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930+ Indian Penal Code (IPC 1860) Solved MCQs

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401.

Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife is not rape, if the wife is above:

A. 18 years of age
B. 15 years of age
C. 16 years of age
D. None of the above.
Answer» B. 15 years of age
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402.

The essential ingredient of the offence of rape is:

A. Against her will
B. Without her consent
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Both (a) and (b)
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403.

Illicit intercourse implies:

A. Sexual intercourse between two persons not united by marriage
B. Rape
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Both (a) and (b)
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404.

Culpable homicide has been defined

A. Under Section 299 of IPC
B. Under Section 300 of IPC
C. Under Section 302 of IPC
D. None.
Answer» A. Under Section 299 of IPC
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405.

Murder has been defined:

A. Under Section 299 of IPC
B. Under Section 300 of IPC
C. Under Section 302 of IPC
D. None.
Answer» B. Under Section 300 of IPC
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406.

Grave & sudden provocation is

A. Question of fact
B. Question of law
C. Mixed question of fact & law
D. None.
Answer» A. Question of fact
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407.

Culpable homicide not amounting to murder is punishable with:

A. Death
B. Imprisonment for life
C. Imprisonment for life or imprisonment for ten years
D. None.
Answer» C. Imprisonment for life or imprisonment for ten years
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408.

Adultery is:

A. Has sexual intercourse with a person, who is, and whom he knows, or has reason to believe to be, the wife of another man, without the consent or connivance of that man, such sexual intercourse not amounting to rape.
B. Has sexual intercourse with a person, who is, an whom he knows, or has reason to believe to be, the wife of another man, with the consent or connivance of that man, such intercourse not amounting to rape.
C. Has sexual intercourse with an unmarried woman.
D. None of the above.
Answer» A. Has sexual intercourse with a person, who is, and whom he knows, or has reason to believe to be, the wife of another man, without the consent or connivance of that man, such sexual intercourse not amounting to rape.
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409.

Which of the following are grievous hut

A. Emasculation
B. Permanent disfiguration of face
C. Privation of any member or joint
D. All of the above.
Answer» D. All of the above.
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410.

During the fight between A & B the two ladies, A pulls B by hair and removes some of her hair. A is guilty of an offence of causing:

A. Simple hurt
B. Grievous hurt
C. Simple hurt by rash and negligent act
D. None.
Answer» B. Grievous hurt
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411.

Assault cannot be caused by:

A. Mere words
B. Mere gestures
C. Mere preparation
D. None.
Answer» A. Mere words
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412.

In kidnapping, the consent of minor is

A. Wholly immaterial
B. Partly immaterial
C. Wholly material
D. None.
Answer» A. Wholly immaterial
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413.

Dowry death describes:

A. Murder
B. Culpable homicide
C. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder
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414.

Punishment for Dowry death is:

A. Not less than three years
B. Not less than five years
C. Not less than seven years and in rare circumstances may extend to death sentence
D. Not less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life.
Answer» D. Not less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life.
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415.

Which one of the following correctly identifies the remedies available to the victim in case of false imprisonment?

A. Self-help, abatement, action for damages
B. Habeas corpus, action for damages, injunction
C. Self-held, habeas corpus, action for damages
D. Injunction, abatement, action for damages.
Answer» C. Self-held, habeas corpus, action for damages
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416.

X obtains property from Z by saying that your child in the hands of my gang and will be put to death unless you send us ten lac rupees. X commits:

A. Criminal breach of trust
B. Robbery
C. Extortion
D. Theft.
Answer» A. Criminal breach of trust
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417.

X instigates Y to commit murder of Z. Y in consequence stabs Z but Z survives the wound. X is guilty of:

A. Murder
B. Attempt to murder
C. Abetment of attempt to murder
D. Abetment of murder.
Answer» D. Abetment of murder.
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418.

The principle of proximity to crime under criminal law is irrelevant while deciding the liability for the offences of:

A. Culpable homicide and murder
B. Theft and dacoity
C. Kidnapping and abduction
D. Abetment and conspiracy.
Answer» D. Abetment and conspiracy.
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419.

A with intention to kill her husband, purchased some poison-powder from a chemist who by mistake, dispensed plain sugar instead. She put the powder in a cup of tea and served it to her husband who drank it but did not die. Which one of the following statements is correct so far as the charge to attempt a murder is concerned?

A. She is liable because she had committed the penultimate act
B. She is liable because her intention to kill her husband is clear from the totality of acts
C. She is not liable because administration of sugar is not a step towards the commission of murder.
D. She is not liable because her husband did not die.
Answer» B. She is liable because her intention to kill her husband is clear from the totality of acts
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420.

