‘A’ intentionally fired a shot from his pistol at ‘B’ but it hit ‘C’ and ‘C’ died.

The offence committed

by ‘A’ is-

(A) Attempt to murder

(B)Culpable homicide

(C)Murder under Section 300

(D)Murder under Section 301

Ans:-D

2. Common intention means-

(A) Similar intention

(B) Same intention

(C) Sharing of intention by all persons

(D) Common plans

Ans:-C

3. In which of the following case the right of private defence of body does not extend to causing
of death?

(A) Assault with the intention of committing kidnapping

(B) Assault with the intention of gratifying unnatural lust

(C) Wrongful restraint ‘

(D) Assault with the intention of committing abduction

Ans: C

4. A’ beat his wife. She fell down and became unconscious. Believing her to be dead and to
save himself from being arrested for murder ‘A’ hanged her in the fan with rope. Postmortem
report disclosed her death from hanging. ‘A’ is liable for—
(A) Murder

(B) Culpable homicide

(C) Hurt

(D) Grievous hurt

Ans:-B

5. Section 34 of IPC

(a) Creates a substantive offence

(b) Is a rule of evidence

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) Neither (a) nor (b).

Ans..b

6. The burden lies on prosecution to prove that actual participation of more that one person for
commission of criminal act was done in furtherance of common intention at a prior concert.

(a) State of orissa v. Arjun Das,

(b) Keshav barathi v. state of maharashtra

(c)Kansaheb Kalu Patil v. state of maharashtra

(d) None of these

Ans:a(34)

7. Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission is

(a) The effect caused partly by act is offence

(b) The effect caused partly by omission is offence

(c)Both a & b

(d) Neither a nor b

Ans:c(36)

8. A intentionally causes Z’s death, partly by illegally omitting to give Z food, and partly by
beating Z.
(a) A has partly committed murder
(b) A has committed murder
(c) Both a and b
(d) Neither a nor b
Ans:b(36)

9 . Voluntarily’ has been defined as an effect caused by means whereby a person intended to
cause it or by means, at the time of employing those means, know or had reason to believe to
be likely to cause it under
(a) Section 39
(b) Section 38
(c) Section 37
(d) Section 40.
Ans:a

10. Offence defined in sec _____of IPC

(a) Section 39
(b) Section 38
(c) Section 37
(d) Section 40

Ans:d

11. Under section 45 of IPC, life denotes

(a) Life of a human being
(b) Life of an animal
(c) Life of human being and of an animal both
(d) Life of either human being or animal.
Ans:a
11. Under section 46 of IPC, death denotes
(a) Death of a human being
(b) Death of an animal
(c) Death of a human being and of an animal both
(d) Death of either human being or an animal.
Ans:a

12. Illegal signifies

(a) Everything which is an offence
(b) Everything which is prohibited by law
(c) Everything which furnishes ground for civil action
(d) All the above.
Ans:b(43)

13. Animal denotes

(a) Any living creature including human being
(b) Any living creature other than a human being
(c) Any creature – live or dead
(d) Either (a) or (c).
Ans:b(47)

14. How many types of punishments have been prescribed under the Indian Penal Code
(a) Three
(b) Six
(c) Five
(d) Four.

Ans:c(53)

15. The punishments to which offenders are liable under the provisions of this code are
(a) Death and Imprisonment for life
(b) Imprisonment rigorous and simple
(c) Forfeiture of property and fine
(d) All the above
Ans:d(53)

16. Transportation for life, be construed as a reference to

(a) Death
(b) Forfeiture of property
(c) Imprisonment for life
(d) None of these

Ans:c (53.A)
17. In every case in which sentence of imprisonment for life shall have been passed, the
appropriate Government may, without the consent of the offender, commute the punishment for
imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding
(a) 20 years
(b) 12 years
(c) 14 years
(d) 18 years
Ans:c(55)

18. In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as
equivalent to imprisonment
(a) 20 years
(b) 12 years
(c) 14 years
(d) 18 years

Ans:a(57)

