Top 250+ Solved Indian Evidence Act MCQ Questions Answer
Q. _______ section of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was inserted by the Criminal law(Amendment) Act, 2013.
a. section 53
b. section 53 a
c. section 119
d. section 119a
Q. An admission is NOT relevant in a civil case if it is-
a. relevant otherwise than as an admission
b. proceeding from a person in authority
c. made under circumstances from which the court can infer that the parties agreed together that evidence of it should not be given
d. made by a pleader, attorney or a vakil
Q. Which of the following section of the Indian Evidence Act does not apply to interrogations by a Customs Officer exercising power under Section 171 -A of the Sea Customs Act?
a. section 131
b. section 132
c. section 133
d. section 134
Q. Which of the following section prescribe the method by which signature can be proved?
a. section 45, indian evidence act
b. section 46, indian evidence act
c. section 47, indian evidence act
d. both (a) and (b)
Q. Which of the following is true of the effects of admissions?
a. an admission constitutes a substantive piece of evidence in the case and, for that reason, can be relied upon for proving the truth of the facts incorporated therein
b. an admission has the effect of shifting the onus of proving to the contrary on the party against whom it is produced, with the result that it casts an imperative duty on such party to explain it. in the absence of a satisfactory explanation, it is presumed to true
c. an admission, in order to be competent and to have the value and effect referred to above should be clear, certain and definite, and not ambiguous, vague to be true
d. all of them
Q. An attesting witness is:
a. one who signs his name to an instrument, at the request of the party or parties, for the purposes of proving or identifying it
b. a witness who has attested the document
c. both (a) and (b)
d. none of them
Q. A intentionally and falsely leads B to believe that certain land belongs to A, and thereby induces B to buy and pay for it. The land afterwards becomes the property of A, and A seeks to set aside the sale on the ground that, at the time of the sale, he had no title. Applying Section 115,
a. he must be allowed to prove his want of title
b. he may be allowed to prove his want of title
c. he must not be allowed to prove his want of title
d. none of them
Q. Admissible evidence is thus that which is:
a. relevant
b. not excluded by any rule of law or practice
c. either (a) or (b)
d. both (a) and (b)
Q. A is accused of a crime committed by him at Calcutta. He produces a letter written by himself and dated at Lahore on that day, and bearing the Lahore post-mark of that day. Applying Section 21, Indian Evidence Act, which of the following is possible?
a. the statement in the date of the letter is admissible, because, if a were dead, it would be admissible under section 27, clauses (2)
b. the statement in the date of the letter is admissible, because, if a were dead, it would be admissible under section 29, clauses (2)
c. the statement in the date of the letter is admissible, because, if a were dead, it would be admissible under section 32, clauses (2)
d. the statement in the date of the letter is admissible, because, if a were dead, it would be admissible under section 34, clauses (2)
Q. A is tired for a riot and is proved to have marched at the head of a mob. Applying Section 9,
a. the cries of the mob are irrelevant as it does not explain the nature of the transaction
b. the cries of the mob are relevant as explanatory of the nature of the transaction
c. either (a) or (b)
d. none of them
Q. A, a sculptor, agrees to sell to B, “all my mods.” A has both models and modelling tools. Applying Section 98, Indian Evidence Act:
a. evidence cannot be given to show which he meant to sell
b. evidence needed not be given to show which he meant to sell
c. evidence may be given to show which he meant to sell
d. none of them
Q. Entry in the Monzawari Register is admissible under:
a. section 32, indian evidence act
b. section 35, indian evidence act
c. section 37, indian evidence act
d. section 39, indian evidence act
Q. In criminal cases under Section 54, Indian Evidence Act to prove that the defendant committed the crime charged, evidence may not be given that he:
a. bore a bad reputation in the community
b. has a disposition to commit crime of that kind
c. had no other occasions committed particular acts of the same class evincing such disposition
d. all of them
Q. In which of the following cases did the court held that a party who produces witnesses in court produces them as witnesses of truth; and simply because portions of their statements are not favourable to the party producing them, they cannot be condemned as biased witnesses?
a. gyasuddin khan v. state of bihar, air 2004 sc 201, para 12 : 2004 crlj 395
b. lekhraj v. state of gujarat, air 1998 sc 242 : 1998 crlj 396.
c. gulabchand ganbhiramal v. kudilal govindram, air 1959 mp 151 : 1961 crlj 55 (fb).
d. siddiqua v. narcotics control bureau, 2007 crlj 1471, 1480 (para 17) (del).
Q. In which of the following proceeding of domestic tribu-nals and departmental enquiries, theIndian Evidence Act is not applicable?
a. officers conducting departmental inquiries
b. departmental proceedings
c. disciplinary proceedings tribunal
d. all of them