A shot at B with a view to kill him. When B was being taken to the hospital, a tree fall upon B on the way and B died in the hospital a few days later. If it was proved that the falling of the tree caused B’s death then:

A. A shall be responsible for the death of B.
B. Falling of tree has broken the chain of causation
C. A is not liable to pay an compensation to the dependants of B
D. None of the above statements is correct.
Answer» A. A shall be responsible for the death of B.
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421.

Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder is given in the IPC in:

A. Section 304
B. Section 302
C. Section 300
D. None.
Answer» A. Section 304
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422.

A intending to murder B by poison, purchases poison and mixes the same with a glass of water. He gives the glass to the bearer to serve B. the bearer while approaching B loses balance and the glass drops out of his plate. Which one of the following statements is correct in this context?

A. A has committed no offence.
B. A has committed the offence of attempt to commit culpable homicide.
C. A has committed the offence of abetments
D. A has committed the offence of attempt to murder.
Answer» A. A has committed no offence.
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423.

Culpable homicide is not murder, it is committed under:

A. Grave and sudden provocation
B. Madness
C. Moral conviction
D. Anger.
Answer» D. Anger.
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424.

Which one of the following statements correct defines the term murder?

A. Act by which the death is caused must have been done with the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death.
B. Death is caused with the knowledge that, he is likely to cause death by his act.
C. Death is caused with the intention of causing such bodily injury as the offender knows to be likely to cause death of the person to whom the injury is caused
D. Death is caused under grave and sudden provocation.
Answer» B. Death is caused with the knowledge that, he is likely to cause death by his act.
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425.

Both A & B went to field to protect crop being reaped forcibly by opposite party and in course of he (A) killed a person.

A. Only B is liable for murder.
B. Both A and B are liable for murder.
C. Only A is liable for murder.
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Only A is liable for murder.
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426.

Give correct response. A administers to B a drug in order to procure abortion believing her to be pregnant but in fact she is not pregnant, Held that :

A. A is liable for attempt because the actual commission of the offence was avoided by reason of a fact beyond A’s control i.e. the fact that the lady was not pregnant.
B. A is not liable for attempt. Since the woman was not pregnant, therefore, causing of abortion was a factual impossibility.
C. Since the woman was not pregnant, therefore, A had attempted only a legal impossibility and, therefore, the would not be liable.
D. A is liable for causing hurt by poisoning.
Answer» A. A is liable for attempt because the actual commission of the offence was avoided by reason of a fact beyond A’s control i.e. the fact that the lady was not pregnant.
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427.

Give incorrect response. A, a woman with a view to poisoning her husband administered to him a substance which she believed to be arsenic but which in fact was sugar. In this case :

A. A is liable for attempt because she attempted to cause death of her husband by such means (i.e. poisoning) which she believed to be capable of causing death.
B. A is liable for attempting to kill her husband because her intention was to kill him by poisoning.
C. A is liable for attempt because her act was towards the commission of the desired offence.
D. A is not liable for attempting to cause death of her husband because A’s act was not towards the commission of the desired offence in as much as the substance administered could never bring about the desired result.
Answer» D. A is not liable for attempting to cause death of her husband because A’s act was not towards the commission of the desired offence in as much as the substance administered could never bring about the desired result.
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428.

Give best response. Z, a pick-pocket attempts to take the purse of a gentleman who has a loaded pistol in his pocket. The thief touches the pistol and the trigger goes off, the gentleman is shot dead. The liability of the pick-pocket is as follows :

A. Z is liable for murder of the gentleman in whose pocket he has put his hand.
B. Z is liable for attempting to commit homicide.
C. Z is not liable for murder but for pick-pocketing only, because when a person engaged in the commission of an offence causes death by pure accident he shall suffer only the punishment of his offence.
D. Z is liable for murder and will not succeed in his defence of accident under section 80 because accident must be caused while doing a lawful act, in lawful manner by lawful means. Here Z caused death while doing an unlawful act.
Answer» C. Z is not liable for murder but for pick-pocketing only, because when a person engaged in the commission of an offence causes death by pure accident he shall suffer only the punishment of his offence.
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429.

Give the correct response.

A. All culpable homicides are murders.
B. All murders are culpable homicide but not vice versa.
C. Both (a) and (b).
D. None of the above.
Answer» B. All murders are culpable homicide but not vice versa.
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430.

Homicide is the killing of human being by ______

A. Human being whether lawful or unlawful.
B. Human being whether lawful only.
C. Human being which is unlawful.
D. Any one whether animal.
Answer» A. Human being whether lawful or unlawful.
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431.

Culpable Homicide means the causing of death by doing ______

A. An act with the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death.
B. An act with the knowledge that it was likely to cause death.
C. An act with the intention of causing death.
D. All of these.
Answer» D. All of these.
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432.

