Bar Council Full Model Test 01 English

Bar Council Full Model Test 01 (English)

Bangladesh Bar Council Preliminary Full Model Test 01

Total Questions: 100 | Full Marks: 100 | Time: 60 Minutes | Negative Marking: -0.25

Subject-wise Marks Distribution: CPC 20, SR Act 10, CrPC 20, Penal Code 20, Evidence Act 15, Limitation Act 10, Legal Ethics & Bar Council Rules 5.

1 / 100

What is the short title of the Act mentioned in Section 1?

A) The Criminal Law Act, 1898

B) The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

C) The Code of Civil Procedure, 1898

D) The Penal Code of Bangladesh

2 / 100

An instrument whereby a person obliges himself to pay money to another, on condition that the obligation shall be void if a specified act is performed, is called a:

A) Cheque

B) Bond

C) Promissory note

D) Bill of exchange

3 / 100

Any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken on oath is known as a:

A) Police investigation

B) Judicial proceeding

C) Administrative hearing

D) Departmental inquiry

4 / 100

Which one of the following is NOT a 'public servant' under the Penal Code?

A) A civil Judge

B) Member of a panchayat/jury assisting a Court

C) Liquidator

D) Secretary of a Co-operative society

5 / 100

According to Section 3, the District Court is subordinate to:

A) The Government

B) The Appellate Division

C) The High Court Division

D) The Supreme Court

6 / 100

A "Court of Session" includes a:

A) Upazila Court

B) Supreme Court

C) Metropolitan Court of Session

D) Magistrate Court

7 / 100

Forgery is defined in:

A) Section 465

B) Section 464

C) Section 463

D) Section 467

8 / 100

Under which of the following situations would Bangladesh courts have jurisdiction?

A) Crime committed by a Bangladeshi in a foreign country

B) Crime committed by a foreigner in Bangladesh

C) All of the above

D) Crime committed by any person on a Bangladesh registered ship

9 / 100

Law of evidence is

A) lex tallienis

B) lex situs

C) lex fori

D) lex loci solutionis

10 / 100

The term 'offence' means:

A) A thing made punishable by any special or local law

B) Both (a) and (b)

C) None of the above

D) A thing made punishable by the Penal Code

11 / 100

A 'man' is defined by Section 10 of the Penal Code as a male human being of:

A) Above 18 years of age

B) Above 16 years of age

C) None of the above

D) Any age

12 / 100

According to Section 2(1), "applicant" includes:

A) The legal representative of the defendant

B) The presiding judge

C) Only the person submitting the application

D) Any person from or through whom an applicant derives his right to apply

13 / 100

Words occurring in this Act which are defined in another Act shall have the same meanings. Which Act is it?

A) The Penal Code

B) The Succession Act, 1925

C) The Registration Act, 1908

D) The Contract Act, 1872

14 / 100

What is the total number of members in the Bangladesh Bar Council?

A) 11 members

B) 17 members

C) 15 members

D) 13 members

15 / 100

Proof of a fact depends on

A) accuracy of the statement and not upon the probability of its existence

B) rigid mathematical demonstration

C) artificial probative value assigned to a fact

D) not upon the accuracy of the statement but upon the probability of its existence

16 / 100

A "cognizable offence" means an offence in which a police-officer may:

A) Only investigate with a Magistrate's order

B) Only arrest with a warrant

C) Arrest without warrant

D) Never arrest the accused

17 / 100

Does the term "complaint" include the report of a police-officer?

A) Only when directed by a Magistrate

B) Yes, always

C) No, it does not include the report of a police-officer

D) Yes, in cognizable cases

18 / 100

Under Section 6, a Court shall NOT have jurisdiction over suits if:

A) The amount exceeds the pecuniary limits of its ordinary jurisdiction

B) It involves a government public officer

C) The subject-matter involves real estate

D) The suit is filed by a foreign citizen

19 / 100

Under Section 2(2) of the CPC (English), which of the following is NOT included in the definition of a "decree"?

