100+ Criminal Law Questions for Law Entrance Exams

Introduction

1.  ___________ is any act or omission which the Law punishes

A. Contracts

B. Tort

C. Crime

D. None of the above

Ans: C

2. An act punishable by the Indian Penal Code is

A. Offence

B. Torts

C. Contracts

D. All of the above

Ans: A

3.  The IPC was enacted on?

A. 6th Nov 1860

B. 6th Oct 1860

C. 1st Jan 1860

D. 1st Jan 1862

Ans: B

4. When did the IPC come into force?

A. 6th Nov 1860

B. 6th Oct 1860

C. 1st Jan 1860

D. 1st Jan 1862

Ans: D

5.  The code was drafted in 1860 on the recommendations of first law commission of India under the Chairmanship of?

A. Lord Dalhousie

B. Lord Radcliff

C. Lord Denning

D. Lord Macaulay

Ans: D

6. IPC merely defines various ‘offences’ or ‘crimes’ and states the maximum punishment that can be meted out in each case. It is a

A. Substantive law

B.  Procedural law

C. Bill

D. None of the above

Ans: A

7. ___________________, addresses these procedural aspects of criminal law

A. Indian Penal Code

B. Code of Civil Procedure

C. The Code of Criminal Procedure

D. Both B. and C

Ans: C

8. Mens Rea means

A. Bad faith

B. Good faith

C. Guilty mind

D. None of the above

Ans: C

9. Actus Non Facit Reum Nisi Mens Sit Rea means

A. Mere commission of act makes the person guilty

B. Act done under good faith makes a person guilty

C. Act done without a guilty mind does not make the person guilty

D. All of the above

Ans: C

10.  Exceptions to “Mens Rea” are

A. Offences against state

B.  Kidnapping and Abduction

C. Counterfeiting Indian coins

D. All of the above

Ans: D

11. Ignorancia Juris Non Excusat means

A. Ignorance of fact is not excusable

B. Ignorance of fact is excusable

C. Ignorance of law is not excusable

D. Ignorance of law is excusable

Ans: C

12. The following is not one of the stages of commission of crime

A. Intention

B. Preparation

C. Consent

D. Attempt

Ans: C

13. Mere intention to commit a crime, not followed by an act

A. Constitutes an offence

B. Does not constitute an offence

C. Is punishable

D. None of the above

Ans: B

14. Intention to commit a crime is

A. Punishable

B. Not punishable

C. Attempt

D. None of the above

Ans: B

15.  There is no provision under IPC to punish acts done in the stage of preparation, except when

A. Waging a war against State

B. Committing dacoity

C. All of the above

D. None of the above

Ans: C

16. Which one of the following constitutes an attempt?

A. There must be an act done with the intention of committing an offence

B. It must be done in attempting the commission of the offence

C. For the purpose of committing that offence

D. All of the above

Ans: D

17. Attempt to commit an offence is

A. Punishable

B. Not punishable

C. Preparation

D. None of the above

Ans: A

18. A person buys a gun, loads it and declares his intention to shoot a person. This is

A. Intention

B. Preparation

C. Attempt

D. Commission

Ans: B

19. A person buys a gun, loads it and declares his intention to shoot a person. He fires but the person ducks and saves himself. This is

A. Intention

B. Preparation

C. Attempt

D. Commission

Ans: C

20. Maya in a fit of rage tells Chaya that she wants her to die. Chaya gets struck by lightning and dies the next day. Will Maya be held liable?

A. Yes

B. No

C. Maybe

D. None of the above

Attempt

21.  __________ is an act done with intent to commit crime

A. Intent

B. Attempt

C. Crime

D. None of the above

Ans: B

22. Arjun intends to kill Karuna. He buys a packet of Lays and offers it to him. This is

A. Murder

B.  No Attempt

C. Attempt

D. None of the above

Ans: B

23. Karuna with an intention to kill Arjun poisons a box of chocolates and gives it to him. This is

A. Cruelty

B. Waste of chocolate

C. Attempt

D. No attempt

Ans: C

24. Maya enters Chaya’s house in order to steal a necklace. She finds no such necklace in the house. This is

A. Theft

B. No attempt

C. Attempt to theft

D. None of the above

Ans: C

25. A makes an attempt to pick the pocket of B by thrusting his hand in the pocket but B has nothing in his pocket. This is

A. Theft

B. No attempt

C. Attempt to theft

D. None of the above

Ans: C

26. Attempt to commit suicide falls under Sec.

A. 307

B. 308

C. 309

D. 310

Ans: C

27.  Unlawful assembly requires

A. 2 people

B. 3 people

C. 4 people

D. 5 or more people

Ans: D

28. Acts done in furtherance of common intention requires

A. At least 2 people

B. At least 5 people

C. At least 3 people

D. All of the above

Ans: A

29. In an unlawful assembly-

A. Participation is necessary

B. Membership is enough

C. Not an offence

D. None of the above

Ans: B

30. For __________ meeting of mind should be there intension of each of the accused should be known to others, it should be shared by them.

