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- A. Civil as well as criminal
- B. Appellate jurisdiction
- C. Pecuniary jurisdiction
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 6 of the CPC concerns the monetary limit within which a court may entertain a suit, known as pecuniary jurisdiction.
Correct answer: Pecuniary jurisdiction- A. Civil Courts
- B. None of the these
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. Criminal Courts
Explanation: The Code of Civil Procedure governs procedure in civil courts, whereas criminal proceedings are governed principally by the Code of…
Correct answer: Criminal Courts- A. (14), of C.P.C.
- B. (15), of C.P.C.
- C. (16), of C.P.C.
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 2(14) defines an order as the formal expression of any decision of a civil court that is not a decree.
Correct answer: (14), of C.P.C.- A. Section 2(13)
- B. Section 2(12)
- C. Section 2(11)
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 2(11) defines a legal representative as a person who legally represents the estate of a deceased person, including an intermeddler…
Correct answer: Section 2(11)- A. None of the these
- B. Decree
- C. Order
- D. Judgment
Explanation: A judgment is the statement given by the judge of the grounds of a decree or order.
Correct answer: Judgment- A. Judgment debtor
- B. Judgment holder
- C. None of the above
- D. None of the these
Explanation: A person against whom a decree has been passed, or against whom an executable order has been made, is the judgment debtor.
Correct answer: Judgment debtor- A. 2 sub section (3),
- B. 2 sub section (4),
- C. 2 sub section (5),
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 2(3) defines a decree-holder as a person in whose favour a decree has been passed or an executable order made.
Correct answer: 2 sub section (3),- A. Plaint
- B. Jurisdiction
- C. Definitions
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Section 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure is the interpretation clause containing statutory definitions, including decree, judgment…
Correct answer: Definitions- A. Order
- B. None of the these
- C. None of the above
- D. Judgment
Explanation: A judgment gives the court’s reasoning and conclusions, while the decree expresses the formal and operative relief flowing from that…
Correct answer: Judgment- A. XI
- B. XII
- C. XIII
- D. None of the these
Explanation: The Code is arranged into eleven Parts, covering matters from suits and execution to appeals, reference, review, revision, rule-making and…
Correct answer: XI- A. 21st March, 1908
- B. 1st January, 1909
- C. 22nd March, 1909
- D. None of the these
Explanation: Although the Code was enacted in 1908, its commencement date was 1 January 1909.
Correct answer: 1st January, 1909- A. None of the these
- B. Civil Courts Act
- C. Criminal Procedure Code
- D. Code of Civil Procedure
Explanation: The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, lays down the general procedural law governing civil courts and civil litigation.
Correct answer: Code of Civil Procedure- A. Article 239(4)
- B. Article 239(2)
- C. Article 238
- D. Article 240Legal
Explanation: Article 239(4) prescribes the special procedure for altering the limits of a province, requiring the relevant Provincial Assembly's…
Correct answer: Article 239(4)- A. appointments of judges of Supreme Court
- B. all of these Courts & Judiciary
- C. federal Shariat courts
- D. high courts
Explanation: Article 175A establishes the constitutional process for appointing judges of the Supreme Court, High Courts and Federal Shariat Court…
Correct answer: all of these Courts & Judiciary- A. Article 240
- B. Article 199
- C. Article 245
- D. Article 200Legal
Explanation: Article 245(4) restricts a High Court from exercising Article 199 jurisdiction in an area where the Armed Forces are acting in aid of…
Correct answer: Article 245- A. governments
- B. departments
- C. autonomous institutions
- D. legal Persons
Explanation: Article 184(1) gives the Supreme Court exclusive original jurisdiction over disputes between two or more governments.
Correct answer: governments- A. twenty
- B. twenty-two
- C. twenty-four
- D. twenty-five
Explanation: Article 62(1)(d) requires a candidate for the National Assembly to be at least 25 years old.
Correct answer: twenty-five- A. five to twenty
- B. five to eighteen
- C. five to sixteen
- D. six to fifteen
Explanation: Article 25-A requires the State to provide free and compulsory education to children aged five to sixteen years.
Correct answer: five to sixteen- A. ninety days
- B. one year
- C. two years
- D. three years
Explanation: In Syed Zafar Ali Shah, the Supreme Court allowed the Chief Executive a maximum period of three years from 12 October 1999 to achieve his…
Correct answer: three years- A. held appropriate
- B. set aside
- C. held valid
- D. held effective
Explanation: In State v. Dosso, the Supreme Court set aside the High Court’s order and accepted the revolutionary-legality approach associated with…
Correct answer: set aside