MCQ 24 June 2025

Daily MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (24 June 2025)



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Question1:- The expression ‘harm’ is used in Section 19 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 in the sense of:
  • A. Mental agony
  • B. Physical punishment
  • C. Injury or damage
  • D. Loss of property
Answer is c is correct. Section 19 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 defines "harm" to include injury or damage, which may be physical, mental, or reputational in context but broadly focuses on injury or damage as a result of an act. Therefore, option C is correct.
Question2:- In Criminal Law, the term ‘Doli incapax’ refers to the liability of:
  • A. An insane person
  • B. A person of unsound mind
  • C. A child below twelve years
  • D. A child below seven years
Answer is d is correct. ‘Doli incapax’ is a Latin term meaning "incapable of crime." In Indian law, a child under the age of seven is presumed to be incapable of forming the intent necessary to commit a crime. Therefore, option D is correct.
Question3:- The decision in R v. Govinda (BLR 1876), delivered by Justice Melville, is a leading authority on the distinction between:
  • A. Theft and robbery
  • B. Attempt and preparation
  • C. Murder and culpable homicide
  • D. Assault and grievous hurt
Answer is c is correct. R v. Govinda is a landmark case in Indian criminal law that helped clarify the subtle but important difference between "murder" and "culpable homicide not amounting to murder," primarily focusing on intent and circumstances. Therefore, option C is correct.
Question4:- When a person commits a crime under fear of death, the act:
  • A. Is punishable regardless of duress
  • B. Does not constitute an offence
  • C. Requires trial under juvenile justice
  • D. Results in civil liability only
Answer is b is correct. Under duress (fear of instant death), the person may lack the necessary mens rea (guilty mind), and hence, the act may not constitute an offence. However, exceptions apply (e.g., murder cannot be excused even under duress in some legal systems). Therefore, option B is correct.
Question5:- Under Section 41 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the right of private defence of property extends to causing death if the offence is:
  • A. Criminal trespass
  • B. Robbery
  • C. Mischief
  • D. Breach of contract
Answer is b is correct. Section 41 allows a person to cause death in defence of property only in cases of particularly serious offences, such as robbery, house-breaking by night, or mischief by fire on a dwelling house. Robbery is explicitly included. Therefore, option B is correct.

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