A) Any order of dismissal for default

B) Preliminary decree

C) Determination of any question within section 144

D) The rejection of a plaint

20 / 100

Crime is:

A) Essentially a socially reprehensible act

B) Essentially an immoral act

C) An illegal act

D) None of the above

21 / 100

On what date did the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 come into force?

A) 1st day of July, 1899

B) 1st day of July, 1898

C) 1st day of January, 1898

D) 1st day of August, 1898

22 / 100

Under Section 2(2), a "bill of exchange" includes:

A) A hundi and a cheque

B) A bond

C) A promissory note

D) A contract

23 / 100

Propositions under Evidence Act are: Affidavit is an evidence... (full question above)

A) I, II & III are correct but IV is incorrect

B) I, II & IV are incorrect but III is correct

C) I, II & IV are correct but III is incorrect

D) I, II, III & IV all are correct

24 / 100

"Active concealment of fact" is associated with:

A) Fraud

B) Mistake

C) Undue influence

D) Misrepresentation

25 / 100

A suit for the partition of immovable property shall be instituted in the Court within whose local limits:

A) The property is situate

B) The plaintiff resides

C) The defendant resides

D) The contract was signed

26 / 100

An "order" under Section 2(14) is defined as:

A) The statement given by the Judge of the grounds of a decree

B) The formal expression of any decision of a Civil Court which is not a decree

C) The formal expression of an adjudication conclusively determining rights

D) An interpleader suit decision

27 / 100

A "decree-holder" under Section 2(3) means:

A) Any person against whom a decree has been passed

B) Any person who files a civil suit

C) The judge who passes the decree

D) Any person in whose favour a decree has been passed

28 / 100

Law of evidence is

A) neither (a) nor (b)

B) an adjective law

C) a substantive law

D) both (a) & (b)

29 / 100

Where an immovable property is situate within the jurisdiction of different Courts, the suit may be instituted (Section 17):

A) Only in the High Court Division

B) Only in the Court where the largest portion of the property sits

C) Only in the District Court

D) In any Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction any portion of the property is situate

30 / 100

Illegal' means everything which:

A) Furnishes ground for a civil action

B) Is prohibited by law

C) Is an offence

D) All of the above

31 / 100

How is "mesne profits" defined under Section 2(12)?

A) The principal amount of property value

B) Profits earned by a legal representative

C) Profits due to improvements made by the person in wrongful possession

D) Profits which the person in wrongful possession actually received or might have received, plus interest

32 / 100

Does the pendency of a suit in a foreign Court preclude a Court in Bangladesh from trying a suit founded on the same cause of action?

A) Yes, if the value exceeds 1,00,000 Taka

B) Yes, absolutely

C) Yes, if the foreign court is in the UK

D) No, it does not preclude

33 / 100

What is the President's Order number of the Bangladesh Legal Practitioners and Bar Council Order, 1972?

A) P.O. No. 46

B) P.O. No. 42

C) P.O. No. 48

D) P.O. No. 44

34 / 100

Section 11 of the CPC (English) deals with:

A) Interpleader suits

B) Res Judicata

C) Commissions

D) Place of suing

35 / 100

"Offence" means any act or omission made punishable by:

A) The Penal Code only

B) Any law for the time being in force

C) The Police Act only

D) The Constitution only

36 / 100

The principle of "Stay of suit" (Res Sub Judice) is described in which section?

A) Section 10

B) Section 12

C) Section 9

D) Section 11

37 / 100

What is the territorial extent of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898?