19. Under section 60 of IPC, in certain cases of imprisonment, the sentence of imprisonment
(a) Has to be wholly rigorous
(b) Has to be wholly simple
(c) Wholly or partly rigorous or simple
(d) either (a) or (b).
Ans:c(60)
*The amount of fine which offender is liable is
(a) Rs 25000/-
(b) Unlimited
(c) Unlimited but shall no be expensive
(d) None of these
Ans:c(63)
*Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine under section 64 of IPC-
(a) Shall be in excess of any other imprisonment to which an offender has been sentenced
(b) Shall be concurrent of any other imprisonment
(c) Shall not be in excess of any other imprisonment
(d) Both (b) & (c).
Ans:a(64)

*In every case of offence offender punished

(a) With imprisonment only
(b) With fine only
(c) With imprisonment or fine or both
(d) None of these
 Ans:c(64)
* Under section 65 of IPC sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine shall be limited to

(a) One-third of the maximum term of imprisonment fixed for the offence
(b) One-fourth of the maximum term of imprisonment fixed for the offence
(c) One-half of the maximum term of imprisonment fixed for the offence
(d) Equal to the maximum term of imprisonment fixed for the offence.
Ans:b(65)

* In case of an offence punished with fine only, imprisonment for non-payment of fine
(a) Has to be rigorous
(b) Has to be simple
(c) Has be rigorous or simple
(d) Has be partly rigorous and partly simple.
Ans:b(67)
* In case of an offence punished with fine only, an offender who is sentenced to pay a fine of not
exceeding Rs. 50, the imprisonment in default of payment of fine shall not exceed
(a) Two months
(b) Three months
(c) Four months
(d) Six months.
Ans:a(67)
* In case of an offence punished with fine only, an offender who is sentenced to pay a fine of not
exceeding Rs. 100 but exceeding Rs. 50, the imprisonment in default of payment of fine shall
not exceed
(a) Two months
(b) Three months
(c) Four months
(d) Six months.
Ans:c(67)

* In case of an offence punished with fine only, an offender who is sentenced to pay a fine
exceeding Rs. 100, the imprisonment in default of payment of fine shall not exceed

(a) Two months

(b) Three months
(c) Four months
(d) Six months.
Ans:d(67)
* Section 64 of IPC provides for
(a) Nature & maximum limit of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
(b) Nature & minimum limit of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
(c) Nature but does not prescribe any limit of imprisonment for non-payment of fine
(d) Limit of imprisonment for non-payment of fine but does not prescribe the nature of
imprisonment.
Ans:c(64)
* The word ‘good faith’ is defined in the Indian Penal Code in—
(A) Section 44
(B) Section 51
(C) Section 52
(D) Section 52-A
Ans:-C

* A is cutting the wood with an axe at a place where children are playing ? The axe files off and
kills a nearby child. ‘A’ is liable for—
(A) No offence
(B) Murder
(C) Culpable homicide
(D) Causing death by negligence
Ans:-D
* Insanity is—

(A) Lack of free will

(B) Incapacity produced due to drunkenness
(C) Incapable of knowing the nature of act committed
(D) Diseased mind
Ans:-D
* ‘A’ finds a purse with money, not knowing to whom it belongs; he afterwards discovers that it
belongs to ‘B’ and appropriates to his own use. ‘A’ is guilty of-

(A) Theft
(B) Criminal misappropriation
(C) Criminal breach of trust
(D) Cheating
Ans:-B
* Which one of the following is not essential for an offence?
(A) Intention
(B) Motive
(C) Prohibited act
(D) Punishment for act
Ans:-B

