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  • A. An enemy
  • B. A local
  • C. A foreigner
  • D. None of the these

Explanation: An alien is a person who is a citizen or subject of a foreign state, so the ordinary meaning is a foreigner.

Correct answer: A foreigner
  • A. The Secretary of that Government
  • B. The Collector of the District
  • C. None of the these
  • D. Both A and B

Explanation: For a suit against a Provincial Government, Section 80 CPC requires notice to the Secretary of that Government or the Collector of the…

Correct answer: Both A and B
  • A. None of the these
  • B. Chief Minister of Punjab Vs ABC
  • C. Interior Ministry of Punjab Vs ABC
  • D. Province of Punjab Vs ABC

Explanation: Under section 79 CPC, a suit by or against a Provincial Government is brought in the name of the Province, not its Chief Minister or a…

Correct answer: Province of Punjab Vs ABC
  • A. 61 of C.P.C
  • B. 60 of C.P.C.
  • C. 62 of C.P.C.
  • D. None of the these

Explanation: Section 60 CPC identifies property liable to attachment and lists exemptions, including essential clothing, tools of artisans, and certain…

Correct answer: 60 of C.P.C.
  • A. 10 of 2011 Section 9,
  • B. 10 of 1999 Section 9,
  • C. 10 of 1980 Section 9,
  • D. None of the these

Explanation: Section 59 CPC, concerning subsistence allowance for an arrested judgment-debtor, was omitted by Ordinance X of 1980 through section 9.

Correct answer: 10 of 1980 Section 9,
  • A. None of the these
  • B. Old person
  • C. Both (a) and (b)
  • D. Women

Explanation: Section 56 CPC prohibits arrest or detention of a woman in civil prison for execution of a money decree.

Correct answer: Women
  • A. Judgment debtor
  • B. Decree holder
  • C. Both (a) and (b)
  • D. None of the these

Explanation: Section 55 CPC authorizes arrest and detention in civil prison of the judgment-debtor during execution of a decree for payment of money.

Correct answer: Judgment debtor
  • A. Original Court
  • B. Appellate Court
  • C. Executing Court
  • D. None of the these

Explanation: Section 47 CPC requires questions concerning execution, discharge, or satisfaction of a decree to be determined by the court executing the…

Correct answer: Executing Court
  • A. Its discretional power
  • B. None of the these
  • C. Application of decree debtor
  • D. Application of decree holder

Explanation: Under section 39 CPC, the court that passed the decree may transfer it for execution to another competent court on the decree-holder's…

Correct answer: Application of decree holder
  • A. 35-A
  • B. 35
  • C. 36
  • D. None of the these

Explanation: Section 35-A CPC deals specifically with compensatory costs for false or vexatious claims or defences.

Correct answer: 35-A
  • A. Costs
  • B. Interest
  • C. Special cost
  • D. None of the these

Explanation: Section 34 CPC empowers the court to award interest on the principal sum adjudged, including interest before and after the decree subject…

Correct answer: Interest
  • A. Nazir
  • B. None of the above
  • C. Defendant
  • D. None of the these

Explanation: A summons is issued to the defendant because its purpose is to require that party to appear and answer the claim.

Correct answer: Defendant
  • A. None of the these
  • B. High Court
  • C. Both A and B
  • D. Appellate Court

Explanation: Section 22 directs the application to the appellate court to which the concerned subordinate courts are subordinate.

Correct answer: Appellate Court
  • A. Trial
  • B. Appeal
  • C. Revision
  • D. None of the these

Explanation: An objection to territorial or pecuniary jurisdiction must be raised at the earliest opportunity in the trial court, ordinarily before…

Correct answer: Trial
  • A. Highest grade competent to try it
  • B. Lowest grade competent to try it
  • C. Both (a) and (b)
  • D. None of the these

Explanation: Section 15 follows the principle that a suit should begin in the lowest-grade court competent to try it.

Correct answer: Lowest grade competent to try it
  • A. None of the these
  • B. Appellate Court
  • C. High Court
  • D. The Court which passed the final judgment, decree of order

Explanation: Under Section 12(2), the application is made to the court that passed the final judgment, decree, or order.

Correct answer: The Court which passed the final judgment, decree of order
  • A. Application
  • B. Appeal
  • C. Revision
  • D. None of the these

Explanation: Fraud, misrepresentation, or want of jurisdiction affecting a judgment, decree, or order is challenged through an application under…

Correct answer: Application
  • A. Criminal
  • B. Civil
  • C. Civil as well as criminal
  • D. None of the these

Explanation: A dispute concerning a property right or an office is a suit of a civil nature because it concerns a private civil right.

Correct answer: Civil
  • A. English
  • B. French
  • C. Latin
  • D. None of the these

Explanation: Res judicata is Latin for “a matter already judged.” It identifies the rule that a matter finally decided between the parties cannot…

Correct answer: Latin
  • A. Res judicata
  • B. None of the these
  • C. Res, gestae
  • D. Res Sub Judice

Explanation: Section 10 embodies res sub judice, which stays the trial of a later suit while the same matter is pending in an earlier competent court.

Correct answer: Res Sub Judice