Passage based Questions on Legal Aptitude SMLAQ014

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  1. For unsoundness of mind, the impairment of the cognitive faculty of mind to escape criminal liability:

A. must be total

B. must be partial

C. both (a) & (b)

D. none of the above.

Ans. A

2. Intoxication as defence is contained in:

A. section 85 of IPC

B. section 86 of IPC

C. section 87 of IPC

D. both (a) & (b).

Ans. D

3. For a defence of intoxication, to escape criminal liability, the degeneration of mental faculties:

A. must be total

B. must be partial

C. both (a) & (b)

D. only (b) above is correct & (a) is incorrect.

Ans. A

4. For a defense of intoxication, to escape criminal liability, the intoxication:

A. can be self-administered

B. administered against his will or knowledge

C. should not be self-administered

D. all the above.

Ans. B

5. In cases where the act involves a specific mens rea, in cases of intoxication under section 86 of IPC:

A. the existence of mens rea is presumed

B. the specific mens rea is not presumed

C. the specific mens rea depends upon the attending circumstances & the degree of intoxication

D. none of the above.

Ans. C

6. The doctrine ‘volenti nonfit injuria’ is contained in:

A. section 87 of IPC

B. section 88 of IPC

C. section 89 of IPC

D. all the above.

Ans. D

7. The defence of ‘consent’ applies to:

A. private wrongs

B. public wrongs

C. both (a) & (b)

D. neither (a) nor (b).

Ans. A