Section 14 of Evidence Act makes relevant the facts which show the existence of
A. Any state of mind
B. Any state of body or bodily feeling
C. Either state of mind or of body or bodily feeling
D. A particular state of mind and a state of body
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When the language used in a document is, on its face, ambiguous or defective, . . . . . . . . . of facts which would show its meaning or supply its defects
A. Evidence may be given
B. Oral evidence may be given
C. Documentary evidence may be given
D. Evidence may not be given
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Cross-examination under Section 137 of the Evidence Act means which one of the following?
A. Examination of a witness by a party who calls him
B. Examination of a witness by the adverse party
C. Examination of a witness by a party who calls him and the adverse party
D. Examination of a witness by the Court
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Which one of the following case related to the dying declaration?
A. Mehboob Shah v. King Emperor
B. Queen v. Abdullah
C. Motayya v. King Emperor
D. M. C. Vergese v. Ponane
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Under Indian Evidence Act, 1872, evidence of "hostile witness"
A. Cannot be taken into consideration for any purpose
B. It cannot be relied on by the prosecution
C. It can be relied only by the defence
D. It can be relied on by the prosecution as well as the defence
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A confessional statement made by a co-accused may be admissible against the other accused
A. If the offence is committed jointly
B. Have committed same offence
C. Are being jointly tried for the same offence
D. Are being jointly tried
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Under Evidence Act, which of the following facts need not be proved?
A. All laws in force in India
B. All public Acts
C. Proceedings of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies of India
D. All of them
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Telling his wife that P's wife had called him to receive payments due to him, K leaves his house. After two days, his dismembered body is found in a trunk. In P's trial for murder of K, the statement made by K to his wife is:
A. Inadmissible
B. Partly admissible
C. Inadmissible as it does not directly relate to K's death
D. Admissible as it relates to the circumstance of the transaction which resulted in K's death
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Which statement is not true?
A. If a contract be contained in several letters, all the letters must be proved
B. If a bill IIof exchange is drawn in a set of three, all the three need to be proved
C. If a contract is contained a bill of exchange, the bill of exchange must be proved
D. None of the above
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Under the Indian Evidence Act, the evidence may be given in all cases about:
A. Facts in issue only
B. Relevant facts only
C. Facts in issue and relevant facts only
D. None of the above
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Section 27 of the Evidence Act applies to discovery of some fact which:
A. The police had not previously learnt from other sources and was first derived from the information given by the accused
B. The police had not previously learnt from other sources
C. The police had previously learnt from other sources and the accused has also given information regarding the same
D. All of the above
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Relevant entries in the books of account alone
A. Are sufficient to charge any person with liability
B. Can be taken into consideration in a criminal trial
C. Are not sufficient to charge any person with liability
D. Can help a judge in deciding a suit
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An admission is not relevant in a civil case if it is-
A. Relevant otherwise than as an admission
B. Proceeding from a person in authority
C. Made under circumstances from which the court can infer that the parties agreed together that evidence of it should not be given
D. Made by a pleader, attorney or a vakil
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Section 91 of Evidence Act applies to documents which are
A. Unilateral
B. Bilateral
C. Tripartite
D. All the above
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Indian Evidence Act: A disputed handwriting can be proved-
A. By examining a person acquainted with the handwriting of the writer of the questioned document
B. By comparison of the court the disputed signature with some admitted signature
C. By calling an handwriting expert
D. All of these
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In which judgment, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has laid down that a party, who is desirous of proving electronic evidence but does not have access to the device from which, the document was produced, is not required to produce and prove the certificate under Section 65B of the Evidence Act:
A. State of Delhi NCT v. Navjot Sandhu @ Afsan Guru, AIR 2005 SC 3826
B. Harpal Singh @ Chhota v. State of Punjab, 2016 (4) Crimes 154
C. Anvar P. V. v. P. K. Bashir, AIR 2015 SC 180
D. Shaft Mohd. v. State of Himachal Pradesh, SLP (Cri) No. 3202/2017, decided on 30.1.2018
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"A's" death is caused due to negligent driving of 'B'. In the word "forming part of the same transaction" occurs?
A. The fact that 'A' was a young man of 30 years
B. The fact that 'A' was a young man with good physique
C. The fact that 'A' had qualified in P. C. S. (J)
D. The fact that 'B' was in the habit of driving negligently
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Who can take identification parade?
A. Police officer
B. Magistrate
C. Any citizen
D. Any of these
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One of the most important principles of the law of evidence is that "evidence is to be weighed and not to be counted." This has been incorporated under which Section of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 mainly under
A. Section 132
B. Section 133
C. Section 123
D. Section 134
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A' is tried for the murder of 'B'. The fact that marks on the ground produced by a struggle at or near the place where the murder was committed are relevant facts. It is an illustration of:
A. Facts forming part of same transaction
B. Facts necessary to explain or induce relevant facts
C. Facts showing existence of state of mind or of body or bodily feeling
D. Facts as the occasion, cause or effect of facts in issue
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