Key Topics Covered in Civil Procedure Law for Legal Officers
Q: The time limitation for filing a revision petition before the High Court, as provided under Section 115 of the Civil Procedure Code, is how many days?
A) Thirty days
B) Sixty days
C) Ninety days
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Sixty days
Q: The term “Revision” refers to which of the following?
A) A re-examination or careful reading of a case for the purpose of correction or improvement
B) A factual change of the trial Court’s decision
C) None of the above
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) A re-examination or careful reading of a case for the purpose of correction or improvement
Q: The right to review is considered which of the following?
A) Basic right
B) Substantive right
C) Natural right
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Substantive right
Q: The law permits that the power of review can be exercised upon which of the following grounds?
A) Discovery of new facts
B) Misreading or non-reading of evidence
C) None of the above
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Misreading or non-reading of evidence
Q: The term “Review” refers to which of the following?
A) Judicial re-examination of a case in certain prescribed and specified circumstances
B) Re-examination of any matter
C) Both A and B
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Judicial re-examination of a case in certain prescribed and specified circumstances
Q: If a subordinate trial Court is in doubt regarding a question of law, it can send a reference to which Court, as provided in Section 113 of the Civil Procedure Code?
A) High Court
B) Court of Session
C) Supreme Court
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) High Court
Q: An appeal from a judgment, decree, or final order of the High Court shall lie to which of the following?
A) Double Bench of the High Court
B) Supreme Court
C) None of the above
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Supreme Court
Q: The appellate Court has the power to take additional evidence as provided by which section of the Civil Procedure Code?
A) Section 106 of C.P.C.
B) Section 107(c) of C.P.C.
C) Section 107(d) of C.P.C.
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Section 107(c) of C.P.C.
Q: An appellate Court has the power to do which of the following?
A) Determine a case finally
B) Frame new issues and remand the case
C) Both A and B
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) Both A and B
Q: Orders from which appeal lies are provided under which section of the Civil Procedure Code?
A) Section 103 of C.P.C.
B) Section 103-A of C.P.C.
C) Section 104 of C.P.C.
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) Section 104 of C.P.C.
Q: The grounds upon which a second appeal lies are described in which section of the Civil Procedure Code?
A) Section 99 of C.P.C.
B) Section 100 of C.P.C.
C) Section 101 of C.P.C.
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Section 100 of C.P.C.
Q: No appeal shall lie from a decree passed by the Court on which basis?
A) On merits
B) On facts
C) With consent of parties
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) With consent of parties
Q: Normally, which Court is called the appellate Court?
A) Court of Civil Judge First Class
B) Court of District Judge
C) High Court
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) High Court
Q: Section 96 of the Civil Procedure Code deals with which of the following?
A) First appeal
B) Second appeal
C) None of the above
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) First appeal
Q: Section 92 of the Civil Procedure Code deals with suits regarding which of the following?
A) Public charities
B) Diplomats
C) Public nuisances
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Public charities
Q: To file a suit for public nuisance, the consent of which authority is required?
A) District Judge
B) Provincial government
C) Advocate General
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) Advocate General
Q: A foreign State can sue in any Court if such State has been recognized by which of the following?
A) Provincial government
B) Federal government
C) President
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Federal government
Q: The term “alien” means which of the following?
A) A foreigner
B) A local
C) An enemy
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) A foreigner
Q: In a suit against the Provincial Government, other than a suit related to the affairs of Railways, the notice shall be served to which of the following?
A) The Secretary of that Government
B) The Collector of the District
C) Both A and B
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) The Secretary of that Government
Q: In the case of a suit filed by the Provincial Government of Punjab, the title will be which of the following?
A) Province of Punjab Vs ABC
B) Chief Minister of Punjab Vs ABC
C) Interior Ministry of Punjab Vs ABC
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Province of Punjab Vs ABC
Q: The particulars not liable to be attached in the execution of a decree are provided in which section?
A) Section 60 of C.P.C.
B) Section 61 of C.P.C.
C) Section 62 of C.P.C.
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Section 60 of C.P.C.
Q: Section 59 of the C.P.C. was omitted by which Ordinance?
A) Ordinance 10 of 1980, Section 9
B) Ordinance 10 of 1999, Section 9
C) Ordinance 10 of 2011, Section 9
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Ordinance 10 of 1999, Section 9
Q: Which of the following cannot be arrested during the execution of a money decree?
A) Women
B) Old person
C) Both (a) and (b)
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b)
Q: Section 55 of the C.P.C. deals with the arrest and detention of which of the following?
A) Judgment debtor
B) Decree holder
C) Both (a) and (b)
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Judgment debtor
Q: During the execution of a decree, all questions arising between the parties to the suit will be dealt with by which Court?
A) Original Court
B) Appellate Court
C) Executing Court
D) None of these
Correct Answer: C) Executing Court
Q: The Court which passed a decree may send the decree for execution to another Court upon which of the following?
A) Its discretional power
B) Application of the decree holder
C) Application of the decree debtor
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Application of the decree holder
Q: Section ____________ of C.P.C. deals with compensatory costs in respect of false and vexatious claims or defenses?
A) Section 35
B) Section 35-A
C) Section 36
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Section 35-A
Q: Section 34 of C.P.C. deals with which of the following?
A) Interest
B) Costs
C) Special costs
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Costs
Q: Where a suit has been instituted, a summons may be issued to the defendant to appear and answer the claim, and it may be served in the manner prescribed by which of the following?
A) Nazir
B) Defendant
C) None of the above
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Defendant
Q: When several Courts having jurisdiction are subordinate to the same appellate Court, an application under Section 22 shall be made to which Court?
A) Appellate Court
B) High Court
C) Both A and B
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) High Court
Q: According to Section 21 of C.P.C., objections to the jurisdiction of a Court can be raised on which of the following?
A) Trial
B) Appeal
C) Revision
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Trial
Q: According to Section 15 of C.P.C., every suit shall be instituted in the Court of which of the following?
A) Lowest grade competent to try it
B) Highest grade competent to try it
C) Both (a) and (b)
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) Lowest grade competent to try it
Q: An application under Section 12(2) shall be moved to which Court?
A) The Court which passed the final judgment, decree, or order
B) Appellate Court
C) High Court
D) None of these
Correct Answer: A) The Court which passed the final judgment, decree, or order
Q: Where a person challenges the validity of a judgment, decree, or order on the basis of fraud, misrepresentation, or lack of jurisdiction, he shall seek his remedy by making which of the following?
A) Appeal
B) Application
C) Revision
D) None of these
Correct Answer: B) Application
Q: A suit in which the right of property or office is contested is called a suit of which nature?
A) Civil
B) Criminal
C) Civil as well as criminal
D) None of these Correct Answer: A) Civil