MCQ 17 May 2024

Daily MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (17 May 2024)



Question/ Answer
Question1:- Any person aggrieved by refusal, on the part of an officer in charge of police station to record the information in cognizable offence may, under Section 154(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure send the information in writing and by post to:
  • (a) First Class Judicial Magistrate
  • (b) Sessions Judge
  • (c) Superintendent of Police
  • (d) High Court
Answer is C is correct. As per Section 154(3) an aggrieved person can approach the superintendent of police and later on his refusal or otherwise, can further approach the magistrate. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.
Question2:- First Information Report is not a substantive evidence, it can be used during trial for the following:
  • (a) Only to corroborate the evidence of the informant
  • (b) Only to contradict the evidence of the informant
  • (c) For both (a) and (b) above
  • (d) For neither (a) nor (b)
Answer is C is correct. FIR is not defined under the criminal code. It can only be used to corroborate or contradict the evidence provided by the informant and cannot be used as a substantive evidence and no conviction can be made on that basis only. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.
Question3:- Complaint under section 2(d) can be of Code of Criminal Procedure to be
  • (a) Written
  • (b) Oral
  • (c) Written or Oral
  • (d) None of these
Answer is C is correct. Complaint means “any allegation made orally or in writing to a Magistrate, with a view to his taking action under this Code that some person, whether known or unknown, has committed an offence, but does not include a police report. Explanation.—A report made by a police officer in a case which discloses, after investigation, the commission of a non- cognizable offence shall be deemed to be a complaint; and the police officer by whom such report is made shall be deemed to be the complainant” hence it can be made orally or in writing. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.
Question4:- Which one of the following is a landmark case relating to disqualification law for convicted Member of Parliament and Member of Assembly?
  • (a) Lily Thomas v Union of India
  • (b) Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
  • (c) Govind v. State of Madhya Pradesh
  • (d) A.K. Gopalan v. state of Madras
Answer is A is correct. In Lily Thomas v. Union of India case Supreme Court ruled that any Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) or Member of a Legislative Council (MLC) who is convicted of a crime and given a minimum of two years' imprisonment, loses membership of the House with immediate effect. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.
Question5:- An enforceable law became void under Article 13 of the Constitution when Constitution was adopted. Parliament amends the Fundamental rights, the amendment removes inconsistency of the law with Part III of the constitution. The effect of the amendment would be:
  • (a) Void law automatically becomes Valid
  • (b) Void law is void ab initio.
  • (c) Void law will become valid only after its re-enactment by Parliament
  • (d) None of the above
Answer is D is correct. The amendment is valid as it removes the inconsistency of the law and hence enforceable. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question6:- The right to education was inserted in the constitution in ______ and came in force in_____.
  • (a) 1986 and 2002
  • (b) 2002 and 2010
  • (c) 2002 and 2002
  • (d) 2002 and 2011
Answer is B is correct. The Right to Education was inserted through Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 by inserting Article 21A in the Constitution of India but this came into force in 2010 through Right to Education Act 2010. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question7:- Which of the following statements is not true?
  • (a) The date of implementation of the Indian Constitution is November 26, 1949
  • (b) The “Secular” word was added by the 42nd Constitution Amendment
  • (c) The 42nd Constitutional Amendment was done in 1976
  • (d) Social, Economic and political justice has been taken from the Russian Revolution in the Indian Constitution
Answer is A is correct. Constitution of India was implemented in the year 26 th January 1950 and it was on 26 th November 1949 that it was adopted by the Constituent assembly. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.