Pakistan Penal Code MCQs

1. : Section 401 deals with:

(A) Belonging to gang of dacoits

(B) Belonging to gang of thieves

(C) Belonging to gang of thugs

(D) Assembling for dacoity

2. : Maximum punishment under Section 401 PPC is:

(A) 5 years + fine

(B) 7 years rigorous imprisonment + fine

(C) 10 years rigorous imprisonment + fine

(D) Life imprisonment

3. : Section 402 PPC relates to:

(A) Criminal breach of trust

(B) Dishonest misappropriation

(C) Assembling for purpose of committing dacoity

(D) Belonging to wandering gang of thieves

4. : Minimum number of persons required under Section 402 for assembling to commit dacoity is:

(A) 3

(B) 4

(C) 5

(D) 6

5. : Maximum punishment under Section 402 is:

(A) 5 years

(B) 7 years + fine

(C) 10 years

(D) Life imprisonment

6. : Section 403 PPC deals with:

(A) Criminal misappropriation of property

(B) Criminal breach of trust

(C) Extortion

(D) Robbery attempt

7. : Maximum punishment under Section 403 PPC is:

(A) 1 year

(B) 2 years or fine or both

(C) 3 years + fine

(D) 7 years

8. : Which of the following examples is not criminal misappropriation under Section 403?

(A) Finding a rupee coin on the road without knowing the owner and keeping it

(B) Keeping a bank note after knowing who it belongs to

(C) Selling a ring without attempting to find its owner

(D) Appropriating a cheque knowing it can be traced to the owner

9. : Section 404 deals with:

(A) Misappropriation of trust property

(B) Misappropriation of property possessed by a deceased person at death

(C) Misappropriation by a clerk of employer’s funds

(D) Assembling for dacoity

10. : Maximum punishment under Section 404 PPC is:

(A) 2 years

(B) 3 years + fine

(C) 7 years (if offender was a clerk or servant of deceased)

(D) Both (B) and (C)

11. : If the offender under Section 404 was a clerk or servant of the deceased, imprisonment may extend to:

(A) 2 years

(B) 3 years

(C) 5 years

(D) 7 years

12. : Section 405 PPC defines:

(A) Theft

(B) Criminal breach of trust

(C) Criminal misappropriation

(D) Dishonest receiving of stolen property

13. : Essential element of criminal breach of trust is:

(A) Entrustment of property

(B) Dishonest misappropriation or violation of trust conditions

(C) Use or disposal contrary to legal direction

(D) All of the above

14. : Criminal breach of trust differs from theft because:

(A) In theft property is taken without consent; in breach of trust it is entrusted lawfully

(B) Theft is only movable property; breach of trust includes all property

(C) Theft is always against possession; breach of trust is against ownership

(D) None of the above

15. : Appropriating a purse after finding it with intent to restore it but later keeping it falls under:

(A) Theft

(B) Criminal breach of trust

(C) Criminal misappropriation

(D) Extortion

16. : Section 401 specifically excludes gangs of:

(A) Thieves

(B) Dacoits and thugs

(C) Extortionists

(D) Robbers on highway

17. : The punishment for criminal misappropriation of property (403) is:

(A) Simple imprisonment up to 6 months

(B) Imprisonment up to 2 years, or fine, or both

(C) Rigorous imprisonment up to 7 years

(D) Life imprisonment

18. : Dishonest misappropriation under Section 404 requires:

(A) Knowledge that property belonged to a deceased person at death

(B) Property not yet legally possessed by heirs

(C) Conversion for offender’s own use

(D) All of the above

19. : If a servant misappropriates the property of his master after his death, punishment may extend to:

(A) 2 years

(B) 3 years

(C) 5 years

(D) 7 years

20. : Entrustment of property is the backbone of which offence?

(A) Theft

(B) Robbery

(C) Criminal breach of trust (405)

(D) Criminal misappropriation (403)