Question 1

The offence of criminal breach of trust consists of

Accepted Answer

A) Conversion. 
B) Disposal of property. 
C) Misappropriation. 
D) Any one of these. 
A) Conversion. 
B) Disposal of property. 
C) Misappropriation. 
D) Any one of these.

Question 2

Mere preparations of which of the following offence is not punishable_

Accepted Answer

A) To commit dacoity. 
B) To commit depredations on the territories of any country. 
C) Abetment of murder. 
D) Wage was against govt. of India. 
A) To commit dacoity. 
B) To commit depredations on the territories of any country. 
C) Abetment of murder. 
D) Wage was against govt. of India.

Question 3

An accountant in a bank receives some money from a customer instead of depositing it kept it, in his pocket, he is guilty of

Accepted Answer

A) Criminal misappropriation. 
B) Criminal breach of trust. 
C) Cheating. 
D) Theft. 
A) Criminal misappropriation. 
B) Criminal breach of trust. 
C) Cheating. 
D) Theft.

Question 4

The husband and father in law turned out a Hindu woman from the marital home and refused to return her money and ornaments. They are guilty of

Accepted Answer

A) Criminal misappropriation. 
B) Can not say. 
C) Criminal breach of trust. 
D) No offence. 
A) Criminal misappropriation. 
B) Can not say. 
C) Criminal breach of trust. 
D) No offence.

Question 5

The Courts have evolved some tests to determine at what stage an act or a series of acts done towards the commission of the intended offence would become an attempt. Identify which one of the following test is not correct?

Accepted Answer

A) Proximity test 
B) Impossibility test 
C) Locus standi test 
D) Social danger test. 
A) Proximity test 
B) Impossibility test 
C) Locus standi test 
D) Social danger test.

Question 6

A owes money to Z for repairing it. If Z retains the watch as a security. A takes the watch out of Z's possession.

Accepted Answer

A) A does not commit theft. 
B) A commits theft if he takes dishonestly. 
C) Z commits theft. 
D) A and B both commits theft of each others property. 
A) A does not commit theft. 
B) A commits theft if he takes dishonestly. 
C) Z commits theft. 
D) A and B both commits theft of each others property.

Question 7

A person in snatching a mosering, wound a woman in the nostril and caused her blood to flow. He committed

Accepted Answer

A) Extortion 
B) Dacoity 
C) Theft. 
D) None of the above 
A) Extortion 
B) Dacoity 
C) Theft. 
D) None of the above

Question 8

Give best response. The liability to conviction of an individual depends not only on his having done some outward acts which the law forbids but on his having done them in a certain frame of mind or with a certain will. Exceptions to this general rule are strict liability offences which mean that:

Accepted Answer

A) Crimes not requiring any kind of fault or guilty mind on the part of the accused in doing the act constituting the offence but the doing of the act forbidden alone holds one responsible for it. 
B) Crimes requiring some fault on the part of another but not the accused himself. 
C) Crimes though not committed with some guilty intention but are acts in which the accused has acquiesced or connived or is negligent or reckless in some manner. 
D) Crimes where a person is not himself guilty in so far as the actual commission of the act constituting the offences is concerned but he has either authorised the doing of the act or has failed to take precautions to prevent it. 
A) Crimes not requiring any kind of fault or guilty mind on the part of the accused in doing the act constituting the offence but the doing of the act forbidden alone holds one responsible for it. 
B) Crimes requiring some fault on the part of another but not the accused himself. 
C) Crimes though not committed with some guilty intention but are acts in which the accused has acquiesced or connived or is negligent or reckless in some manner. 
D) Crimes where a person is not himself guilty in so far as the actual commission of the act constituting the offences is concerned but he has either authorised the doing of the act or has failed to take precautions to prevent it.

Question 9

The house of a person was raided by a gang of five dacoits. One of them was armed with a gun. Mean while a number of villagers had assembled outside the house and compelled dacoits to retreat with out the booty. The dacoits fired a shot resulted in the death of a villager

Accepted Answer

A) All dacoits are liable for murder. 
B) Only the dacoit who fired the shot is liable. 
C) Villagers are liable as they assembled at the spot. 
D) None of the above. 
A) All dacoits are liable for murder. 
B) Only the dacoit who fired the shot is liable. 
C) Villagers are liable as they assembled at the spot. 
D) None of the above.