A) Only Metropolitan areas

B) Specific districts only

C) The whole of Bangladesh

D) Outside Metropolitan areas only

38 / 100

Under Section 4, the word "place" includes:

A) Vessel

B) All of the above

C) Tent

D) House and building

39 / 100

According to Section 4, "advocate" includes:

A) Only a Government appointed lawyer

B) A mukhtar authorised to practise or any person appointed with the Court's permission

C) Only a barrister

D) A police officer

40 / 100

"Attorney-General" includes:

A) Additional Attorney-General

B) Assistant Attorney-General

C) All of the above

D) Deputy Attorney-General

41 / 100

If a Bangladesh citizen commits an offence out of Bangladesh, he:

A) Can only be prosecuted where the offence was committed

B) None of the above

C) Cannot be prosecuted in Bangladesh

D) Can be prosecuted in Bangladesh in any place in which he may be found

42 / 100

When was The Specific Relief Act, 1877 passed?

A) 1st May, 1877

B) 7th January, 1877

C) 1st April, 1877

D) 7th February, 1877

43 / 100

To which territory does the Limitation Act, 1908 extend?

A) Only to specific divisions

B) To urban areas only

C) To the whole of Bangladesh

D) Outside Bangladesh

44 / 100

A Bangladesh citizen commits murder in America and escapes to Bangladesh. He:

A) Cannot be prosecuted in Bangladesh

B) Can only be prosecuted in America

C) Can be prosecuted in Bangladesh wherever found

D) Can neither be prosecuted in America nor Bangladesh

45 / 100

When did The Specific Relief Act, 1877 come into force?

A) 7th February, 1877

B) 1st July, 1877

C) 1st January, 1878

D) 1st May, 1877

46 / 100

Who becomes the Ex-officio Chairman of the Bangladesh Bar Council?

A) Minister of Law

B) President of Supreme Court Bar

C) Chief Justice

D) Attorney General

47 / 100

Which of the following is an exception to the requirement of mens rea?

A) Cases where ignorance of law is no excuse

B) Strict or absolute liability

C) All of the above

D) Public nuisance

48 / 100

According to Section 2(6), "foreign country" means:

A) Neighboring countries only

B) Any country other than Bangladesh

C) Countries without a bilateral treaty

D) Any country outside Asia

49 / 100

What is the short title of the Act?

A) The Limitation Act, 1908

B) The Bangladesh Limitation Act, 1908

C) The Suits and Limitation Act, 1908

D) The Limitation Act, 1909

50 / 100

No objection as to the place of suing shall be allowed by an appellate Court unless (Section 21):

A) The plaintiff agrees to it

B) The property is worth more than 50,000 Taka

C) It was taken in the Court of first instance at the earliest possible opportunity

D) The defendant filed a separate suit

51 / 100

The expression "Magistrate of the district" shall be deemed to mean:

A) Executive Magistrate

B) District Magistrate

C) Subordinate Magistrate

D) Chief Judicial Magistrate

52 / 100

When did the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 come into force?

A) 1st January, 1909

B) 1st July, 1909

C) 1st July, 1908

D) 1st January, 1908

53 / 100

According to Section 11, Explanation IV, any matter which might and ought to have been made a ground of defence or attack in a former suit is known as:

A) Ex parte decree

B) Res Sub Judice

C) Constructive Res Judicata

D) Actual Res Judicata

54 / 100

"High Court Division" means the High Court Division for:

A) Administrative disputes

B) Writ petitions only

C) Civil appeals only

D) Criminal appeal or revision

55 / 100

Under Article 111 of the Constitution of Bangladesh, the law declared by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is binding on:

A) The High Court Division and all subordinate courts

B) None of the above

C) Only the subordinate courts

D) All Courts except the Supreme Court

56 / 100

Does "movable property" under Section 2(13) include growing crops?

A) Only if ordered by the Court

B) No

C) Yes

D) Only if severed from the land

57 / 100

Which statement is correct regarding penal statutes?

