Punjab Judicial Services Exam PCS J 2011

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# Point out incorrect response-The period of limitation for taking cognizance of an offence shall be-

# Which of the following courts, can under Section 106 Cr.P.C. release a convict on security for keeping the peace and good behaviour?

# Which of the following can not claim maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C.?

# Procedure for ‘summary trial’ is provided in which Sections of the Cr.P.C.?

# Whether the Court can issue search warrant where it has no knowledge about the document or thing to be in the possession of any person?

# Whether a Criminal Court can impound any document produced before it:

# If a Magistrate administers oath before recording the confession of an accused, the confessional statement is:

# Compounding of offence under the provisions of Cr.P.C. results in:

# In a cognizable case the police will have powers to;

# An offence is committed by a British citizen on an aircraft registered in India. The offender may be dealt with under which provision of the Cr.P.C., 1973?

# The Court may alter the charge:

# In which of the cases a plea bargain can not be effected:

# A Magistrate may take cognizance of an offence:

# While living with her father at Indore, a minor became intimate with the accused and ran away with him to Bhopal. After some time they eventually settled in Mumbai. An offence of kidnapping may be tried at:

# A Magistrate can authorize the detention of accused in police custody for a period of fifteen days. When does this period begin to run?

# Under Section 28 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 an agreement not to pursue any legal remedy to enforce the right is:

# Which one of the following does not amount to ‘fraud’ under the Indian Contract Act?

# A contract not specifying the place of performance:

# Novation of a contract means:

# A contract signed between two countries, without specifying as to which country’s law shall govern in case of dispute:

# Revocation of offer by letter or telegram can be complete;

# The pawnee has a right to retain the goods pledged:

# B, the proprietor of a newspaper, publishes, at A’s request, a libel upon C in the paper, and A agrees to indemnify B against the consequences of the publication, and all costs and damages of the action in respect thereof. B is sued by C –

# Which of the following are ‘goods’ within the meaning of Section 2(7) of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930:

# ‘Mercantile agent’ means the person:

# A ‘sale of goods’ under the Sale of Goods Act, 1930, creates:

# If a contract for sale of goods is for sale of two or more things under an entire contract, the perishing of some of them would:

# Under Section 51 of the Sale of Goods Act, 1930, the goods are in transit so long as they are in:

# In a sale of goods by auction, as soon as the hammer falls, the goods:

# A suit for recovery of possession of any immovable property under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act can be filed against:

# Section 8 of the Specific Relief Act can be invoked:

# In case of specific performance of part of contract the purchaser:

# Rise in value since agreement is:

# In which of the following cases, the specific performance of a contract will not be ordered:

# Under Section 11 of the Specific Relief Act, 1930 a contract made by a trustee in exces of his powers or in the breach of a trust is:

# Under the Indian Constitution, which one of the following is NOT a specific ground on which the State can place restrictions on freedom of religion?

# Respect for the National Rag and the National Anthem is:

# Law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all the courts within the territory of India. Here ‘courts’ means:

# The text of the Preamble of the Constitution of India aims to secure:

# Which one of the following proposition is correct description of the powers of the President of India under Article 356 of the Constitution?

# The Supreme Court does not have original jurisdiction in a dispute between:

# Which one of the following statements is correct in respect of state power of reservation in admissions to educational institutions?

# Double jeopardy means:

# On receipt of a Constitution Amendment Bill, after passing by each House of Parliament, the President:

# The right to ‘equality before the law’ contained in Article 14 of the Constitution of India is available to:

# The power of judicial review means:

# Which of the following Fundamental Rights can not be suspended during emergency?

# When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all:

# To establish Section 34 of IPC:

# A is warehouse-keeper, Z, going on a journey, entrusts his furniture to A, under a contract that it shall be returned on payment of a stipulated sum for warehouse room. A dishonestly sells the goods. For which offence A is liable:

# Sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine under Section 64 of IPC:

# In one of the famous cases, the Supreme Court has made the following observation: ‘The right of private defence is a right of defence and it is not a right of retribution’.

# Under Section 80 IPC, the exception of accident is available when an offence is committed while :

# Abetment by aid requires:

# Section 83 of IPC enunciates:

# ‘A’ commits house-trespass by making a hole through the wall of Z’s house and putting his hand through the aperture. For which offence A is liable?