* In which of the following means rea has been considered to be an essential element of an
offence?
(A) Srinivasmal Barolia V/s Emperor
(B) R, V/s Tolson
(C) Nathulal V/s State of Madhya Pradesh
(D) In all of the above
Ans:-D
* The grounds for punishing Prince in R. V/s Prince was-
(A) Prohibited act done by Prince
(B) Illegal act done by Prince
(C) Knowingly committing of civil wrong by Prince
(D) Illegal and prohibited act done by Prince
Ans:-D
* Who amongst the following has observed that under the Indian Penal Code such a maxim
‘Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea’ is wholly out of place?
(A) J.D. Mayne, Criminal Law of India
(B) H.S. Gour, Penal Law of India
(C) Ratan Lal Dheeraj Lal, Law of Crimes
(D) All of the above
Ans:-D
* Which one of the following preparation is not an offence?
(A) Preparation for robbery of a Bank
(B) Preparation of dacoity in a Bank
(C) To make die for counterfeiting coins
(D) To make die for counterfeiting Indian coins.
Ans:-A
* For abduction the abducted person should be-
(A) Below 16 years of age
(B) Below 18 years of age
(C) Insane person
(D) Of any age
Ans:-D
* A does sexual intercourse with a widow below 16 years of age with her consent-
(A) A has not committed rape
(B) A has committed adultery
(C) A has committed rape with B
(D) Nothing above is correct
Ans:-C
* A male teacher during examination, while conducting search, put his hands in the pocket of
the pant of a girl candidate thinking her to be a boy. Here the teacher, under the Penal Code,
has committed the offence under Section-
(A) 354
(B) 323
(C) 509
(D) No offence
Ans:-D
* The case of Bachan Singh V/s State of Punjab is concerned with-
(A) Capital punishment in India
(B) Custody of under trial prisoners
(C) Prosecution for attempted suicide
(D) None of the above
Ans:-A
* In which of the following cases the Privy Council made a distinction between ‘common
intention’ and ‘similar intention’?
(A) Barendra Kumar Ghosh V/s Emperor
(B) Mahboob Shah V/s King Emperor
(C) Srinivasmal Barolia V/s Emperor
(D) Bannu Mal V/s Emperor
Ans:-B
* In connection with the right of a private defence of body give the correct response-
(A) This right is not available against an unsound person.
(B) This right is not available against a person below 7 years of age
(C) This right is available against any person
(D) This right is not available against parents
Ans:-C

* A and B both are of 16 years of age. A entices B for marriage and takes her to another city.
What offence has been committed by A?
(A) A has committed kidnapping
(B) A has committed no offence as B has gone with her own consent
(C) A has committed abduction
(D) A is himself minor. Hence A has committed no offence
Ans:-A
* A abets B to commit a theft from the house of C.B finding an opportunity picks C’s pocket while
C was travelling by a bus. Give the correct answer-
(A) A is responsible for abetment o theft
(B) A is not responsible for abetment of picking of pocket
(C) A is not responsible for abetment of committing theft because theft has not been committed
from the house

(D) All the above are correct

Ans:-A
* Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(A) In every robbery there are at least two persons
(B) In every robbery there is a fear of violence
(C) In every robbery there is either theft or extortion
(D) In every Dacoity there is robbery
Ans:-A
* Which one of the following cases does not relate to intoxication?
(A) D.P.P. V/s Beard
(B) Basudeo V/s State of Pepsu
(C) R. V/s Mcnaughten
(D) R. V/s Tandy
Ans:-C
* A snake-charmer while showing his play claims to cure the snake bite. The deceased got
himself a snake bite believing on assurance of the snake-charmer. The snake- charmer could
not cure the deceased. The snake-charmer is liable for-
(A) Murder
(B) Cheating
(C) May be liable for culpable homicide
(D) Liable for nothing
Ans:-A
* Which one of the following is not correct?
(A) For theft property must be movable
(B) For theft property must be removed out of the possession of the owner of property
(C) For theft property should have been removed for taking it away
(D) For theft property should be removed dishonestly
Ans:-B
* A meets B on high roads, shows a pistol and demands B’s purse. B in consequence,
surrenders his purse. Here A has committed-
(A) Theft
(B) Extortion
(C) Robbery
(D) Dacoity
Ans:-C
* A intentionally causes B’s death, partly by illegally omitting to give food to him, and partly by
beating him. A has committed –
(A) Culpable homicide
(B) Attempt to murder
(C) Murder
(D) Culpable homicide not amounting to murder
Ans– Murder [Section 36]

