A. Medical insanity
B. Legal insanity
C. Moral insanity
D. None.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Indian Penal Code (IPC 1860) MCQs
Give incorrect response. The following are essentials of defence of mistake of fact under section 76 of the Penal Code:
A. In mistake there must be an act done by a person who is either bound by law or believes himself to be bound by law in doing an act.
B. Mistake may either relate to a fact or to law.
C. The belief must be by reason of a mistake of a fact.
D. Belief must be a bonafide belief in good faith.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Section 82 of IPC enunciates
A. A presumable of facts
B. A rebuttable presumption of law
C. A conclusive or irrebuttable presumption of law
D. None.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
A soldier beats an innocent person by the order of his superior officer :
A. A is not entitled to get defence under Sec. 76.
B. A is entitled to get defence as he was obeying the order of his superior offence.
C. A is entitled to get defence under Sec. 76.
D. A’s officer will be liable only.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Under Section 80, the exception of accident is available when an offence is committed while:
A. Doing a lawful act in a lawful manner by lawful means.
B. Doing a lawful act in any manner by any means
C. Doing a lawful act in a lawful manner by any means
D. None.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
A an officer was ordered to arrest B, believing Z to be B, he arrest Z.
A. A has committed no offence.
B. A has committed an offence.
C. A has committed no offence by reason of mistake of fact under Sec. 76.
D. None of the above.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Every person has a right to defend him:
A. Against any offence affecting the human body
B. And the body of his friends, against any offence affecting the human body
C. And the body of any person, against any offence affecting the human body
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The accused took an unmarried girl below the age of sixteen without her father consent in a bonafide belief that girl was older than 16 :
A. As the tabbing in itself is unlawful and so cannot avail defence under sec. 79.
B. Accused can take good defence of mistake of fact.
C. Accused cannot take this defence as it is not a mistake of fact
D. None of the above.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The accused was convicted of bigamy having gone through ceremony of marriage within 7 years after she had been deserted by her husband. She believed in good faith that her husband was dead. In this case :
A. she cannot be convicted as she was ignorant about 7 years rule. Exclusive group for Judicial Services Preparation
B. she can be convicted.
C. she cannot be convicted as she is mistaken by the fact.
D. she cannot be convicted of bigamy as she had been deserted by her husband.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Give correct response. A sees Z commit what appears to A to be murder. A in the exercise of the best of his judgment, exerted in good faith of the power which the law gives to all persons of apprehending murderers in the act seizes Z, in order to bring Z before the proper authorities, Later it was found that Z was acting in self-defence. Here:
A. A is liable because he has failed to make reasonable inquiries which must have elicited the true facts whether Z was a murderer or acting in self-defence.
B. A is liable for wrongfully apprehending Z because Z was acting in self-defence.
C. A is liable because he was neither bound by law nor justified by law to apprehend Z on a simple belief that Z was a murderer.
D. A has committed no offence because he is entitled to the defence of mistake of fact under section 79 of the Penal Code.
✅ The correct answer is option D.