251. What is the age of a child if he is to be exempted from criminal liability?
A. Below 10 years
B. Below 7 years
C. Below 6 years
D. Below 12 years.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Indian Penal Code (IPC 1860)
252. Assertion (A): X, because of unsoundness of mind, not knowing the nature of the act attacks Y, who in self-defence and in order to ward of the attack, hits him thereby causing him hurt. Y does not commit an offence. Reason (R): Y had a right of private defence against X under Section 98 of the Indian Penal Code. 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.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
253. Consider the following statements: To justify as a defence to a charge of crime: 1. Irresistible impulse per se is no defence to a charge of crime. 2. Diminished responsibility is a defence to a charge of a crime. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
254. A an officer of a Court is ordered by the Court to affect the arrest of P. But believing Q to be P. He arrests Q A is guilty of:
A. Illegal arrest
B. No offence if after enquiries he arrested Q.
C. Wrongful restraint
D. Wrongful confinement.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
255. A met with an accident and became unconscious. He was taken to the hospital by the police and there was none of identify him. The surgeon performed an operation on him to save him but A died. The police prosecuted the surgeon for murder on a complaint by A’s relative. Since it was an act done in:
A. Good faith no offence was committed.
B. Good faith done for the benefit of the deceased, on offence was committed.
C. Good faith and for the benefit of A, and it was impossible to get consent in time, the surgeon is not liable.
D. Saving the life and under professional ethics, he is not liable.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
256. A person who commits an offence in a state of voluntary intoxication shall be liable to be dealt with as if he had:
A. The same intention as he would have had if he had not been intoxicated.
B. The same knowledge as he would have had if he had not been intoxicated.
C. The same intention and knowledge as he would have had if he had not been intoxicated.
D. Not the same intention and knowledge as he would have had if he had not been intoxicated.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
257. X is a good swimmer He finds Y, a child of seven years of age, drowning in a canal. He could have saved the child but did not do so. The child is drowned, X is guilty of:
A. No offence
B. Murder
C. Abetment of suicide
D. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
258. Common intention under Sec. 34 :
A. May develop at the spot as between a number of persons.
B. Implies a pre-arranged plan.
C. Both (a) and (b).
D. None of the above.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
259. Before a man can he held liable under Sec. 34
A. The person should have participated in some what manner in the act.
B. There was common intention.
C. Both (a) and (b).
D. None of the above.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
260. A & B goes to murder C. A stood as guard with a spear in hand to facilitate murder of C by B
A. A is liable for murder only.
B. B is liable for murder only.
C. A and B are liable for murder only.
D. A is not liable.
✅ The correct answer is option C.