Q.1. What is the difference between clauses (1) and (2) of Section 44 Cr.P.C.?
(a) Under clause (1) the Magistrate has been given power to commit the suspect to custody but it is not so in clause (2)
(b) Under clause (1) the Magistrate has not been given power to commit the suspect to custody but it is not so in clause (2)
(c) Under clause (1) the Magistrate does not have the power to arrest or commit the suspect to custody but it is not so in clause (2)
(d) none of them
Q.2. Warrant directed to the police officer for execution outside the jurisdiction is covered under:
(a) Section 79 Cr. P.C.
(b) Section 89 Cr. P.C.
(c) Section 99 Cr. P.C.
(d) Section 100 Cr. P.C.
Q.3.A judge., believing that he had jurisdiction, sentenced an accused person to death. He had no Jurisdiction to do so.
In this ease:
(a) He is excused under section 78
(b) He is not excused under section 78
(c) Either (a) or (b)
(d) None of the above
Q.4. A magistrate having no jurisdiction believing he had jurisdiction, issued a warrant to search A’s house. B, a police officer, searched the house. Here;
(a) Magistrate is excused but not the police officer
(b) Police officer is excused but not the magistrate
(c) Both are excused
(d) None of them is excused
Q.5. ‘Act is done by a person justified, or by mistake of fact believing himself justified, by law’ is excused by virtue of ____________ of the Indian Penal Code.
(a) Section 76
(b) Section 77
(c) Section 78
(d) Section 79
Q.6. A sees Z commit what appears to A to be a murder. A, in the exercise, to the best of his judgment exerted in good faith, of the power which the law gives to all person of apprehending murderers in the act, seizes Z, in order to bring Z before the proper authorities.
Here A commits:
(a) Culpable homicide
(b) Culpable homicide not amounting to murder
(c) No offence
(d) Murder
Q.7. The accused was the producer of the film `Satyam Sivam Sundaram’. He was charged for an offence punishable under section 292 of the Indian Penal Code alleging that the film was obscene and indecent. Petitioner argued that he got the certificate from the Censor Board and therefore he had bona fide belief that certification justified the public exhibition.
In this case:
(a) The accused is entitled to protection under section 79 of the Indian Penal Code
(b) The accused is not entitled to protection under section 79 of the Indian Penal Code
(c) Cannot be determined
(d) None of the above
Q.8. The maxim `ignorantia juris non excusat’ means____________?
(a) Ignorance of fact is an excuse
(b) Ignorance of law is an excuse
(c) Ignorance of fact is no excuse
(d) Ignorance of law is no excuse
Q.9. In which of the following cases it is not necessary essential to have corpus possessionis?
(a) In case of possessio juris
(b) In case of incorporeal possession
(c) In case of corporeal possession
(d) In case of mediate possession
Q.10. A goes to the market and believes that he is buying Surat silk, whereas really he is buying some other inferior silk which he really did not mean to buy. B, the seller, is not told that A wants Surat silk and not anything else. The contract will be void according to_______________?
(a) Theory of specific performance
(b) Absence of ad idem
(c) Objective theory of Contract
(d) Subjective theory of Contract
Answers
1. Correct Answer: A
2. Correct Answer: A
3. Correct Answer: A
4. Correct Answer: C
5. Correct Answer: D
7. Correct Answer: B
7. Correct Answer: A
8. Correct Answer: D
9. Correct Answer: D
10. Correct Answer: D