MCQ 18 September 2024

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



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Question1:- Hindu Adoption & Maintenance Act, 1956- A person shall be capable of being taken in adoption if he or she has not completed the age of-
  • a) Sixteen years
  • b) Eighteen years
  • c) Fifteen years, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permits persons who have completed the age of fifteen years being taken in adoption
  • d) Twenty-one years
Answer is C is correct. Refer Section 10(iv) of HAMA, 1956. Therefore, option (c) is the correct answer.
Question2:- In which case, the Supreme Court held that "Staying together under the same roof is not a pre-condition for mental cruelty"?
  • a) A. J. L. Nanda v. Smt. Veena, AIR 1988 SC 407
  • b) Kameswara Rao v. G. Jabilli, AIR 2002 SC 576
  • c) K. Srinivas Rao v. D. A. Deepa, AIR 2013 SC 2176
  • d) N. C. Dastane v. S. Dastane, AIR 1975 SC 1534
Answer is C is correct. K. Srinivas Rao v. D. A. Deepa, where the Supreme Court held that living together is not necessary to establish mental cruelty. The concept of cruelty under Section 13(1) (i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 includes both physical and mental cruelty, and the latter can occur even without cohabitation. Therefore, option (c) is the correct answer.
Question 3:- Which of the following is true regarding the ‘right of subrogation’ as defined under the Transfer of Property Act, 1882?
  • a) Any person redeeming the property under provisions of section 91 of the Act, has the same rights as the mortgagor against the mortgagee
  • b) Any person redeeming the property under provisions of section 91 of the Act, has the same right as the mortgagee against the mortgagor
  • c) Either A or B depending on the facts of the case
  • d) Neither A nor B
Answer is A is correct. Refer Section 92 of TPA, 1882. Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer.
Question4:- Which of the following properties can be transferred under the Transfer of Property Act, 1882?
  • a) Salary of a public officer
  • b) Right to sue
  • c) Both A and B
  • d) Neither A nor B
Answer is D is correct. Refer Section 6 of TPA, 1882. Therefore, option (d) is the correct answer.
Question5:- Which section of the Indian Evidence Act deals with the examination of a child witness?
  • a) Section 118
  • b) Section 120
  • c) Section 119
  • d) Section 122
Answer is A is correct. Refer Section 124 of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 corresponds to Section 118 of Evidence Act. Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer.
Question6:- The rule against hearsay evidence does not apply to which of the following situations?
  • a) Dying declarations
  • b) Statements made by a person who cannot be found
  • c) Statements made by a person with a contrary interest
  • d) Statements made by a person under the influence of alcohol
Answer is A is correct. Refer Section 26 of the BSA, 2023; this corresponds with Section 32 (1) of Evidence Act. Therefore, option (a) is the correct answer.
Question7:- Which of the following is not a mode permitted for execution of a decree of conjugal rights?
  • a) Attachment and Sale or Property
  • b) Arrest and Detention
  • c) Periodical payments by husband
  • d) None of the above
Answer is B is correct. Refer Order XXI Rule 39 of CPC. Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.

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