The Evidence Act, 1872 Model Test 15 (English)

Time Allowed30 Minutes

Total Questions50 MCQs

Total Marks50 Marks

Negative Marking-0.25 Marks

Qualifying Mark50% Pass

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Evidence Act Model Test 15 (English)

The Evidence Act, 1872

Questions: 50
Full Marks: 50
Time: 30 Minutes

1 / 50

Privilege in respect of husband & wife under section 122 of Evidence Act relates to

A) question which a witness cannot be compelled to answer

B) question which a witness cannot be permitted to answer

C) both (a) & (b)

D) only (b) & not (a).

2 / 50

For protection under section 124 of Evidence Act, the communication is to be made

A) to a public officer in official confidence

B) to a public officer as an ordinary cause of his duties

C) to a public officer as a routine matter

D) either (a) or (b) or (c).

3 / 50

A tenant or licencee under section 116 of Evidence Act is estopped from denying the title of landlord

A) after the creation of tenancy or licence

B) all the above.

C) during the continuance of tenancy

D) after the surrender of possession under tenancy or licence

4 / 50

Question as to admissibility of evidence

A) should be decided as they arise

B) should be reserved until judgment

C) either (b) or (c).

D) may be decided as they arise or may be reserved until judgment

5 / 50

The estoppel in section 115 of Evidence Act

A) is an estoppel by record

B) is an estoppel by deed

C) all the above.

D) is an estoppel by pais

6 / 50

Examination in chief of a witness

A) either (a) or (b).

B) shall be by the party calling the witness

C) both (a) & (b)

D) shall be by the adverse party

7 / 50

A document containing a communication from a husband to a wife or vice versa, in the hands of a third person

A) either (a) or (b).

B) Is not admissible in evidence until consented to by the writer of the communication

C) is not admissible in evidence at all

D) is admissible in evidence

8 / 50

An accomplice is a person

A) who participates in the commission of the crime for which the accused has been charged

B) all the above both (a) & (b).

C) who is an informer

D) who is a pretended confederate

9 / 50

Privilege under section 121 of Evidence Act is

A) not available to an arbitrator

B) may or may not be available to an arbitrator

C) both (b) & (c) are correct.

D) available to an arbitrator

10 / 50

Testimony of an accomplice before it is accepted & acted upon

A) need not be corroborated at all

B) must be corroborated from an independent source

C) either (a) or (c).

D) must be corroborated from the testimony of another accomplice

11 / 50

The doctrine of estoppel is contained in

A) section 114 of Evidence Act

B) section 112 of Evidence Act.

C) section 113 of Evidence Act

D) section 115 of Evidence Act

12 / 50

Section 121 of Evidence Act provides for privilege in respect of

A) judges & magistrates

B) official communication.

C) husband & wife

D) affairs of the state

13 / 50

An accomplice is a competent witness

A) under section 133 of Evidence Act

B) under section 119 of Evidence Act

C) under section 118 of Evidence Act

D) under section 132 of Evidence Act.

14 / 50

In deciding whether the document falls in the category of 'unpublished official record' the court

A) the court is banned from inspecting the document

B) both (a) & (c) are correct.

C) has the jurisdiction to inspect the documents itself

D) the court can compel the production of the document for inspection

15 / 50

Estoppel can be

A) by matter of record resulting from the judgment of a competent court

B) all the above.

C) by deed resulting from entering into a solemn engagement as to certain facts

D) by pais arising from agreement or contract and from act or conduct of misrepresentation resulting in a change of position

16 / 50

Re-examination of a witness can be done

A) after examination chief and after cross-examination

B) either (a) or (b)

C) neither (a) nor (b).

D) after examination in chief but before cross-examination

17 / 50

The doctrine of estoppel is a

A) substantive law

B) rule of equity

C) rule of evidence

D) law of pleadings.

18 / 50

Legal advisor

A) both (a) & (b) are correct.

B) cannot disclose the communication even when the relation is ended or the client has died

C) can disclose the communication after his clients death

D) can disclose the communication after the relation with his client has ended

19 / 50

Rule of estoppel of tenants and of licence of person in possession is contained in

A) section 118 of Evidence Act

B) section 116 of Evidence Act

C) section 119 of Evidence Act.

D) section 117 of Evidence Act

20 / 50

The protection under section 126 of Evidence Act extends to

A) any fact observed showing the communication of any offence or fraud committed since commencement of employment

B) both (a) & (b)

C) neither (a) nor (b).

D) communication made in furtherance of any illegal design

21 / 50

Husband & wife both are competent witness for & against each other

A) in criminal proceedings

B) neither in civil nor in criminal proceedings.

C) in civil proceedings

D) in both civil & criminal proceedings

22 / 50

After re-examination of a witness, the adverse party has a

A) right to further cross-examine the witness afresh in general

B) right to further cross-examine the witness only when a new matter is introduced in the re-examination

C) has no right to further cross examine the witness

D) either (a) or (b).

23 / 50

Presumption under section 114 of Evidence Act can be raised having regard to the common course of

A) natural events

B) public and private business

C) human conduct

D) all of the above.

24 / 50

A communication made to the spouse during marriage, under section 122 of Evidence Act

A) remains privileged after the dissolution of marriage by divorce but not so on after death.

