MCQ on Evidence Law Unit I: Judicial Services

1. Under the Indian Evidence Act, “fact” includes:

Facts in issue and relevant facts

Principal facts and evidentiary facts

Factum probandum and factum probans

All of the above

2. An important case in relation to Test identification parade is:

Ramnath v State of T.N.

Ram Lochan v State of Bengal

Queen-Empress v Abdullah

All of the above

3. A is tried for the murder of B by intentionally shooting him dead. The fact that A was in the habit of shooting at people with intent to murder them is:

Relevant fact

Irrelevant fact

Collateral fact

Admission

4. Admissions by agents are:

Always admissible in civil proceedings

Admissible in civil proceedings only if the agent has the authority to make admissions

Not admissible in criminal proceedings.

Both (b) and (c).

5. Sec. 92:

Prohibits admission of oral evidence, in respect of a proved written document, for the purpose of contradicting, varying, adding or subtracting from the terms of the document

Precludes only the parties to the document and their representatives-in-interest from giving oral evidence; other parties (or strangers) are left free to give such evidence

Evidence can be given of any oral agreement which does not contradict, vary, add or subtract from the terms of the document

All are correct

Consider the following statements

(i) A circus company keeps wild animals and tames them. One of them escapes and causes injury to a spectator. The company is not liable.

(ii)A person who brings and keeps any dangerous thing, keep it at his risk. If it escapes and causes damage, he is liable.

Of these statements

Both 1 and 2 are true

Both 1 and 2 are false

1 is true, but 2 is false

1 is false, but 2 is true