Qanoon e Shahadat Order 1984 Law GAT MCQs Test 1

1. Question 1 of 50

   The Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 extends to:

   A Only Sindh and Balochistan B Only Islamabad Capital Territory C Only Punjab D The whole of Pakistan
2. Question 2 of 50

   An admission is a substantive piece of evidence though it is:

   A Conclusive and irrebuttable B Not conclusive and can be explained or shown to be erroneous C Always excluded as hearsay D Only relevant in matrimonial matters
3. Question 3 of 50

   Article 1 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order provides for its short title and:

   A Creation of new courts B Repeal of the Constitution C Extent and commencement D Amendment of the Penal Code
4. Question 4 of 50

   Under Article 2, a fact is said to be 'not proved' when it is neither proved nor:

   A Admitted B In issue C Disproved D Relevant
5. Question 5 of 50

   Admissions made by persons expressly referred to by a party to the suit are relevant against that party as:

   A Expert opinions B Judgments in rem C Character evidence D Admissions
6. Question 6 of 50

   Under Article 2, 'evidence' also includes all documents produced for the inspection of the Court, called:

   A Documentary evidence B Direct evidence C Oral evidence D Hearsay evidence
7. Question 7 of 50

   The Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 applies to:

   A All judicial proceedings in or before any court, including courts-martial where applicable B Only proceedings before the High Court C Only criminal proceedings D Only civil proceedings
8. Question 8 of 50

   Under Article 2, a fact is said to be 'disproved' when the Court believes it does not exist or considers its non-existence so probable that a prudent man ought to act upon the supposition that it:

   A Exists B Is admitted C Is relevant D Does not exist
9. Question 9 of 50

   Under the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, an 'admission' is a statement, oral or documentary, which suggests any inference as to a fact in issue or relevant fact, made by any of the persons specified and under the circumstances:

   A Mentioned as irrelevant B Hereinafter mentioned C Only in the presence of a Magistrate D Only after conviction
10. Question 10 of 50

    Confessions are treated in the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order as a species of:

    A Admissions B Circumstantial evidence exclusively C Documentary evidence only D Expert opinion
11. Question 11 of 50

    Facts showing the motive or preparation for any fact in issue or relevant fact are treated as:

    A Irrelevant in every case B Conclusive proof of guilt C Admissible only in civil cases D Relevant
12. Question 12 of 50

    The previous or subsequent conduct of any party, or of any person an offence against whom is the subject of the proceeding, is relevant if such conduct influences or is influenced by any fact in:

    A A judgment of acquittal only B Issue or relevant fact C A privileged communication D A newspaper report
13. Question 13 of 50

    Admissions are relevant and may be proved as against the person who makes them or his:

    A Advocate alone B Court alone C Witnesses only D Representative in interest
14. Question 14 of 50

    Article 16 relates to the relevancy of the existence of a course of business as bearing on the question whether a particular act was:

    A Voidable B Malicious C Done D Compoundable
15. Question 15 of 50

    Under Article 2, 'evidence' includes all statements which the Court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses, called:

    A Documentary evidence B Circumstantial evidence C Secondary evidence D Oral evidence
16. Question 16 of 50

    A fact which is the occasion, cause or effect of a fact in issue or relevant fact is generally treated as:

    A Privileged B Irrelevant C Inadmissible without corroboration D Relevant
17. Question 17 of 50

    When the question is whether a particular act was done, the existence of any course of business according to which it naturally would have been done is:

    A Only relevant with expert opinion B Irrelevant C Conclusive proof it was done D Relevant
18. Question 18 of 50

    An admission by a predecessor-in-interest is relevant against a successor-in-interest if made:

    A Only after the predecessor's death B After the interest was transferred C During the continuance of the predecessor's interest D Only in a registered document
19. Question 19 of 50

    A statement of an admission may be proved by or on behalf of the person making it under the general rule that a person cannot create evidence for himself, subject to certain exceptions such as when it is a statement relevant otherwise than as an:

    A Expert opinion B Judgment C Admission D Confession
20. Question 20 of 50

    Statements made by parties to a proceeding, or by their agents authorized in that behalf, are relevant as:

    A Admissions B Judgments C Expert opinions D Dying declarations
21. Question 21 of 50

    In civil cases, admissions are not relevant if they are made either upon an express condition that evidence of them is not to be given, or under circumstances from which the Court can infer that the parties agreed together that evidence of them should not be given, generally described as admissions made:

    A Under oath B Without prejudice C Before a Magistrate D Publicly
22. Question 22 of 50

    Statements made by persons whose position or liability it is necessary to prove as against any party to the suit are, as against such party, relevant as:

    A Character evidence B Privileged communications C Conclusive proof D Admissions
23. Question 23 of 50

    The Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 was promulgated as:

    A An Act of Parliament B A Provincial Ordinance C A Supreme Court Rule D A President's Order
24. Question 24 of 50

    Facts necessary to explain or introduce a fact in issue or relevant fact, or which support or rebut an inference suggested by such a fact, are generally treated as:

    A Relevant B Presumptive only C Conclusive D Irrelevant
25. Question 25 of 50

    Statements made by a person whose statement or act is a fact in issue, and which affect the liability of another person, are relevant if such statements are expressly referred to by that other person in a statement to a:

    A Foreign court B Newspaper C Non-judicial witness D Third person
26. Question 26 of 50

    Statements made by an agent duly authorized by a party are relevant as admissions:

    A Never, since agency is irrelevant B Only against the agent personally C Only if in writing D Against the party by whom the agent is authorized
27. Question 27 of 50

