Top Legal Branch MCQs for Future Legal Officers
Q: As per Order VIII, Rule 6, the particulars of set-off must be given in which document?
A) Plaint
B) Written statement
C) Both A and B
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Written statement
Q: Evasive denial by the defendant is considered to be which of the following in the eyes of the law?
A) Of great importance
B) Has no sanctity
C) Depends upon the matter
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Has no sanctity
Q: As per Order VIII, Rule 2 of the Civil Procedure Code, who must raise all matters which show the suit to be non-maintainable?
A) Defendant
B) Plaintiff
C) None of the above
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Defendant
Q: The reply to the plaint filed by the defendant is commonly known as which of the following?
A) Written reply
B) Reply
C) Written Statement
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) Written Statement
Q: When a party engages a pleader, notices, summons, or other processes for service on them must be served in the manner prescribed in which of the following?
A) Order V of C.P.C.
B) Order III, Rule 5 of C.P.C.
C) Order II, Rule 4 of C.P.C.
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Order V of C.P.C.
Q: The address of the plaintiff must be filed with the plaint for service of notices under which of the following?
A) Order VII, Rule 14 of C.P.C.
B) Order VII, Rule 16 of C.P.C.
C) Order VII, Rule 19 of C.P.C.
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Order VII, Rule 14 of C.P.C.
Q: The procedure for rejecting a plaint is provided under which rule of the Civil Procedure Code?
A) Order VII, Rule 12 of C.P.C.
B) Order VII, Rule 11 of C.P.C.
C) Order VII, Rule 11-A of C.P.C.
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Order VII, Rule 11 of C.P.C.
Q: Rejection of a plaint is addressed under which rule of the Civil Procedure Code?
A) Order VII, Rule 10
B) Order VII, Rule 11
C) None of the above
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Order VII, Rule 11
Q: The procedure for returning a plaint is outlined in which rule of the Civil Procedure Code?
A) Order VII, Rule 10(1)
B) Order VII, Rule 10(2)
C) Order VII, Rule 10(3)
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Order VII, Rule 10(1)
Q: Under Order VII, Rule 3 of the Civil Procedure Code, where the subject matter of the suit is immovable property, the plaint must include which of the following?
A) A reflection of that property
B) A description of the property sufficient to identify it
C) Both A and B
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) A description of the property sufficient to identify it
Q: Order VII, Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Code contains how many sub-rules or ingredients?
A) 7 Sub-rules
B) 8 Sub-rules
C) 9 Sub-rules
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) 8 Sub-rules
Q: Order VII of the Civil Procedure Code contains how many rules?
A) 24
B) 25
C) 26
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) 24
Q: As per Order VI, Rule 18 of the Civil Procedure Code, a party allowed to amend the pleading can amend it within how many days?
A) 10 days
B) 14 days
C) 18 days
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) 14 days
Q: According to Order VI, Rule 14 of the Civil Procedure Code, pleadings must be signed by which of the following?
A) Notarized
B) Signed by the Court Officer
C) Signed by the party and their pleader
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) Signed by the party and their pleader
Q: The term “Pleading” refers to which of the following?
A) Plaint
B) Written statement
C) Both (a) and (b)
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b)
Q: As per Order V, Rule 28 of the Civil Procedure Code, when the defendant is a soldier, sailor, or airman, the Court shall send the summons for service to which authority?
A) Chief of Staff Committee
B) Chief of Air Staff, Naval, or Army
C) Commanding Officer, with a copy to be retained by the defendant
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) Commanding Officer, with a copy to be retained by the defendant
Q: Proclamation in newspapers is considered a type of which of the following?
A) Substituted service
B) Ordinary service
C) Special service
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Substituted service
Q: Order V, Rule 20 of the Civil Procedure Code prescribes how many ways and manners for the service of summons?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) 5
Q: The term “substituted service” refers to which of the following?
A) Service of process upon the defendant in any manner
B) Service of process made under the Court’s authorization upon the defendant
C) Both (a) and (b)
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Service of process made under the Court’s authorization upon the defendant
Q: Order V, Rule 10-A of the Civil Procedure Code deals with which of the following?
A) Delivery of summons through Court officer
B) Delivery of summons through post
C) Delivery of summons in any way
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Delivery of summons through post
Q: As per Order V, Rule 2 of the Civil Procedure Code, the summons shall be accompanied by which of the following?
A) Document upon which the plaintiff relies
B) Plaint
C) Both (a) and (b)
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b)
Q: Order V of the Civil Procedure Code deals with which of the following?
A) Issue and service of summons
B) Issuance of warrant
C) Issuance of precept
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Issue and service of summons
Q: Order IV of the Civil Procedure Code deals with which of the following?
A) Appointment of agent
B) Institution of suits
C) Framing of suit
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Institution of suits
Q: Order III of the Civil Procedure Code deals with which of the following?
A) Appearance of plaintiffs
B) Appearance of attorneys
C) Appearance of recognized agents and pleaders
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) Appearance of recognized agents and pleaders
Q: As per Order II, Rule 2, the suit includes which of the following?
A) Whole of claim
B) Only the opening portion of a suit
C) Both (a) and (b)
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Whole of claim
Q: No suit shall be defeated due to which of the following, as provided in Order I, Rule 9?
A) Misjoinder and non-joinder of the parties
B) Lack of documents
C) None of the above
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Misjoinder and non-joinder of the parties
Q: Under Order I, Rule 2, if it appears to the Court that any joinder of plaintiffs may embarrass or delay the trial, the Court can do which of the following?
A) Order separate trials
B) Strike off the plaintiffs’ rights
C) None of the above
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Order separate trials
Q: To become a plaintiff in any suit, it is required that the plaintiff’s interest must be which of the following?
A) In dispute
B) Attached to the litigation
C) Both A and B
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) Both A and B
Q: The person who brings or files a suit is known as which of the following?
A) Plaintiff
B) Defendant
C) Both (a) and (b)
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Plaintiff
Q: Section 152 of the Civil Procedure Code deals with the amendment of which of the following?
A) Clerical and arithmetical errors in judgment, decree, or order
B) Clerical or arithmetical errors in plaint
C) Clerical or arithmetical errors in written statement
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Clerical and arithmetical errors in judgment, decree, or order
Q: Section 151 of the Civil Procedure Code deals with which of the following?
A) Inherent powers of Court
B) Clerical errors in Court documents
C) Oath on affidavits
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Inherent powers of Court
Q: The power of the Court to allow a party to fulfill the deficiency of Court fees under Section 149 of the Civil Procedure Code is considered which type of power?
A) Inherent power
B) Mandatory power
C) Discretionary power
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) Discretionary power
Q: Section 129 of the Civil Procedure Code deals with which of the following?
A) Oath on affidavit
B) Clerical errors in judgment
C) Both A and B
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Oath on affidavit
Q: Exemption of members of legislative bodies from arrest and detention in civil process is provided under which section?
A) Section 135 of C.P.C.
B) Section 135-A of C.P.C.
C) Section 136 of C.P.C.
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Section 135 of C.P.C.
Q: Women, who according to customs and manners should not be compelled to appear in public, are exempt from personal appearance in Court under which section of the Civil Procedure Code?
A) Section 122 of C.P.C.
B) Section 132 of C.P.C.
C) Section 142 of C.P.C.
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Section 132 of C.P.C.
Q: The revision power can be exercised by the High Court or District Court on which of the following?
A) Question of law
B) Question of fact
C) Both A and B
D) None of these Correct Answer: A) Question of law