A. Common intention

B. Preparation

C. Unlawful Assembly

D. Commission

Ans: A

General Exceptions

31. A sees B his enemy and runs after him and beats him up. B suffers a massive head injury.  Does this fall under the general exception of accident?

A. Yes

B. No

C. Maybe

D. None of the above

Ans: B

32. A and B were participating in a kick boxing competition. A made a move against B and B fell down and got severely injured. A can claim the general defence of 

A. Mistake of fact

B. Mistake of Law

C. Accident

D. Insanity

Ans: C

33. ‘A’ sees B’s hut burning in order to save the other huts which were in line A pulls down the huts surrounding B’s hut. Can he claim protection under Sec. 81?

A. Yes

B.  No

C. Maybe

D. None of the above

Ans: A

34. Doli Incapax means

A. Cruelty

B. Incapability of forming criminal intent

C. Accident

D. Attempt

Ans: B

35. Nothing is an offence is done by a child under the age of ____

A. 10

B. 12

C. 7

D. 8

Ans: C

36. Nothing is an offence which is done by a child above seven years of age and under ________, who has not attained sufficient maturity of understanding to judge of the nature and consequences of his conduct on that occasion.

A. Sixteen

B. Eighteen

C. Ten

D. Twelve

Ans: D

37. Ramu who turned six takes a gun and shoots his mother. Will he be held liable?

A. Yes

B. No

C. Maybe

D. None of the above

Ans: B

38. Voluntary intoxication is _______________ for the commission of a crime.

A. Excuse

B. No excuse

C. Exception

D. None of the above

Ans: B

39. ‘A’ in order to save B a three year old from falling into the well pushes them aside. Will A be liable for any injury caused to B?

A. Yes

B. No

C. Maybe

D. None of the above

Ans: B

40. X, a surgeon in good faith communicates to Y that she has only three months to live. She dies of shock will the doctor be liable?

A. Yes

B. No

C. Maybe

D. None of the above

Ans: B

41. Except _________________________________________, nothing is an offence, which is done by a person who is compelled to do it by threat, which causes the apprehension that instant death to that person will otherwise happen.

A. Murder

B. Offences against state punishable with death

C. Both A. and B.

D. None of the above

Ans: C

42. Can Right to private defence be excessive?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: B

43. Akash due to apprehension of grevious hurt from Asmi takes a gun and shoots her. Can he claim the right to private defence?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: B

44. Papu, a boy of 6 years takes a toy when he visits Babu’s house. Is he guilty of theft?

A. No

B. Yes

Ans: A

45. X goes to the bar and drinks and in a rage removes his pistol and shoots Y, the bartender. Can he claim that he was involuntarily intoxicated?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: B

Abetment

46. Under IPC, abetment is constituted

A. By instigating any person to commit an offence

B. By engaging in conspiracy to commit an offence

C. By intentionally aiding a person in committing an offence

D. All of the above

Ans: D

47. “A” an officer has warrants to arrest “Z” and B knows this fact. He also knows that “C” is not “Z” but represents to “A” that “C” is “Z”. “A” arrests “C”. Has B abetted the arrest in this case?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: A

48. Instigate means

A. Incite a person to do an act

B. Encourage a person to do an act

C. Provoke a person to do an act

D. All of the above

Ans: D

49. Incitement has to be written

A. True

B. False

Ans: B

50. “B” and “C” are servants of “A”, carrying sticks in their hand, an argument occurs between “A” and his neighbour “D” over the use of a passage. “A” gives order to “B” and “C” to beat “D”. Will “A” be held guilty of abetting “B” and “C”

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: A

51. “A” quarrelling with “B” in heat of movement said that he wanted a fatal weapon in order to teach a lesson to “B”. “C” a bystander by handed over an iron rod to “A”. “A” caused grievous hurt to “B”. Has “C” abetted the wrong in this case?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: A

52.  If in the previous question “A” throws the rod and decides to talk and settle the differences. Will “C” he held liable?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: B

53. “A” a constable knows that “B” and “C” are going to torture a prisoner and does not take up the matter. Will he be held liable?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: A

54. If a person deliberately refrains himself from doing an act that he is required to do, then he will not be liable for abetment by illegal omission

A. True

B. False

Ans: B

55. “A” a servant kept a door open to facilitate “B” to enter in the house to do theft. Will A be held liable?