    An admission made by one of several parties suing or sued jointly, regarding a matter in question, is generally relevant against:

    A The complainant only B The Court only C That party alone, not the co-parties, in the ordinary rule D All co-parties without exception
28. Question 28 of 50

    The existence of any state of mind, such as intention, knowledge, good faith, negligence, or of any state of body or bodily feeling, is treated as relevant when the existence of such state of mind or body is:

    A Itself in issue or relevant B Only relevant if admitted C Only relevant in criminal cases D Irrelevant to the case
29. Question 29 of 50

    Oral admissions as to the contents of a document are generally not relevant unless the party proposing to prove them shows that he is entitled to give secondary evidence of the contents of such document, or the genuineness of a produced document is in:

    A The FIR B A privileged communication C A judgment D Question
30. Question 30 of 50

    In suits for compensation, facts which afford grounds for believing the amount of damages sustained are treated as:

    A Presumed against the plaintiff B Relevant C Irrelevant D Privileged
31. Question 31 of 50

    Where two or more persons have engaged in a common intention to commit an offence, anything said, done or written by any one of them in reference to that common intention is a relevant fact against:

    A No one, as it is hearsay B Only the principal offender C Only the person who said or did it D Each of the persons so engaged
32. Question 32 of 50

    Facts bearing on the question whether an act was accidental or intentional, or done with a particular knowledge or intention, may include evidence that the accused has, on other occasions, done acts of a similar kind, which is generally treated as:

    A Always irrelevant B Relevant to that question C Admissible only against co-accused D Conclusive proof of guilt
33. Question 33 of 50

    Facts which are the cause or effect of relevant facts, immediately or otherwise, are treated as:

    A Only relevant with leave of the High Court B Privileged C Irrelevant D Relevant
34. Question 34 of 50

    The Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 mainly replaced which earlier law of evidence in Pakistan?

    A The Evidence Act, 1872 B The Limitation Act, 1908 C The Contract Act, 1872 D The Cr.P.C., 1898
35. Question 35 of 50

    Under Article 2, 'Court' includes all judges and magistrates, and all persons, except arbitrators, legally authorized to:

    A Prosecute offences B Appoint judges C Draft legislation D Take evidence
36. Question 36 of 50

    A statement forming part of a longer statement, conversation, or document is relevant as an admission only if it is required to make intelligible the sense of:

    A The FIR alone B That part of the statement, conversation or document C The judgment of the trial court D Any other document in the record
37. Question 37 of 50

    Under the scheme of relevancy, facts forming part of the same transaction as a fact in issue, though not in issue themselves, are relevant if they are so connected with it as to form part of the:

    A Same res gestae B Judgment C Charge-sheet D FIR
38. Question 38 of 50

    Under Article 2, 'document' means any matter expressed or described upon any substance by means of letters, figures or marks intended to be used, or which may be used, for the purpose of:

    A Taxation only B Recording that matter C Sale only D Punishment only
39. Question 39 of 50

    Under Article 2, 'facts in issue' means and includes any fact from which, either by itself or in connection with other facts, the existence, non-existence, nature or extent of any right, liability or disability asserted or denied follows as a matter of:

    A Custom only B Law C Legal opinion only D Executive order
40. Question 40 of 50

    Admissions are generally not conclusive proof of the matters admitted but may operate as:

    A Dying declarations B Estoppels C Judgments in rem D Confessions of guilt
41. Question 41 of 50

    Article 3 provides that evidence may be given in any proceeding of the existence or non-existence of every fact in issue and of such other facts as are declared to be:

    A Relevant B Presumed C Privileged D Conclusive
42. Question 42 of 50

    Under Article 2, a fact is said to be 'relevant' to another when it is connected with the other in any of the ways referred to in the provisions relating to:

    A Estoppel B The relevancy of facts C Presumptions only D Burden of proof only
43. Question 43 of 50

    The existence of any state of things at any time is treated as relevant when the question is whether it continued to exist at a subsequent time, and it is generally shown that such a state of things:

    A Is of an ordinarily permanent character B Was recorded in a public document C Was admitted by the opposite party D Never exists in law
44. Question 44 of 50

    The general rule is that admissions must relate to facts and not to mere:

    A Statements of law or opinion B Statements about date C Statements about identity D Statements about signatures
45. Question 45 of 50

    Where the existence of any right or custom is in question, particular instances in which the right or custom was claimed, recognized or exercised, or disputed, are generally:

    A Admissible only from public documents B Conclusive proof C Irrelevant D Relevant
46. Question 46 of 50

    Under Article 2, a fact is said to be 'proved' when, after considering the matters before it, the Court believes it to exist or considers its existence so probable that a prudent man ought, under the circumstances, to act upon the supposition that it:

    A Exists B Is irrelevant C Is inadmissible D Does not exist
47. Question 47 of 50

    Facts necessary to determine the right or custom on which a right or liability depends are treated as:

    A Only relevant if reduced to writing B Relevant C Only relevant in criminal trials D Irrelevant
48. Question 48 of 50

    Where several persons are jointly interested in the subject-matter of a proceeding, an admission made by one is generally relevant against the others only if there is:

    A A joint interest and community of purpose shown B A prior conviction C No relationship at all D A dying declaration
49. Question 49 of 50

    Statements made by persons from whom the parties to the suit have derived their interest in the subject-matter of the suit are relevant if made during the continuance of the interest of the:

    A Court B Investigating officer C Persons so making them D Public Prosecutor
50. Question 50 of 50

    Under Article 2, 'fact' means and includes anything, state of things, or relation of things capable of being:

    A Only admitted by a party B Perceived by the senses C Only written down D Only proved by an expert

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