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Criminal law

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the element that need to be fulfilled for a person to be criminally liable for their criminal act?

a)

Actus reus

b)

Bona fide

c)

Pro bono

d)

De facto

2.

What does omission means?

a)

guilty action

b)

failure to do something

c)

guilty mind

d)

mens rea

3.

Which of these is NOT mens rea?

a)

Criminal negligence

b)

motive

c)

knowledge

d)

feelings

4.

In the case of R v Nicholls

"A grandmother was found guilty because there is actus reus of not  feeding her grandchild and as a result caused the child's death". Which part of criminal liabilty is this?

a)

Mens rea

b)

Motive

c)

Strict liability

d)

Omission

5.

What is transferred malice?

a)

Failure to do something

b)

Transfer of mens rea to another

c)

Criminal act

d)

Absence of mens rea

6.

What is the EXCEPTION of general rule (criminal liability)?

a)

Rigid liability

b)

Strict liability

c)

Lenient liability

d)

Civil liability

7.

Which element is absent in strict liability?

a)

Mens rea

b)

Actus reus

c)

Omission

d)

Bona fide

8.

Section 76 refers to..

a)

actus reus

b)

mens rea

c)

mistake

d)

capacity

9.

Mistake because of forgetfulness or recklessness is..

a)

Mistake of criminal

b)

Mistake of law

c)

Mistake of civil

d)

Mistake of fact

10.

Chirangi v State of Nagpur [1952]

The appellant suffered from cataract & because of that disability, he mistook his son for a tiger. Which mistake is this?

a)

Mistake of law

b)

Mistake of fact

11.

Which of these are NOT incapacitate condition

a)

Intoxication

b)

Insanity

c)

Soundness of mind

d)

Infancy

12.

What does doli incapax means?

a)

incapable of crime

b)

capable to commit crime

c)

capacity is limited

d)

infancy is a defence

13.

Nothing is an offence which is done by a child below 10 years old.

Which provision is this?

a)

Section 300

b)

Section 82

c)

Section 32

d)

Section 375

14.

Section 83 of the Penal Code refer to..

a)

below 10 years of age

b)

above 10 but below 12 years of age

c)

below 18 years of age

d)

below 21 years of age

15.

What is incapacitation?

a)

Restriction of an individual’ s freedom

b)

Rehabilitate offender

c)

Deterrence

d)

Discouraging others from committing crime

16.

Which of these is the ADVANTAGES of incapacitation?

a)

Prison environment is often encourages  criminalization rather than rehabilitation

b)

Prison is glorified by many criminal and  semi-criminal cultures

c)

Convicts are not rehabilitated

d)

To punish criminals and also to remove them  from society