Free Civil Law MCQs with Answers
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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. laws
- B. norms
- C. orders
- D. rules
Explanation: Section 2(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure states that “Code” includes rules.
Correct answer: rules- A. Judgment
- B. Plaint
- C. Ratio
- D. Suit
Explanation: Section 2(9) CPC defines a judgment as the statement given by the judge of the grounds of a decree or order.
Correct answer: Judgment- A. can
- B. may
- C. might
- D. ShallConsult Local Attorneys
Explanation: The relevant CPC provision uses “shall,” making the restriction mandatory: proceedings in revision cannot be entertained by the High Court…
Correct answer: ShallConsult Local Attorneys- A. some stay order has been given
- B. the parties have consented otherwise
- C. the subject matter has perished
- D. their cognizance is either express barred
Explanation: Section 9 gives civil courts jurisdiction over all suits of a civil nature unless their cognizance is expressly or impliedly barred.
Correct answer: their cognizance is either express barred- A. 09
- B. 10
- C. 11
- D. 12
Explanation: Section 10 embodies the rule of res sub judice, which prevents a court from proceeding with a later suit while the same matter is already…
Correct answer: 10- A. Quraan
- B. Sunnah
- C. QSO
- D. All of these
Explanation: Article 17 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order provides that competence to testify and the required number of witnesses are determined according…
Correct answer: All of these- A. 88
- B. 89-A
- C. 89-B
- D. none of these
Explanation: Section 89-A CPC authorizes the court to adopt alternative dispute-resolution methods, such as mediation or conciliation, where…
Correct answer: 89-A- A. 1999
- B. 2000
- C. 2001
- D. None of theseConsult Local Attorneys
Explanation: Pakistan’s first modern mental-health legislation was the Mental Health Ordinance, 2001.
Correct answer: 2001- A. Decree
- B. Proclaim
- C. Summon
- D. Warrant
Explanation: A summons is an official court notice requiring a person to appear or respond in legal proceedings.
Correct answer: Summon- A. Transfer of property
- B. Stealing of property
- C. Permanent Dedication of property
- D. None of these
Explanation: Waqf is the permanent dedication of property for a religious, pious or charitable purpose, so ownership is committed to the waqf purpose…
Correct answer: Permanent Dedication of property- A. Period of limitation will start
- B. period of limitation will start after the cease of the legal disability
- C. Any of above
- D. None of these
Explanation: Where the legal representative is also under a legal disability, the limitation rules continue to operate through that disability and the…
Correct answer: period of limitation will start after the cease of the legal disability- A. 12 years
- B. 30 years
- C. 50 years
- D. 60 years
Explanation: Under the applicable limitation schedule, a mortgagee’s suit for foreclosure or sale of immovable property carries a 60-year limitation…
Correct answer: 60 years- A. 60 years
- B. 50 years
- C. 40 years
- D. 30 years
Explanation: A mortgagor’s suit against a mortgagee to redeem the mortgage or recover possession of the mortgaged immovable property is subject to a…
Correct answer: 60 years- A. 12 years
- B. 16 years
- C. 10 years
- D. 8 years
Explanation: A landlord generally has 12 years to sue for possession from a tenant, counted from the point when the tenancy ends or the right to…
Correct answer: 12 years- A. Special damages
- B. Vindictive damages
- C. special damages
- D. None of these
Explanation: Vindictive, or exemplary, damages are exceptional damages rather than the ordinary compensatory damages arising from contractual loss.
Correct answer: Vindictive damages- A. Right to compensation
- B. Right of Lien
- C. Right of Remuneration
- D. None of these
Explanation: A bailee’s right to retain goods until lawful charges are paid is a lien.
Correct answer: Right of Lien- A. Simple Bailment
- B. Gratuitous Bailment
- C. Bailment of reward
- D. None of these
Explanation: A gratuitous bailment is one in which neither the bailor nor the bailee receives remuneration.
Correct answer: Gratuitous Bailment- A. Gratuitous Bailment
- B. Bailment for reward
- C. Simple Bailment
- D. None of these
Explanation: When either the bailor or the bailee is entitled to remuneration, the arrangement is a bailment for reward.
Correct answer: Bailment for reward- A. Acceptance
- B. Agreement
- C. Ratification
- D. None of these
Explanation: Ratification occurs when the principal later adopts an act performed by the agent beyond the agent’s authority, giving that act effect as…
Correct answer: Ratification- A. Disability ceases to exist
- B. Disability start
- C. In the middle of disability
- D. None of these
Explanation: Under the limitation rules for persons under disability, the limitation period generally begins when the insanity or minority ends…
Correct answer: Disability ceases to exist