MURDER
- Which of the following section of the Indian Penal Code defines โMurder’?
a) Section 299
b) Section 300
c) Section 301
d) Section 302 - Which of the following statements correctly define the โMurderโ?
a) Death is caused with intention of causing such bodily injury as the offender knows to be likely to cause death of a person to whom the injury is caused
b) Death is caused with the knowledge that he is likely to cause death by his act
c) Death is caused under grave and sudden provocation
d) All of the above - Mark the correct statement:
a) All culpable homicides are murders
b) All murders are culpable homicides but not vice versa
c) All murders can never be a culpable homicide
d) None of the above - โAโ shoots โXโ with the intention of killing him. โXโ dies in consequence. โAโ commits:
a) Murder
b) Culpable homicide
c) Death by Negligence
d) None of the above - Murder is punishable under which section of the Indian Penal Code?
a) Section 300
b) Section 302
c) Section 304 Part I
d) Section 304 Part II - What is the minimum punishment for murder?
a) Imprisonment for 10 years
b) Imprisonment for 14 years
c) Life imprisonment
d) None of the above - When the injury is intentional and sufficient to cause death in the ordinary course of nature and death follow, the offence is
a) Murder
b) Attempt to murder
c) Culpable homicide not amounting to murder
d) None of the above - Mark the correct statement:
a) Culpable homicide is genus and murder its species
b) Murder is genus and culpable homicide its species
c) Culpable homicide is culpable homicide not amounting to murder
d) Both (a) and (c) - Under which of the following cases, the Supreme Court of India has reaffirmed the distinction between culpable homicide and murder while adopting the view suggested in Govind case:
a) State of A.P. v. R.R. Punnayya
b) K.M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra
c) Madhavan v. State of Kerela
d) None of the above - X and Y go to murder Z. X stood on guard with a spear in hand but did not hit Z at all. Y killed Z
a) Only Y is liable for murder of Z
b) Only X is liable for murder of Z
c) Both X and Y are liable for murder of Z
d) X is not liable as he did not perform over act.
ANSWER 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. A 10. C