Pakistan Penal Code MCQs Questions Answers

1. : According to Section 107, a person abets the doing of a thing if he:

(A) Instigates any person to do that thing

(B) Engages with others in a conspiracy for the doing of that thing, if an act or illegal omission takes place in pursuance of that conspiracy

(C) Intentionally aids, by any act or illegal omission, the doing of that thing

(D) All of the above

2. : What does “instigation” include as per Explanation 1 of Section 107?

(A) Willful misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact which one is bound to disclose, causing or attempting to cause a thing to be done

(B) Threatening someone with harm

(C) Physical force

(D) Silence

3. : In the illustration under Section 107, if B knowingly misrepresents to A (a public officer) that C is Z, causing A to apprehend C, what offence has B committed?

(A) Theft

(B) Abetment by instigation

(C) No offence

(D) Conspiracy

4. : According to Section 108, a person abets an offence if he:

(A) Only abets the commission of an offence

(B) Abets an act which would be an offence if committed by a person capable by law of committing the offence with the same intention or knowledge as the abettor

(C) Only abets the abettor of an offence

(D) Abets only if the offence is actually committed

5. : If A instigates B to murder C and B refuses to do so, who is guilty according to Section 108?

(A) Only B

(B) Only A

(C) Both A and B

(D) Neither A nor B

6. : According to Section 108 Illustration, if A instigates B, a child under seven years, to commit murder and B actually causes death, who is liable for punishment?

(A) Only A

(B) Only B

(C) Both A and B

(D) Neither A nor B

7. : If A instigates B, who is insane, to commit arson and B commits the act, who is guilty according to Section 108?

(A) Only B

(B) Only A

(C) Both A and B

(D) Neither A nor B

8. : According to Section 108A, a person is guilty of abetment of an offence within the meaning of this Code if:

(A) He abets the commission of any act in Pakistan only

(B) He abets the commission of an act outside Pakistan which would constitute an offence if committed in Pakistan

(C) He commits an offence in Pakistan

(D) He abets only offences committed in foreign countries

9. : In the illustration under Section 108A, if A in Pakistan instigates B, a foreigner in Goa, to commit murder in Goa, who is guilty?

(A) Only B

(B) Only A

(C) Both A and B

(D) Neither A nor B

10. : Under Section 109, if a person abets an offence and the offence is committed as a consequence of the abetment, but no specific punishment is mentioned for the abetment, the abettor:

(A) Is not liable for any punishment

(B) Shall be punished with a fine only

(C) Shall be punished with imprisonment only

(D) Shall be punished with the punishment provided for the offence itself

11. : According to Section 109, what is meant by an offence being “committed in consequence of abetment”?

(A) When it is committed in consequence of instigation

(B) When it is committed in pursuance of conspiracy

(C) When it is committed with the aid that constitutes the abetment

(D) All of the above

12. : In the illustration under Section 109(a), A offers a bribe to B, a public servant, to show favour in official duties. B accepts. Who is guilty?

(A) Only A

(B) Only B

(C) Both A and B

(D) Neither A nor B

13. : Under Section 109(b), if A instigates B to give false evidence and B commits the offence, who is liable?

(A) Only B

(B) Only A

(C) Both A and B

(D) Neither A nor B

14. : According to Section 109(c), if A and B conspire to poison Z and A procures poison for B to administer, and B causes Z’s death, who is guilty?

(A) Only A

(B) Only B

(C) Both A and B

(D) Neither A nor B

15. : According to Section 110, if a person abets an offence but the person abetted commits the act with a different intention or knowledge from that of the abettor, the abettor:

(A) Is not punishable

(B) Is punished according to the offence that would have been committed with the abettor’s intention or knowledge only

(C) Is punished for the actual offence committed by the person abetted

(D) Receives the maximum punishment prescribed for any offence

16. : Under Section 111, when an act different from the one abetted is committed, the abettor:

(A) Is liable only if the different act was intended by the abettor

(B) Is liable only for the act originally abetted

(C) Is liable for the different act if it was a probable consequence of the abetment and committed under influence of instigation or conspiracy

(D) Is never liable for the different act

17. : In the illustration under Section 111(a), A instigates a child to poison Z’s food but the child mistakenly poisons Y’s food. A’s liability is:

(A) Not liable since the act was done on a different person

(B) Liable to the same extent as if he had instigated poisoning Y

(C) Liable only if the child was old enough to understand

(D) Not liable as it was a mistake

18. : In the illustration under Section 111(b), A instigates B to burn Z’s house, and B commits theft while burning. A is:

(A) Guilty of abetting both burning and theft

(B) Guilty of abetting theft only

(C) Guilty of abetting burning only, not theft

(D) Not guilty of either

19. : In the illustration under Section 111(c), A instigates B and C to rob a house at midnight and provides arms. B and C kill Z during the robbery. A is:

(A) Not liable for murder as he only instigated robbery

(B) Liable for murder if it was a probable consequence of the abetment

(C) Liable only for robbery

(D) Liable for both robbery and murder regardless of probability