Question
What is the meaning of maxim ‘salus populi suprema
lex’?Solution
This maxim means that the welfare of the people is the supreme law, enunciates the idea of law. This can be achieved only when justice is administered lawfully, judicially, without fear or favour and without being hampered and thwarted and this cannot be effective unless respect for it is fostered and maintained (Pritam Pal v. High Court of Madhya Pradesh AIR 1992)
- Identify the words that are similar in meaning to the phrase in bold. If none of the options conveys the correct meaning, mark (5) as your answer. The opti...
Cast Iron Stomach
Once in a blue moon
The bee’s knees
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
The photocopier is on the blink again.
to let your freak flag fly
- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bold segment in the given sentence.
I was feeling nervous before the job interview, so my frie... To feel under the weather
Select the most appropriate meaning of the bold idiom in the given sentence.
There was no one in the team who could bell the cat and tell the ...