Indian Evidence Act MCQ question and answer

1

Facts, which, though not in issue, are so connected with a fact in issue as to form part of the same transaction, whether they occurred at the same time and place or at different times and places:

A) Are irrelevant B) Are relevant C) Are partly relevant D) None of the above

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Answer: Option B

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2

Identification of the accused through his photograph is:

A) Admissible in evidence B) Not admissible in evidence C) Not relevant in evidence D) None of the above

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Answer: Option A

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3

Who amongst the following is an accomplice?

A) A prostitute B) A raped girl C) A spy D) A person giving bribe under coercion

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Answer: Option A

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4

In law, a man is presumed to be dead if he is not heard of as alive for

A) 4 years B) 7 years C) 10 years D) 15 years

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Answer: Option B

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5

All statements which the court permits or requires to be made before it by witness in relation to matters of fact under inquiry is/are . . . . . . . .

A) Primary evidence B) Oral evidence C) Hearsay evidence D) Both A and B

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Answer: Option B

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6

A is accused of murdering B at his house. A raises the defense that he was not in the town at the time when B is alleged to have been murdered. Under which of the following provisions of the Evidence Act, burden of proof would be on A to prove his defense?

A) Section 103 B) Section 104 C) Section 105 D) Section 106

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Answer: Option A

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7

Secondary evidence cannot be led:

A) When original is in the possession of the other party B) Original is of such nature that it is not easily movable C) When original is in possession of the person who is out of reach and not subject to processes of the court D) When original is in possession of the person who wants to adduce secondary evidence

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Answer: Option D

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8

Which of the following statement is not correct?

A) The non-examination of the doctor endorsing the dying declaration, does not always affect the evidentiary value of the dying declaration B) Non-signing of the dying declaration by a literate declarant unable to sign, does not render the veracity of dying declaration doubtful C) When the relatives of the declarant are present during dying declaration, the dying declaration would not be relevant D) The statement recorded in F. I. R. (First information Report) may be treated as dying declaration

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Answer: Option C

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9

"An accomplice shall be a competent witness against an accused person and a conviction is not illegal merely because it proceeds upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice."
Which of the following sections of the Indian Evidence Act enunciates the aforesaid principle?

A) Section 131 B) Section 132 C) Section 133 D) Section 134

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Answer: Option C

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10

Under Indian Evidence Act, 1872 reports published in Newspaper are

A) Primary evidence and its contents are admissible in evidence without any proof B) Secondary evidence and its contents are not admissible in evidence without proper proof of the contents under the Evidence Ac C) Neither Primary nor secondary evidence D) No evidence at all

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Answer: Option D

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