# Is ‘irresistible impulse’ a defence?

# Which of the following statements is correct:

# Which of the following is sufficient to prove the offence of sedition?

# The defence of ‘consent’ applies to:

# Give correct response with respect to the difference between Section 34 and 149: 34 thus not necessary in Section 149

# Cognizance of offence of defamation under Chapter XXI of 1PC can be taken:

# In a case of free fight between two parties:

# ‘A’ pulled an ear ring away from a woman’s ear and thereby tore and wounded her ear. ‘A’ is guilty of:

# Z’ strikes B. ‘B’ is by this provocation excited to violent rage. ‘A’, a bystander, intending to take advantage of B’s rage, and to cause him to kill ‘Z’ and puts a knife into B’s hand for that purpose, ‘B’ kills ‘Z’ with the knife. For which offence ‘A’ is liable-

# For abetment:

# A fact forming part of the same transaction is relevant under Section 6 of the Evidence Act:

# A person is proving his defence under one of the following exceptions. State which of the following exceptions is correct:

# Admissions:

# Burden of proof:

# Confession of one accused is admissible against the co-accused:

# Contents of a document may be proved under Section 61 of the Evidence Act:

# Husband and wife both are competent witness for and against each other:

# In case a child is born within 280 days of dissolution of marriage, the mother remaining unmarried the presumption of legitimacy of child under Section 112 of Evidence Act arises:

# In Section 8 of the Indian Evidence Act, which one of the following is made relevant?

# Latent ambiguity in a document means ambiguity:

# Facts can be:

# Under Section 145 of Evidence Act, a witness may be cross-examined as to previous statement in writing:

# Under Section 118 who amongst the following are competent witnesses:

# Self-regarding’ statements:

# The ‘relationship’ in Section 50 of the Evidence Act means:

# The presumption under Section 90 of the Evidence Act can be drawn in respect of:

# A person of which of the following blood groups Is called a universal donor?

# What is the minimum age prescribed for membership to the Lok Sabha?

# The Indian rule who defeated the English in the early stage of English rule in India was:

# Which of the following mountains are the oldest?

# Playing time of the full version of National Anthem is:

# Who said ‘Education is the best contraceptive for population stabilisation?

# Sepoy Mutiny’ of 1857 started from:

# The one rupee note bears the signature of:

# Who developed the small pox vaccination?

# Under Section 3 of the Limitation Act, 1963, the Court is required to consider the question of limitation:

# Section 5 of the Limitation Act is:

# Which is not correct of law of limitation:

# A decree of restitution of conjugal rights, in India, can be executed by:

# A party is regarded as not having the mental capacity to solemnize the marriage, if suffering from:

# Bigamy is committed, if the subsisting marriage is:

# Incapacity to consummate the marriage within the meaning of Section 12 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955:

# Non registration of marriage under Section 8 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955:

# Under Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act, repudiation of marriage as a ground for divorce is available to:

# A woman married under Muslim law shall be entitled to obtain a decree for the dissolution of marriage on the ground that the husband has failed to perform, without reasonable cause, his marital obligations for a period of:

# A Corporation, under Section 20 of CPC, is deemed to carry on business at:

# A person can act as a ‘next friend’ if he is:

# A person who institutes a suit in a foreign court and claims a decree in personam, after the judgment is pronounced against him:

# A receiver:

# After being proceeded against ex-parte, the defendant is:

# Amendment in pleading shall be effective:

# Attachment of property attached shall remain operative under Order 39 Rule 2A of CPC for a period of:

# Awarding future interest is:

# Costs imposed under Section 35B of CPC:

# Decree means:

# Foreign judgment as defined under Section 2(6) of CPC means:

# In an interpleader suit, the plaintiff claims:

# In every plaint, under Section 26 of CPC, facts should be proved by

# Notice under Section 80 CPC has to be served on:

# On abatement of suit, under Order 22, Rule 9 of CPC:

# Provisions of Section 39 of CPC are:

# Under Order 23, Rule 3 of CPC, on the basis of a compromise:

# Which of the following properties of a judgment debtor are liable to be attached:

# X’ dies leaving behind a son ‘V and a married daughter ‘Z’, a suit filed by ‘X’, after his death, can be continued by:

# Under Section 32 of Evidence Act, the opinion: