

Habeas corpus

Judicial review

6. The doctrine of double jeopardy means:

A person cannot be arrested

A person cannot be punished twice for the same offence

A person cannot be tried in two courts

A person cannot appeal

7. The maxim related to double jeopardy is:

Audi alteram partem

Nemo debet bis vexari

Actus non facit reum

Res ipsa loquitur

8. Article 20(3) provides protection against:

Illegal arrest

Self-incrimination

Preventive detention

Arbitrary punishment

9. Article 20(3) applies only to:

Witnesses

Judges

Accused persons

Lawyers

10. Which case explained the scope of double jeopardy in India?

Maqbool Hussain v. State of Bombay (1953)

Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973)

Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India (1978)

A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras (1950)