Bar Council Full Model Test 20 English

Bar Council Full Model Test 20 (English)

Bangladesh Bar Council Preliminary Full Model Test 20

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

Criminal force implies:

A) Whipping

B) Assault

C) None of the above

D) Battery (intentional application of force without consent)

2 / 100

Do the rules of Section 6 (Legal disability) apply to a suit to enforce rights of pre-emption?

A) Yes, if insane

B) No (Sec 8)

C) Yes

D) Yes, if minor

3 / 100

To start a fresh period, must the payment of a debt (Sec 20) be made by the debtor himself?

A) Only by a bank

B) No, anyone can pay

C) Yes, exclusively

D) No, it can be made by the person liable or by his duly authorized agent

4 / 100

Which rule states that an advocate shall not accept a false case?

A) Chapter 2, Rule 5

B) Chapter 2, Rule 3

C) Chapter 3, Rule 2

D) Chapter 2, Rule 1

5 / 100

What is mandatory for male advocates to wear under the gown during summer?

A) Black shirt

B) Colored shirt

C) White shirt and black tie/band

D) Only white shirt

6 / 100

Proof of a fact depends

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

B) on the artificial probative value assigned to a fact

C) on rigid mathematical demonstration

D) on the accuracy of the statement and not upon the probability of its existence

7 / 100

Under Section 146 of the Bangladeshi Evidence Act, a witness may be questioned,

A) to shake his credit by injuring his character

B) to test his veracity

C) to discover who he is and what is his position in life

D) all the above

8 / 100

Which is NOT an essential ingredient for the offence of kidnapping from lawful guardianship?

A) A minor child

B) Without the permission of the lawful guardian

C) Intention of the accused (Kidnapping is a strict liability offence regarding intent)

D) Taking or enticing out of the keeping of the lawful guardian

9 / 100

Culpable homicide is not murder if:

A) None of the above

B) The offender loses his self-control by grave and sudden provocation which is voluntarily sought

C) Death is caused through provocation given by a public servant in the lawful exercise of his powers

D) The victim, being above the age of 18 years, takes the risk of death with his own consent

10 / 100

Who determines the dress code for advocates?

A) Ministry of Law

B) Bar Association

C) Police manual

D) Supreme Court and Bar Council

11 / 100

Who can rescind or alter an order made under Section 144?

A) Only the President

B) Only the Supreme Court

C) It cannot be altered

D) Any Magistrate on his own motion or application of aggrieved person

12 / 100

Under Section 135A, a member of Parliament is exempt from civil arrest during a meeting of Parliament and for how many days before and after such meeting?

A) 14 days

B) 30 days

C) 7 days

D) 21 days

13 / 100

The offence of simple hurt is made out by:

A) Dragging by hair in an aggressive manner

B) A kick on the back

C) All of the above

D) Fisting in the course of an attack

14 / 100

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

A) self-harming statement is inadmissible

B) self-serving statement is generally admissible but a self-harming statement is generally inadmissible

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

D) self-serving statement is admissible but a self-harming statements both are generally admissible

15 / 100

Rules made under Part X shall be subject to the previous approval of (Section 126):

A) The Parliament

B) The Prime Minister

C) The Chief Justice

D) The President

16 / 100

Who has the power to annul, alter or add to all or any of the rules in the First Schedule (Section 122)?

A) The Ministry of Law

B) The President

C) The Supreme Court

D) The Bar Council

17 / 100

If the time requisite for obtaining a copy of the decree is 5 days, what happens to those 5 days when computing the limitation period for an appeal?

A) They are excluded from the computation (Sec 12(2))

B) The appellant must pay a fee for them

C) They are ignored

D) They are added as a penalty

18 / 100

If a party has been forcibly and wrongfully dispossessed within what period before the order date can the Magistrate treat them as being in possession?

