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. 13
- B. 14
- C. 15
- D. 16
Explanation: Section 13 of the Limitation Act, 1908, allows exclusion of the period during which the defendant was absent from Pakistan or from…
Correct answer: 13- A. 30 days
- B. 60 days
- C. 90 days
- D. 100 days
Explanation: The limitation period for contesting an award in a revenue case is 30 days under the relevant limitation schedule.
Correct answer: 30 days- A. 2 months
- B. 3 months
- C. 4 months
- D. 6 months
Explanation: A suit under section 9 of the Specific Relief Act to recover possession after unlawful dispossession must generally be filed within six…
Correct answer: 6 months- A. One year
- B. Two year
- C. Three year
- D. Four year
Explanation: The limitation period for a suit for specific performance is three years, running from the date fixed for performance or, if no date is…
Correct answer: Three year- A. Alteration
- B. Novation
- C. Rescission
- D. None of these
Explanation: Novation is the substitution of a new contract for an existing one, with the parties’ agreement releasing or replacing the original…
Correct answer: Novation86. When one or more terms of the parties are altered with the consent of the parties.it is known as:
- A. Novation
- B. Rescission
- C. Alteration
- D. None of these
Explanation: Alteration changes one or more contractual terms with the consent of the parties while the contract continues in its modified form.
Correct answer: Alteration- A. Altered
- B. Novated
- C. Rescinded
- D. None of these
Explanation: Rescission means cancellation or termination of a contract, whether the cancellation concerns the whole agreement or the relevant…
Correct answer: Rescinded- A. Payable on demand
- B. Paid
- C. Do not paid
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Section 10 of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961 treats the entire dower as payable on demand when the nikah-nama does not specify how…
Correct answer: Payable on demand- A. Family Court
- B. Zila Nazim
- C. Collector
- D. None of the above
Explanation: A party dissatisfied with the Chairman's maintenance decision may apply for revision before the Collector concerned.
Correct answer: Collector- A. 7,
- B. 8,
- C. 9,
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Section 8 governs dissolution of marriage otherwise than by talaq, including dissolution through legal processes such as khula.
Correct answer: 8,- A. 15
- B. 20
- C. 30
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Under section 7(4), the Chairman must constitute the Arbitration Council within thirty days of receiving the talaq notice.
Correct answer: 30- A. Talaq
- B. Nikah
- C. Rukhsati
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Section 7 regulates talaq by requiring notice to the Chairman and providing for reconciliation through an Arbitration Council.
Correct answer: Talaq- A. Government
- B. Arbitration Council
- C. His wife
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Section 6 requires a person who wishes to contract another marriage during an existing marriage to obtain prior written permission from…
Correct answer: Arbitration Council- A. Three months, imprisonment and 5 hundred fine
- B. Three months, imprisonment and 1,000 fine
- C. Three months, imprisonment and 2,000 fine
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Contravention of the marriage-registration requirement in section 5 is punishable with simple imprisonment up to three months and a fine…
Correct answer: Three months, imprisonment and 1,000 fine- A. Override
- B. Does not override
- C. Obey
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Section 3 gives the Ordinance overriding effect by providing that it will prevail notwithstanding anything inconsistent in another…
Correct answer: Override- A. Section 4, of The Muslim Family laws Ordinance, 1961
- B. Section 5, of The Muslim Family laws Ordinance, 1961
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Section 5 requires every marriage solemnized under Muslim law to be registered in the prescribed manner.
Correct answer: Section 5, of The Muslim Family laws Ordinance, 1961- A. Chairman and Vice Chairman
- B. Chairman Vice Chairman and representatives of Parties
- C. Chairman and representative of parties or parties
- D. None of the above
Explanation: The Arbitration Council consists of the Chairman and a representative of each of the parties, making three members in the usual…
Correct answer: Chairman and representative of parties or parties- A. 15th July, 1960
- B. 15th August, 1961
- C. 15th July, 1961
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Although the Ordinance was promulgated earlier in 1961, it came into force on 15 July 1961.
Correct answer: 15th July, 196199. In cases of cantonment areas_________ is empowered by Muslim Family laws Ordinance to make rules?
- A. Cantonment Board
- B. Central Government
- C. Provincial Government
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Although family-law administration is generally provincial, the Ordinance assigns the Provincial Government's powers in cantonment areas…
Correct answer: Central Government- A. Reconciliation
- B. Polygamy
- C. Determination of maintenance
- D. None of the above
Explanation: Section 9 uses the Arbitration Council to examine and determine a wife's claim for maintenance when the husband fails to maintain her…
Correct answer: Determination of maintenance