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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. Jurh
- B. Hurt
- C. Shajjah
- D. None of these
Explanation: Itlaf-i-udw means causing the loss or dismemberment of an organ or limb, and it is classified as a form of hurt under section 332 PPC.
Correct answer: Hurt- A. Cause hurt
- B. Cause jurh
- C. Cause injury
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 332 PPC gives this broad definition of causing hurt, covering pain, injury, disease, infirmity, and impairment or disfigurement of…
Correct answer: Cause hurt- A. Ten years, and shall also be liable to fine
- B. Fourteen years, and shall also be liable to fine
- C. Imprisonment for life and shall lso be liable to fine
- D. None of these
Explanation: Under section 310 PPC, a person proved to be a thug may be punished with imprisonment for life and is also liable to fine.
Correct answer: Imprisonment for life and shall lso be liable to fine- A. Attempt to commit qatl-i-amd
- B. Causing of hurt by dangerous weapons or means under ikrah
- C. Causing of death
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 324 PPC deals with attempting to commit qatl-i-amd, or intentional murder.
Correct answer: Attempt to commit qatl-i-amd- A. Compromise
- B. Adjustment through agreement
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of these
Explanation: To compound an offence is to settle or compromise it by agreement, generally involving an adjustment between the parties.
Correct answer: Both (a) and (b)- A. 3
- B. 4
- C. 5
- D. None of these
Explanation: PPC recognises four forms of culpable homicide: qatl-i-amd, qatl shibh-i-amd, qatl-i-khata, and qatl-bis-sabab.
Correct answer: 4- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 4
- D. None of these
Explanation: Ikrah has two forms under the PPC: ikrah-i-tam, or complete compulsion, and ikrah-i-naqis, or incomplete compulsion.
Correct answer: 2- A. Causing death by rash or negligent driving
- B. Causing death by intention
- C. Causing death by ikrah
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 320 PPC prescribes punishment for causing death by rash or negligent driving.
Correct answer: Causing death by rash or negligent driving- A. Qatl-i-amd
- B. Qatl shibah-i-amd
- C. Qatl-i-khata
- D. None of these
Explanation: Qatl-i-khata occurs when death is caused without an intention to kill or harm, through a mistake of act or a mistake of fact.
Correct answer: Qatl-i-khata- A. Diyat and also imprisonment which may extend to five years
- B. Diyat and imprisonment for ten years as tazir
- C. Diyat and imprisonment for fifteen years as tazir
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 319 makes qatl-i-khata punishable with diyat and imprisonment that may extend to five years.
Correct answer: Diyat and also imprisonment which may extend to five years- A. Void badl-i-sulah
- B. Valid badl-i-sulah
- C. Irregular badl-i-sulah
- D. None of these
Explanation: A compromise cannot lawfully use a woman’s marriage as consideration in badl-i-sulah; such an arrangement is void.
Correct answer: Void badl-i-sulah- A. Qatl-i-khata
- B. Qatl shibah-i-amd
- C. Qatl-i-amd
- D. None of these
Explanation: A intended to cause hurt, not death, but used a stick or stone likely in the ordinary course to cause death; this falls within qatl…
Correct answer: Qatl shibah-i-amd- A. Proof of qatl-i-amd liable to qisas
- B. Proof of qatl-i-amd liable to tazir
- C. None of (a) and (b)
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 304 concerns the proof required for qatl-i-amd liable to qisas.
Correct answer: Proof of qatl-i-amd liable to qisas- A. 301
- B. 302
- C. 303
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 302 is the punishment provision for qatl-i-amd. Section 300 defines qatl-i-amd, while sections 301 and 303 address related matters.
Correct answer: 302- A. Section 300, P.P.C.
- B. Section 301, P.P.C.
- C. Section 302, P.P.C.
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 300 defines qatl-i-amd by focusing on the intention to cause death, or intended bodily injury known to be likely to cause death.
Correct answer: Section 300, P.P.C.- A. Censurable
- B. Blamable
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of these
Explanation: Culpable describes conduct deserving blame or censure, so both “censurable” and “blamable” convey the meaning.
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. Quadiani group and Lahori group
- B. Shia and Sunnies
- C. Ahl-i-Kitab's
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 298-B targets misuse of religious epithets, descriptions and titles by the Qadiani group and the Lahori group, both legally…
Correct answer: Quadiani group and Lahori group- A. With imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years
- B. With imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years
- C. Imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend two years
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 295 PPC covers destroying, damaging or defiling a place of worship with intent to insult a religion, punishable with imprisonment…
Correct answer: Imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend two years- A. 292, P.P.C.
- B. 293, P.P.C.
- C. 294, P.P.C.
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 292 PPC deals with the sale, distribution, public exhibition and related dealings in obscene books and other obscene material.
Correct answer: 292, P.P.C.- A. In streets
- B. On public way
- C. In racing grounds
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 279 PPC penalises rash or negligent driving or riding on a public way when it endangers human life or is likely to cause hurt or…
Correct answer: On public way