A) 2 months

B) 6 months

C) 1 year

D) 1 month

19 / 100

Mental pain is:

A) Sometimes covered under the offence of simple hurt

B) Not covered under the offence of simple hurt (Hurt refers to bodily pain, disease or infirmity)

C) All of these

D) Also covered under the offence of simple hurt

20 / 100

Under the law of evidence, as a general rule opinion on a matter of fact and law both are relevant

A) none of the above

B) False

C) partly true

D) True

21 / 100

Under Section 145, who is empowered to act upon being satisfied of a dispute likely to cause a breach of the peace?

A) A Civil Court Judge

B) The Police Commissioner

C) A Judicial Magistrate

D) A District Magistrate or empowered Executive Magistrate

22 / 100

Under the Evidence Act, fact means

A) factum probans

B) none of the above

C) both factum probandum and factum probans

D) factum probandum

23 / 100

The law of evidence consists of ordinary rules of reasoning

A) partly true

B) True

C) none of the above

D) False

24 / 100

For the purposes of Section 145, "land or water" includes:

A) Buildings and markets

B) Crops or rents/profits

C) Fisheries

D) All of the above

25 / 100

The Rule Committee constituted under Section 123 must include at least how many Judges of the Supreme Court?

A) Three

B) One

C) Two

D) Five

26 / 100

Do the provisions of Section 144 apply to a Metropolitan Area?

A) Only during elections

B) Yes

C) Only if the Mayor agrees

D) No

27 / 100

Section _____ of the Bangladeshi Evidence Act, deals with latent ambiguity.

A) 95

B) 94

C) 93

D) 92

28 / 100

Whoever voluntarily obstructs any person so as to prevent that person from proceeding in any direction in which that person has a right to proceed is guilty of:

A) Wrongful confinement

B) Illegal detention

C) Wrongful restraint

D) None of the above

29 / 100

X with the intention of causing Z’s death gave him a severe blow on his head. Z became unconscious. X believing Z to be dead and with a view to fabricate the evidence, throws X into a pond. It was found that Z died because of drowning. X is guilty of:

A) Attempt to commit murder

B) Committing culpable homicide not amounting to murder

C) None of the above.

D) Committing murder

30 / 100

A contracts to pay an annuity to B for the lives of C and D. C was already dead. Can this be specifically performed?

A) Yes, for D's life

B) Yes

C) Yes, reduced amount

D) No

31 / 100

A contracts to sell B the interest of C in a stock-in-trade. C is heavily in debt. A knows, B does not. Specific performance should be:

A) Refused to A

B) Granted to B automatically

C) Granted to A

D) Modified

32 / 100

Section 151 saves the "inherent power" of the Court to make orders necessary for:

A) Amending the Constitution

B) Creating new procedural rules

C) Executing criminal warrants

D) The ends of justice or to prevent abuse of the process of the Court

33 / 100

Section 21A requires that the balance amount of consideration be deposited in the court:

A) At the time of filing the suit

B) At final decree

C) Within 30 days

D) Before signing

34 / 100

A Magistrate acting under Section 145 requires the parties to put in written statements concerning the fact of:

A) Tax history

B) Actual possession of the subject of dispute

C) Legal ownership title

D) Future claims

35 / 100

What condition must be met to use the title "Barrister"?

A) Apply to Ministry

B) 10 years at Supreme Court

C) Pass LL.B

D) Call to the Bar from an Inn of Court

36 / 100

A presumption is an inference drawn from two facts, which are already proved or need not be proved.

A) True

B) False

C) partly true

D) none of the above

37 / 100

A contracts to sell land to B. An expensive embankment is needed. B does not know, A conceals it. Specific performance should be:

A) Transferred to arbitration

B) Granted to A

C) Refused to A

D) Granted with discount

38 / 100

X, having sufficient food, does not provide any to a beggar who dies of hunger. X is guilty of:

A) Attempt to murder

B) None of the above (No legal duty to provide food)

C) Attempt to assault

D) Murder

39 / 100

If a party shows that no such dispute likely to cause a breach of peace exists or existed, the Magistrate shall:

A) Proceed anyway

B) Cancel his order and stay further proceedings

C) Imprison them for lying

D) Change the charge to public nuisance

40 / 100

Specific performance may be properly granted under Section 22 III where the plaintiff has:

A) Delayed the suit

B) Acted fraudulently

C) Done substantial acts or suffered losses

D) Paid no money

41 / 100

Can the 2-month limit of a Section 144 order be extended?

