The CLAT exam requires strong analytical skills, critical thinking, and careful reading, along with a clear understanding of the Legal Terminology. This article provides a set of MCQs on Legal Terminology to help you practice and strengthen your knowledge with the help of detailed solutions, which will support your CLAT 2026 exam preparation.
Whether you're revising the basics or testing your knowledge, these MCQs will serve as a valuable practice resource.
The CLAT 2026 exam is expected to follow a similar trend to the CLAT 2025, with a total of 120 questions for one mark, and 0.25 marks are deducted for each incorrect answer.
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CLAT MCQs on Legal Terminology
1. R.T.I. stand for
A Revenue Transactions in India
B Research and Technology Institute
C Rural and Transparency Infrastructure
D Right to Information
2. Fiduciary relationship is relationship based on
A Contract
B trust
C blood relationship
D money
3. An ‘encumbrance’ in legal parlance is a
A liability on property
B grant of property
C gift of property
D restriction on property
4. The manager of waqf is known as
A Sajjadanashin
B Khadim
C Mutawalli
D Mujawar
5. “Ipso facto” means
A in place of
B by reason of that fact
C by the same source
D by the way
6. ‘Requisition’ means
A permanent transfer of the title of the property
B supervision of property
C taking control of property temporarily
D taking possession permanently
7. ‘Corroborative evidence’ means
A main evidence in a case
B evidence which supports other evidence
C evidence that proves the guilt of an accused person
D evidence of a person who supports the accused
8. Which of the following constitutions is a unitary constitution?
A U.S.
B British
C Indian
D Australia
9. Which of the following marriages is approved by Islamic law? Between a Muslim
A male and a Christian female
B female and a Hindu male
C female and a Christian male
D female and a Jew male
10. Ratio decidendi means
A a judicial decision
B part of the judgment which possesses authority
C any observation made by the court which goes beyond the requirement of the case
D an observation made by a judge
11. ‘Dyarchy’ under the Government of India Act 1919 meant
A division of powers between the central and provincial government
B separation of judiciary from executive
C division of executive departments under elected ministers and the members of the governor’s executive council
D separation between legislature and executive
12. Fringe benefit tax is a tax
A paid by an employer in respect of the fringe benefits provided or deemed to have been provided by an employer to his employee
B paid by an employer for the benefits which he enjoys
C paid by a person for the benefits which he gets from his employer
D paid by a member of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes for benefits they receive from the government
13. Intra vires means
A within the powers
B outside the powers
C within the scope of fundamental rights
D regular
14. Moots, in law schools, are
A exercises of law teaching
B legal problems in the form of imaginary cases, argued by two opposing students before a bench pretending to be a real court
C imaginary class room where a student acts as a teacher
D a debate on a legal problem
15. Scheduled Tribe status is
A restricted to Hindus
B religiously neutral
C restricted to Hindus and Christians
D restricted to Hindus and Muslims
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