The section 299 has following essentials

A. Such death must have been caused by doing an act.
B. Causing of death of a human being.
C. Both (a) and (b).
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Both (a) and (b).
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433.

Give the correct response

A. The offence is complete as soon as a person is killed.
B. It is immaterial if the person whose death has been caused is not the very person whom the accused intended to kill.
C. Both (a) and (b).
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Both (a) and (b).
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434.

Under see 299 the connection between act and death caused must be

A. Indirect.
B. Direct.
C. Both (a) and (b).
D. None of the above.
Answer» B. Direct.
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435.

Where bodily injury is sufficient to cause death it _______

A. Matters to find the intention.
B. Is immaterial to find the intention.
C. Intention is implied by the act.
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Intention is implied by the act.
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436.

The word knowledge under See. 299 is a strong word and

A. A probability.
B. A certainty.
C. Both certainty and probability.
D. None of the above.
Answer» B. A certainty.
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437.

Once it is established that an act was a deliberate act and was not the result of accident rashness or negligence it is obvious that the offence would be ---

A. Murder.
B. Culpable homicide.
C. Attempt to murder.
D. Grievous hurt.
Answer» B. Culpable homicide.
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438.

The accused gave the deceased a severe push on the back ____ he fell down on the road and sustained injuries resulted in his death on the fifth day this was simply a case of

A. Using original force.
B. Murder.
C. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
D. Simply hurt.
Answer» C. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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439.

The accused gave his wife a blow on her head with wooden rod rendering her unconscious. Belowing her to so dead the accused hanged her on a bean by rope in order to lay to foundation of a false defence of suicide and there by caused her death by strangulation is guilty of causing _______

A. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
B. Death.
C. Grievous hurt.
D. Hurt.
Answer» C. Grievous hurt.
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440.

A struck B on the head a simple blow with a piece of firewood B fell down bleeding from nose and become senseless. A and his wife thought that B was dead hence they placed B on the wooden pyre and set fire to it which caused B’s death. A and his wife are guilty of

A. Simple hurt.
B. Murder.
C. Grievous hurt.
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Grievous hurt.
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441.

Deceased did not actually die from the injuries but from the which set in consequence of sence duty substance because the injuries were not the cause of death, the person causing the injuries will be guilty of

A. Murder.
B. Hurt.
C. Grievous hurt.
D. None of the above.
Answer» A. Murder.
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442.

A shoots Z with the intention of killing. Z dies in consequence. A commits

A. Assault.
B. Culpable homicide.
C. Murder.
D. Criminal use of force.
Answer» C. Murder.
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443.

Culpable homicide is not murder if the accused is deprived of power of self control by

A. Grave and sudden provocation by any one.
B. Grave and sudden provocation by act god.
C. Grave and sudden provocation by the deceased.
D. All of these.
Answer» C. Grave and sudden provocation by the deceased.
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444.

Y gives grave and sudden provocation to A. A on this fires from a pistol as a result Z is killed who is nearby, A has committed

A. Death by rash and negligent act.
B. Attempt to murder Y.
C. Murder.
D. Culpable homicide.
Answer» D. Culpable homicide.
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445.

A attempts to pull Z’s nose Z in the exercise of right of private defence hold A to protect him. A is moved to sudden and violent passion and killed Z this is

A. Murder.
B. Abetment of murder.
C. Culpable homicide.
D. Grievous hurt.
Answer» A. Murder.
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446.

Give the correct response

A. A knowledge that the natural and problem consequence of an act would be death.
B. An intention to kill is not always necessary to make out a case of murder
C. Both (a) an (b).
D. None of the above.
Answer» C. Both (a) an (b).
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447.

Give the correct response

A. An offence can not amount to culpable homicide with out amounting to murder.
B. An offence can not the amount to murder, if it does not falls with in the definition of culpable homicide.
C. Both of the above.
D. None of the above.
Answer» B. An offence can not the amount to murder, if it does not falls with in the definition of culpable homicide.
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448.

To apply Sec. 300 that particular bodily injury present is

A. Intentional.
B. Accidental.
C. Unintentional.
D. By mistake.
Answer» A. Intentional.
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449.

Joint intention of the accursed was to give such a beating as would weak. the bones of arms and legs resulting in the death of A. All of the persons participating are guilty of the offence of

A. Grievous hurt.
B. Criminal assault.
C. Culpable homicide.
D. Murder.
Answer» D. Murder.
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450.

The accused killed a girl by pouring acid on her person when he refused to marry him. She died after 12 days. The accused is guilty of

A. Murder.
B. Grievous hurt.
C. Culpable homicide.
D. Criminal assembly.
Answer» A. Murder.
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