* The Indian Penal Code come into force on

(a) 06 Oct 1860
(b) 01 Mar 1974
(c) 01 Apr 1974
(d) 01 Jan 1862
Ans:d
* Indian penal code enacted in
(a) 25 Jan 1974
(b) 06 Oct 1860
(c) 01 Jan 1973
 (d) None of these
Ans:b
* Indian penal code 1860 Consists
(a) 584 Sections, 5 Schedules & 5 chapters
(b) 511 Sections, 23 chapter
(c) 156 Sections, 3 Schedules
(d) None of these
Ans:b
See also MCQ on CPC 1908 - 1

* Indian penal code 1860 was drafted by

(a) Braodmon
(b) Macaulay
(c) Lilly
(d) None of these
Ans:b

* The Indian penal code 1860 extends to

(a) Whole India
(b) Whole India except Nagaland , tribal area & Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Whole India except Nagaland , tribal area
(d) Whole India except Jammu and Kashmir
Ans:d (1)
* Punishment of offences committed within India every person shall be liable to punishment
under this code and not otherwise for every act or omission defined in __ sec of IPC
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 4
Ans:c
* Any persons committed and office in out side of india
(a) Shall be dealt with as foreign law.
(b) Shall be dealt with as per foreign law with permission of the country concerned.
(c) Shall be dealt with according to the provisions of this code for any act committed
beyondIndia in the same manner as if such had been committed within India
(d) None of these
Ans:c(3)
* General explanation defined in sec_____of IPC

(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 6
 Ans:d

*General exception of this code provides that nothing shall be an offence which is done by
(a) Under 18 years
(b) Under 16 years
(c) Under 10 years
(d) Under 7 years
Ans:d(6)
*The following persons are not judge
(a) A collector
(b) A magistrate exercising jurisdiction or in a charge on which he has power to sentence to
fine or imprisonment, with or without appeal

(c) A member of a panchayat which has power under regulation VII of madras code.
(d) A Magistrate exercising jurisdiction in respect of a charge on which he has power only to
commit for trial to another court.
Ans:d(19)
* Court of justice defined in sec_____ IPC
(a) 14
(b) 15
(c) 17
(d) 21
Ans:d

* Public servant denote a person under the followings

(a) Every commissioned officer in military, naval or air forces
(b) Every judge incl any persons empowered by law to discharge
(c) Liquidator, Juryman, assessor, or member of panchayat
(d) Every arbitrator .
(e) All the above
Ans:e)(21)
*’Wrongful gain’ means
(a) Gain by lawful means of property which the person gaining is not entitled
(b) Gain by unlawful means of property which the person gaining is not entitled
(c) Gain by unlawful means of property which the person gaining is entitled
(d) All the above.
Ans:b(23)
*Wrogfull loss’ means

(a) Loss by unlawful means of property which the person losing it, is legally entitled

(b) Loss by lawful means of property which the person losing it is not legally entitled
(c) Loss by lawful means of property which the person losing is not legally entitled
(d) All the above
Ans:a(23)
* Dishonestly has been defined as doing anything with intention to cause wrongful gain to one
person & wrongful loss to another, under
(a) section 21
(b) section 23
(c) section 24
(d) section 25.
Ans:C
* ‘Fraudulently’ has been defined as doing anything with intent to defraud
(a) section 23
(b) section 25
(c) section 24
(d) section 26.
Ans:B
4. The following is a document
(a) A cheque upon a banker is an document
(b) A power of attorney is a document
(c) A map or plan which is intended to be used or which may be used as evidence
(d) All the above Ans:d(29)
3. The certificates which are found as forged for being admitted in the college could be
described as valuable security –
(a) Mahinder choudhary v. state of Andrapradesh
(b) Keshav barathi v. state of maharashtra
(c) Kansaheb Kalu Patil v. state of maharashtra
(d) None of these
Ans:c(30)
2. When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all
–
(a) Each of such person is liable for that act in the same manner as if it were done by him alone
(b) Each of such person is liable for his own overt act
(c) Each of such person shall be liable according to the extent of his participation in the crime
(d) Both (b) & (c).
Ans: a(34)
1. To establish section 34 of IPC
(a) Common intention be proved but not overt act be proved
(b) Common intention and overt act both be proved
(c) Common intention need not be proved but overt act be proved
(d) All the above.
Ans. (a)