A) No, under no circumstances

B) Yes, by the complainant

C) Yes, by the local police

D) Yes, by a notification from the Government in cases of danger to human life or likelihood of riot

42 / 100

If the Magistrate considers the case one of emergency, he may:

A) Transfer ownership to the state

B) Halt all proceedings indefinitely

C) Attach the subject of dispute pending his decision

D) Shoot the trespassers

43 / 100

Which of the following is a duty of the Bar Council Secretary?

A) Reviewing judgments

B) Drafting laws

C) Judging advocates

D) Conducting administrative functions

44 / 100

If an application to alter the order is received, the Magistrate must:

A) Reject it automatically

B) Afford the applicant an early opportunity of appearing and showing cause

C) Wait 6 months

D) Arrest the applicant

45 / 100

A contracts to let land to B, and B contracts to cultivate it in a particular manner for three years. Can this be specifically enforced?

A) Yes

B) No

C) Yes, if crops specified

D) Yes, if rent paid

46 / 100

Section 148 grants the Court the discretion to enlarge the time fixed or granted for doing any act. Can it do so if the period originally fixed has already expired?

A) Yes

B) Only with the opponent's consent

C) Only in execution proceedings

D) No

47 / 100

An offence of assault is made out when:

A) A shakes his fist at Z, intending or knowing it to be likely to cause Z to believe A is about to strike him

B) All of the above

C) A person throws brickbats into the house of another person

D) A medical examination of a woman without her consent (if accompanied by a gesture causing apprehension of force)

48 / 100

Who has the power to issue an order under Section 144?

A) A District Magistrate or empowered Executive Magistrate

B) The High Court only

C) A police sub-inspector

D) A Judicial Magistrate

49 / 100

Section 24 applies to a suit for compensation for an act which does not give rise to a cause of action unless:

A) Blood is shed

B) Some specific injury actually results therefrom

C) The defendant admits it

D) A crime is committed

50 / 100

Under the law of evidence, the relevant fact must be-

A) legally & logically relevant

B) none of the above

C) logically relevant

D) legally relevant

51 / 100

Is a separate suit allowed for the purpose of obtaining any restitution which could be obtained by application under Section 144?

A) Only if the amount exceeds 50,000 Taka

B) Yes

C) No

D) Only if the High Court permits

52 / 100

Section 144 orders are aimed at preventing:

A) Danger to human life, health, or safety

B) Disturbance of public tranquillity, riot, or affray

C) Obstruction, annoyance, or injury

D) All of the above

53 / 100

The rules in the First Schedule of CPC (English) have effect as if enacted in the body of the Code until (Section 121):

A) Annulled or altered in accordance with the provisions of Part X

B) The President cancels them

C) 10 years pass

D) The Parliament revokes them

54 / 100

Which defines the term ‘murder’?

A) Death is cased with the knowledge that the is likely to cause death by his act.

B) Death is caused with the intention of causing such bodily injury as the offender knows to be likely to cause death of the person to whom the injury is caused.

C) None of the above

D) Act by which the death is caused must have been done with the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death.

55 / 100

What is the age of a minor with regard to the offence of kidnapping from lawful guardianship?

A) Sixteen years

B) None of the above

C) Eighteen years

D) Under sixteen years of age, if a male, and under eighteen years of age, if a female

56 / 100

A picks up a revolver, points it at B, and says, “I will shoot and kill you.” This amounts to:

A) Simple hurt

B) Criminal assault

C) None of the above

D) Criminal intimidation

57 / 100

Dislocation of a tooth is a:

A) None of the above

B) Grievous hurt

C) Assault

D) Simple hurt

58 / 100

Section 119 prevents unauthorized persons from addressing the High Court Division in the exercise of its:

A) Revisional jurisdiction

B) Writ jurisdiction

C) Appellate jurisdiction

D) Original civil jurisdiction

59 / 100

A contracts to supply B with all the goods of a certain class which B may require. Can this be specifically enforced?

