MCQs ON INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872 (PART-1)
| 1 | Evidence is simply a means (not an end) to prove or disprove the substantial rights of a person—
(A) True (B) False (C) Partly true (D) Partly false |
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| 2 | The word “evidence” is derived from the evident or evidere which is_____word—
(A) French word (B) English word (C) Latin word (D) Spanish word |
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| 3 | The Indian Evidence Act was drafted by __________ and hence he is known as the founding father of the IEA—
(A) Salmond (B) Straus (C) Mr. James F. Stephen (D) None
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| 4 | The preamble of the IEA is to—
(A) Consolidate (B) Consolidate and amend (C) Consolidate and define (D) Consolidate, define and amend the law of evidence |
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| 5 | The IEA is basically a—
(A) Substantive law (B) Procedural/ adjective law (C) Partly Substantive (D) Both substantive and procedural |
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| 6 | Being procedural law, the IEA has the retrospective operation—
(A) True (B) Partly true (C) False (D) Partly false |
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| 7 | The law relating to evidence is subject matter of _______List of the Indian Constitution—
(A) Union List (B) State List (C) Concurrent List (D) None |
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| 8 | Being the subject – matter of the concurrent list, the legislature (Union as well as State) has power to make law relating evidence under Entry No._____?
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15 |
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| 9 | An evidence may be given only of two things—
(A) Facts in issue (B) Relevant facts (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) None |
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| 10 | “Facts in issue” are also known as –
(A) Principal facts (B) Factum probandum (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None |
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| 11 | “Relevant facts” are also known as –
(A) Evidentiary facts (B) Factum probans (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None |
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| 12 | The whole laws relating to evidence under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (hereinafter referred to as the “IEA”) moves around relevancy and admissibility of evidence relating to “facts in issue and relevant facts”. The statement is—
(A) True (B) Partly true (C) False (D) Partly false |
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