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Indian Law and Jurisprudence
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Indian law and jurisprudence cover statutory frameworks like the Companies Act, Consumer Protection Act, and Indian Penal Code, alongside landmark judicial precedents. Legal topics are crucial for law entrance exams, judiciary examinations, and general awareness papers. Answer these questions to learn about defamation, administrative tribunals, and criminal procedure code sections.
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Indian Law and Jurisprudence Questions
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section 146
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section 147
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section 148
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Such questions cannot be asked.
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Explanation
(4) Questions relating to a matter not relevant to the suit or proceedings cannot be asked under Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
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oral evidence
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documentary evidence
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secondary evidence
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circumstantial evidence
D
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Explanation
(4) Indian Evidence Act, 1872 does not expressly mention about circumstantial evidence.
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Section 32(7)
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Section 32(2)
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Section 32(4)
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Section 32(1)
B
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Explanation
(2) Statements, written or verbal, of relevant facts made by a person who is dead or who cannot be found or who has become incapable of giving evidence or whose attendance cannot be procured without an amount of delay or expense, in the ordinary course of business and in particular, when it consists of any entry or memorandum made by him in books kept in the ordinary course of business or in the discharge of professional duty are relevant and admissible.
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Confession
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Admission
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Dying declaration
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Estoppel
C
Correct answer
Explanation
(3) Kaushal Rao Vs. State of Bombay AIR-1958 SC 22 is related with dying declaration of the Law of Evidence.
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Probate
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Admirality
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Insolvency
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Revenue
D
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Explanation
(4) A final judgment of a Competent Court in exercise of probate, matrimonial, admiralty or insolvency jurisdiction which declares any person to be entitled to any legal character or to be entitled to any specific thing not as against any specified person but absolutely is relevant.
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Sections 15 to 20
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Section 11 to 12
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Section 9 to 10
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Sections 96 to 99
A
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Explanation
Right; these sections tells us about the place of suing. These tell us that where we should file the case properly.
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Trial of civil suits by the courts
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Trial of criminal cases by the courts
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Trial of both civil and criminal cases by the courts
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None of these
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Right section 9 of the CPC, 1908 says about the civil suits and also tells us that where and how we can file our civil suit.
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A party to suit
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Court
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Both (1) and (2)
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None of these
B
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Explanation
(2) Any Court may state a case and refer the same for the opinion of the High Court and the High Court may make such order thereon as it thinks fit.
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where the suit is dismissed after adjudication on its merits
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where the suit is dismissed because the court was unable to entertain it
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Both (1) and (2)
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None of these
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Section 14 of Limitation Act will have no application where the suit is dismissed after adjudication on its merits and where the suit is dismissed because the court was unable to entertain it.
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section 127
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section 124
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section 125
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section 126
A
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Explanation
(1) The provisions relating to “Onerous gift” have been provided in Transfer of Property Act, 1882 under section 127.
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section 11
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section 4
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section 5
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section 9
C
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Explanation
(3) Section 5 of Specific Relief Act provides that a person entitled to the possession of specific immovable property may recover it in the manner provided by Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
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Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2001
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Indian Penal code (Amendment) Act, 1990
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Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1999
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Indian Evidence (Amendment) Act, 2002
D
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Explanation
Under section 146, a provison was added by Indian Evidence (Amendment) Act, 2002.
'Provided that in a prosecution for rape or attempt to commit rape, it shall not be permissible to put questions in the cross-examination of the prosecutrix as to her general immoral character'.
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Prosecution to sue the defendant
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Plaintiff to prosecute the defendant
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Plaintiff to sue the defendant
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Prosecutor to prosecute the defendant
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None of these
D
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Explanation
A prosecutor is a lawyer who works for a state or files case on behalf of the government under criminal law. “Prosecutor prosecutes the defendant” is the correct sense of representing a case that falls under criminal law.
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Section 377
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Section 378
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Section 376
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Section 374
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None of these
A
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Explanation
Unnatural offences like sodomy, buggery and bestiality are punishable under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
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Section 493
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Section 494
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Section 495
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Section 498A
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None of these
A
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Explanation
When a man, whether married or unmarried, deceives a woman who is not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to have sexual intercourse with him is punishable under Section 493 of the Indian Penal Code.