Indian Penal Code 1860-MCQ

Q.1. Match List-I (Case) with List-II (Subject) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

Ans.(a)

2. Forgery is defined in :

(a) Section 465

(b) Section 463

(c) Section 464

(d) Section 467

Ans. (b)

Q.3 Crime is:

a. Essentially an immoral act

b. An illegal act

c. Essentially a socially reprehensible act

d. None of the

Ans.(b)

Q.4 The Indian Penal Code came into force from:

a. 6 October, 1860

b. 1 September, 1873

c. 1 July, 1882

d. None of the above

Ans.(a)

Q.5 A man is defined by Section 10 of the Code as a male human being of:

a. Any age

b. Above 16 years of age

c. Above 18 years of age

d. None of the above

Ans.(a)

Q.6 An idol of Lord Krishna is a temple is:

a. A natural person

b. A legal person

c. Not a person in the eye of law because only the priest of the temple will be a person

d. Not a person because no personality can be conferred on

Ans. (d)

Q. 7 Which one of the following is not a “public servant”?

a. Liquidator

b. A civil Judge

c. Member of a panchayat assisting a Court of justice

d. Secretary of a Co-operative

 Ans. (c)

Q8. An Indian citizen commits any offence out of India, he:

a. Cannot be prosecuted in India, as the act was not committed in India

b. Can be prosecuted in the country where the offence was committed

c. Can be prosecuted in India in any place in which he may be found

d. None of above

Ans.(c)

Q.9 Under which of the following situations would Indian courts have jurisdiction?

1. Crime committed by an Indian in a foreign country
2. Crime committed by a foreign in India
3. Crime committed by a person on an Indian ship. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Codes:

a. 1 and 2

b. 1 and 3

c. 2 alone

d. 1, 2 and

Ans.(d)

Q10. Give correct response.

• A  an Indian citizen commits murder in America and makes good his escape to India.
• A can be prosecuted in India in any place where he is found because by virtue of Section 4 of

a.  I.P.C. the code has extra territorial application in case of offences committed by Indian citizen.

b. A cannot be prosecuted in India because the act was not committed in this

c. A can neither be prosecuted in America nor in

d. A can only be prosecuted in America where the offence has been

Ans. (a)

Q11. Give correct response.

A, a Korean national commits murder of B, an English lady on an Indian Air Lines plane while on a journey from India to Japan.

a. A can be tried either in Korea or in England because the murderer was a Korean and the victim was a national of

b. A can be prosecuted in India in any place where he is found because Section 4 of the P.C. Provides this the provisions of the code apply to any offence committed by any person on any ship or aircraft registered in India.

c. A cannot be prosecuted in India because the offence has not been committed against an Indian

d. A can only be prosecuted in Korea because only that country of which an offender is a national has jurisdiction to prosecute.

Ans. (b)

12. Point out incorrect response.

The following persons are exempted from the jurisdiction of criminal courts in India.

a. Alien enemies committing acts of

b. Foreign Sovereigns

c. Foreign army on Indian soil present with the consent of Government of

d. Alien enemy committing a crime unconnected with war g., theft.

 Ans. (d)

13. Point out incorrect response.

The following persons are exempted from the jurisdiction of criminal courts in India.

a. The Governors of States in

b. The President of

c. Foreign

d. The Prime Minister of

Ans. (d)

Q.14 Which one of the following brings out the distinction between Section 34 and 149 of the IPC?

a. Section 34 creates a specific offence whereas Section 149 does not

b. Section 34 as well as Section 149 creates specific

c. Section 149 creates a specific offence whereas Section 34 does

d. Section 34 as well as Section 149 do not create specific

Ans.(c)

Q.15 Assertion (A): X and Y had independently entertained the idea to kill Z. Accordingly each of them separately inflicted wounds on Z, who dies in consequence. X and Y are liable for murder with the aid of Section 34 IPC.

Reason (R): When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of common intention of all, each of such persons is liable as if the whole act is done by him alone of the above statements.

a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

b. Both A and R are true and R is NOT a correct explanation of A

c. A is true but R is false

d. A is false but R is true.

Ans.(d)

Q.16 To constitute an offence of criminal conspiracy, what is the necessary condition to be proved?

a. There must be a prior meeting of two or more

b. There must be an agreement of two or more persons to do an illegal act or to do a legal act by illegal

c. A person does an illegal act with the help of two or more

d. Two or more persons commit a crime on a sudden provocation with guilty

 Ans. (b)

Q.17  A instigates B a child to put poison into the food of Z. B by mistake put poison into the food of Y & Y died consequently.

a. A is responsible for the death of Y in the same manner as if he had abetted the murder of

b. A is not responsible for the death of

c. A is guilty of attempt of murder of

d. None of the

Ans. (a)

Q18.  A instigates B to set fire in Z’s house. B set fire to the Z’s house & same time commit theft of property there.

a. A is guilty of abetting setting

b. A is guilty of abetting setting fire as well as abetting

c. A is guilty of abetting theft

d. None of the above

Ans. (a)

Q19. Give correct response

a. If one instigates another to perpetuate particular crime & that other in pursuance of instigation not only perpetrate that crime but in the course of doing so commits another crime. Abettor is liable for another crime.

b. 111 IPC proceeds on the maxim Every man is presumed to intend the natural consequence of his act.

c. Both (a) and (b).

d. None of the above

Ans. (c)

Give correct response.

Q20. A and his wife W went to have dinner with a friend. He carried his gun with him, and before going to  dinner he discharged the gun and kept it in a private place in his friend’s house. A, then went to church after dinner and in the night returned home with his gun. He carried the gun in the room. He in taking it up touched the trigger and the gun went off and killed the wife. It was found that when A was away to church another man had privately taken the gun out to shoot and had returned it loaded to the place where it was put in the friend’s house.

In this case :

(a) A was negligent in so far as he did not try to ascertain whether the gun was loaded or not, therefore, he would be liable for negligently causing his wife’s death.

(b) A is liable not for murder but for culpable homicide because he would have exercised greater caution in handling the gun.

(c) A has acted in a mistaken belief that the gun was not loaded, therefore, he was entitled to the defence of mistake and will not be liable.

(d) A would not be liable because death was caused by accident as he had reasonable ground to believe that the gun was not loaded.