Law and You > Criminal Laws > Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 > Concept Application 2.1 MCQs (S. 2 BNS)
Q1. In the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the pronoun ‘he’ and its derivatives are used for
(a) Male
(b) Female
(c) Any person whether male or female
(d) Such words are not used in the Code
Q2. In the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the word ‘Woman’ denotes to:-
(a) a female above the age of fifteen years
(b) a female above the age of twenty one years
(c) a female above the age of eighteen years
(d) a female of any age including newly born female child
Q3. Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, ‘Man’ denotes a male human being of:-
(a) 16 years
(b) 18 years
(c) 21 years
(d) Any age
Q4. In the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the word ‘woman’ denotes
(a) A major woman
(b) An unmarried woman
(c) A woman of any age
(d) A married woman
Q5. Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, a person is defined as –
(a) Including any company or body of persons whether incorporated or not
(b) Meaning only individual human beings
(c) Meaning only as men
(d) None of the above
Q6. Homicide cannot be defined as a killing of a person in view of the nature of the definition of the ‘person’ in
(a) Section 2(27) of BNS
(b) Section 2(26) of BNS
(c) Section 2(22) of BNS
(d) Section 2(39) of BNS
Q7. Who according to Section 2(28) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, is not a public servant:
(a) A commissioned officer in Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force.
(b) An arbitrator to whom any cause is referred for adjudication by the court of justice.
(c) An officer, who by virtue of his office, is empowered to place or keep person in confinement.
(d) An advocate, who practice law in a court of justice.
Q8. In which Section of BNS, ‘Public Servant’ is defined.
(a) Section 2(12)
(b) Section 2(5)
(c) Section 2(28)
(d) Section 2(7)
Q9. Who among the following is not a public servant?
(a) Chief Minister of State
(b) Chairman of the Central Board of Film Censors
(c) Surveyor of an Insurance Company
(d) Employee of Nationalized Bank
Q10. The case in which it was held that a Chief Minister is in the pay of the Government and, therefore, a public servant within the meaning of Section 2(28) of BNS is
(a) Karunanidhi v. Union of India
(b) Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala
(c) Kalyan Singh v. Union of India
(d) Jayalalitha v. State of Tamil nadu
Q11. Which of the following is not a ‘Public Servant’ within the meaning of Section 2(28) of the Sanhita –
(a) Municipal Commissioner
(b) Member of Parliament
(c) MLA
(d) Examiner of University
Q12. One of the following is not a public servant –
(a) Liquidator
(b) A civil Judge
(c) Member of Panchayat assisting court of justice
(d) Secretary of co-operative society
Q13. Which of the following is not a Public Servant under BNS?
(a) Municipal Commissioner
(b) Municipal Councillor
(c) Manager of Nationalized Bank
(d) Commissioned Officer in Military
Q14. ‘Movable Property’ under BNS is defined in
(a) Section 2(28)
(b) Section 2(21)
(c) Section 2(36)
(d) Section 2(7)
Q15. The definition of movable property under Section 2(21) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, excludes ……
(a) Land
(b) Things attached to the earth
(c) Things permanently fastened to anything which is attached to the earth
(d) All of the above
Q16. What is not movable property under Section 2(21), BNS?
(a) Soil
(b) Cheque
(c) Tree
(d) Fish in a tank
Q17. Definition of ‘wrongful gain’ is as follows
(a) Gain by unlawful means of property to which person is not legally entitled
(b) Gaining wrongfully and losing wrongfully
(c) Gaining dishonestly
(d) Loss by unlawful means of property to which person is entitled
Q18. Which one of the following Sections of BNS defines ‘Gaining Wrongfully and Losing Wrongfully’?
(a) Section 2(21)
(b) Section 2(38)
(c) Section 2(36)
(d) Section 2(37)
Q19. When a person gains something by unlawful means to which he is not legally entitled it is
(a) Cheating
(b) Wrongful gain
(c) Fraud
(d) Causing injury which is likely to cause death
Q20. ‘Wrongful gain’ and ‘wrongful loss’ have been defined under IPC
(a) Section 2(21) and 2(22)
(b) Section 2(36) and 2(37)
(c) Section 2(38) and 2(30)
(d) Section 2(23) and 2(24)
Q21. A person acts dishonestly when he does anything:
(a) With mens rea
(b) With wrong motive
(c) With intention to cause wrongful loss to one person and wrongful gain to another.
(d) With intent to defraud
Q22. Consider the following statements: Anything is said to have been done dishonestly if it has been done with the intention to
- cause wrongful loss to one person and wrongful gain to another person
- cause injury to any person
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Q23. The term ‘dishonestly’ as defined under Section 2(7) of the BNS implies
(a) An act done with the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person and wrongful gain to one person
(b) Act done with intent to defraud
(c) An act done mala fide
(d) An act done with intent to cheat
Q24. The term ‘dishonestly’ as defined under Section 24 of the IPC means
(a) With the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person
(b) With the intention of causing wrongful loss to another person
(c) With the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person and wrongful gain to one person
(d) All of the above are true
Q25. Whoever does anything with the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person or wrongful loss to another person is said to do that thing:
(a) Fraudulently
(b) Dishonestly
(c) Wrongfully
(d) Mischievously
Q26. Which one of the following does not amount to ‘fraud’?
(a) Active concealment of fact
(b) A promise made without intention to perform it
(c) Suggestion as to a fact which is not true by one who believes it to be true
(d) A representation made without knowing it to be false, honestly believing it to be true.
