Pakistan Penal Code MCQs

1. : Section 261 PPC deals with which offence?

(A) Counterfeiting stamps

(B) Removing or effacing writing from stamped substances to cause loss to Government

(C) Selling counterfeit stamps

(D) Using forged documents

2. : Maximum punishment under Section 261 PPC is:

(A) 2 years

(B) 3 years, or fine, or both

(C) 5 years with fine

(D) 7 years imprisonment

3. : Section 262 PPC criminalizes the act of:

(A) Re-using a Government stamp knowingly used before

(B) Possessing a forged document

(C) Selling false weights

(D) Making counterfeit stamps

4. : Maximum punishment under Section 262 PPC is:

(A) 1 year

(B) 2 years, or fine, or both

(C) 3 years and fine

(D) 7 years

5. : Section 263 PPC deals with:

(A) Counterfeiting coin

(B) Erasure of mark denoting stamp has been used

(C) Selling instruments of forgery

(D) Printing fake revenue receipts

6. : Maximum punishment under Section 263 PPC is:

(A) 1 year

(B) 2 years

(C) 3 years, or fine, or both

(D) 5 years imprisonment

7. : Section 264 PPC punishes fraudulent use of:

(A) Fake coins

(B) False instrument for weighing

(C) Stolen documents

(D) Counterfeit Government stamps

8. : Maximum punishment under Section 264 PPC is:

(A) 6 months only

(B) 1 year, or fine, or both

(C) 3 years imprisonment

(D) 7 years imprisonment

9. : Section 265 PPC deals with fraudulent use of:

(A) False weight or measure

(B) Counterfeit coins

(C) Stamps previously used

(D) Fake minting tools

10. : Maximum punishment under Section 265 PPC is:

(A) 6 months

(B) 1 year, or fine, or both

(C) 2 years imprisonment

(D) 3 years imprisonment

11. : Removing a stamp from a document to reuse it falls under:

(A) Section 261

(B) Section 262

(C) Section 263

(D) Section 264

12. : Re-using a stamp known to have been used before falls under:

(A) Section 261

(B) Section 262

(C) Section 263

(D) Section 265

13. : Erasing a mark that denotes stamp use is covered in:

(A) Section 261

(B) Section 262

(C) Section 263

(D) Section 264

14. : Section 264 is related to fraudulent use of:

(A) Fake minting machines

(B) False weighing instruments

(C) Counterfeit seals

(D) Coins of altered weight

15. : Using a weight as a different measure than what it is falls under:

(A) Section 261

(B) Section 262

(C) Section 263

(D) Section 265

16. : Section 261 requires intent to:

(A) Deceive private persons

(B) Cause loss to Government

(C) Export counterfeit stamps

(D) Melt and reuse metal

17. : Under Section 262, the stamp must be known to have been:

(A) Forged

(B) Previously used

(C) Imported

(D) Printed abroad

18. : Section 263 punishes not only erasing marks but also:

(A) Buying stamps from abroad

(B) Possessing or selling such erased/used stamps knowingly

(C) Manufacturing stamps

(D) Using fake measures

19. : Maximum punishment under Section 263 PPC is:

(A) 2 years only

(B) 3 years, or fine, or both

(C) 5 years imprisonment

(D) Life imprisonment

20. : Fraudulently using a false weighing instrument can lead to imprisonment up to:

(A) 6 months

(B) 1 year

(C) 2 years

(D) 3 years

21. : Fraudulently using false measures of capacity is punishable under:

(A) Section 261

(B) Section 262

(C) Section 263

(D) Section 265

22. : Sections 261–263 primarily deal with offences related to:

(A) Government stamps

(B) Weights and measures

(C) Counterfeit coins

(D) Postal fraud

23. : Sections 264–265 deal mainly with:

(A) Coin counterfeiting

(B) False weights and measures

(C) Stamp forgery

(D) Document falsification

24. : Using a stamp as genuine after erasing its usage mark is punishable under:

(A) Section 261

(B) Section 262

(C) Section 263

(D) Section 265

25. : The theme of Sections 261–265 PPC is protection of:

(A) Private trade only

(B) Government revenue and commercial honesty

(C) Postal system exclusively

(D) Foreign trade laws