Question 10

Point out incorrect response. The maxim nullum poena sine leg, nullum crimes sine leg, known as the principle of legality implies the following:

Accepted Answer

A) Non-retroactivity of penal laws i.e. no person shall be punished except in pursuance of a statute which fixes a penalty for a criminal conduct. 
B) No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once. 
C) Penal statutes are to be construed strictly against the state and in favour of the accused. 
D) It lays down an injunction to the legislature not to lay down the law in broad general terms but it must be certain and also that penal laws should be accessible and intelligible. 
A) Non-retroactivity of penal laws i.e. no person shall be punished except in pursuance of a statute which fixes a penalty for a criminal conduct. 
B) No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once. 
C) Penal statutes are to be construed strictly against the state and in favour of the accused. 
D) It lays down an injunction to the legislature not to lay down the law in broad general terms but it must be certain and also that penal laws should be accessible and intelligible.

Question 11

Give the correct response

Accepted Answer

A) For the offence of theft the property must be movable. 
B) Though water running in the pipes is immovable, it may be subjected to theft. 
C) Both (a) and (b). 
D) None of the above. 
A) For the offence of theft the property must be movable. 
B) Though water running in the pipes is immovable, it may be subjected to theft. 
C) Both (a) and (b). 
D) None of the above.

Question 12

Point out incorrect response. Actus reus and mens rea are the two important elements of a crime. Actus reus may be defined as 'such result of human conduct as the law seeks to prevent.' It is made up of three constituent parts, namely :

Accepted Answer

A) Act may be done voluntarily or involuntarily. 
B) Such act as is 'prohibited by law.' 
C) Human action which is usually termed as 'conduct'. 
D) The result of such act in the specified circumstances i.e., injury. 
A) Act may be done voluntarily or involuntarily. 
B) Such act as is 'prohibited by law.' 
C) Human action which is usually termed as 'conduct'. 
D) The result of such act in the specified circumstances i.e., injury.

Question 13

Give the correct response

Accepted Answer

A) An attempt is distinct from mere intention to commit offence. 
B) Attempt is the direct movement towards the commission of an offence. 
C) None (a) and (b). 
D) None of the above. 
A) An attempt is distinct from mere intention to commit offence. 
B) Attempt is the direct movement towards the commission of an offence. 
C) None (a) and (b). 
D) None of the above.

Question 14

Give the correct response

Accepted Answer

A) Dishonest intention is gist of criminal breach of trust. 
B) Negligence on the part of person does not amount to dishonest intention. 
C) Both (a) and (b). 
D) None of the above. 
A) Dishonest intention is gist of criminal breach of trust. 
B) Negligence on the part of person does not amount to dishonest intention. 
C) Both (a) and (b). 
D) None of the above.

Question 15

A sees a watch belonging to Z lying on a table in Z's house, not wanting to misappropriate the watch immediately to avoid search and detection, hides the watch in a place from where it can not be found. A commits theft when the watch

Accepted Answer

A) Hidden by A. 
B) Intended by A to subject it of theft. 
C) First moved from its place. 
D) A does not commit theft but criminal branch of trust. 
A) Hidden by A. 
B) Intended by A to subject it of theft. 
C) First moved from its place. 
D) A does not commit theft but criminal branch of trust.

Question 16

when a person is made to commit a crime after being put under fear of death, there is:

Accepted Answer

A) No mens rea 
B) Mens rea 
C) No offence 
D) Neither mens rea nor offence. 
A) No mens rea 
B) Mens rea 
C) No offence 
D) Neither mens rea nor offence.

Question 17

Give best response about the justification of vicarious liability in crimes.

Accepted Answer

A) The justification of the doctrine of vicarious liability is based on public policy that a person may properly be punished for the crime of his subordinate servants, or agents because the threat of such punishment may induce him and others to exercise supervision over the subordinates and to make efforts to prevent the commission of the crime. 
B) The expectation that the vicarious punishment of those whom he holds dear will deter the criminal himself. 
C) Vicarious liability is necessary because the servants pocket is usually too shallow to bear the damages that he may negligently occasion. 
D) It is more convenient to punish the master for his failure to prevent the servant from committing unauthorized crimes. 
A) The justification of the doctrine of vicarious liability is based on public policy that a person may properly be punished for the crime of his subordinate servants, or agents because the threat of such punishment may induce him and others to exercise supervision over the subordinates and to make efforts to prevent the commission of the crime. 
B) The expectation that the vicarious punishment of those whom he holds dear will deter the criminal himself. 
C) Vicarious liability is necessary because the servants pocket is usually too shallow to bear the damages that he may negligently occasion. 
D) It is more convenient to punish the master for his failure to prevent the servant from committing unauthorized crimes.

