This extreme-level APO MCQ set is specially designed for serious prosecution aspirants preparing for highly competitive Assistant Prosecution Officer examinations. Covering advanced IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act, Constitutional principles, procedural complexities, and prosecution-oriented practical scenarios, these questions focus on analytical depth, Bare Act precision, and courtroom application.
1. Under IPC, culpable homicide is not murder when:
A. Intention to cause death absent
B. Case falls under any Exception to Section 300
C. Knowledge is absent
D. Death occurs accidentally only
Answer: B
2. True or False: Every unlawful assembly necessarily involves common intention.
Answer: False
3. Section 34 IPC requires:
A. Prior concert and participation
B. Mere presence at scene
C. Motive only
D. Conspiracy alone
Answer: A
4. “Mens rea” is excluded in certain offences because of:
A. Constitutional mandate
B. Strict liability principle
C. Judicial discretion
D. Presumption of innocence
Answer: B
5. Criminal conspiracy is complete when:
A. Agreement to commit offence is made
B. Offence is executed
C. Preparation begins
D. Arrest occurs
Answer: A
6. True or False: Preparation is generally punishable for all offences.
Answer: False
7. Section 149 IPC creates liability based on:
A. Common intention
B. Common object
C. Negligence
D. Vicarious liability only
Answer: B
8. Grave and sudden provocation under IPC:
A. Completely excuses offence
B. Converts murder into culpable homicide
C. Eliminates actus reus
D. Creates civil liability
Answer: B
9. “Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea” means:
A. Act alone creates offence
B. Guilty mind and guilty act together constitute crime
C. Law excuses ignorance
D. Motive equals intention
Answer: B
10. Right of private defence causing death is available under:
A. Section 96 IPC
B. Section 97 IPC
C. Section 100 IPC
D. Section 101 IPC
Answer: C
11. FIR under Section 154 CrPC can be lodged by:
A. Victim only
B. Eye-witness only
C. Any person aware of cognizable offence
D. Magistrate only
Answer: C
12. True or False: FIR is substantive evidence.
Answer: False
13. Cognizance means:
A. Framing of charge
B. Judicial application of mind to offence
C. Police investigation
D. Conviction of accused
Answer: B
14. Police report under Section 173 CrPC is commonly called:
A. Summons
B. Charge-sheet
C. Warrant
D. Revision
Answer: B
15. Anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC is granted before:
A. Trial
B. Arrest
C. Investigation
D. Cognizance
Answer: B
16. True or False: Sessions Court ordinarily cannot directly take cognizance without committal.
Answer: True
17. Maximum police custody permissible under CrPC is:
A. 7 days
B. 10 days
C. 15 days
D. 30 days
Answer: C
18. “Bail is rule, jail is exception” is based upon:
A. Judicial activism
B. Presumption of innocence
C. Police powers
D. Preventive detention
Answer: B
19. Double jeopardy is protected under:
A. Article 19
B. Article 20(2)
C. Article 21
D. Article 22
Answer: B
20. True or False: Confession before police officer is generally admissible.
Answer: False
21. Section 27 Evidence Act partially validates:
A. Entire confession
B. Discovery portion of information
C. Police diary
D. Character evidence
Answer: B
22. Dying declaration is admissible because law presumes:
A. Magistrate certification mandatory
B. Person nearing death unlikely to lie
C. Police verification sufficient
D. It is documentary evidence
Answer: B
23. True or False: Dying declaration always requires corroboration.
Answer: False
24. “Res gestae” is embodied under:
A. Section 5 Evidence Act
B. Section 6 Evidence Act
C. Section 24 Evidence Act
D. Section 32 Evidence Act
Answer: B
25. Expert opinion becomes relevant under:
A. Section 32 Evidence Act
B. Section 45 Evidence Act
C. Section 73 Evidence Act
D. Section 114 Evidence Act
Answer: B
26. Accomplice evidence is:
A. Inadmissible
B. Substantive evidence
C. Illegal evidence
D. Secondary evidence
Answer: B
27. True or False: Corroboration of accomplice evidence is rule of prudence.
Answer: True
28. Hostile witness means witness who:
A. Refuses oath
B. Turns adverse to party calling him
C. Is accused in case
D. Gives hearsay evidence only
Answer: B
29. Circumstantial evidence must form:
A. Weak suspicion
B. Complete chain pointing towards guilt
C. Prima facie case only
D. Partial proof
Answer: B
30. Motive in criminal trial is:
A. Always essential
B. Irrelevant in all cases
C. Relevant but not always indispensable
D. Equivalent to intention
Answer: C
31. Theft becomes robbery when:
A. Property moved dishonestly
B. Violence or fear accompanies theft
C. Consent obtained
D. Intention absent
Answer: B
32. True or False: Every breach of contract amounts to cheating.
Answer: False
33. Criminal breach of trust requires:
A. Entrustment of property
B. Mere possession only
C. Contractual breach only
D. Civil negligence
Answer: A
34. Cheating is defined under:
A. Section 378 IPC
B. Section 405 IPC
C. Section 415 IPC
D. Section 499 IPC
Answer: C
35. Defamation is punishable under:
A. Section 420 IPC
B. Section 499 IPC
C. Section 503 IPC
D. Section 378 IPC
Answer: B
36. True or False: Truth alone is absolute defence to criminal defamation.
Answer: False
37. Wrongful confinement is aggravated form of:
A. Assault
B. Wrongful restraint
C. Criminal intimidation
D. Hurt
Answer: B
38. Kidnapping from lawful guardianship is defined under:
A. Section 359 IPC
B. Section 361 IPC
C. Section 362 IPC
D. Section 364 IPC
Answer: B
39. “Good faith” under IPC requires:
A. Honesty only
B. Due care and attention
C. Intelligence only
D. Absence of negligence only
Answer: B
40. True or False: Mistake of fact may be valid defence under IPC.
Answer: True
41. Judicial confession is confession made before:
A. Police officer
B. Magistrate or court
C. Private person only
D. Prosecutor only
Answer: B
42. Standard of proof in criminal cases is:
A. Preponderance of probabilities
B. Prima facie satisfaction
C. Beyond reasonable doubt
D. Conclusive proof
Answer: C
43. Benefit of doubt goes to:
A. State
B. Complainant
C. Accused
D. Witness
Answer: C
44. True or False: Appeal is an inherent right.
Answer: False
45. Revision under CrPC generally lies before:
A. Same court
B. Higher court
C. Police authority
D. Executive Magistrate
Answer: B
46. Charge in criminal trial means:
A. Conviction
B. Formal accusation
C. Police opinion
D. Civil decree
Answer: B
47. “Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus” means:
A. Guilty mind essential
B. False in one thing, false in everything
C. Law excuses ignorance
D. Equity follows law
Answer: B
48. True or False: Indian law does not fully accept “falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus.”
Answer: True
49. Retracted confession requires:
A. Automatic rejection
B. Careful corroboration
C. Police approval
D. Magistrate permission only
Answer: B
50. In criminal jurisprudence, prosecution must establish guilt:
A. Probably
B. Mathematically
C. Beyond reasonable doubt
D. On balance of probabilities
Answer: C
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