A) No

B) Yes, if maximum set

C) Yes

D) Yes, if for 1 year

60 / 100

Section 145 deals with disputes concerning land or water likely to cause:

A) Tax evasion

B) Environmental damage

C) Copyright infringement

D) A breach of the peace

61 / 100

Section 144 deals with:

A) Life imprisonment

B) Temporary orders in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger

C) Permanent property disputes

D) Security for good behaviour

62 / 100

An application for a review of judgment (Section 114) is made to:

A) The High Court Division

B) The Court which passed the decree or made the order

C) The Appellate Division

D) The District Judge

63 / 100

Can an order under Section 144 be passed ex parte (without serving notice in due time)?

A) Only if the person is a foreigner

B) Only in civil disputes

C) No, never

D) Yes, in cases of emergency

64 / 100

If evidence is taken down in English and a party or pleader is unacquainted with it, he can request (Section 137):

A) A translation into the language of the Court

B) A transfer of the case

C) A new trial

D) The dismissal of the judge

65 / 100

Law of evidence is-

A) an adjective law

B) both (a) & (b)

C) a substantive law

D) neither (a) nor (b)

66 / 100

"Restitution" under Section 144 is ordered by which Court?

A) The Supreme Court

B) The Appellate Court

C) The Revisional Court

D) The Court of first instance

67 / 100

Does the term "easement" in Section 2(5) include a right arising from a contract?

A) No, "a right not arising from contract"

B) Yes, if registered

C) Yes

D) Yes, if oral

68 / 100

Which Section of the CPC (English) deals with "Revision"?

A) Section 144

B) Section 114

C) Section 113

D) Section 115

69 / 100

Does the Limitation Act 1908 extend to territories outside Bangladesh?

A) Yes, to India

B) Yes, internationally

C) Yes, to Pakistan

D) No, it extends to the whole of Bangladesh

70 / 100

Section 137(1) states that the language of any Court subordinate to the High Court Division shall continue to be the language of such Court until:

A) The District Judge changes it

B) The Supreme Court directs otherwise

C) The Government otherwise directs

D) The Parliament passes a new law

71 / 100

Which is correct?

A) Both (a) and (b)

B) An intention to kill is not always necessary to make out a case of murder.

C) A knowledge that the natural and probable consequence of an act would be death could make out a case of murder.

D) All of the above.

72 / 100

Under Section 143, who may order any person not to repeat or continue a public nuisance?

A) A District Magistrate or empowered Executive Magistrate

B) The complainant

C) A private citizen

D) A police constable

73 / 100

Culpable homicide is not murder if the accused is deprived of the power of self-control by:

A) Grave and sudden provocation by anyone

B) Grave and sudden provocation by the deceased

C) Grave and sudden provocation by an act of God

D) None of the above

74 / 100

Are the rules of Section 6 (Legal disability) available for an application for execution of a decree?

A) Yes

B) Only for eviction decrees

C) Only for money decrees

D) No

75 / 100

In any Admiralty cause of salvage or collision, the Court may summon to its assistance how many competent assessors (Section 140)?

A) One

B) Five

C) Two

D) Three

76 / 100

Under Section 22, Court may exercise discretion NOT to decree specific performance if the contract gives the plaintiff:

A) No advantage

B) Equal footing

C) A fair advantage

D) An unfair advantage over the defendant

77 / 100

Section 304A (Causing death by negligence) does NOT apply to cases where:

A) Death is caused with any intention or knowledge

B) None of the above

C) The act amounts to culpable homicide

D) Both (a) and (b)

78 / 100

Culpable homicide is not murder if it is committed under:

A) Moral conviction

B) Intoxication

C) Madness

D) Grave and sudden provocation

79 / 100

What is the standard maximum duration for an order under Section 144 to remain in force?

