MCQ 18 March 2024

Daily MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (18 March 2024)



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Question1:- A borrows Rs. 200 from B and executes a pronote in which the interest rate is given 1%. The pronote is filled and proved in the court. A wants to lead evidence to the effect that the interest settled between the parties was 0.5%
  • (a) This evidence cannot be allowed
  • (b) This evidence can be allowed
  • (c) This evidence may be allowed
  • (d) None of the above
Answer is A is correct. Documentary evidence cannot be proved through oral evidence as any writing in any contract etc to be proved by producing the document itself as per Section 60 of the Act. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.
Question2:- Evidence Act “Judgment of a Civil Court is binding on the Criminal Court under all circumstances”. This statement is
  • (a) True
  • (b) False
  • (c) Partly true
  • (d) None of the above
Answer is B is correct. Judgment of a civil court is only binding in civil courts and not in criminal court as the proceedings and procedure is totally different. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question3:- In which decision the five golden principles (panchasheel) about the circumstantial evidence have been laid down?
  • (a) Sharad Birdhichand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1984 SC 1622
  • (b) Rao Shiv Bahadur Singh v. State of V.P., AIR 1954 SC 322
  • (c) State of U.P. v. M.K. Anthony, AIR 1985 SC 48
  • (d) Shankari Prasad v. Union of India, AIR 1951 SC 455
Answer is A is correct. In Sharad Birdhichand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra, five golden rules to prove the circumstantial evidence is laid down and it is to be followed while proving the same and not otherwise. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.
Question4:- Which section of the Indian Evidence Act provides that the improper admission or rejection of evidence shall not be ground of itself for a new trial?
  • (a) Section 161
  • (b) Section 167
  • (c) Section 166
  • (d) Section 165
Answer is B is correct. Section 167 of the Act states that the improper admission or rejection of evidence shall not be ground of itself for a new trial. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.
Question5:- Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Refreshing memory by a witness under Section 159 of the Evidence Act means
  • (a) referring to any writings made by the witness
  • (b) referring to any writings made by any other person and read by the witness
  • (c) referring to any copy of the document by the witness with court permission
  • (d) referring to another witness for taking his assistance
Answer is A is correct. Section 159 of the Act states refreshing memory of the witness by presenting the writing which the other party has presented as evidence or has been referred in the court and the witness had knowledge about it but did not remember it. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.
Question6:- Mark the correct statement.
  • (a) The questions which are put only to test the credibility of a person will not be allowed as interrogatories, although they may be asked in cross-examination.
  • (b) Interrogatories can be administered only to a party to a suit and not to a witness, whereas cross-examination can be of any person, parties and witness alike.
  • (c) A party filing affidavit in reply to interrogatories can neither cross-examine nor adduce evidence to contradict it, as it is a conclusive proof.
  • (d) All these
Answer is D is correct. All the above given statements are true as per the Act. Questions asked for credibility as per Section 146 of the Act cannot be sued in interrogatories and such are conclusive proof of the matter stated. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question7:- A is indicted for the murder of B. C says that B when dying, declared that A had given B the wound of which B died. Evidence is offered to show that, on a previous occasion, C said that the wound was not given by A. Which one of the following is correct? The evidence is
  • (a) prohibited under section 52 of the Indian Evidence Act
  • (b) admissible under section 154 of the Indian Evidence Act
  • (c) admissible under section 153 of the Indian Evidence Act
  • (d) admissible under section 155 of the Indian Evidence Act
Answer is C is correct. As per Section 155 credit of the witness can be impeached. Clause (c) states ‘by proof of former statements inconsistent with any part of his evidence which is liable to be contradicted’ in the given fact, C is contradicting his own statements. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.

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