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Civil law governs disputes involving private rights, including contracts, property, family relations, torts and compensation. The subject explains breach of duty, civil liability, damages, specific relief, injunctions and other remedies, while distinguishing private claims between individuals from criminal proceedings brought to punish offences against the state.
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- A. Primary type of evidence
- B. Secondary type of evidence
- C. Special evidence
- D. None of these
Explanation: Mechanically produced copies that ensure accuracy, along with copies compared with them, fall within the statutory category of secondary…
Correct answer: Secondary type of evidence- A. Primary than secondary
- B. Secondary than Primary
- C. Oral than documentary
- D. None of these
Explanation: Primary evidence is the original document and is generally preferred because it provides the direct contents of the document.
Correct answer: Primary than secondary- A. Relevant
- B. Irrelevant
- C. Depends upon persons past character
- D. None of these
Explanation: When a person's opinion is relevant, the grounds forming the basis of that opinion are also relevant because they help the court assess…
Correct answer: Relevant264. Entries in book of account as provided by Article 48 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat are_________________?
- A. Relevant but needs to be proved by other evidence
- B. Nor relevant neither needs any sport of other evidence
- C. Irrelevant and inadmissible
- D. None of these
Explanation: Book-account entries are relevant evidence, but they are not by themselves sufficient to impose liability.
Correct answer: Relevant but needs to be proved by other evidence- A. Guideline
- B. Estoppel
- C. Final conclusions
- D. None of these
Explanation: An admission is not conclusive proof of the admitted matter, but it can prevent the maker from denying that matter later by operating as…
Correct answer: Estoppel- A. Admissions, confessions
- B. Confessions, Admissions
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of these
Explanation: A confession is a species of admission because it acknowledges guilt or substantially all the facts constituting an offence.
Correct answer: Admissions, confessions- A. 37 to 43
- B. 35 to 43
- C. 36 to 43
- D. None of these
Explanation: Articles 37 to 43 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order deal with confessions, including their admissibility and the circumstances that may make…
Correct answer: 37 to 43- A. An admission
- B. Is not an admission
- C. Depends upon C's intention
- D. None of these
Explanation: A's direction to ask C amounts to an express reference to C for information about the horse.
Correct answer: An admission- A. Acceptance
- B. Admission
- C. Confession
- D. None of these
Explanation: C's acknowledgment that rent was owed to B supports the existence of the liability that A was supposed to collect and is therefore an…
Correct answer: Admission- A. Admission
- B. Confession
- C. None of these
- D. All of these
Explanation: An admission is an oral or documentary statement suggesting an inference about a fact in issue or a relevant fact.
Correct answer: Admission- A. Relevant
- B. Irrelevant
- C. All of above
- D. None of above
Explanation: In a damages claim, facts that help the court calculate the amount of compensation bear directly on the relief sought and are therefore…
Correct answer: Relevant- A. Formal documents
- B. Public documents
- C. Modern devices
- D. None of these
Explanation: Article 164 permits courts to receive evidence made available through modern devices, such as recordings, photographs, videos and other…
Correct answer: Modern devices- A. General oath
- B. Special oath
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of these
Explanation: Evidence in judicial proceedings is ordinarily recorded after administering the general oath required for witnesses.
Correct answer: General oath- A. Public document
- B. Private document
- C. Special document
- D. None of these
Explanation: A municipal birth register is maintained by a public authority in the discharge of its official function, so it falls within the category…
Correct answer: Public document- A. Special oath
- B. General oath
- C. Refreshment of memory
- D. None of these
Explanation: Article 163 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order concerns the general oath administered to a witness.
Correct answer: General oath- A. Article 141, Qanun-e-Shahadat Order
- B. Article 151, Qanun-e-Shahadat Order
- C. Article 161, Qanun-e-Shahadat Order
- D. None of these
Explanation: Impeaching a witness attacks the witness’s credibility rather than directly disproving a particular fact, and this subject is addressed in…
Correct answer: Article 151, Qanun-e-Shahadat Order- A. Lier witness
- B. Hostile witness
- C. Truthful witness
- D. None of these
Explanation: A witness who gives evidence adverse to the party calling him may be declared hostile by the court, after which that party can generally…
Correct answer: Hostile witness- A. Cross examination
- B. Re-examination
- C. Examination in Chief
- D. None of these
Explanation: Cross-examination is questioning by the adverse party after examination-in-chief, mainly to test accuracy, credibility and consistency.
Correct answer: Cross examination- A. 133 to 138
- B. 136 to 138
- C. 138 to 140
- D. None of these
Explanation: Articles 136 to 138 cover leading questions, including when they may or may not be asked.
Correct answer: 136 to 138- A. Examination of chief
- B. Cross examination
- C. Leading question
- D. None of these
Explanation: Article 132 sets out examination of witnesses, beginning with examination-in-chief, followed by cross-examination and re-examination.
Correct answer: Examination of chief