A. No

B. Yes

Ans: A

Criminal Conspiracy

56.  How many people are required to commit criminal conspiracy

A. One

B. Two or more

C. Five and above

D. All of the above

Ans: B

57. End may be lawful but if one employs unlawful methods to achieve just object. He is guilty of criminal conspiracy.

A. True

B. False

Ans: A

58. One person can commit criminal conspiracy.

A. True

B. False

Ans: B

59. If “B” and “C” are charged for the offence of Conspiracy and “B” discharged then can the remaining one be charged?

A. Yes

B. No

C. Maybe

Ans: B

60. Physical presence and meeting of mind is necessary

A. True

B. False

Ans: B

61. A and B conspire to commit some illegal act, A instigates B to do an illegal act B does not know about the conspiracy and performed the act. Will B he held liable for criminal conspiracy

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: B

62. Is criminal conspiracy a continuing offence?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: A

63. “A” the director of a company and his company X Ltd who is a legal person conspire to kill Y. Will this amount to criminal conspiracy?

 A. Yes

B. No

Ans: B

64. If in the previous question B an employee also conspires with them to kill Y. Is there a conspiracy?

A. Yes between all three

B. Yes between A and B

C. Yes between B and X Ltd

D. Yes between A and X Ltd

Ans: B

65. X and Y want to construct a park in their locality. For this purpose they kill Z who has opposed their idea will they be held liable?

A. No

B. Yes

Ans: B

Sedition

66.Sedition can be

A. Written

B. Spoken

C. By signs or visible representations

D. All of the above

Ans: D

67.Sedition implies the misdemeanour of publishing orally or in any other manner of communication brings or attempts to bring _________________________ towards the Govt. established by Law in India

A. Hatred

B. Contempt

C. Disaffection

D. All of the above

Ans: D

68. If the objective is to make people aware about the bad impact of the proposed economic policy of a State then does it amount to sedition?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: A

69. A writes a seditious letter to B, C, D and others to intercepts in between and letter never reaches to address. Will A be held liable?

A. Yes

B. No

C. Maybe

Ans: A

70. Disaffection includes

A. Disloyalty

B. Feelings of enmity

C. All of the above

D. None of the above

Ans: C

71. X a writer wrote a book criticising the Swatch Bharath mission. Will he be held liable?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: A

72. Sedition has been defined under

A. Sec 124

B. Sec 124(A)

C. Sec 125

D. Sec 126

Ans: B

73. “A” raised many slogans against the Govt which was to the effect of death to the country. Many people were provoked by these slogans, went and destroyed various Government offices. Does this amount to sedition as defined under the IPC?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: A

74. Does exciting disaffection without incitement to violence amount to sedition?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: B

75. Y an artist sketches cartoons in his personal book making fun of the recent economic policies of the Government. He does not publish them anywhere. Will this amount to sedition?

A. Yes

B. No

Offences Against Human Life

76. What does homicide mean?

A. Killing of animals

B. Suicide

C. Killing a human being by another human being

D. All of the above

Ans: C

77. Culpable homicide is murder if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing

A. Death

B. The Bodily injury likely to cause death or is sufficient, in the ordinary course of nature, to cause death.

C. An act by which the death is caused is so imminently dangerous that it must, in all probability, cause death

D. All of the above

Ans: D

78. B gives grave and sudden provocation to A, A, on this provocation, fires a pistol at B, neither intending nor knowing himself to be likely to kill Z, a passerby. A kills Z. Will A be liable for culpable homicide amounting to murder?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: B

79. A, suspecting house-breaking, saw B, the total stranger, coming out of A’s house at night through a hole apparently made by B. A immediately attacked B and killed him. Will A be liable for culpable homicide not amounting to murder?

A. Yes

B. No

C. Maybe

Ans: A

80. A patient in the last stage of cancer, suffering from excruciating pain requests her husband to remove the life support. Will this be murder?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: B

81. A lays sticks and turf over a pit, with the intention of thereby causing death, or with the knowledge that death is likely to be thereby caused. Z believing the ground to be firm, treads on it, falls in and is killed. Has A committed the offence of culpable homicide?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: A

82. A knows Z to be behind a bush. B does not know it. A, intending to cause or knowing it to be likely to cause Z’s death, induces B to fire at the bush. B fires and kills Z. Has A committed the offence of culpable homicide?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: A

83. A, by shooting at a fowl with intent to kill and steal it, kills B who is behind a bush; A not knowing that he was there. Will A be held liable in this case?

