Passage based Questions on Legal Aptitude SMLAQ017

1. Under section 89 the consent in respect of infants under 12 years of age or persons of unsound mind:

A. can be given by their guardians without any restriction
B. can be given by the guardian subject to restrictions mutually agreed upon
C. can be given by the guardians subject to restrictions imposed by law
D. all the above.

Ans. C

2. The consent is not a valid consent under section 90:

A. if given under a fear of injury or misconception of fact
B. if given by a person of unsound mind
C. if given by a child below 12 years of age
D. all the above.

Ans. D

3. Consent given under compulsion arising out of threat of injury:

A. excuses the causing of death
B. excuses causing of any offence against the state punishable with death
C. both (a) & (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b).

Ans. D

4. The maxim ‘de minimus non curat lex’ means:

A. law would not take action on small & trifling matter
B. law does not ignore any act which causes the slightest harm
C. law would not take action in serious matters
D. all the above.

Ans. A

5. The principle ‘de minimus non curat lex’ is contained in:

A. section 92 of IPC
B. section 93 of IPC
C. section 94 of IPC
D. section 95 of IPC.

Ans. D

6. The right of private defence is contained in:

A. section 94 of IPC
B. section 95 of IPC
C. section 96 of IPC
D. section 98 of IPC.

Ans. C