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Indian Evidence Act and Hindu Law

Test your knowledge of the Indian Evidence Act including sections on evidence, confessions, dying declarations, and estoppel, plus Hindu Joint Family law concepts and constitutional provisions.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Court may presume the existence of any fact which it thinks likely to have happened, regard being had to the common course of ___________ in their relation to the facts of the particular case.

  1. natural events
  2. human conduct
  3. public and private business
  4. All of the above
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Evidence is of two types,

  1. oral evidence and documentary evidence
  2. general evidence and special evidence
  3. physical evidence and non-physical evidence
  4. None of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Nemo moriturus proasumitur mentire means

  1. no one attacks me with impunity
  2. no one should be judge in his own case
  3. no one at the time of death is presumed to lie
  4. None of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following distinctions of a confession from an admission is not correct?

  1. Where conviction can be based on statement alone, it is a confession and where some supplementary evidence is needed to authorise a conviction, it is an admission.
  2. Confession is defined whereas admission is not defined in the Indian Evidence Act.
  3. If the prosecution relies on a statement as being true, it is confession and if the statement is relied on because it is false, it is admission.
  4. In criminal cases, a statement by accused, not amounting to confession, but giving rise to inference that the accused might have committed the crime, is his admission.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Indian Evidence Act came into force in

  1. 1872
  2. 1973
  3. 1893
  4. 1943
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the mismatch.

  1. Communications during marriage - Section 122
  2. Confession by accused while in custody of police not to be proved against him - Section 26
  3. Dumb witness - Section 119
  4. Professional communications - Section 153
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Tape recorded conversation is relevant as an evidence on satisfying the following conditions, except

  1. the voice of the person alleged to be speaking must be identified by the maker of the record or by other who knows it
  2. accuracy of what was actually recorded has to be proved by the maker of the record and satisfactory evidence, direct or circumstantial, has to be there, so as to rule out the possibility of tampering with the record
  3. tape recording must not be before 3 months of the production
  4. the subject matter recorded has to be shown relevant according to the rules of relevancy in the Evidence Act
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following cases is not correctly matched?

  1. Bodh Raj vs. State of J & K - Promissory Estoppel
  2. Ram Narain vs. State of UP - Expert Opinion
  3. State of UP vs. Raj Narain - Priveleged Communication
  4. Ravinder Singh vs. State of Haryana - Accomplice Evidence
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Section 4 of the Indian Evidence Act does not define

  1. may presume
  2. natural witness
  3. conclusive proof
  4. shall presume
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The leading English case of R. V. Blake and Tye in evidence relates to

  1. conspiracy
  2. confession
  3. accomplice evidence
  4. relevancy of facts
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sanatan Gauda Vs. Berhampur University and Others, Kumari Madhuri Patil Vs. Addl. Commissioner, Tribal Development, R. S. Madanappa Vs.Chandramma are the leading cases related with the issues of

  1. estoppel
  2. confession
  3. dying declaration
  4. relevancy of fact
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Dying declaration has been dealt in the Indian Evidence Act under

  1. Section 32(1)
  2. Section 114
  3. Section 10
  4. Section 25
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Section 25 of the Indian Evidence Act states that no confession made to a ____________ shall be proved as against a person accused of any offence.

  1. police officer
  2. relative
  3. magistrate
  4. doctor
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The expression 'res gestae' literally means the thing done, a transaction or essential circumstance surrounding the subject. This expression is a

  1. Latin word
  2. French word
  3. English word
  4. None of these
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The leading judgement on dying declaration came on

  1. Khushal Rao Vs. State of Bombay
  2. Mirza Akbar Vs. Emperor
  3. Ravinder Singh Vs. State of Haryana
  4. None of these
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A confession by an accused is irrelevant if it is caused by

  1. inducement
  2. threat
  3. promise
  4. All of the above
  5. None of these
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Whether evidence can be recorded by videoconferencing was decided in the leading case of

  1. State of Maharashtra Vs. Prafull B. Desai
  2. Mohd. Khalid Vs. State of WB
  3. Badri Rai Vs. State of Bihar
  4. Bishwanath Prasad Vs. Dwarka Prasad
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following definitions is/are correct?

  1. Proved: A fact is said to be proved when, after considering the matters before it, the court either believes it to exist or considers its existence so probable that a prudent man ought, under the circumstances of the particular case, to act upon the supposition that it exists.
    The degree of certainty which must be arrived at before a fact is said to be proved is described in this section.
  2. Disproved: A fact is said to be disproved when, after considering the matters before it, the court either believes that it does not exist or considers its non-existence so probable that a prudent man ought, under the circumstances of the particular case, to act upon the supposition that it does not exist.
  3. Not Proved: A fact is said to be not proved when it is neither proved not disproved.
  4. All of the above
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where there is reasonable ground to believe that ____________ have conspired together to commit an offence or an actionable wrong, anything said, done or written by any one of such persons in reference to their common intention, after the time when such intention was first entertained by any one of them is a relevant fact as against each of the persons believed to be so conspiring as well as for the purpose of proving the existence of the conspiracy as for the purpose showing that any such persons was a party to it.

  1. two or more persons
  2. five or more persons
  3. one or more persons
  4. No limit prescribed
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Karta can't alienate Joint Family Property

  1. for legal necessity
  2. for benefit of estate
  3. for donating in national interest.
  4. for making gift
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one is not correct?

  1. Illegitame male child is not a coparcener.
  2. In Joint Family existence of property is essential.
  3. The coparcener become extinct when all male member die.
  4. Only a male can be a coparcener.
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Article 19(1) (g) of the Constitution refers to

  1. Freedom of Speech and Expression
  2. Freedom to practise any profession or to carry on any occupation, trade or business
  3. Freedom of forming Association
  4. Freedom to reside and settle any where in the country
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these is/are correct?

  1. RTI: Right to information
  2. CVC : Central Vigilance Commission
  3. CAT : Central Administrative Tribunal
  4. All are correct
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The status of Hindu Joint Family can't be lost because of

  1. Conversion to a non-Hindu religion
  2. Marriage in non-Hindu
  3. Partition
  4. Adoption of Non-Hindu child
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In re Delhi Laws Act is a leading case on

  1. Principle of Natural justice
  2. Delegated legislation
  3. Administrative discretion
  4. None of these
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