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951.

A has knocked own two teeth of B. A has committed the offence of

A. Grievous hurt
B. Simple hurt
C. Culpable homicide
D. Attempt to hurt
Answer» B. Simple hurt
Discussion
952.

X obtains property form Z by saying that “your child is in the hands of my gang and will beput to death unless you send us ten lac rupees”. X commits

A. Criminal breach of trust
B. Robbery
C. Extortion
D. Theft.
Answer» D. Theft.
Discussion
953.

X an employer deducts a certain percentage from the salary of his employees telling that it istheir contribution to the provident found but fails to credit it in the fund, X commits:

A. Criminal breach of trust
B. Criminal misappropriation
C. Theft
D. Cheating
Answer» B. Criminal misappropriation
Discussion
954.

A sees a watch belonging to Z lying on a table in Z’s house, not wanting to misappropriate the watch immediately to avoid search and detection, hides the watch in a place from where it can not be found. A commits theft when the watch

A. Hidden by A.
B. Intended by A to subject it of theft.
C. First moved from its place.
D. A does not commit theft but criminal branch of trust.
Answer» D. A does not commit theft but criminal branch of trust.
Discussion
955.

The right of Private defence of property commences as soon as :

A. Reasonable apprehension of danger to the property appears.
B. Property is stolen.
C. Property is taken to some distance.
D. None of the above.
Answer» B. Property is stolen.
Discussion
956.

Right to private defence of the body extends to causing death has been dealt with under:

A. Section 100 of IPC
B. Section 101 of IPC
C. Section 102 of IPC
D. None.
Answer» B. Section 101 of IPC
Discussion
957.

Give correct response. In J.M. Desat v. State of Bombay, A.I.R. 1960 S.C. 889, Mr. Desai was the Managing Director of a Dying Company, the company entered into a contract with the textile Commissioner undertaking to dye a large quantity of cloth. Out of the lot some were returned back to the commissioner by the company while others, even after repeated demand, remained undelivered. Therefore, the Managing Director was charged for an offence and he pleaded that the clothes were eaten up by white ants and that he was not personally responsible for damage done to them and their nondelivery.

A. In order to punish a person by application of section 34 mental as well as physical participation was necessary, therefore, in absence of actual physical participation the Managing Director was not liable.
B. Since the act was not done in furtherance of a common intention, therefore, Managing Director cannot be punished for any offence, in the absence of evidence that the offence was committed with his consent or knowledge.
C. The Managing Director would be vicariously liable for the offence of criminal misappropriation under section 409 IPC because he was responsible for supervision and control of the servants of the company who might have caused the loss negligently.
D. The Managing Director would be liable under section 409 read with section 34 I.P.C. because physical presence is not necessary in offences involving diverse acts which may be done at different time and places.
Answer» E.
Discussion
958.

Give correct response. A, the accused who professed to be a snake-charmer, persuaded D, the deceased to be bitten by a poisonous snake, by inducing him to believe that he has power to protect him from harm :

A. A was liable because he obtained D’s consent deceptively and fraudulently knowing if fully well that he would not be able to cure the deceased.
B. A was not liable because death was caused by snake biting with the consent of D, the deceased.
C. A was not liable because he did not induce D to give his consent, A only represented that he would be able to cure and D volunteered to be bitten by snake on his own.
D. A was liable because the consent was not a valid one as it was given under a misconception of fact i.e., in the belief that accused had power by charms to cure snake bites and the accused knew that the consent was given inconsequence of such misconception.
Answer» E.
Discussion
959.

A is paramour of Z’s wife. She gives a ring of gold which A knows to belong to her husband Z.

A. A does not commit theft.
B. A commits theft of ring.
C. Z’s wife commit theft.
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Z’s wife commit theft.
Discussion
960.

If a person goes with a gun to kill another:

A. The intended victim as well as that person has the right of P.D..
B. The intended victim has the right of private defence.
C. That other person has the right of P.D.
D. Neither intended victim nor that person is entitled to the right of P.D.
Answer» C. That other person has the right of P.D.
Discussion
961.

