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Past Questions — 2025

Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Report of Police Officer on completion of investigation is given under ________.

A) Section 172
B) Section 173
C) Section 174
D) Section 175
Option B is correct: Section 173.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Choose the correct statement-

A) Every summons shall be served by an excise personnel, or subject to such rules as the State Government may make in this behalf, by an officer of the Court issuing it or other public servant.
B) Every summons shall be served by Indian army or police officer, or subject to such rules as the State Government may make in this behalf, by an officer of the Court issuing it or other public servant.
C) Every summons shall be served by a police officer, or subject to such rules as the State Government may make in this behalf, by an officer of the Court issuing it or other public servant.
D) Every summons shall be served by a police officer, or subject to such rules as the Union Government may make in this behalf, by an officer of the Court issuing it or other public servant.
Option C is correct: Every summons shall be served by a police officer, or subject to such rules as the State Government may make in this behalf, by an officer of the Court issuing it or other public servant..
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Which of the following is a key safeguard provided by Article 311 of the Constitution?

A) Right to free speech
B) Right to property
C) Right to a fair inquiry before dismissal
D) Right to vote
Option C is correct: Right to a fair inquiry before dismissal.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Article 20(3) of the Indian Constitution is about “accused’s immunity from being compelled to be a witness against himself”. This clause gives protection:

A) to a person accused of an offence
B) against compulsion to be a witness
C) against himself
D) a, b, c
Option D is correct: a, b, c.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

The Punishment for Section 224 of IPC is-

A) Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years
B) Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years or fine
C) Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years or fine or with both
D) Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years or fine or with both
Option D is correct: Imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years or fine or with both.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 436 Sub-Section (1), where a person has failed to comply with the conditions of the bail-bond as regards the time and place of attendance, the Court may refuse to release him on bail, when on a subsequent occasion in the same case he appears before the Court or is brought in custody and any such refusal shall be without prejudice to the powers of the Court to call upon any person bound by such bond to pay the penalty thereof under ________.

A) Section 446
B) Section 447
C) Section 448
D) Section 449
Option A is correct: Section 446.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Section 223 of CrPC permit charge jointly of persons accused of offences under sections ________ and ________ of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) or either of those sections in respect of stolen property the possession of which has been transferred by one offence;

A) 410 and 412
B) 413 and 414
C) 411 and 414
D) 414 and 415
Option C is correct: 411 and 414.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Article 22(2) states that any person who is arrested and detained must be produced before the nearest magistrate within ________ of their arrest, excluding the time required for transportation. This provision is aimed at preventing arbitrary detention and ensuring that the detained person is produced before a judicial authority within a reasonable time.

A) 12 hours
B) 15 hours
C) 20 hours
D) 24 hours
Option D is correct: 24 hours.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Equal pay for equal work’ has been ensured in the Indian Constitution as one of the ________.

A) Fundamental Duties
B) Directive Principles of State Policy
C) Economic Rights
D) Fundamental Rights
Option B is correct: Directive Principles of State Policy.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

The following persons may be charged and tried together, namely; (I) persons accused of the same offence committed in the course of the same transaction; (II) persons accused of an offence and persons accused of abetment of, or attempt to commit, such offence; (III) persons accused of more than one offence of the same kind, within the meaning of section 219 committed by them jointly within the period of twelve months; (IV) persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transaction; (V) persons accused of an offence which includes theft, extortion, cheating, or criminal misappropriation, and persons accused of receiving or retaining, or assisting in the disposal or concealment of, property possession of which is alleged to have been transferred by any such offence committed by the first-named persons, or of abetment of or attempting to commit any such last-named offence;

A) I, II, III, IV only
B) I, II, IV, V only
C) II, III, IV & V only
D) I, II, III, IV & V
Option D is correct: I, II, III, IV & V.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Any officer in charge of a police station may, in like manner, arrest or cause to be arrested any person, belonging to one or more of the categories of person specified in section ________ or section ________.

A) 109 or 110
B) 108 or 109
C) 110 or 111
D) 111 or 112
Option A is correct: 109 or 110.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Section 483. (1) states that, Before conclusion of the trial and before disposal of the appeal, the Court trying the offence or the Appellate Court, as the case may be, shall require the accused to execute bond or bail bond, to appear before the higher Court as and when such Court issues notice in respect of any appeal or petition filed against the judgment of the respective Court and such bond shall be in force for _________.