A) They should be determined by general laws

B) They should have ex-post facto effect

C) They should be strictly construed

D) All of the above

58 / 100

"Investigation" includes proceedings for the collection of evidence conducted by:

A) The High Court

B) The Public Prosecutor

C) A police-officer or an authorized person (other than a Magistrate)

D) A Magistrate

59 / 100

Facts can be

A) psychological facts

B) only physical facts & not psychological facts

C) physical facts

D) physical as well as psychological facts

60 / 100

Section 9 of the CPC (English) states that Courts have jurisdiction to try all civil suits EXCEPT:

A) Suits between foreign nationals

B) Suits where the right to property is contested

C) Suits relating to religious rites

D) Suits of which their cognizance is either expressly or impliedly barred

61 / 100

Relevancy and admissibility under the Bangladeshi Evidence Act are

A) synonymous

B) co—extensive

C) synonymous & co-extensive both

D) neither synonymous nor co-extensive

62 / 100

What is the Act Number of The Specific Relief Act, 1877?

A) Act No. II of 1877

B) Act No. I of 1877

C) Act No. X of 1877

D) Act No. V of 1877

63 / 100

An offence shown as bailable in the second schedule is defined as a:

A) Bailable offence

B) Non-bailable offence

C) Non-cognizable offence

D) Compoundable offence

64 / 100

Specific relief under Section 5 is NOT given by:

A) Awarding a life sentence

B) Appointing a receiver

C) Taking possession of certain property and delivering it to a claimant

D) Ordering a party to do the very act which he is under an obligation to do

65 / 100

In this Act, "trust" includes:

A) Only express fiduciary ownership

B) Private ownership

C) Only implied fiduciary ownership

D) Express, implied, or constructive fiduciary ownership

66 / 100

Evidence under the Bangladeshi Evidence Act means & includes

A) ocular evidence based on documents only

B) documentary evidence

C) ocular and documentary evidence both

D) ocular evidence

67 / 100

The Bangladesh Penal Code came into force on:

A) 1 January, 1862

B) 1 July, 1882

C) 1 September, 1873

D) 6 October, 1860

68 / 100

Bangladeshi Evidence Act applies to

A) proceedings before the arbitrator

B) judicial proceedings in courts

C) all the above

D) proceedings before tribunals

69 / 100

Is an idol in a temple considered a 'person' under the Penal Code?

A) Yes, a legal person

B) No, no personality can be conferred on God under penal law

C) No, only the priest is a person

D) Yes, a natural person

70 / 100

A right not arising from contract, by which one person is entitled to remove and appropriate for his own profit any part of the soil belonging to another is an:

A) Agreement

B) Ownership

C) Easement

D) Tenancy

71 / 100

Section 15 mandates that every suit shall be instituted in:

A) The High Court Division

B) Any Civil Court

C) The Court of the lowest grade competent to try it

D) The District Court

72 / 100

A contract implied by law is known as:

A) Quasi contract

B) Implied contract

C) Contingent contract

D) Expressed contract

73 / 100

Under Section 13, a foreign judgment shall NOT be conclusive if:

A) It has been given on the merits of the case

B) It has been pronounced by a Court of competent jurisdiction

C) It follows natural justice

D) It has been obtained by fraud

74 / 100

How many types of punishment have been prescribed under the Bangladesh Penal Code?

A) Three

B) Five

C) Four

D) Six

75 / 100

A case in which a police-officer may not arrest without a warrant is called a:

A) Bailable case

B) Non-cognizable case

C) Warrant case

D) Cognizable case

76 / 100

The Specific Relief Act, 1877 extends to which area?

A) Specific divisions of Bangladesh

B) Whole of India and Bangladesh

C) Whole of Bangladesh

D) Dhaka only

77 / 100

Bangladeshi Evidence Act was drafted by

A) Sir James F. Stephen

B) Huxley

C) Sir Henry Summer Maine

D) Lord Macaulay

78 / 100

‘Self-regarding’ statements

A) none of the above

B) can be self-serving statements

C) can be self-harming statements

D) can be self-serving or self-harming

79 / 100

When the officer in charge of a police-station is absent, who can perform his duties?

A) The local UP Chairman

B) A Magistrate

C) Any police-officer present next in rank and above the rank of constable

D) A private citizen

80 / 100

Which sections of the Limitation Act, 1908 came into force at once?

