MCQ Collection
LAW-GAT Criminal Law MCQs
Practice LAW-GAT Criminal Law questions with answers and explanations.
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A.
Taking or enticing a protected person out of a lawful guardian's keeping without consent
B.
Moving an adult with full consent
C.
Every case of unlawful detention
D.
Only transporting a person abroad
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Correct Answer: A. Taking or enticing a protected person out of a lawful guardian's keeping without consent
Explanation:
The offence protects lawful guardianship over specified minors or persons of unsound mind.
The guardian's consent is central.
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A.
Taking or enticing a protected person out of a lawful guardian's keeping without consent
B.
Moving an adult with full consent
C.
Every case of unlawful detention
D.
Only transporting a person abroad
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Correct Answer: A. Taking or enticing a protected person out of a lawful guardian's keeping without consent
Explanation:
The offence protects lawful guardianship over specified minors or persons of unsound mind.
The guardian's consent is central.
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A.
Taking a minor from a guardian in every case
B.
Compelling or inducing a person by force or deceitful means to move from a place
C.
Any consensual journey
D.
A lawful arrest
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Correct Answer: B. Compelling or inducing a person by force or deceitful means to move from a place
Explanation:
Abduction involves movement caused by force or deceit.
It generally becomes punishable when linked to a prohibited purpose.
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A.
Every accidental death
B.
A civil wrong without criminal consequences
C.
Only premeditated killing
D.
Causing death with the intention or knowledge specified by criminal law
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Correct Answer: D. Causing death with the intention or knowledge specified by criminal law
Explanation:
Culpable homicide is the broader category of unlawful homicide.
Murder is a more aggravated form subject to legal distinctions and exceptions.
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A.
Keeping a person within fixed boundaries
B.
Lawfully stopping a trespasser
C.
Voluntarily obstructing a person from proceeding in a direction in which that person has a right to proceed
D.
Refusing to enter a contract
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Correct Answer: C. Voluntarily obstructing a person from proceeding in a direction in which that person has a right to proceed
Explanation:
Wrongful restraint restricts movement in a particular direction.
Wrongful confinement is the more complete restraint within boundaries.
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A.
Murder is an aggravated form of culpable homicide
B.
They are completely unrelated offences
C.
Every culpable homicide is necessarily murder
D.
Murder is a civil offence only
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Correct Answer: A. Murder is an aggravated form of culpable homicide
Explanation:
All murder falls within culpable homicide, but not every culpable homicide amounts to murder.
The distinction depends on statutory mental elements and exceptions.
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A.
Keeping a person within fixed boundaries
B.
Lawfully stopping a trespasser
C.
Voluntarily obstructing a person from proceeding in a direction in which that person has a right to proceed
D.
Refusing to enter a contract
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Correct Answer: C. Voluntarily obstructing a person from proceeding in a direction in which that person has a right to proceed
Explanation:
Wrongful restraint restricts movement in a particular direction.
Wrongful confinement is the more complete restraint within boundaries.
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A.
Murder is an aggravated form of culpable homicide
B.
They are completely unrelated offences
C.
Every culpable homicide is necessarily murder
D.
Murder is a civil offence only
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Correct Answer: A. Murder is an aggravated form of culpable homicide
Explanation:
All murder falls within culpable homicide, but not every culpable homicide amounts to murder.
The distinction depends on statutory mental elements and exceptions.
Choose an option to check your answer.
A.
Murder is an aggravated form of culpable homicide
B.
They are completely unrelated offences
C.
Every culpable homicide is necessarily murder
D.
Murder is a civil offence only
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Correct Answer: A. Murder is an aggravated form of culpable homicide
Explanation:
All murder falls within culpable homicide, but not every culpable homicide amounts to murder.
The distinction depends on statutory mental elements and exceptions.
Choose an option to check your answer.
A.
Murder is an aggravated form of culpable homicide
B.
They are completely unrelated offences
C.
Every culpable homicide is necessarily murder
D.
Murder is a civil offence only
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Correct Answer: A. Murder is an aggravated form of culpable homicide
Explanation:
All murder falls within culpable homicide, but not every culpable homicide amounts to murder.
The distinction depends on statutory mental elements and exceptions.
Choose an option to check your answer.
A.
Murder is an aggravated form of culpable homicide
B.
They are completely unrelated offences
C.
Every culpable homicide is necessarily murder
D.
Murder is a civil offence only
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Correct Answer: A. Murder is an aggravated form of culpable homicide
Explanation:
All murder falls within culpable homicide, but not every culpable homicide amounts to murder.
The distinction depends on statutory mental elements and exceptions.
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A.
Only after police arrive
B.
Twenty-four hours after the incident
C.
When the reasonable apprehension of danger ends
D.
After the aggressor apologizes
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Correct Answer: C. When the reasonable apprehension of danger ends
Explanation:
Private defence exists only while the danger or reasonable apprehension continues.
Retaliation after the threat ends is not protected.