Statistics for Indian Penal Code (IPC) Quiz 3

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This quiz has been taken 28 times
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Question	Answer	% Correct
How many kinds of punishments are provided in the Indian Penal Code, 1860?	Five	78%
Which of the following punishment cannot be awarded under the Indian Penal Code?	Transportation for Life	78%
In which case it was held that "Death sentence should be awarded in rarest of the rare cases"?	Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab	74%
A sentence of Death may be commuted to any other sentence:	None of the Options	74%
In case of an offence punishable with fine only imprisonment for non- payment of fine:	Has to be simple	70%
Under section 65 of the IPC sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine shall be limited to:	one-fourth of the maximum term of imprisonment fixed for the offence	70%
Which Section under IPC makes provision for "Solitary Confinement"?	Section 73	65%
The Maximum limit of "solitary confinement", under IPC is	Three months	65%
In calculating fractions of terms of punishment, the IPC prescribes that imprisonment for life shall be reckoned as equivalent to imprisonment for:	20 years	61%
Who has been given the power to commute sentences under IPC?	Appropriate Government	57%
Under which of the following Sections of IPC the death sentence can be commuted without the consent of the offender?	Section 54	57%
Which Section of the IPC provides for "imprisonment for non- payment of fine, when offence is punishable with fine only"?	Section 67	57%
Which Section under the IPC provides for enhanced punishment for previous conviction :	Section 75	57%
Where no sum is expressed to which a fine may extend there the amount of fine to which the offender may be liable will be:	Unlimited but not excessive	57%
Imprisonment for Life means, imprisonment for:	Whole of the remaining Life	57%
Commutation of sentence of imprisonment for life is done under IPC in:	Section 55	52%
If an offender is sentenced to an imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, the term of solitary confinement shall not exceed	three months	48%
Under IPC if the offence is punishable with fine only and accused has been awarded with fifty rupees fine the period of imprisonment in default shall	not exceed two months	43%
If the term of rigorous imprisonment shall not exceed six months then the maximum period of solitary confinement shall be:	One month	43%
By which Act, the words "imprisonment for life" were substituted for the words "transportation for life" in the Indian Penal Code?	Act XXVI of 1955	35%