This expert-level AIBE MCQ set is specially designed for law graduates and advocates preparing for the All India Bar Examination. Covering Professional Ethics, Constitutional Law, IPC, CrPC, CPC, Evidence, Contract, and landmark legal principles, these questions focus on conceptual clarity, practical application, and Bare Act-based learning.
1. Under the Advocates Act, Bar Council of India is constituted under:
A. Section 3
B. Section 4
C. Section 5
D. Section 7
Answer: B
2. True or False: Right to practice law is an absolute Fundamental Right.
Answer: False
3. Professional misconduct proceedings against advocate are conducted by:
A. Supreme Court
B. State Government
C. Disciplinary Committee of Bar Council
D. High Court Registrar
Answer: C
4. “Ubi jus ibi remedium” means:
A. Law protects judges
B. Where there is a right, there is a remedy
C. Equity follows law
D. Ignorance excuses no one
Answer: B
5. Contingency fee arrangement by advocates in India is:
A. Valid
B. Illegal
C. Mandatory
D. Advisory only
Answer: B
6. True or False: An advocate may advertise freely on television and newspapers.
Answer: False
7. Res judicata is governed under:
A. Section 9 CPC
B. Section 10 CPC
C. Section 11 CPC
D. Section 12 CPC
Answer: C
8. Res sub judice is contained under:
A. Section 9 CPC
B. Section 10 CPC
C. Section 11 CPC
D. Section 80 CPC
Answer: B
9. Caveat is filed under:
A. Section 80 CPC
B. Section 144 CPC
C. Section 148A CPC
D. Section 151 CPC
Answer: C
10. True or False: CPC is substantive law.
Answer: False
11. FIR is registered under:
A. Section 154 CrPC
B. Section 156 CrPC
C. Section 161 CrPC
D. Section 173 CrPC
Answer: A
12. Cognizance of offence is taken under:
A. Section 154 CrPC
B. Section 156 CrPC
C. Section 190 CrPC
D. Section 200 CrPC
Answer: C
13. True or False: FIR is substantive evidence.
Answer: False
14. Anticipatory bail is provided under:
A. Section 436 CrPC
B. Section 437 CrPC
C. Section 438 CrPC
D. Section 439 CrPC
Answer: C
15. Police report is submitted under:
A. Section 161 CrPC
B. Section 164 CrPC
C. Section 173 CrPC
D. Section 190 CrPC
Answer: C
16. Under Evidence Act, estoppel is contained in:
A. Section 114
B. Section 115
C. Section 116
D. Section 117
Answer: B
17. True or False: Hearsay evidence is generally inadmissible.
Answer: True
18. Dying declaration is admissible under:
A. Section 24 Evidence Act
B. Section 32 Evidence Act
C. Section 45 Evidence Act
D. Section 65 Evidence Act
Answer: B
19. Expert opinion is relevant under:
A. Section 32 Evidence Act
B. Section 45 Evidence Act
C. Section 73 Evidence Act
D. Section 114 Evidence Act
Answer: B
20. Burden of proof primarily lies on:
A. Judge
B. Person asserting fact
C. Witness
D. Police officer
Answer: B
21. Under IPC, “dishonestly” is defined under:
A. Section 23
B. Section 24
C. Section 25
D. Section 52
Answer: B
22. Theft is defined under:
A. Section 378 IPC
B. Section 390 IPC
C. Section 405 IPC
D. Section 415 IPC
Answer: A
23. True or False: Every culpable homicide amounts to murder.
Answer: False
24. Common intention is provided under:
A. Section 34 IPC
B. Section 149 IPC
C. Section 120A IPC
D. Section 511 IPC
Answer: A
25. Criminal conspiracy is defined under:
A. Section 107 IPC
B. Section 120A IPC
C. Section 149 IPC
D. Section 503 IPC
Answer: B
26. “Mens rea” generally means:
A. Guilty act
B. Guilty intention
C. Wrongful gain
D. Civil liability
Answer: B
27. True or False: Mistake of law is a valid defence under IPC.
Answer: False
28. Grave and sudden provocation is:
A. General exception
B. Exception to murder
C. Civil defence
D. Tortious liability
Answer: B
29. Right of private defence extends to causing death under:
A. Section 96 IPC
B. Section 97 IPC
C. Section 100 IPC
D. Section 101 IPC
Answer: C
30. “Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea” means:
A. Act alone creates crime
B. Guilty mind is essential with guilty act
C. Law excuses ignorance
D. Equity prevails over law
Answer: B
31. Consideration under Indian Contract Act may move from:
A. Promisee only
B. Promisor only
C. Third party
D. Court
Answer: C
32. True or False: Minor’s agreement is void ab initio.
Answer: True
33. “Consensus ad idem” means:
A. Compensation
B. Meeting of minds
C. Quasi contract
D. Estoppel
Answer: B
34. Privity of contract means:
A. Stranger can sue
B. Only parties can sue
C. Contract without consideration
D. Void agreement
Answer: B
35. Quantum meruit claim is based on:
A. Crime
B. Equity
C. Constitutional law
D. Tort
Answer: B
36. True or False: Damnum sine injuria is actionable.
Answer: False
37. “Volenti non fit injuria” is defence in:
A. Contract
B. Tort
C. Evidence
D. Crime
Answer: B
38. Strict liability principle was established in:
A. Donoghue v. Stevenson
B. Rylands v. Fletcher
C. Ashby v. White
D. MC Mehta
Answer: B
39. Absolute liability principle in India evolved through:
A. Kesavananda Bharati
B. MC Mehta
C. Golaknath
D. Maneka Gandhi
Answer: B
40. True or False: Negligence requires duty of care.
Answer: True
41. Article 14 guarantees:
A. Freedom of speech
B. Equality before law
C. Freedom of religion
D. Constitutional remedies
Answer: B
42. Judicial review forms part of:
A. Directive Principles
B. Basic structure doctrine
C. Parliamentary sovereignty only
D. Emergency provisions
Answer: B
43. True or False: Parliament can destroy basic structure through amendment.
Answer: False
44. Doctrine of eclipse applies to:
A. Post-constitutional laws
B. Pre-constitutional laws
C. Criminal laws only
D. Tax laws only
Answer: B
45. “Audi alteram partem” means:
A. Hear the other side
B. Law is supreme
C. Equity follows law
D. Delay defeats justice
Answer: A
46. “Nemo judex in causa sua” means:
A. Evidence must be direct
B. No one should be judge in own cause
C. Justice delayed is justice denied
D. Ignorance excuses no one
Answer: B
47. True or False: Article 32 itself is a Fundamental Right.
Answer: True
48. Lok Adalat award is:
A. Advisory only
B. Binding on parties
C. Automatically appealable
D. Temporary order
Answer: B
49. Standard of proof in civil cases is:
A. Beyond reasonable doubt
B. Absolute certainty
C. Preponderance of probabilities
D. Prima facie proof
Answer: C
50. Standard of proof in criminal cases is:
A. Suspicion
B. Preponderance of probabilities
C. Beyond reasonable doubt
D. Prima facie satisfaction
Answer: C
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