A met with an accident and became unconscious. He was taken to the hospital by the police and there was none of identify him. The surgeon performed an operation on him to save him but A died. The police prosecuted the surgeon for murder on a complaint by A’s relative. Since it was an act done in:

A. Good faith no offence was committed.
B. Good faith done for the benefit of the deceased, on offence was committed.
C. Good faith and for the benefit of A, and it was impossible to get consent in time, the surgeon is not liable.
D. Saving the life and under professional ethics, he is not liable.
Answer» D. Saving the life and under professional ethics, he is not liable.
Discussion
962.

Give best response. Z, a pick-pocket attempts to take the purse of a gentleman who has a loaded pistol in his pocket. The thief touches the pistol and the trigger goes off, the gentleman is shot dead. The liability of the pick-pocket is as follows :

A. Z is liable for murder of the gentleman in whose pocket he has put his hand.
B. Z is liable for attempting to commit homicide.
C. Z is not liable for murder but for pick-pocketing only, because when a person engaged in the commission of an offence causes death by pure accident he shall suffer only the punishment of his offence.
D. Z is liable for murder and will not succeed in his defence of accident under section 80 because accident must be caused while doing a lawful act, in lawful manner by lawful means. Here Z caused death while doing an unlawful act.
Answer» D. Z is liable for murder and will not succeed in his defence of accident under section 80 because accident must be caused while doing a lawful act, in lawful manner by lawful means. Here Z caused death while doing an unlawful act.
Discussion
963.

Point out incorrect response. The following cases are covered by the exception from criminal liability as contained in section 89 I.P.C. :

A. A, in good faith, for his child’s benefit, has his child cut for the stone by a surgeon knowing it to be likely that the operation will cause the child’s death but not intending to cause the child’s death.
B. A, in good faith, for his child’s pecuniary benefit emasculates his child.
C. A confines his child for its benefit.
D. A whips his child moderately for the child’s benefit
Answer» C. A confines his child for its benefit.
Discussion
964.

Give correct response. A, B and C three adults and D a boy were on a voyage in an open boat. They had no food after about 18 years of journey. C proposed to B and A to sacrifice the boy so that they may feed upon ut B did not agree. On 20th day C with the consent of A only killed the boy and all the three fed upon the boy for four days when they were picked up. It was found that the boy was in a weaker condition and was likely to die before others and also if the men would not have fed upon the boy, hey would not have survived. Held that:

A. A, B and C would be liable for murder of the boy because self-preservations not an absolute necessity and there can be no necessity that justifies homicide.
B. A, B, and C were not liable for murder of the boy because Sec.81 of the Penal Code justifies causing of lesser evil in order to avoid greater evil.
C. A, B and C were not liable for murder of the boy because to preserve one’s life is generally speaking a duty and in the present case there was no other way of saving the life of all the three except that some one was killed to save others from death by starvation.
D. A, B and C would not be liable because, the rule that a necessity can never be a defence to a charge of homicide is not conclusive and justifies homicide in self-defence.
Answer» B. A, B, and C were not liable for murder of the boy because Sec.81 of the Penal Code justifies causing of lesser evil in order to avoid greater evil.
Discussion
965.

Extortion has following ingredients:--

A. Dishonestly inducing the person so put in fear to any person any property or valuable security.
B. Intentionally putting a person in fear of injury to himself or another.
C. Both (a) and (b).
D. None of the above.
Answer» D. None of the above.
Discussion
966.

Mischief is an offence dealing with the:

A. Damage to property
B. Damage to person
C. Damage to person or property
D. All of these.
Answer» B. Damage to person
Discussion
967.

B takes a gold ring of A out of A’s possession without A’s consent with the intention of keeping it till a gives B some money for its restoration to a. B is guilty of:

A. Cheating
B. Criminal breach of trust
C. Criminal misappropriation of property.
D. Theft.
Answer» E.
Discussion
968.

Voluntary drunkenness is an excuse in case :

A. Delirium Tremens.
B. Where a specific intent is an essential element of an offence.
C. Both (a) and (b).
D. None of the above.
Answer» D. None of the above.
Discussion
969.

