Daily MCQs for Judiciary Prelims Exams - (24 November 2025)
Question/ Answer
Question 1:- Under the provisions of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, the seller is duty bound to disclose:
a. Patent defects in the property
b. Latent defects in the property
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
Answer B is correct. Refer Section 55(1) (a) of TPA, 1882. Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.
Question 2:- Who defined crime as “an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law”?
(a) K.D. Gaur
(b) H.L.A. Hart
(c) William Blackstone
(d) Roscoe Pound
Answer C is correct. William Blackstone, an eminent jurist, gave the classical definition of crime as an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it. Therefore, option (c) is the correct answer.
Question 3:- Who apportion the cost of additional police among inhabitants liable to pay?
(a) Superintendent of Police
(b) Magistrate of the District
(c) Director-General of Police
(d) Local Body Chairman
Answer B is correct. The District Magistrate, after due inquiry, apportions the cost of additional police among the residents liable to
contribute. Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.
Question 4:- Special provisions for contracts relating to infrastructure project are covered under___ of SRA, 1963.
(a) Section 20A
(b) Section 20B
(c) Section 20C
(d) None of the above
Answer A is correct. Section 20A of the SRA, 1963 deals with contracts related to infrastructure. Therefore, option (a) is the correct
answer.
Question 5:- According to Section 16(5) of the Police Act, who bears the cost of an additional police force?
(a) The State Government
(b) The Central Government
(c) The inhabitants of the area described in the proclamation
(d) The Police Department
Answer B is correct. Under Section 16(5), the cost of additional police deployed in an area must be borne by the inhabitants of that locality. Therefore, option (b) is the correct answer.