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Legal Terminology and Structure

Quiz covering fundamental legal terms and concepts from criminal law, contract law, property law, and constitutional law including definitions of offences, evidence procedures, legislative structures, and legal principles.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Habitual offender is one who

  1. habitually commits offence
  2. habitually remains in company of habitual offenders
  3. deals with and gives asylum to habitual offenders
  4. commits offences mentioned in section 110 and against whom record of commission of more than two offences is available at the time of initiation of proceeding against him
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The term 'bail' signifies of conditional release of an accused or arrested person by the

  1. police officer during investigation, but not by the magistrate during enquiry.
  2. magistrate during inquiry, but not by the court during trial.
  3. court during trial, but not during revision.
  4. police officer, magistrate or court during investigation, enquiry or trial.
  5. police officer, magistrate or court during trial.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The evidentiary value of a retracted confession is that it

  1. still remains an evidence
  2. remains an evidence but a weak evidence
  3. becomes a corroborative but a weak evidence
  4. becomes other evidence from only evidence
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The expression 'Police custody' means and includes

  1. control by the police over the accused directly
  2. control by the police directly as well as through third persons indirectly over the accused
  3. control over the accused indirectly through third persons
  4. some kind of surveillance and restrictions over the accused by police or through third persons
  5. All of above
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Hostile witness is the one who

  1. tells the truth and gives testimony in the favour of the party who called him as a witness
  2. gives statements against the opposite party
  3. gives statement against the party who called him as a witness
  4. is not desirous to tell the truth, and gives testimony against the party who called him as a witness in his favour
  5. Either (2) or (3) or (4)
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A legislation made by the state legislature is

  1. subordinate legislation
  2. supreme legislation
  3. autonomous legislation
  4. degated legislation
  5. None of the above
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following correctly distinguishes theft from extortion?

  1. In theft, movable property must be dishonestly taken whereas in extortion there is delivery of the thing extorted.
  2. In extortion, there must be dishonest intention whereas in theft, the same is not necessary.
  3. Theft requires dishonest intention whereas extortion requires fraudulent intention.
  4. Theft is an offence against movable property whereas extortion is an offence against immovable property.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Crossword competition is

  1. a wagering agreement
  2. a contingent contract
  3. an illegal agreement
  4. a valid agreement
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which one of the following is consideration not required?

  1. Contract of insurance
  2. Contract of bailment
  3. Contract of guarantee
  4. Contract of service
  5. All of the above
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Under which of the following sections of IPC is the word ‘Public Servant' defined?

  1. Section 14
  2. Section 21
  3. Section 19
  4. Section 20
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An easement, which not being an easement of absolute necessity, comes into existence by presumed grand or operation of law is called

  1. easement by prescription
  2. easement by local custom
  3. easement by necessity
  4. quasi-easement
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. The principal offender must have the same guilty mind as that of the abettor.
  2. Abettor's liability is dependent on the liability of the principal offender.
  3. Abettor and principal offenders may be differently liable for different offences.
  4. If the abettor is innocent, the principal offender is also not liable.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following is not an actionable claim?

  1. Claim for arrears of rent
  2. Provident fund payable after retirement
  3. A share in partnership
  4. A secured debt
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): The principle of equality before law means that there should be equality of treatment under equal circumstances.
Reason (R): All persons are not equal by nature, attainment or circumstances.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. Both (A) and (R) are individually true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An advertisement of auction is a/an

  1. proposal
  2. mere statement
  3. invitation to offer
  4. standing offer
  5. None of above
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