Point out incorrect response. The M’ Neghten Rules relating to the defence of insanity provide :

A. If the accused was conscious that the act was one which he ought not too do and five that act was at the same time contrary to the law of the land, he is punishable.
B. That every man is presumed to be same and to possess a sufficient degree of reason to be responsible for his crimes until the contrary be proved to the satisfaction of the jury or the Court.
C. It must be shown that at the time of committing the act, the accused was laboring under such a defect of reason from desease of mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did not know it that he did not know that what he was doing was wrong.
D. Where the criminal act is done under insane delusion as to the surrounding facts which conceal from him the true nature of the act he is doing he would not be under the same degree of responsibility as he would have been on the facts as he imagined them to be.
Answer» E.
Discussion
970.

‘A’ meets ‘Z’ on the road and asks him to part with his belonging on the instant threat of hurt to Z. while Z delivers his purse to A, A snatches away a golden chain from Z neck. Which one of the following offences is committed by A?

A. Extortion
B. Robbery by theft
C. Robbery by extortion
D. Robbery by theft as well as robbery by extortion.
Answer» B. Robbery by theft
Discussion
971.

Culpable homicide is not murder if it is committed:

A. With the consent of the victim who has completed 12 years of age
B. With the consent of the victim who has completed 18 years of age
C. When the offender is acting under the spell of madness.
D. None of the above
Answer» C. When the offender is acting under the spell of madness.
Discussion
972.

Give best response. A and B have been married for some time. Due to acute financial difficulties they decide to commit suicide. A procures some poison which both of them take. But A, the husband survives whereas B, the wife dies as a result of taking the poison. In this case :

A. A is liable for abetment. A by deciding to commit suicide with his wife has abetted her by counselling to commit suicide.
B. A is liable for murder and not for abetment. Where the parties mutually agreed to commit suicide, and one only accomplished that object the survivor will be guilty of murder and not for abetment only.
C. A is neither liable for murder not for abetment but attempting to murder his wife.
D. A is liable for murder as well as for abetment of murder.
Answer» B. A is liable for murder and not for abetment. Where the parties mutually agreed to commit suicide, and one only accomplished that object the survivor will be guilty of murder and not for abetment only.
Discussion
973.

X with the intention of causing Z’s death gave him a severe blow on his head. Z became unconscious. X believing Z to be dead and with a view to fabricate the evidence, throws X into a pond. It was found that Z died because of drowning. X is guilty of:

A. Attempt to commit murder
B. Committing murder
C. Committing culpable homicide not amounting to murder
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Committing culpable homicide not amounting to murder
Discussion
974.

Point out incorrect response. The following are illustrations of wrongful confinement :

A. A, a jail Doctor confines B, a prisoner in a cell within the jail for the purpose of administering injection against his will.
B. A, threatens B to set a savage dog if he goes along a path along which he has a right to go and causes B to think that the dog set is savage and hence it is dangerous to proceed.
C. A compels B to move in a particular direction by force of exterior will, suppression his own voluntary action.
D. A kept a woman W in a brothel under strict vigilance over her movements.
Answer» C. A compels B to move in a particular direction by force of exterior will, suppression his own voluntary action.
Discussion
975.

Under which of the following situations would Indian courts have jurisdiction? 1. Crime committed by an Indian in a foreign country 2. Crime committed by a foreign in India 3. Crime committed by a person on an Indian ship. Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Codes:

A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 3
C. 2 alone
D. 1, 2 and 3.
Answer» E.
Discussion
976.

Give the correct response:

A. Medical insanity and legal insanity under Sec. 84 are different.
B. Medical, insanity and legal insanity under Sec. 84 are same thing.
C. Legal insanity under Se. 84 meant the person’s consciousness of the bearing of his acts on those affected by it.
D. Both (b) and (c).
Answer» D. Both (b) and (c).
Discussion
977.