A) Sections 1 and 2

B) Sections 3 and 5

C) Only Section 1

D) Sections 1 and 31

81 / 100

Under the law of evidence, as a general rule

A) opinion on a matter of fact and law both are relevant

B) opinion on a matter of fact is relevant but not on a matter of law

C) opinion whether on a matter of fact or law, is irrelevant

D) opinion on a matter of law is relevant but not on a matter of fact

82 / 100

Every inquiry other than a trial conducted under this Code by a Magistrate or Court is called an:

A) Inspection

B) Inquiry

C) Interrogation

D) Investigation

83 / 100

On what date did the rest of the Limitation Act, 1908 come into force?

A) First day of January, 1908

B) First day of July, 1909

C) First day of January, 1909

D) First day of July, 1908

84 / 100

According to the CPC (English), a decree becomes "final" when:

A) It is partly preliminary

B) Further proceedings have to be taken

C) The adjudication completely disposes of the suit

D) The judge signs it

85 / 100

What does "trustee" include according to the Act?

A) Any person holding property

B) Only government officials

C) Only legal heirs

D) Every person holding expressly, by implication, or constructively, a fiduciary character

86 / 100

The law of evidence consists of

A) ordinary rules of reasoning

B) all the above

C) legal rules of evidence

D) rules of logic

87 / 100

How many members are directly elected to the Bar Council?

A) 14 members

B) 12 members

C) 15 members

D) 10 members

88 / 100

"Defendant" under Section 2(4) includes:

A) The court official

B) Only the person originally sued

C) Any person from or through whom a defendant derives his liability to be sued

D) The plaintiff's lawyer

89 / 100

A change of the nature of obligation of a contract is known as:

A) Rescission

B) Repudiation

C) Novation

D) Alteration

90 / 100

What is correct as regards the admissibility of self-regarding statements

A) self-serving statement is admissible but a self-harming statement is not generally admissible

B) self-serving and self-harming statements both are generally inadmissible

C) self-serving and self-harming statements both are generally admissible

D) self-harming statement is admissible but a self-serving statement is not generally admissible

91 / 100

From a legal perspective, what type of body is the Bangladesh Bar Council?

A) Constitutional Body

B) Statutory Body

C) Semi-government body

D) NGO

92 / 100

Under the Evidence Act, fact means

A) both factum probandum and factum probans

B) factum probandum

C) factum probans

D) none of the above

93 / 100

Threatening to commit certain acts forbidden by the Penal Code is associated with:

A) Mistake

B) Misrepresentation

C) Fraud

D) Coercion

94 / 100

A resides in Chittagong, beats B in Dhaka. Where can B sue A for compensation?

A) Only in Chittagong

B) Only in Dhaka

C) Either in Dhaka or in Chittagong

D) None of the above

95 / 100

In this Code, "charge" includes:

A) The arrest warrant

B) Any head of charge when the charge contains more heads than one

C) The initial complaint to the police

D) The final verdict of the judge

96 / 100

According to Section 6, specific relief granted under clause (c) of section 5 is called:

A) Mandatory relief

B) Preventive relief

C) Declaratory relief

D) Compensatory relief

97 / 100

A has grown a tree on his land. The branches overhang on B's land. Under the law, B is entitled to:

A) Forcibly enter A's land and chop off the branches

B) Chop off the branches from his own land and take them

C) Chop off the overhanging branches while remaining on his own land

D) Enter A's land without permission and cut the tree

98 / 100

According to Section 3, what does "obligation" include?

A) Moral duties

B) Only contractual duties

C) Social responsibilities

D) Every duty enforceable by law

99 / 100

Fact in issue means

A) fact existence or non-existence of which is not disputed by the parties

B) fact, existence or non-existence of which is disputed by the parties

C) all the above

D) fact, existence or non-existence of which is admitted by the parties

100 / 100

All words and expressions used in this Code but not defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them by:

A) The Constitution of Bangladesh

B) The Civil Procedure Code

C) The Evidence Act, 1872

D) The Penal Code

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