Multiple choice

Directions: The following question contains some basic principle and fact situation in which these basic principles have to be applied. A list of probable decision and reasons are given. you have to choose a decision with reason. (1) Copying including attempt to copy in examinations is a serious offence. (2) One shall not take any unauthorized materials into the examinations hall.

Facts: Rohini, an examinee in PUC, was thoroughly checked while entering into the examination hall. she did not have anything other than authorized materials such as pen, instrument box, etc. with her. As she was writing he paper an invigilator found close to her feet a bunch of chits. The invigilator on scrutiny found that the chits contained answers to the paper being written by Rohini. Rohini's answers tallied with the answer in the chits. A charge of copying was leveled against Rohini. (a) Rohini shall be punished for copying. (b) Rohini cannot be punished for copying Probable reasons (i) something's lying near the feet does not mean that the person is in possession of that thing. (ii) The fact that she was checked thoroughly while getting into the hall must be conclusive. (iii) Similarities between her answers and the answers in the chit indicate that she used those chits. (iv) After using those chits, she must have failed to dispose of them properly.

  1. (a) (iii)

  2. (a) (iv)

  3. (b) (iii)

  4. (b) (i)

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Explanation

Mere proximity of chits doesn't prove possession or use. Rohini was thoroughly checked before entering, making it unlikely she brought chits in. Someone else could have placed them near her feet. The matching answers are circumstantial - without proof she actually used the chits, the copying charge fails. Possession is required for unauthorized material violations.

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