Top 1000+ Solved Indian Penal Code (IPC 1860) MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which one of the following conclusion can be drawn from de minimis non curat tax?
a. Necessity knows no law
b. Nothing is an offence done by a child under 7 years of age.
c. Every person is liable for his own acts
d. Trifling acts do not constitute an offence.
Q. X and Y agree to commit theft in Z’s house but no theft is actually committed. They are guiltyof:
a. No offence
b. Criminal conspiracy
c. Abetment by conspiracy
d. Abetment by instigation.
Q. The offence of theft becomes robbery when it is:
a. Coupled with force
b. Committed by two or more but less than five persons
c. Committed by five or more persons
d. Coupled with imminent danger to life.
Q. X a Hindu, turned his wife out of the marital home and refused to return her ornaments,money and clothes despite her repeated demands. What offence, if any, has X committed?
a. Cajolery
b. Cheating
c. Criminal intimidation
d. Criminal breach of trust.
Q. X and Y were about to travel from Jammu Tawi to Delhi by the same train. Y had two tickets for Pathankot and X had a ticket for Delhi. X voluntarily handed over his ticket to Y in order to check that it was the right one. Y under the pretence of returning X’s ticket substituted it by one of his own and kept X’s ticket. What offence did Y commit?
a. Theft
b. Extortion
c. Misappropriation
d. Cheating.
Q. A person who was not expected to be in office, created a brief that he would be in office andobtained gratification. Which one of the following offences has been committed by him?
a. Bribery
b. Misappropriation
c. Cheating
d. None of the above.
Q. Robbery becomes dacoity when committed conjointly by
a. Two persons
b. More than two persons but less than five persons
c. Five persons or more
d. None.
Q. In cases of dishonest misappropriation the initial possession of the property:
a. Is dishonest
b. Is fraudulent
c. Is innocent
d. None.
Q. A finds a watch on the floor of a State Transport bus while he was leaving it as the last passenger. He picked it up and kept it in his pocket instead returning it to the State Transport authorities. Next day he sold it. A is liable for:
a. Theft
b. Extortion
c. Criminal misappropriation
d. Criminal breach of trust.
Q. A servant collected money from the debtor of his master as authorized by him. The servantretained the money in his hands because it was due to him as wages. He commits:
a. Criminal breach of trust
b. Theft
c. No offence
d. Criminal misappropriation.
Q. Offence of theft is related to:
a. Movable property only
b. Immovable property only
c. Property only
d. None.
Q. Dishonest intention must precede the act of taking in
a. Criminal misappropriation
b. Criminal breach of trust.
c. Theft
d. None.
Q. Which one of the following statements correctly defines the term theft?
a. Dishonest removal of one’s property
b. Removal of property from the custody of a person without his consent
c. Dishonest removal of any property from one’s possession without his consent
d. Dishonest removal of movable property from one’s possession without his consent.
Q. Which of the following is an essential element of criminal breach of trust?
a. Contractual relationship
b. Transfer of possession
c. Taking possession of the property by fraudulent means
d. Property must be movable.
Q. Under the Indian Penal Code who among the following is liable for committing theft?
a. Child below 7 years of age.
b. Child below 8 years of age.
c. Child between 7 and 10 years of age
d. Child between 7 and 12 years of age having maturity of understanding.