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This set of Indian Evidence Act Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Indian Evidence Act Set 7

Q1 | Estoppel
  • should be specifically pleaded
  • need not be specifically pleaded
  • may be specifically pleaded or may not be specifically pleaded
  • both (b) & (c) are correct.
Q2 | Rule of estoppel of tenants and of licence of person in possession is contained in
  • section 116 of evidence act
  • section 117 of evidende act
  • section 118 of evidence act
  • section 119 of evidence act.
Q3 | Estoppel operates in case of a tenant
  • during the continuance of tenancy
  • who remain in possession after the termination of tenancy by notice to quit
  • both (a) and (b)
  • only (a) and not (b).
Q4 | Under section 116 of Evidence Act, the tenant is estopped
  • from denying the title to the property, of the landlord
  • from denying the title to the property, of the actual owner
  • both\(a)&(b)
  • only & not (a).
Q5 | A tenant or licencee under section 116 of Evidence Act is estopped from denying thetitle of landlord
  • during the continuance of tenancy
  • after the creation of tenancy or licence
  • after the surrender of possession under tenancy or licence
  • all the above.
Q6 | Under section 118 who amongst the following are competent witnesses
  • child
  • accused
  • lunatic
  • all the above.
Q7 | A person is competent to testify
  • if he understands the question put to him
  • if he is able to give rational awareness to those questions
  • if has both (a) & (b)
  • if has (a) only and not (b).
Q8 | A dumb person is a competent witness as provided under
  • section 118 of evidence act
  • section 119 of evidence act
  • section 120 of evidence act
  • section 121 of evidence act.
Q9 | Husband & wife both are competent witness for & against each other
  • in civil proceedings
  • in criminal proceedings
  • in both civil & criminal proceedings
  • neither in civil nor in criminal proceedings.
Q10 | Section 121 of Evidence Act provides for privilege in respect of
  • husband & wife
  • judges & magistrates
  • affairs of the state
  • official communication.
Q11 | Privilege in respect of judges & magistrates under section 121 of Evidence Actrelates to
  • questions which a witness cannot be compelled to answer
  • question which a witness cannot be permitted to answer
  • both (a) & (b)
  • neither (a) nor (b).
Q12 | Privilege under section 121 of Evidence Act is
  • available to an arbitrator
  • not available to an arbitrator
  • may or may. not be available to an
  • arbitrator both (b) & (c) are correct.
Q13 | Privilege in respect of husband & wife under section 122 of Evidence Act relates to
  • question which a witness cannot be compelled to answer
  • question which a witness cannot be permitted to answer
  • both (a) & (b)
  • only (b) & not (a).
Q14 | A document containing a communication from a husband to a wife or vice versa, inthe hands of a third person
  • is not admissible in evidence until consented to by the writer of the communication
  • is not admissible in evidence at all is not admissible in evidence until-
  • is admissible in evidence
  • either (a) or (b).
Q15 | A husband or wife are permitted to disclose any communication between themduring marriage
  • in civil proceedings between the parties
  • in criminal proceedings between the parties
  • in matrimonial proceedings between the parties
  • all the above.
Q16 | Protection under section 122 of Evidence Act is available to
  • a witness
  • husband & wife as a witness
  • both (a) & (b)
  • either (a) or (b).
Q17 | Protection under section 122 of Evidence Act
  • can be waived by the witness without the consent of the husband or wife
  • can be waived by the witness with the consent of husband or wife, only
  • cannot be waived by the witness under any circumstances
  • either (a) or (c).
Q18 | Communication in respect of the affairs of the state are privileged communicationon the grounds of public policy
  • under section 123 of evidence act
  • under section 124 of evidence act
  • under section 125 of evidence act
  • under section 126 of evidence act.
Q19 | Documents in respect of which privilege has been provided under section 123 ofEvidence Act.
  • is a published official record
  • is an unpublished official record
  • both (a)&(b)
  • either (a) or (b).
Q20 | In deciding whether the document falls in the category of ‘unpublished officialrecord’ the court
  • has the jurisdiction to inspect the documents itself
  • the court is banned from inspecting the document
  • the court can compel the production of the document for inspection
  • both (a) & (c) are correct. -
Q21 | Section 124 of Evidence Act provides for privileged in respect of
  • professional communications
  • official communications
  • communications as to information of commission of offence
  • none of the above.
Q22 | For protection under section 124 of Evidence Act, the communication is to be made
  • to a public officer in official confidence
  • to a public officer as a routine matter
  • to a public officer as an ordinary cause of his duties
  • either (a) or (b) or (c).
Q23 | The professional privilege under section 126 of Evidence Act is available in respectof communication made
  • for the purposes of professional employment
  • the cause of employment
  • both (a) & (b)
  • neither (a) nor (b).
Q24 | Legal advisor
  • i can disclose the communication after his clients death
  • f can disclose the communication after the relation with his client has ended
  • cannot disclose the communication even when the relation is ended or the client has died
  • both (a) 8: (b) are correct.
Q25 | An accomplice is a competent witness
  • under section 118 of evidence act
  • under section 119 of evidence act
  • under section 133 of evidence act
  • under section 132 of evidence act.