A. Yes

B. No

Ans: B

84. A workman throws snow from a roof giving proper warning. A passerby is killed. The workman is—

(A) Guilty of murder

(B) Guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder

(C) Guilty of causing death by negligence

(D) Not guilty since death was accidental

Ans: D

85. ‘A’ is cutting the wood with an axe at a place where children are playing. The axe flies off and kills a nearby child. ‘A’ is liable for—

(A) No offence

(B) Murder

(C) Culpable homicide

(D) Causing death by negligence

Ans: D

Theft, Extortion, Robbery, Dacoity & Cheating

86. Which one of the following is not a correct ingredient of the offence of theft?

(A) Dishonest intention of take property.

(B) Property must be movable.

(C) Property must be taken without the consent of the person in whose possession it is.

(D) Property must be taken without consent of the owner of the property.

Ans.D

87. A puts his hand in the pocket of ‘B’ for stealing money, but the pocket was empty. ‘A’ is guilty of—

(A) Theft (B) Attempt to commit theft

(C) Mischief (D) No offence

Ans.B

88. Raju sees a cell phone belonging to Ram lying on the table in Ram’s house. Raju hides the cell phone in Ram’s house in such a place where Ram could not find it ever, due to the fear of immediate search and detection. Raju did this with the intention of taking away the cell phone from the hidden place when Ram forgets about and then sell it away. Is Raju guilty of theft?

A. Yes B. No

Ans.A

89. The number of people required to commit dacoity?

A. One B. Two or more

C. Three D. Five or more

Ans.D

90. A threatens to published a defamatory statement concerning Z unless, Z gives money. He induces Z to give money. Has A committed extortion?

A. Yes B. No

Ans.A

91. A by putting Z in fear of grievous hurt dishonesty induces Z to sign or affix his seal to a blank paper and delivers it to “A”. “Z” signs and delivers the paper to “A” the paper may be converted into valuable security. Has A committed extortion?

A. Yes B. No

Ans.A

92. ‘A’ removes B’s book from his house without his consent with the intention to return it to him if he as a friend rewards him for the return. ‘A’ is liable for—

(A) Theft

(B) Attempt to theft

(C) Criminal breach of trust

(D) Attempt to criminal breach of trust

Ans.A

93. In exercise of the right of private defence of property death cannot be caused in the case of—

(A) Robbery

(B) House breaking by night

(C) Mischief by fire in a dwelling house

(D) Theft

Ans.D

94. A police constable compels a person to remain in police station on false case of theft and allowing him to go after receiving money from him. He is liable for—

(A) Forgery (B) Cheating

(C) Extortion (D) Wrongful confinement

Ans.B

95. ‘A’ finds a purse with money, not knowing to whom it belongs; he afterwards discovers that it belongs to ‘B’ and appropriates to his own use. ‘A’ is guilty of—

(A) Theft (B) Criminal misappropriation

(C) Criminal breach of trust (D) Cheating

AnsB

Criminal Breach of Trust

96. Consider the following:

1. Entrustment.

2: Misappropriation or conversion to one’s own use.

3. Misappropriation, conversion or disposal with dishonest intention.

In which one of the following offences are the above essential ingredients?

(A) Cheating

(B) Criminal breach of trust

(C) Criminal misappropriation

(D) Extortion

Ans.B

97. Taking property dishonestly from the dead body

(A) does not amount to any offence under IPC.

(B) amounts to the offence of theft.

(C) amounts to the offence of criminal misappropriation.

(D) amounts to the offence of criminal breach of trust.

Ans.C

98. A is an agent of B. Agent A is given directions by his principal to invest a particulars sum in a particular manner. “A” disobeys its direction and makes personal use of money entrusted to him by B, the principal. Is A liable for criminal breach of trust?

A. Yes B. No

Ans.A

99. “A” is a public servant. He holds position of a Revenue Officer. He must deposit the money in her treasury but instead of depositing it in treasury he made personal use of money (public money) entrusted to him. Will he be held liable for criminal breach of trust?

A. Yes B. No

Ans.A

100. The accused is a warehouse-keeper. The complainant, going on a journey, entrusts his

furniture to the accused under a contract that the furniture would be returned on payment

of stipulated sum of money. The accused sells the furniture. The accused is guilty of which

one of the following?

(a) Criminal misappropriation

(b) Theft

(c) Robbery

(d) Criminal breach of trust

Ans.D