MCQ 13 March 2024

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



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Question1:- Appreciation of evidence is a
  • (a) Question of fact
  • (b) Question of law
  • (c) Question of law and fact
  • (d) All of the above
Answer is B is correct. Appreciation of evidence is a question of law as there are evidences which are logically correct but cannot be legally administered in the court for example, affidavits, they are completely excluded. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question2:- Who amongst the following is not a competent witness?
  • (a) Chance witness
  • (b) Victim of rape
  • (c) Relation witness
  • (d) Accused person in proceeding in which he is an accused
Answer is D is correct. Accused person in the proceedings in which he is an accused of is not a competent witness. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question3:- Circumstantial evidence is
  • (a) Direct evidence
  • (b) Indirect evidence
  • (c) Neither of (a) and (b)
  • (d) Material evidence
Answer is B is correct. Circumstantial evidence is indirect evidence as there is no direct evidence related to it. Circumstantial evidence is not defined anywhere. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question4:- Which of the following is true as to the standard of proof in civil and criminal proceedings
  • (a) It is balance of probabilities in both civil and criminal proceedings
  • (b) It is beyond reasonable doubt in both civil and criminal proceedings
  • (c) In criminal proceedings it is upon the balance of probabilities and in civil proceedings it is beyond reasonable doubt
  • (d) In civil proceedings it is upon the balance of probabilities and it is beyond reasonable doubt in criminal proceedings
Answer is D is correct. Standard of proof in civil is upon the balance of probabilities and for criminal proceedings it is beyond reasonable doubt. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question5:- Relevancy is
  • (a) Question of law and can be raised at any time
  • (b) Question of law but can be raised at the first opportunity
  • (c) Question of law which can be waived
  • (d) Question of procedure which can be waived
Answer is A is correct. Relevancy as per Section 3 of the Act is a question of law and can be raised at any time of the proceedings. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.
Question6:- Circumstantial evidence must satisfy the following test
  • (a) The circumstances from which an inference of guilt is to be drawn must be cogently and firmly established
  • (b) Those circumstances should be of a definite tendency unerringly pointing towards the guilt of the accused
  • (c) The circumstances taken collectively should form a chain so complete that there is no escape from the conclusion that within all human probability the crime was committed by the accused
  • (d) All of the above
Answer is A is correct. In various cases Supreme Court has reiterated that circumstantial evidence must satisfy that the circumstances from which an inference of guilt is to be drawn must be cogently and firmly established. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.
Question7:- How many Sections and Chapters are there in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872?
  • (a) 167 Sections and 11 Chapters
  • (b) 172 Sections and 16 Chapters
  • (c) 160 Sections and 10 Chapters
  • (d) 180 Sections and 15 Chapters
Answer is A is correct. There are total 167 sections and 11 chapters in the Act. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.

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