MCQ 13 July 2024

Daily MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (13 July 2024)



Question/ Answer
Question1:- Exclusion of time of proceeding bona fide in Court without jurisdiction is stipulated in which Section of the Limitation Act, 1963?
  • (a) Section 13
  • (b) Section 14
  • (c) Section 15
  • (d) Section 16
Answer is B is correct. Refer marginal notes to section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963. Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.
Question2:- Section 17 of the Limitation Act, 1963 takes within its ambit-
  • (a) Concealments
  • (b) Frauds
  • (c) Mistakes
  • (d) All of the above
Answer is D is correct. All the given options are correct as per Section 17 of the Limitation Act, 1963. Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer.
Question3:- Under which section of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, the report of a probation officer referred to in subsection (2) of section 4 or sub-section (2) of section 6 shall be treated as confidential?
  • (a) Section 6
  • (b) Section 7
  • (c) Section 5
  • (d) Section 3
Answer is B is correct. Refer Section 7 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958. Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.
Question4:- Under Section 20 of POCSO Act, 2012 information shall be provided to?
  • (a) The Special Juvenile Police Unit
  • (b) To the Local Police
  • (c) Nearest Executive Magistrate
  • (d) Either (A) or (B)
Answer is D is correct. According to Section 20 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act, 2012, the report can be made to the Special Juvenile Police Unit or to the local police. Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer.
Question5:- The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 covers-
  • (a) Workplace only
  • (b) Dwelling house only
  • (c) Both workplace and dwelling house
  • (d) None of the above
Answer is C is correct. This act covers both workplace and dwelling house. Therefore, option (c) is the correct answer.
Question6:- Which of the following is an internal aid?
  • (a) Parliamentary material
  • (b) Speech
  • (c) Historical background
  • (d) Preamble
Answer is D is correct. Preambles are internal aids in the interpretation of statutes. Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer.
Question7:- ‘A’ is indebted to ‘B’. He authorizes ‘B’ to sell his house and to pay himself out of the sale proceeds the debts due to him. In the absence of express contract-
  • (a) ‘A’ can revoke the agency
  • (b) ‘A’ cannot revoke the agency
  • (c) Agency is not terminated by ‘A’s death
  • (d) Both (b) and (c) are correct
Answer is D is correct. Refer Example A of section 202 of Indian Contract Act, 1872. Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer.