Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) 1860 | Law GAT MCQs Test 5

1. Question 1 of 50

   The essential distinction between criminal misappropriation under Section 403 and criminal breach of trust under Section 405 is that the latter requires a relationship of:

   A Sale and purchase only B Marriage between the parties C Landlord and tenant only D Trust or entrustment of property, coupled with dishonest misappropriation in violation of that trust
2. Question 2 of 50

   Section 441 defines 'criminal trespass' as entering into or upon property in the possession of another with intent to commit an offence, or to intimidate, insult or annoy any person in possession of such property, or, having lawfully entered, unlawfully remaining there with intent to:

   A Attend a court proceeding B Commit a lawful contract C Register a public document D Intimidate, insult, or annoy such person, or with intent to commit an offence
3. Question 3 of 50

   Section 491 punishes breach of a lawful contract to attend on, or supply the wants of, a person who is, by reason of youth, unsoundness of mind, disease, or bodily weakness, incapable of providing for his own:

   A Safety, or of supplying his own wants B Property C Public document D Confession
4. Question 4 of 50

   Section 420 provides an enhanced punishment for cheating, where the offence involves inducing the delivery of property, or the making, alteration, or destruction of a valuable security, or anything which is signed or sealed and capable of being converted into a:

   A Valuable security B Confession C Public document only D Judgment only
5. Question 5 of 50

   Section 415 defines 'cheating' as deceiving any person, and thereby fraudulently or dishonestly inducing that person to deliver any property, or to consent that any person shall retain any property, or intentionally inducing that person to do or omit to do anything which he would not do or omit if he were not so:

   A Compensated B Confessed C Deceived D Registered
6. Question 6 of 50

   Section 457 punishes lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night, in order to the committing of an offence punishable with:

   A No punishment B A civil remedy only C Imprisonment, subject to the specified categories D A departmental inquiry only
7. Question 7 of 50

   Under Section 511, punishment for an attempt is generally a fraction of, or otherwise related to, the punishment provided for the:

   A Civil wrong only B Complete offence C Public nuisance only D Confession alone
8. Question 8 of 50

   Section 409 provides an enhanced punishment for criminal breach of trust by a public servant, or by a banker, merchant, factor, broker, attorney, or agent, in the way of his:

   A Religious observance B Personal hobby C Business as such public servant or banker etc. D Family relationships only
9. Question 9 of 50

   The essential ingredient distinguishing cheating from other property offences is the element of:

   A Taking property without the owner's knowledge B Entrustment of property under a fiduciary relationship C Force used against the victim D Deception, inducing the victim to part with property or act to his detriment
10. Question 10 of 50

    Section 422 punishes dishonestly or fraudulently preventing any debt or demand due to oneself, or to any other person, from being made available according to law for payment of one's own debts or the debts of:

    A A stranger unconnected with the debt B A public servant only C Such other person D The Government exclusively
11. Question 11 of 50

    Section 495 provides an enhanced punishment for the offence under Section 494 where the person committing the subsequent marriage conceals from the person with whom the subsequent marriage is contracted the fact of the:

    A Religious identity of the parties B Former marriage C Age of the parties D Financial status of the parties
12. Question 12 of 50

    Section 493 punishes cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of a lawful:

    A Adoption B Guardianship C Employment D Marriage
13. Question 13 of 50

    Section 406 provides the general punishment for criminal breach of trust, generally consisting of imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to:

    A One month only B No punishment whatsoever C Seven years, or with fine, or with both D Life imprisonment in every case
14. Question 14 of 50

    Section 489-A punishes counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes, an offence broadly analogous to the offence of:

    A Public nuisance B Criminal trespass C Counterfeiting coin D Defamation
15. Question 15 of 50

    Section 442 defines 'house-trespass' as committing criminal trespass by entering into, or remaining in, any building, tent, or vessel used as a human:

    A Court only B Dwelling, or place for custody of property C Workplace only D Public office only
16. Question 16 of 50

    Section 440 defines 'mischief committed with violence' as mischief committed in circumstances such that the person committing it knows it likely to cause death, or hurt, or wrongful restraint, or fear of any of these, to any:

    A Foreign national only B Person present or expected to be present C Public servant exclusively D Court official only
17. Question 17 of 50

    Section 405 defines 'criminal breach of trust' as occurring when a person, being in any manner entrusted with property, or with dominion over property, dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use that property, in violation of any direction of law prescribing the mode in which such trust is to be:

    A Compounded B Registered C Confessed D Discharged
18. Question 18 of 50

    Section 463 defines 'forgery' as making a false document with intent to cause damage or injury to the public or to any person, or to support any claim or title, or to cause any person to part with property, or to enter into any express or implied:

    A Dying declaration B Confession C Marriage D Contract
19. Question 19 of 50

    Section 510 punishes misconduct in public by a person who is drunk, and who, under the influence of drink, appears in a public place, or in any place which it is a trespass for him to enter, and there conducts himself in such a manner as to cause:

    A Annoyance to any person B A public document to be forged C A confession to be recorded D A civil suit to be filed
20. Question 20 of 50

    Section 471 punishes fraudulently or dishonestly using as genuine any document which the person using it knows or has reason to believe to be a:

    A Genuine document B Forged document C Confession only D Public document only
21. Question 21 of 50

    Section 496 punishes marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage, where the offender knows that he is not thereby lawfully:

    A Adopted B Married C Employed D Divorced
22. Question 22 of 50

    Section 447 provides the general punishment for criminal trespass, generally consisting of imprisonment which may extend to:

    A No punishment B Death C Life imprisonment in every case D Three months, or fine, or both
23. Question 23 of 50

    Cheating differs from criminal breach of trust chiefly in that cheating involves deception inducing the victim to part with property, whereas criminal breach of trust involves misappropriation of property already:

    A Entrusted to the accused B Stolen by a third party C Registered as a public document D Owned by the accused himself
24. Question 24 of 50

    Mischief, as an offence against property, is distinguished from theft chiefly by the fact that mischief does not involve any dishonest taking of the property, but rather its:

    A Entrustment under a fiduciary relationship B Delivery under fraudulent representation C Destruction, damage or diminution of value or utility D Transfer to another person
25. Question 25 of 50

    Section 465 provides the general punishment for forgery, generally consisting of imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to:

    A No punishment B Life imprisonment in every case C Two years, or with fine, or with both D Death
26. Question 26 of 50

    Section 458 provides an enhanced punishment for lurking house-trespass or house-breaking by night, after preparation made for causing hurt, assault, or wrongful restraint, or fear of any of these, to any:

    A Court B Confession C Public document D Person
27. Question 27 of 50

    Section 466 provides an enhanced punishment for forgery of a record or proceeding of a Court of Justice, or of a public register, or of a document purporting to be made by a public servant in his official:

    A Personal capacity, unrelated to his office B Family capacity C Capacity, or purporting to be a certificate D Business capacity, unrelated to his office
28. Question 28 of 50

    Section 503 defines 'criminal intimidation' as threatening another with any injury to his person, reputation, or property, or to the person or reputation of anyone in whom that person is interested, with intent to cause alarm to that person, or to cause that person to do any act which he is not legally bound to do, or to omit any act which that person is legally entitled to:

    A Prosecute B Register C Do D Confess
29. Question 29 of 50

    Section 477-A punishes falsification of accounts, an offence generally committed by clerks, officers, or servants who wilfully, and with intent to defraud, destroy, alter, or falsify any book, paper, or:

    A Valuable security, or account which belongs to or is in the possession of his employer B Confession C Dying declaration D Public document
30. Question 30 of 50

    Section 464 further explains when a person is said to make a false document, such as by making a document, or part of a document, with the intention of causing it to be believed that it was made by, or by the authority of, a person by whom, or by whose authority, he knows it was:

    A Registered B Actually made C Certified genuine D Not made or authorized
31. Question 31 of 50

    Both criminal misappropriation and criminal breach of trust require, as an essential ingredient, that the accused acted:

    A Dishonestly B With the express consent of the owner C Under lawful authority D Under a mistake of fact only
32. Question 32 of 50

    Section 448 provides an enhanced punishment for house-trespass, as opposed to criminal trespass simpliciter, generally consisting of imprisonment which may extend to:

    A No punishment whatsoever B Life imprisonment in every case C One year, or fine, or both D Only a fine, without imprisonment
33. Question 33 of 50

    Section 435 provides an enhanced punishment for mischief by fire or explosive substance, intending to cause, or knowing it to be likely to cause, damage to the amount of:

    A Any nominal sum, however small B No specified amount C One hundred rupees or upwards, or, in the case of agricultural produce, ten rupees or upwards D A single rupee only
34. Question 34 of 50

    Mischief by injury to works of irrigation, or by wrongfully diverting water, is separately dealt with under specific provisions, reflecting the importance attached by the Code to:

    A Agricultural and irrigation interests B Purely political interests only C Purely commercial interests only D Purely religious interests only
35. Question 35 of 50

    Section 504 punishes intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of the:

    A Contract B Peace C Confession D Public document
36. Question 36 of 50

    Section 509 punishes a word, gesture, or act intended to insult the modesty of a:

    A Investigating officer B Foreign national C Public servant D Woman
37. Question 37 of 50

    Section 502 punishes selling or offering for sale any printed or engraved substance, containing defamatory matter, knowing that it contains such:

    A Public document B Matter C Confession D Judgment
38. Question 38 of 50

    Section 499 defines 'defamation' as making or publishing any imputation concerning any person, intending to harm, or knowing or having reason to believe that such imputation will harm, the:

    A Property of that person B Business dealings of that person exclusively C Family relationships of that person exclusively D Reputation of that person
39. Question 39 of 50

    Section 506 provides the general punishment for criminal intimidation, generally consisting of imprisonment which may extend to:

    A Two years, or with fine, or with both B Ten years mandatorily C No punishment whatsoever D Life imprisonment
40. Question 40 of 50

    Section 511 punishes attempts to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment, where no express provision is made for the punishment of such:

    A Attempt B Admission C Confession D Dying declaration
41. Question 41 of 50

    Section 445 defines 'house-breaking' broadly as committing house-trespass under specified circumstances of effecting entrance, or of quitting, or of remaining concealed, such as by using:

    A Criminal force or, having made a preparation for causing hurt to any person, or having effected entrance through a passage otherwise than the one intended for human entrance B A dying declaration only C A public document D A confession only
42. Question 42 of 50

    Section 436 provides a still higher punishment for mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy a house, or other building used as a human dwelling, or as a place for the custody of:

    A A confession B A judgment only C A public document only D Property
43. Question 43 of 50

    Section 426 provides the general punishment for mischief, generally consisting of imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to:

    A Life imprisonment in every case B No punishment C Death D Three months, or with fine, or with both
44. Question 44 of 50

    Section 425 defines 'mischief' as causing destruction of property, or a change in property, or in its situation, that destroys or diminishes its value or utility, or affects it injuriously, with intent to cause, or knowledge that he is likely to cause, wrongful loss or damage to the:

    A Investigating officer only B Government exclusively C Public or to any person D Complainant's family exclusively
45. Question 45 of 50

    Where cheating is accompanied by dishonest inducement to deliver property, and the offender had, from the outset, a fraudulent or dishonest intention which existed at the time of making the:

    A Confession B Promise or representation C Public document D Judgment
46. Question 46 of 50

    Section 492 punishes breach of a contract to render personal service, generally in circumstances involving service to be performed:

    A Under specified conditions requiring the service to be actually rendered as agreed B Only where the servant is a public servant C Voluntarily terminable at will without consequence in every case D Only where the contract is unregistered
47. Question 47 of 50

    Section 499 also recognizes several exceptions to defamation, such as imputation of truth made for the public good, or fair comment on the conduct of a public servant in the discharge of his:

    A Public functions B Private affairs C Family duties D Personal hobbies
48. Question 48 of 50

    Section 421 punishes dishonest or fraudulent removal, concealment, or transfer of property, or any interest therein, in order to prevent that property from being made available for the payment of the offender's:

    A Public document B Debts C Confession D Taxes only
49. Question 49 of 50

    Section 498 punishes enticing or taking away, or detaining with criminal intent, a married woman, with intent that she may have illicit intercourse with any person, or concealing or detaining with that intent any woman, knowing her to be a:

    A Witness in a civil suit B Public servant C Married woman D Foreign national
50. Question 50 of 50

    Section 500 provides the general punishment for defamation, generally consisting of simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to:

    A Two years, or with fine, or with both B Ten years mandatorily C Death D Life imprisonment

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