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Criminal law identifies offences against the state, persons and property, and explains the requirements of actus reus and mens rea for establishing liability. It also covers stages of crime, abetment, attempt, joint and common intention, general exceptions, criminal responsibility and punishments, distinguishing substantive offences from criminal procedure.
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- A. Holy Quran
- B. Hadiths
- C. None of above
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 498C treats administering an oath that a woman will remain unmarried or surrender her inheritance as marriage with the Holy Quran.
Correct answer: Holy Quran- A. 498A
- B. 498B
- C. 498C
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 498C PPC prohibits compelling, arranging, or facilitating the marriage of a woman with the Holy Quran.
Correct answer: 498C- A. 498
- B. 498A
- C. 498B
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 498B PPC criminalises compelling, coercing, or arranging the marriage of a woman against her will.
Correct answer: 498B- A. 496B
- B. 496C
- C. 496D
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 496C PPC punishes a person who makes a false accusation of fornication.
Correct answer: 496C- A. Three years
- B. Five years
- C. Seven years
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 496B PPC prescribes imprisonment up to five years, along with liability to fine, for fornication.
Correct answer: Five years- A. Three years
- B. Five years
- C. Seven years
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 496A PPC covers taking, enticing, concealing, or detaining a woman with intent that she have illicit intercourse, and prescribes…
Correct answer: Seven years- A. With imprisonment for two years
- B. With imprisonment for three years
- C. With imprisonment for five years
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 489F PPC applies when a cheque is dishonestly issued toward repayment of a loan or fulfilment of an obligation and is dishonoured…
Correct answer: With imprisonment for three years- A. 489 D, P.P.C.
- B. 489 E, P.P.C.
- C. 489 F, P.P.C.
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 489-E specifically punishes making or using documents that resemble currency-notes or bank-notes, even though they are not genuine…
Correct answer: 489 E, P.P.C.- A. 489B P.P.C.
- B. 489C P.P.C.
- C. 489D P.P.C.
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 489-B covers selling, buying, receiving, trafficking in, or using forged or counterfeit currency as genuine when the person knows…
Correct answer: 489B P.P.C.- A. Counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes
- B. Counterfeiting of public notes
- C. Counterfeiting of any document
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 489-A deals with counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes. The related sections address using, possessing, or preparing…
Correct answer: Counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes- A. Using as genuine a forged document
- B. Using of public records fraudulently
- C. None of above
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 471 punishes using a forged document or electronic record as genuine, while knowing or having reason to believe it is forged.
Correct answer: Using as genuine a forged document- A. Forgery
- B. Perjury
- C. Cheating
- D. None of these
Explanation: Adding a cipher to change the amount on Z’s letter makes a false document intended to be believed as Z’s writing, which satisfies the…
Correct answer: Forgery- A. Making of false document
- B. Making of false evidence
- C. None of above
- D. None of these
Explanation: Under section 463 PPC, forgery is principally the making of a false document or false electronic record with the required fraudulent or…
Correct answer: Making of false document- A. 462-D
- B. 462-E
- C. 462-F
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 462-F addresses damaging or destroying transmission or transportation lines and related infrastructure.
Correct answer: 462-F1295. Section __________ of P.P.C. deals with tampering gas meter by industrial or commercial consumer ?
- A. 462-C
- B. 462-D
- C. 462-E
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 462-E applies to tampering with a gas meter by an industrial or commercial consumer.
Correct answer: 462-E- A. Domestic consumer
- B. Commercial consumer
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 462-D specifically covers tampering with a gas meter by a domestic consumer.
Correct answer: Domestic consumer- A. An instrument which measures gas delivered to consumer for consumption
- B. An instrument which measures gas recovered from well
- C. None of above
- D. None of these
Explanation: For section 462-A(c), a gas meter is the instrument that measures the gas delivered to a consumer for consumption.
Correct answer: An instrument which measures gas delivered to consumer for consumption1298. Section ____________ deals with punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking at night ?
- A. 452, P.P.C.
- B. 454, P.P.C.
- C. 456, P.P.C.
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 456 PPC prescribes punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night.
Correct answer: 456, P.P.C.- A. Lurking House-trespass
- B. Lurking House-trespass by night
- C. House-trespass
- D. None of these
Explanation: Under section 443 PPC, lurking house-trespass committed after sunset and before sunrise is specifically called lurking house-trespass by…
Correct answer: Lurking House-trespass by night- A. 425 to 430
- B. 430 to 438
- C. 425 to 440
- D. None of these
Explanation: The PPC provisions on mischief begin with its definition in section 425 and continue through section 440, covering its punishments and…
Correct answer: 425 to 440