Question 18

The offence of criminal breach of trust requires

Accepted Answer

A) The person entrusted dishonestly misappropriates the property to his own use. 
B) Entrusting any person with any property or any dominion over the property. 
C) Both (a) and (b). 
D) None of the above. 
A) The person entrusted dishonestly misappropriates the property to his own use. 
B) Entrusting any person with any property or any dominion over the property. 
C) Both (a) and (b). 
D) None of the above.

Question 19

A threatens to publish a defamatory libel concerning Z unless Z gives him money. He thus induced Z to give his money. A has committed

Accepted Answer

A) Robbery. 
B) Dacoity. 
C) Theft. 
D) Extortion. 
A) Robbery. 
B) Dacoity. 
C) Theft. 
D) Extortion.

Question 20

Point out incorrect response. There is a presumption that mens rea and evil intention or knowledge of the wrongfulness of the act, is an essential in every offence. However, the following are some of the exceptions to this general rule:

Accepted Answer

A) Acts which are not criminal in any sense, but are acts which in the public interest are prohibited under the penalty. 
B) Cases of public nuisance where the employer is liable on indictment for nuisance caused by workmen without his knowledge and contrary to his orders. 
C) There may be cases in which, although the proceeding is criminal in form, it is really as summary mode of enforcing civil right. 
D) All cases of private nuisance. 
A) Acts which are not criminal in any sense, but are acts which in the public interest are prohibited under the penalty. 
B) Cases of public nuisance where the employer is liable on indictment for nuisance caused by workmen without his knowledge and contrary to his orders. 
C) There may be cases in which, although the proceeding is criminal in form, it is really as summary mode of enforcing civil right. 
D) All cases of private nuisance.

Exam 16: Theft and Extortion

The offence of criminal breach of trust consists of

Mere preparations of which of the following offence is not punishable_

An accountant in a bank receives some money from a customer instead of depositing it kept it, in his pocket, he is guilty of

The husband and father in law turned out a Hindu woman from the marital home and refused to return her money and ornaments. They are guilty of

The Courts have evolved some tests to determine at what stage an act or a series of acts done towards the commission of the intended offence would become an attempt. Identify which one of the following test is not correct?

A owes money to Z for repairing it. If Z retains the watch as a security. A takes the watch out of Z's possession.

A person in snatching a mosering, wound a woman in the nostril and caused her blood to flow. He committed

Give best response. The liability to conviction of an individual depends not only on his having done some outward acts which the law forbids but on his having done them in a certain frame of mind or with a certain will. Exceptions to this general rule are strict liability offences which mean that:

The house of a person was raided by a gang of five dacoits. One of them was armed with a gun. Mean while a number of villagers had assembled outside the house and compelled dacoits to retreat with out the booty. The dacoits fired a shot resulted in the death of a villager

Point out incorrect response. The maxim nullum poena sine leg, nullum crimes sine leg, known as the principle of legality implies the following:

Give the correct response

Point out incorrect response. Actus reus and mens rea are the two important elements of a crime. Actus reus may be defined as 'such result of human conduct as the law seeks to prevent.' It is made up of three constituent parts, namely :

Give the correct response

Give the correct response

A sees a watch belonging to Z lying on a table in Z's house, not wanting to misappropriate the watch immediately to avoid search and detection, hides the watch in a place from where it can not be found. A commits theft when the watch

when a person is made to commit a crime after being put under fear of death, there is:

Give best response about the justification of vicarious liability in crimes.

The offence of criminal breach of trust requires

A threatens to publish a defamatory libel concerning Z unless Z gives him money. He thus induced Z to give his money. A has committed

Point out incorrect response. There is a presumption that mens rea and evil intention or knowledge of the wrongfulness of the act, is an essential in every offence. However, the following are some of the exceptions to this general rule:

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