A) six months.
B) nine months
C) three months
D) two months
Option A is correct: six months..
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Which principle of law is primarily encapsulated by Article 141 of the Constitution of India?

A) The power to grant special leave to appeal
B) The doctrine of stare decisis (precedent)
C) The power of the President to consult the Supreme Court
D) The power to do ‘complete justice’
Option B is correct: The doctrine of stare decisis (precedent).
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides protection against arrest and detention in certain cases?

A) Article 20
B) Article 21
C) Article 22
D) Article 23
Option C is correct: Article 22.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

The following persons may be charged and tried together, namely: — (A) persons accused of the same offence committed in the course of the same transaction; (B) persons accused of an offence and persons accused of abetment of, or attempt to commit, such offence; (C) persons accused of more than one offence of the same kind, within the meaning of section 242 committed by them jointly within the period of twelve months; (D) persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transaction;

A) A, B, C & D are correct
B) A, B & C are correct
C) B, C & D are correct
D) A, B & D are correct
Option A is correct: A, B, C & D are correct.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

As explanation given under section 480, where a person is unable to give bail bond within _________ of the date of his arrest, it shall be a sufficient ground for the officer or the Court to presume that he is an indigent person for the purposes of this proviso:

A) 4 weeks
B) 3 weeks
C) 2 weeks
D) a week
Option C is correct: 2 weeks.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

As per _________ “audio-video electronic” means shall include use of any communication device for the purposes of video conferencing, recording of processes of identification, search and seizure or evidence, transmission of electronic communication and for such other purposes and by such other means as the State Government may, by rules provide;”

A) Section 2(1)(a)
B) Section 2(1)(b)
C) Section 2(1)(c)
D) Section 2(1)(d)
Option A is correct: Section 2(1)(a).
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

The persons who may be charged jointly is given under :

A) Section 239
B) Section 246
C) Section 339
D) Section 343
Option A is correct: Section 239.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

The fundamental right to “Life and Personal Liberty” is guaranteed under which Article?

A) Article 19
B) Article 20
C) Article 21
D) Article 22
Option C is correct: Article 21.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Section 343 (3) state that - Every Magistrate who tenders a pardon under sub-section (1) shall record— (A) his reasons for so doing; (B) whether the tender was or was not accepted by the person to whom it was made, and shall, on application made by the accused, furnish him with a copy of such record free of cost.

A) Only A is correct
B) Only B is correct
C) Both A & B is correct
D) Both A & B is not correct
Option C is correct: Both A & B is correct.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

A, in support of a just claim which B has against Z for one thousand rupees, falsely swears on a trial that he heard Z admit the justice of B’s claim. A has given false evidence under _________.

A) Section 226 of BNS
B) Section 227 of BNS
C) Section 228 of BNS
D) Section 229 of BNS
Option B is correct: Section 227 of BNS.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

As given under 239: (1) Any Court may alter or add to any charge at any time before judgment is pronounced. (2) Every such alteration or addition shall be read and explained to the accused. (3) If the alteration or addition to a charge is such that proceeding immediately with the trial is not likely, in the opinion of the Court, to prejudice the accused in his defence or the prosecutor in the conduct of the case, the Court may, in its discretion, after such alteration or addition has been made, proceed with the trial as if the altered or added charge had been the original charge.

A) 1, 2 & 3 are the correct answers
B) 1 & 2 are the correct answers
C) 1 & 3 are the correct answers
D) 1, 2 & 3 are not correct
Option A is correct: 1, 2 & 3 are the correct answers.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Article 50 is part of which section of the Indian Constitution?

A) Fundamental Rights
B) Fundamental Duties
C) Directive Principles of State Policy
D) Preamble
Option C is correct: Directive Principles of State Policy.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

What is the role of the President or Governor under the proviso to Article 309 in the absence of any law by the legislature?

A) To make rules for public services until the legislature passes a law
B) To take over the responsibility of appointing all public servants
C) To dismiss any public servant who does not follow the rules
D) To delegate the power to local authorities
Option A is correct: To make rules for public services until the legislature passes a law.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-II

Which of the following protections is NOT guaranteed under Article 20 of the Indian Constitution?

A) Protection against ex post facto laws
B) Protection against double jeopardy
C) Protection against self-incrimination
D) Protection against arbitrary arrest and detention
Option D is correct: Protection against arbitrary arrest and detention.
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