A) 2 months

B) 1 week

C) 1 month

D) 6 months

80 / 100

Standard of proof in civil and criminal cases is the same-

A) partly true

B) True

C) False

D) none of the above

81 / 100

Section 142 mandates that all orders and notices served under the CPC (English) shall be:

A) Verbal

B) Acknowledged via affidavit

C) Published in a newspaper

D) In writing

82 / 100

Trustees contract to sell trust-property worth 1 lakh to C for 30,000. Can C enforce specific performance?

A) No, it's a breach of trust

B) Yes, if Court approves

C) Yes, valid contract

D) Yes, if he pays 50,000

83 / 100

Does Section 132 entirely exempt such women from arrest in execution of a civil process?

A) Yes, if they are above 50 years old

B) No, unless arrest is otherwise prohibited by the Code

C) Yes, completely

D) Only in commercial suits

84 / 100

Culpable homicide is not murder if it is committed:

A) When the offender is acting under the spell of madness

B) None of the above

C) With the consent of the victim who has completed 12 years of age

D) With the consent of the victim who has completed 18 years of age

85 / 100

If a document is fraudulently concealed, limitation runs from when the person first had the means of:

A) Destroying it

B) Producing it or compelling its production

C) Reading it

D) Copying it

86 / 100

A refreshment-room owner refuses to give B undefined accommodation for selling goods. This case is for:

A) Rescission

B) Specific performance

C) Compensation

D) Injunction

87 / 100

Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife is not rape if the wife is above:

A) 18 years of age

B) 16 years of age

C) None of the above

D) 15 years of age (historically/under specific provisions, though subject to modern legal debates)

88 / 100

An order under Section 144 may be directed to:

A) Only government officials

B) A particular individual

C) The public generally when frequenting a particular place

D) Both A and B

89 / 100

Law of evidence is-

A) lex situs

B) lex loci solutionis

C) lex tallienis

D) lex fori

90 / 100

Women who, according to customs, ought not to be compelled to appear in public are exempt from personal appearance under:

A) Section 132

B) Section 56

C) Section 133

D) Section 135

91 / 100

Bangladeshi Evidence Act was drafted by-

A) Lord Macaulay

B) Sir Henry Summer Maine

C) Huxley

D) Sir James F. Stephen

92 / 100

Under Section 115(1), the High Court Division may revise a decree or order passed by a Court of District Judge if the subordinate court committed:

A) An arithmetic mistake

B) A clerical error

C) A delay of more than 6 months

D) An error of law resulting in an error in such decree/order occasioning failure of justice

93 / 100

If a plaintiff prosecutes another civil proceeding in bad faith in a wrong court, will that time be excluded under Sec 14?

A) No, it must be prosecuted in "good faith"

B) Yes, if he had a lawyer

C) The court will halve the time

D) Yes

94 / 100

Relevancy and admissibility are-

A) neither synonymous nor co-extensive

B) synonymous and co-extensive both

C) synonymous

D) co-extensive

95 / 100

An order under Section 144 can direct a person to:

A) Confess to a crime

B) Both A and B

C) Abstain from a certain act

D) Take certain order with certain property in his possession

96 / 100

The person abducted can be:

A) Only a major

B) A minor or a major

C) Only a minor

D) None of the above

97 / 100

A Judge, Magistrate or other judicial officer is exempt from civil arrest while going to, presiding in, or returning from his Court under:

A) Section 144

B) Section 133

C) Section 135A

D) Section 135

98 / 100

Does the Magistrate under Section 145 decide who has the legal RIGHT to possess the property?

A) Yes, that is the main purpose

B) Yes, but only for fisheries

C) No, he decides the fact of ACTUAL possession without reference to the merits of claims to a right to possess

D) Only if the property is worth more than 1 Lakh

99 / 100

Can a person be a "trustee" if they are a wrong-doer in possession without title?

A) Yes, if they improve the property

B) No (Sec 2(11))

C) Yes, after 12 years

D) Yes

100 / 100

Facts can be-

A) physical and psychological

B) psychological

C) none of the above

D) physical

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Bar Council Full Model Test 20 English | 100 Marks 60 Min