Q1 Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) Section 124 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) lays down that:
A All persons are competent to testify unless prevented from understanding the questions or giving rational answers B An accused person can never be a competent witness C A child of tender years is always incompetent to testify D Only persons above eighteen years are competent to testify
Q2 Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) Section 23(2) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) bars proof of a confession made by an accused while in police custody UNLESS it is made:
A After the accused has been released on bail B In writing and signed by two witnesses C To a fellow prisoner D In the immediate presence of a Magistrate
Q3 Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) Illustration (g) to Section 119 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) enables the Court to presume that:
A An accomplice is unworthy of credit unless corroborated B Evidence which could be and is not produced would, if produced, be unfavourable to the person who withholds it C A man in possession of stolen goods soon after the theft is the thief D A document thirty years old is genuine
Q4 Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) Section 23(1) and Section 23(2) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) are based principally on the policy of:
A Excluding hearsay evidence B Preventing extraction of confessions by inducement, threat or torture in police custody C Ensuring corroboration of every confession D Protecting privileged communications between spouses
Q5 Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) Under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, a confession made by an accused person to a police officer is dealt with by which provision?
A Section 22 B Section 26 C Section 24 D Section 23
Q6 Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) The rule that so much of the information received from an accused in police custody as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered may be proved (formerly Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act) is now contained in which provision of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023?
A Section 22 B Section 27 C The proviso to Section 23(2) D Section 24
Q7 Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) A confession appearing to the Court to have been caused by inducement, threat, coercion or promise referring to the charge is irrelevant in a criminal proceeding under which section of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023?
A Section 23 B Section 22 C Section 21 D Section 25
Q8 Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) Under Section 24 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, when more persons than one are being tried jointly for the same offence and a confession by one affecting himself and the others is proved, a trial held in the absence of an accused who has absconded after a proclamation is, by the Explanation, deemed to be -
A A mistrial unless the absconder appears B A joint trial for the purpose of that section C Outside the scope of that section D A separate trial of each accused
Q9 Indian Evidence Act Statements made by a person as to the cause of his death, or as to the circumstances of the transaction resulting in his death (dying declaration), are relevant under which section of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023?
A Section 23 B Section 32 C Section 39 D Section 26
Q10 Indian Evidence Act Opinions of experts upon a point of foreign law, science, art, handwriting or finger impressions are relevant under which section of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023?
A Section 45 B Section 47 C Section 39 D Section 50
