In which of the following years was the criminal conspiracy incorporated in the Indian Penal Code?
A. 1870
B. 1913
C. 1923
D. None of the above
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Which of the following statements about Indian Penal Code is true?
A. The Indian Penal Code applies to every person in any part of India for every act or omission contrary to the provisions of the Code
B. The Indian Penal Code applies to any offence committed by any citizen of India within and beyond India
C. Every such act committed outside India which if committed in India, would be punishable under the Indian Penal Code
D. All of the above
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Identify the punishment which is not prescribed under the category of punishments in the Indian Penal Code:
A. Death
B. Imprisonment for life
C. Simple imprisonment with hard labour
D. Forfeiture of property
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A' is at work with a hatchet; the head flies off and kills a man who is standing near by. Here there was no want of proper care and caution on the part of 'A', 'A' is guilty of which of the following?
A. Murder
B. Causing death by negligence
C. Culpable homicide not amount to murder
D. No offence
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Extortion is . . . . . . . . if the offender at the time of committing an extortion, is in the presence of the person put in fear, and commits the extortion by putting that person in fear of instant death, of instant hurt or of instant wrongful restraint to that person or to some other person, and, by so putting in fear, induces the person to put in fear then and there to deliver up the thing extorted.
A. Theft
B. Dacoity
C. Robbery
D. Criminal misappropriation
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A' picked up a revolver and believing it to be loaded, pulled the trigger with the criminal intention of shooting 'B' dead. Fortunately the revolver was not loaded and 'B' escaped unhurt. 'A' has committed the offence of:
A. Murder
B. Attempt to murder
C. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder
D. 'A' has committed no offence
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An Indian citizen murders a French citizen in Paris and absconds. He is found by Indian police in Mumbai. He (with previous sanction of Central Government) can be:
A. Prosecuted in India at the place fixed by Foreign Ministry
B. Prosecuted in national capital New Delhi only
C. Prosecuted in Mumbai only
D. Prosecuted at any place as per the request of French Government
E. None of the above
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A' voluntarily throws into a river a ring belonging to 'Z', with the intention of thereby causing wrongful loss to 'Z'. 'A' has committed:
A. Theft
B. Mischief
C. Extortion
D. Cheating
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In which, of the crimes retributive, theory strikes the moral blameworthiness of the offender of punish him?
A. Clamping prohibitory orders
B. Sexual harassment at workplace
C. Wilful attempt to defame
D. Common intention to Commit riot
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In which one of the following cases did the Supreme Court explain the concept of grave and sudden provocation as a mitigating circumstances reducing the gravity of the offence from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder?
A. State v. Dasrath
B. Jagroop Singh v. State of Haryana
C. K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra
D. Ujagar Singh v. Emperor
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List I
List II
a. Criminal Breach of Trust
1. Section 396
b. Public Nuisance
2. Section 354
c. Dacoity with murder
3. Section 405
d. Assault with intention to outrage modesty of woman
4. Section 268
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
C. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
D. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
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Obscene songs is dealt under-
A. Section 291 of Indian Penal Code
B. Section 292 of Indian Penal Code
C. Section 293 of Indian Penal Code
D. Section 294 of Indian Penal Code
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With reference to sedition, which one of the following statement is correct?
A. The consequence is immaterial
B. The consequence is material
C. The consequent acts as a mitigating factor
D. The consequence becomes material only if it is foreseen
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Some provisions of the Indian Penal Code have been amended by the
A. Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
B. Arbitration and Reconciliation Act, 1996
C. Information Technology Act, 2000
D. None of the above
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Section 97 of Indian Penal Code extends the right of private defence of property, to the offence of
A. Cheating
B. Misappropriation
C. Theft and robbery
D. Criminal breach of trust
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Assault or use of criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation is dealt under
A. Section 349 of Indian Penal Code
B. Section 350 of Indian Penal Code
C. Section 351 of Indian Penal Code
D. Section 352 of Indian Penal Code
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Which one of the following is not a characteristic of an offence of theft?
A. Dishonest intention to take property
B. The property must be movable
C. It should be taken out of the possession of another person
D. Movement of property is not necessary
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Kidnapping or obtaining the custody of a minor in order that such minor may be employed or used for purposes of begging is dealt under
A. Section 363A of Indian Penal Code
B. Section 364A of Indian Penal Code
C. Section 365A of Indian Penal Code
D. Section 366A of Indian Penal Code
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"Right to live with human dignity does not include right to terminate natural life", was held in
A. P. Rathinam v. Union of India
B. Gian Kaur v. State of Punjab
C. Rajendra Prasad v. State of Uttar Pradesh
D. Machhi Singh v. State of Punjab
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Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code regarding unnatural offences was partially struck down by the Supreme Court in the case of
A. Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India
B. Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation Trust
C. Childline India Foundation v. Allan John Waters
D. Common Cause v. Union of India
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