Q27. “Fraudulently intention’ has been defined as ‘intent to defraud but not otherwise in the Indian Penal Code in
(a) Section 2(5)
(b) Section 2(36)
(c) Section 2(7)
(d) Section 2(9)
Q28. A person does not have ‘reason to believe a thing if he does not have any
(a) information
(b) sufficient cause to believe
(c) knowledge
(d) reasons
Q29. The term ‘Dishonestly’ under BNS has been defined as doing something:
(a) With the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person and wrongful gain to one person
(b) With intent to defraud
(c) Without due care and caution
(d) Which is an illegal act or omission
Q30. A person who causes one thing to resemble another thing to practice deception is said to commit
(a) Deception
(b) Fraud
(c) Counterfeit
(d) Tampering
Q31. ‘Counterfeit’ under BNS is defined in
(a) Section 2(31)
(b) Section 2(4)
(c) Section 2(8)
(d) Section 3(3)
Q32. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
(a) Counterfeit : Section 2(4)
(b) Valuable Security : Section 2(7)
(c) Document : Section 2(8)
(d) Omission : Section 2(34)
Q33. ‘Electronic Record as Document’ under BNS is defined in
(a) Section 2(7)
(b) Section 2(8)
(c) Section 2(6)
(d) Section 2(9)
Q34. Valuable Security is defined in
(a) The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
(b) Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
(c) The Civil Procedure Code
(d) The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Q35. Which of the following is not a valuable security
(a) A postal receipt for an insured parcel
(b) A rent note
(c) A promissory note
(d) A deed of divorce
Q36. As per BNS a document whereby any legal right is created, extended, restricted, or released, is –
(a) Conveyance deed
(b) Gift deed
(c) Will
(d) Valuable security
Q37. Which one of the following wrongly matched?
(a) Wrongful gain : Section 2(36)
(b) Dishonestly : Section 2(7)
(c) Fraudulently : Section 2(29)
(d) Valuable Security : Section 2(31)
Q38. Which one of the following Sections of the BNS defines the word ‘Act’?
(a) Section 2(4)
(b) Section 2(1)
(c) Section 2(36)
(d) Section 2(7)
Q39. The term ‘offence’ is defined in IPC means
(a) Any act made punishable by the Penal Code
(b) Any act made punishable by the Penal Code or any special or local law in certain cases
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Q 40. Offence is defined under
(a) Section 2(30)
(b) Section 2(24)
(c) Section 2(18)
(d) Section 2(33)
Q 41. ‘Local Law’ mentioned under Section 2(18) of the BNS means law applicable to
(a) Whole of India
(b) A particular part of India
(c) Any part of India
(d) None of the above
Q 42. In BNS the world ‘illegal’ is applicable to which of the following?
(a) Which is an offence
(b) Which is prohibited by law
(c) Which furnishes ground for civil action
(d) To all the above
Q 43. Section 2(15) of BNS, the word ‘illegal’ is not applicable to everything
(a) Which is an offence
(b) Which is prohibited by law
(c) Causing wrongful gain to one person or wrongful loss to another person
(d) Which furnishes ground for civil action.
Q 44. To which one of the following the word ‘illegal’ used under Section 2(15) of BNS is not applicable?
(a) Which is an offence
(b) Which is prohibited by law
(c) Which furnishes ground for civil action
(d) Which is immoral
Q 45. Which one of the following statements is correct?
Injury is any harm whatever illegally caused to any person in his
(a) Body or mind only
(b) Body, mind, reputation, or property
(c) Body or reputation only
(d) Body only
Q 46. The word ‘Injury’ in Section 2(14) of BNS denote harm illegally caused to
(a) Body
(b) Property
(c) Mind and reputation
(d) All of the above
Q 47. Under Section 2(17) of BNS, life denotes
(a) Life of a human being
(b) Life of an animal
(c) Life of human being and animal both
(d) Life of either human being or animal both
Q 48. A person is believed to have acted in good faith when it is proven that the accused:
(a) Acted with due care and caution (attention)
(b) Was a faithful person worthy of trust
(c) Was a God fearing and religious person
(d) Lacked mens rea
Q 49. The word ‘good faith’ is defined in the BNS in
(a) Section 2(14)
(b) Section 2(23)
(c) Section 2(11)
(d) Section 2(13)
Q 50. Under which of the following Sections of the BNS ‘harbouring’ has been defined?
(a) Section 2(13)
(b) Section 7
(c) Section 249
(d) Section 103(1)
Q 51. According to the BNS which one among the following is not an offence?
(a) Preparation to wage war against State
(b) Preparation to commit dacoity
(c) Preparation to commit murder
(d) Preparation to commit depredation on the territory of a friendly power
Answers:
| 1. | (c) | 2. | (d) | 3. | (d) | 4. | (c) | 5. | (a) | 6. | (b) |
| 7. | (d) | 8. | (c) | 9. | (c) | 10. | (a) | 11. | (d) | 12. | (d) |
| 13. | (b) | 14. | (b) | 15. | (d) | 16. | (c) | 17. | (a) | 18. | (b) |
| 19. | (b) | 20. | (b) | 21. | (c) | 22. | (a) | 23. | (a) | 24. | (d) |
| 25. | (b) | 26. | (d) | 27. | (d) | 28. | (b) | 29. | (a) | 30. | (c) |
| 31. | (b) | 32. | (a) | 33. | (b) | 34. | (d) | 35. | (d) | 36. | (d) |
| 37. | (c) | 38. | (b) | 39. | (c) | 40. | (b) | 41. | (b) | 42. | (d) |
| 43. | (c) | 44. | (d) | 45. | (b) | 46. | (d) | 47. | (a) | 48. | (a) |
| 49. | (c) | 50. | (a) | 51. | (c) |
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