Which statement correctly distinguishes theft from extortion?

A. In theft, there is dishonest intention whereas in extortion it is not there
B. In extortion, there is dishonest intention whereas in theft it is not there
C. In theft, there is dishonest intention whereas in extortion it is fraudulent intention.
D. In theft, there is taking of property whereas in extortion there is delivery of property.
Answer» E.
Discussion
978.

Give the correct response :

A. Instigation necessarily connotes same suggestion or support or stimulates whether passive or active.
B. Advice per se does not necessarily amount to instigation.
C. Both (a) and (b).
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Both (a) and (b).
Discussion
979.

In cases of dishonest misappropriation the initial possession of the property:

A. Is dishonest
B. Is fraudulent
C. Is innocent
D. None.
Answer» D. None.
Discussion
980.

X and Y were about to travel from Jammu Tawi to Delhi by the same train. Y had two tickets for Pathankot and X had a ticket for Delhi. X voluntarily handed over his ticket to Y in order to check that it was the right one. Y under the pretence of returning X’s ticket substituted it by one of his own and kept X’s ticket. What offence did Y commit?

A. Theft
B. Extortion
C. Misappropriation
D. Cheating.
Answer» D. Cheating.
Discussion
981.

Give correct response. A, the accused was an educated person living in a town where medical attendance was available, chained up his brother, who was suffering from periodical fits of violent insanity, for over three months in a unnecessarily cruel manner. Held that:

A. The accused acted in good faith because every reasonable man would have acted in a similar way in those circumstances.
B. The accused acted in good faith for the benefit of his brother and was, therefore, not liable.
C. The accused acted in good faith because whatever he did was, in his judgment, in the interest of his brother and he reasonably believed that it was for his good, more over the chaining was without any malice or mens rea.
D. The accused did not act in good faith because he failed to exercise due care and attention in as much as he did not avail of the medical care, instead hastened to subject the victim to undue cruelty.
Answer» E.
Discussion
982.

Give the correct response?

A. Sec. 34 does create a substantive offence.
B. Sec. 34 is only a rule of evidence.
C. Both (a) and (b).
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Both (a) and (b).
Discussion
983.

The Courts have evolved some tests to determine at what stage an act or a series of acts done towards the commission of the intended offence would become an attempt. Identify which one of the following test is not correct?

A. Proximity test
B. Impossibility test
C. Locus standi test
D. Social danger test.
Answer» D. Social danger test.
Discussion
984.

For an offence to be punishable with fine only, if an offender is punished with a fine of Rs.1,000/- then, inability to pay the fine may result in imprisonment for a maximum term of

A. Four months
B. Six months
C. One year
D. Two years
Answer» C. One year
Discussion
985.

X having sufficient food does not provide some food to a beggar who dies of hunger. X isguilty of

A. No offence
B. Attempt to murder
C. Murder
D. Causing death by rash or negligent act
Answer» B. Attempt to murder
Discussion
986.

Give the incorrect response

A. Where there is sufficient time of cooling down, there would be no sudden provocation.
B. Only words of gesture can cause grave provocation .
C. Under exception first of sec. 300 the provocation must be grave and sudden.
D. Confession of adultery by wife to her husband by wife is grace and sudden provocation.
Answer» C. Under exception first of sec. 300 the provocation must be grave and sudden.
Discussion
987.

Six persons were charged under Sec. 302/ 149 IPC -- two were acquitted, the remaining fourcannot be convicted under :

A. Sec. 302.
B. Sec. 149.
C. Both (a) and (b).
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Both (a) and (b).
Discussion
988.

A, person instigates to B & his friend to beat C with lathis but one of the assailant tooksuddenly spearhead & stabbed the person

A. A is liable to abet stabbing.
B. A is liable to abet both with lathis & stabbing.
C. A is not liable for abetment of stabbing, because it is quite different act.
D. None of the above.
Answer» D. None of the above.
Discussion
989.

