MCQ 7 December 2023

Daily Static MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (7 December 2023)



Question/ Answer
Question1:- ‘An agreement to do an act impossible’ is provided in the Indian Contract Act under
  • (a) Section 39
  • (b) Section 50
  • (c) Section 56
  • (d) Section 55
Answer is C is correct. As per Section 56 of the Indian Contract Act, a contract to do an act which, after the contract is made, becomes impossible, or, by reason of some event which the promisor could not prevent, unlawful, becomes void when the act becomes impossible or unlawful. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.
Question2:- A frustration of contract entails if the performance is
  • (a) commercially impossible
  • (b) restricted by Government rules & regulations
  • (c) destruction of subject matter
  • (d) all of the above
Answer is C is correct. commercial impossibility and any restriction through government regulation does not lead to frustration of contract rather destruction of subject matter is one of the grounds. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.
Question3:- The rule enunciated by Section 65 of Indian Contract Act, 1872 is applicable to agreements which are discovered void by
  • (a) Mistake
  • (b) Failure of consideration
  • (c) Impossibility
  • (d) All the above
Answer is D is correct. When an agreement is discovered to be void, or when a contract becomes void, any person who has received any advantage under such agreement or contract is bound to restore it, or to make compensation for it to the person from whom he received it. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.
Question4:- Which Section of the Specific Relief Act, 1963, provides that the ‘specific relief to be granted only for enforcing civil rights and not for enforcing penal laws:
  • (a) Section 2
  • (b) Section 3
  • (c) Section 4
  • (d) Section 5
Answer is C is correct. Specific relief can be granted only for the purpose of enforcing individual civil rights and not for the mere purpose of enforcing a penal law as per Section 4 of the Act. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.
Question5:- An order or decree passed in a suit presented under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act is
  • (a) Appealable
  • (b) Reviewable
  • (c) Neither Appealable nor Re-viewable
  • (d) Appealable Reviewable Both
Answer is C is correct. As per Section 6(3) of the Act, no appeal shall lie from any order or decree passed in any suit instituted under this section, nor shall any review of any such order or decree be allowed. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.
Question6:- What is the meaning of retracted confession?
  • (a) Confession which is subsequently confirmed
  • (b) Confession which is subsequently assured
  • (c) Confession which is subsequently repudiated
  • (d) None of the above
Answer is C is correct. A retracted confession is a statement made by an accused person before the trial begins, by which he admits to having committed the offence but which he rejects at the trial. Therefore option (c) is the correct answer.
Question7:- A voluntarily confession is admissible in evidence when made:
  • (a) To a police officer
  • (b) To a magistrate having competent jurisdiction
  • (c) To a Village Sarapanch with a request to save him from police
  • (d) Where it leads to no discovery of facts and made to the police officer
Answer is B is correct. As per Section 26 of the Indian Evidence Act, No confession made by any person whilst he is in the custody of a police officer, unless it be made in the immediate presence of a Magistrate1, shall be proved as against such person. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.