Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita - MCQs: Part II

21. Summons case means case.......

a. Relating to an offence and not being a warrant case.

b. Relating to an offence punishable with seven years.

c. Where summons are issued

d. None of the above.

22. Non-cognizable offence means......

a. A police officer has no authority to arrest without warrant.

b. A police officer has authority to arrest without warrant.

c. A police officer may arrest but inform the higher authority afterwards.

d. None of the above.

23. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

a. Inquiry                             Section 2(g) or 2(k) of BNSS

b. Judicial Proceeding         Section 2(i) or 2(m) of BNSS

c. Police Station                  Section 2(s) or 2(1)(u) of BNSS

d. Pleader                            Section 2(q).

All are correct.

24. Which of the following statements is/are true?

a. Inquiry means every inquiry including a trial conducted under the Code of Criminal Procedure by a magistrate or court.

b. Inquiry menas every inquiry other than a trial conducted under the Code of Criminal Procedure by a magistrate or court.

c. Investigation includes all the proceedings under the code of CrPC for the collection of evidence conducted by a magistrate.

d. All of these

25. Which Section of CrPC or BNS defines cognizable offence?

a. Section 2(a)

b. Section 2(b)

c. Section 2(c) or 2(1)(g) of BNSS

d. Section 2(d)

26. Which one of the following sections of CrPC has defined the word 'offence'?

a. Section 2(f)

b. Section 2(i)

c. Section 2(n) or 2(1)(q) of BNSS

d. Section 2(p)

27. Complaint as defined under Section 2(d) of CrPC, 1973 or BNSS is concerned with

a. Cognizable offence only

b. Non cognizable offence only.

c. Both

d. None of the above.

28. In which one of the following sections of the CrPC the 'cognizable offence' has been defined?

a. Section 2(a)

b. Section 2(b)

c. Section 2(c) or Section 2(1)(g)

d. Section 2(d)

29. Warrant case does NOT mean a case relating to an offence punishable with:

a. imprisonment for a term exceeding ten years.

b. Imprisonment for life.

c. death.

d. Imprisonment for two years

30. Which of the following Sections of the Code of Criminal procedure, 1973 defines the term 'judicial proceeding'?

a. Section 2(i) or Section 2(1)(m)

b. Section 2(j)

c. Section 2(k)

d. Section 2(L)

31. Any proceeding during which evidence is taken on oath is called:

a. Inquiry 

b. Investigation.

c. Sworn statement.

d. Judicial proceeding

32. In case of cognizable offence, police has power to:

a. Arrest only with warrants but to investigate without court order.

b. Arrest without warrants and to investigate without court order.

c. Arrest without warrants but to investigate only after court order.

d. Arrest only with warrants and to investigate after court order.

33. Which one of the following statements does not come under the definition of 'Complaint under Section 2(d) of the Criminal Procedure Code or Section 2(1)(h) of BNSS

a. Complaint is an oral or a written allegation.

b. It is to be made only to the Magistrate.

c. It is related to some person known or unknown who has committed an offence.

d. Police report made after investigation which discloses the commission of a cognizable offence.

34. Which of the following has been specifically excluded from the defintion of complaint under Section 2(d) of CrPC or Section 2(1)(h) of BNSS?

a. Protest petition.

b. Joint complaint.

c. Police report.

d. None of the above.

35. The stipulation that all offences under IPC or BNS would be tried according to the provisions in the Code of Criminal Procedure, is contained in which Section

a. 5 

b. 4

c. 3 

d. 6

36. Match List I with List II and give the correct answer by using the codes

a. Complaint - 2(1)(h) of BNSS

b. Investigation - 2(1)(L) of BNSS

c. Inquiry        - 2(1)(K) of BNSS

d. Victim        - 2(1)(y) of BNSS

All are correct

37. The Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 came into force on:

a. 1st July 1974

b. 21st January 1973

c. 1st April 1974

d. 1st April 1973

The BNSS, along with BNS and BSA came into force on July 1, 2024.

38. Under CrPC and BNSS, the nature of Non-cognizable offence is

a. bailable and simple

b. bailable and grave.

c. only of grave nature.

d. all of the above.

39. Except the High Court and courts established under any laws how many types of courts have been created under Criminal Code?

a. 2.

b. 5

c. 3 

d. 4

40. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

a. Every state shall be a sessions division or shall consist of sessions divisions; and every session division shall, for the purpose of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, be a district or consist of districts.

b. The State Government may, after consultation with the High Court, alter the limits or the number of such divisions and districts.

c. The State Government may, after consultation with the HC, divide any district into sub-divisions and may alter the limits or the number of such sub-divisions.

d. The sessions divisions, districts and sub-divisions existing in a state at the commencement of the CrPC, shall not be deemed to have been formed under Section 7 of the Code.

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