Passage based Questions on Legal Aptitude SMLAQ007

Monday: Legal Aptitude at High Altitude

Directions: Kindly read the given information carefully and answer the question that follows.

1. Section 82 of IPC enunciates:

A. a presumption of fact
B. a rebuttable presumption of law
C. a conclusive or irrebuttable presumption of law
D. none of the above.

Ans. C

2. A person is stated to be partially incapax under section 83, IPC if he is aged:

A. above seven years and under twelve years
B. above seven years and under ten years
C. above seven years and under sixteen years
D. above seven years and under eighteen years.

Ans. A

3. Section 83 of IPC lays down:

A. a presumption of fact
B. an inconclusive or rebuttable presumption of law
C. conclusive or irrebuttable presumption of law
D. irrebuttable presumption of fact.

Ans. B

4. Section 82 of IPC lays down the rule of:

A. wholly incapax
B. partially incapax
C. both (a) & (b)
D. either (a) or (b).

Ans. A

5. Under section 82 & section 83 of IPC an offence is punishable if it is done by a child:

A. of below seven years of age
B. of above seven years of age but below twelve years if he has not attained sufficient maturity and understanding
C. of above seven years of age but below twelve years having attained sufficient maturity and understanding
D. all the above.

Ans. C

6. Which of the following pair is not correctly matched:

A. Mens Rea – R. v. Prince
B. Necessity – D.P.P. v. Beard
C. Insanity – Mc’Naughten case
D. Intoxication – Basudeo v. State of Pepsu.

Ans. C

7. The maxim ‘actus non facit rea nisi mens sit rea’ means:

A. crime has to be coupled with guilty mind
B. there can be no crime without a guilty mind
C. crime is the result of guilty mind
D. criminal mind leads to crime.

Ans. B