Daily MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (01 February 2025)
Question/ Answer
Question1:- Right of private defence is now under which section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
a) Section 34
b) Section 27
c) Section 33
d) Section 20
Answer is a is correct. It permits individuals to use defensive force which otherwise be illegal, to fend off attacks threatening certain important interests. Therefore, option (a) is correct answer.
Question2:- Criminal breach of trust on an offence signifies
a) Entrustment
b) Demand
c) Refusal
d) All the above
Answer is d is correct. Entrustment means control over the property by one person to the other in such a way that the person on whose interests the property is handed over continues to be an owner. The word entrustment is very essential to constitute the offence of criminal breach of trust. Therefore, option (d) is correct answer.
Question3:- Under the scheme of criminal procedure non-cognizable offences are
a) Public wrongs
b) Private wrong
c) Both A and B
d) None
Answer is b is correct. Refer Section 2(i) of CrPC now Section 2(1) (o) of the BNSS, 2023. Therefore, option (b) is correct answer.
Question4:- Law of evidence is
a) Substantive law
b) Adjective law
c) Both a and b
d) None
Answer is b is correct. Law of Evidence is law of procedure i.e. adjective law. Evidence Act does not define or fix rights or liabilities under the law but only prescribe the mode by which rights or liabilities or parties is as curtained. It is thus adjective law and helps in proving or implementing the substantive law. Therefore, option (b) is 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 means what facts may be proved before any court of law. Thus, under the Evidence Act, the terms "Relevant" or "the facts that may be proved" are synonyms. Therefore, option (a) is correct answer.