B) remains privileged communication after the dissolution of marriage by divorce or death

C) does not remain privileged after the dissolution of marriage by divorce, but remains privileged even after death

D) does not remain privileged after the dissolution of marriage by divorce or death

25 / 50

Admissibility of the evidence under section 122 of Evidence Act has to be adjudged

A) either (a) or (b) or (c).

B) in the light of the status on the date when the communication was made

C) in the light of the status, on the date when the communication is sought to be tendered in court

D) in the light of the status, on the date when the evidence is to be given in the court

26 / 50

Protection under section 122 of Evidence Act

A) can be waived by the witness with the consent of husband or wife, only

B) cannot be waived by the witness under any circumstances

C) either (a) or (c).

D) can be waived by the witness without the consent of the husband or wife

27 / 50

Re-examination of a witness

A) shall be by the adverse party

B) shall be by the party calling the witness

C) both (a) & (b)

D) either (a) or (b).

28 / 50

Estoppel is a rule of

A) criminal action

B) both civil and criminal action

C) civil action

D) only (b) and not (a).

29 / 50

In which of the following there is no estoppel

A) attestation of a deed

B) all the above.

C) against a statute

D) on a point of law

30 / 50

Under section 118 who amongst the following are competent witnesses

A) lunatic

B) all the above.

C) child

D) accused

31 / 50

Estoppel

A) both (b) & (c) are correct.

B) need not be specifically pleaded

C) may be specifically pleaded or may not be specifically pleaded

D) should be specifically pleaded

32 / 50

Estoppel deals with

A) question of facts

B) both (a) & (b)

C) question of right

D) neither (a) nor (b).

33 / 50

Communication in respect of the affairs of the state are privileged communication on the grounds of public policy

A) under section 124 of Evidence Act

B) under section 126 of Evidence Act.

C) under section 123 of Evidence Act

D) under section 125 of Evidence Act

34 / 50

Cross-examination of a witness

A) may not relate to relevant facts & may not be confined to what the witness testified in examination in chief.

B) may not relate to relevant facts but must relate to what the witness testified in examination in chief

C) must relate to relevant facts but need not be confined to what the witness testified in examination in chief

D) must relate to relevant facts and has to be confined to what the witness testified in examination in chief

35 / 50

During re-examination of a witness

A) a new matter can be introduced only with the permission of the court

B) either (a) or (c).

C) no new matter can be introduced at all

D) a new matter can be introduced as a matter of right generally

36 / 50

Re-examination of a witness

A) can be for the purposes of explaining the matters referred to in cross-examination

B) all the above.

C) can be for the purposes of explaining the matters referred to in the examination in chief

D) can be for the purposes of filling what is left-over in examination in chief

37 / 50

Protection under section 122 of Evidence Act is

A) not confined to confidential communications only but extends to communication of whatever nature

B) confined to confidential communication and not applicable to general communication between the husband & wife

C) confined to confidential communication and may be extended to communications of general nature

D) only (c) and not (a) or (b).

38 / 50

Under section 116 of Evidence Act, the tenant is estopped

A) both (a) & (b)

B) only (b) & not (a).

C) from denying the title to the property, of the landlord

D) from denying the title to the property, of the actual owner

39 / 50

Documents in respect of which privilege has been provided under section 123 of Evidence Act.

A) is an unpublished official record

B) is a published official record

C) both (a)&(b)

D) either (a) or (b).

40 / 50

Estoppel can be

A) all the above.

B) by negligence

C) by election

D) by silence

41 / 50

A person is competent to testify

A) if he understands the question put to him

B) if has both (a) & (b)

C) if he is able to give rational awareness to those questions

D) if has (a) only and not (b).

42 / 50

Privilege in respect of judges & magistrates under section 121 of Evidence Act relates to

A) neither (a) nor (b).

B) question which a witness cannot be permitted to answer

C) both (a) & (b)

D) questions which a witness cannot be compelled to answer

43 / 50

The professional privilege under section 126 of Evidence Act is available in respect of communication made

A) both (a) & (b)

B) neither (a) nor (b).

C) for the purposes of professional employment

D) the cause of employment

44 / 50

Estoppel operates in case of a tenant

A) both (a) and (b)

B) who remain in possession after the termination of tenancy by notice to quit

C) during the continuance of tenancy

D) only (a) and not (b).

45 / 50

Protection under section 122 of Evidence Act is available to

A) husband & wife as a witness

B) both (a) & (b)

C) either (a) or (b).

D) a witness

46 / 50

Section 124 of Evidence Act provides for privileged in respect of

A) none of the above.

B) official communications

C) professional communications

D) communications as to information of commission of offence

47 / 50

A husband or wife are permitted to disclose any communication between them during marriage

A) in civil proceedings between the parties

B) in criminal proceedings between the parties

C) all the above.

D) in matrimonial proceedings between the parties

48 / 50

Estoppel

A) is a cause of action in itself

B) neither (a) nor (b) is correct.

C) both (a) & (b) are correct

D) creates a cause of action

49 / 50

Estoppels are binding

A) upon privies of the litigating parties

B) both (a) & (b) only.

C) upon litigating parties

D) upon strangers to the lis

50 / 50

A dumb person is a competent witness as provided under

A) section 118 of Evidence Act

B) section 120 of Evidence Act

C) section 119 of Evidence Act

D) section 121 of Evidence Act.

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