Abetment is caused by :

A. Instigating a person to an offence.
B. Intentionally aiding a person to commit it.
C. Engaging in a conspiracy to commit it.
D. All of these.
Answer» E.
Discussion
990.

The general remedy in law of tort is:

A. Action for damages
B. Action for injunction
C. Specific restitution of property
D. Action for unliquidated damages.
Answer» E.
Discussion
991.

A obtained a sum of Rs. 10,000/- from B by putting B in fear of death. Which one of thefollowing offences was committed by A?

A. Cheating
B. Robbery
C. Mischief
D. Extortion
Answer» E.
Discussion
992.

Give most correct response. Z, a patient dies while under operation by a Doctor, who, after the death of the patient, removes his liver, for transplantation to another patient without the knowledge and consent of the deceased‘s wife. She lodges a complaint.

A. The Doctor will be guilty of the offence of theft, because he has taken the lever of the deceased which is a movable property without the consent of his wife.
B. The Doctor will not be liable for any offence because he has removed the liver for the benefit of another patient and Z was already dead at that time.
C. The Doctor will not be liable for theft because human corpse is not a movable property for the purposes of section 379 I.P.C.
D. The Doctor will be liable for causing indignity to human corpse by taking out the liver without the consent of deceased’s wife because he must have known that her feelings would be wounded.
Answer» E.
Discussion
993.

Which one of the following brings out the distinction between Section 34 and 149 of the IPC?

A. Section 34 creates a specific offence where as Section 149 does not
B. Section 34 as well as Section 149 create specific offences
C. Section 149 creates a specific offence whereas Section 34 does not
D. Section 34 as well as Section 149 do not create specific offences
Answer» D. Section 34 as well as Section 149 do not create specific offences
Discussion
994.

A voluntarily throws into a river a bag belonging to B with intention thereby causing wrongfulloss to B. A has committed:

A. Theft
B. Extortion
C. Robbery
D. Mischief.
Answer» E.
Discussion
995.

The accused found a purse on the pavement of a temple in a crowded gathering and put it inhis pocket but was immediately arrested. He is guilty of

A. Criminal breach of trust.
B. Criminal misappropriation.
C. Theft.
D. Of no offence.
Answer» C. Theft.
Discussion
996.

X instigates Y to commit murder to Z, Y in consequence stabes Z but Z survives the wound.X is guilty of:

A. Murder
B. Attempt to murder
C. Abetment of attempt to murder
D. Abetment of murder
Answer» E.
Discussion
997.

Give correct response. A, in a great fire, pulls down B’s house in order to prevent the conflagration from spreading. He does this without the intention, in good faith, to saving human life or property. In this case :

A. A would be liable because no amount of necessity can justify causing of harm to innocent parties.
B. A would be liable for causing harm day doing mischief to B and will not succeed in his defence of necessity.
C. A would not be liable because he had no intention to cause harm to B’s property but to save it from being damaged by fire.
D. A would not be liable because he has pulled down B’s house in order to prevent the conflagration from spreading i.e. the act was done in good faith for the purpose of avoiding greater harm to person or property : the rule is that causing of lesser evil is justified to avoid greater evil.
Answer» E.
Discussion
998.

A police officer without any search warrant enters a house in search of stolen property ingood faith. The owner obstructed and resisted the entrance:

A. He cannot plead the right of P.D. because police officer not justified was acting in good faith.
B. He is right to do that as police officer had no search warrant.
C. Cannot say.
D. None of the above.
Answer» B. He is right to do that as police officer had no search warrant.
Discussion
999.

The term ‘offence’ means:

A. A thing made punishable by the Penal Code
B. A thing made punishable by the Penal Code or any special or local law, in certain case
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of the above.
Answer» D. None of the above.
Discussion
1000.

Give the correct response :An intoxicated person is exonerated from liability of his acts provided

A. That the thing which intoxicated him was administered to him without his knowledge or against his will.
B. That at the time of doing it he was in such state of intoxication that he was unable to know the nature of his acts.
C. Both (a) and (b).
D. None of the above.
Answer» D. None of the above.
Discussion