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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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1501. A instigate B for commission of an offence, such instigation will be called ____________________?
- A. Abetment
- B. Solicitation
- C. Participation
- D. None of these
Explanation: Instigating another person to commit an offence is abetment by instigation under Section 107 PPC.
Correct answer: Abetment- A. Right of defence of other person
- B. Right of private defence
- C. Right of private defence of property
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 105 PPC explains when the right of private defence of property commences and how long it continues.
Correct answer: Right of private defence of property- A. Self defence
- B. National defence
- C. Public defence
- D. None of these
Explanation: A person who initiates an unlawful assault cannot ordinarily claim the right of private defence as a justification for that aggression.
Correct answer: Self defence- A. 30630 grams silver
- B. 30600 grams silver
- C. 30530 grams silver
- D. None of these
Explanation: Section 323 PPC fixes the minimum diyat at the value of 30,630 grams of silver.
Correct answer: 30630 grams silver- A. Azar
- B. Tazar
- C. Tazarum
- D. None of these
Explanation: Tazir is derived from the Arabic root associated with “azar,” carrying the sense of reprimanding, disciplining, or restraining.
Correct answer: Azar- A. Same kind of hurt
- B. Alternate
- C. Same kind of treatment
- D. None of these
Explanation: Qisas means retaliation in equivalent measure, such as inflicting the same kind of hurt in cases where the legal conditions are met.
Correct answer: Same kind of hurt- A. Independent
- B. Dependant
- C. Fixed
- D. None of these
Explanation: Arsh and daman are separately recognized punishments under the Pakistan Penal Code, rather than merely forms of another punishment.
Correct answer: Independent- A. One half of maximum punishment
- B. One third of maximum punishment
- C. One fourth of maximum punishment
- D. None of these
Explanation: Under the Pakistan Penal Code, imprisonment in default of payment of a fine cannot exceed one-fourth of the maximum imprisonment…
Correct answer: One fourth of maximum punishment- A. Isolation of prisoner
- B. Isolation of prisoner from his family
- C. Isolation of prisoner from human intercourse and society
- D. None of these
Explanation: Solitary confinement involves keeping a prisoner isolated from human intercourse and society, not merely separated from family members.
Correct answer: Isolation of prisoner from human intercourse and society- A. Seven years of age
- B. Thirteen years of age
- C. Fifteen years of age
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Pakistan Penal Code recognizes the conclusive presumption that a child under seven years cannot commit an offence.
Correct answer: Seven years of age- A. Whole community
- B. Local area
- C. Particular subject
- D. None of these
Explanation: A special law is enacted for a particular subject, class, or situation, unlike a general law that applies broadly to the community.
Correct answer: Particular subject- A. Fraudulently
- B. Dishonestly
- C. Wrongfully
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Pakistan Penal Code defines acting dishonestly as acting with the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person or wrongful loss to…
Correct answer: Dishonestly- A. Land
- B. Corporeal property of every description
- C. Any thing attached to earth
- D. None of these
Explanation: Movable property means corporeal property of every description, except land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to…
Correct answer: Corporeal property of every description- A. Male
- B. Female
- C. Both male and female
- D. None of these
Explanation: In statutory interpretation under the Pakistan Penal Code, gender includes both males and females unless the context indicates otherwise.
Correct answer: Both male and female- A. Be tried in Pakistan
- B. Not be tried in Pakistan
- C. Be punished under Pakistan Penal Code and can be tried in Pakistan
- D. None of these
Explanation: Under section 2 of the Pakistan Penal Code, every person is liable for an offence committed within Pakistan, regardless of nationality.
Correct answer: Be punished under Pakistan Penal Code and can be tried in Pakistan- A. Customary law
- B. Procedural law
- C. Penal law
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Pakistan Penal Code defines offences and prescribes their punishments, so it is substantive penal or criminal law.
Correct answer: Penal law- A. 16th September, 1860
- B. 6th October, 1860
- C. 17th October, 1860
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 was enacted as Act XLV of 1860 on 6 October 1860.
Correct answer: 6th October, 1860- A. 24, Qanun-e-Shahadat
- B. 26, Qanun-e-Shahdat
- C. 28, Qanun-e-Shahadat
- D. 22, Qanun-e-Shahadat
Explanation: The plea of alibi is connected with Article 24 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, which concerns facts especially within a person's knowledge.
Correct answer: 24, Qanun-e-Shahadat