Indian Evidence Act - Practice Test

[#1076] A written contract is proved as per Section 91 of the Indian Evidence Act. Can the terms thereof be proved to have been altered by a contemporaneous oral agreement by a third party to the written contract?

(A) Terms of a written contract can never be varied

(B) The oral agreement can be proved to vary the terms of the written contract only if the original written contract is lost or destroyed

(C) The terms of the written contract are only binding between the parties to the document but a third party to the written contract can always show contemporaneous oral agreement to vary the terms of the written contract

(D) A third party cannot lead evidence to vary the terms of a written contract as he was not a party to the contract

Correct Answer

(C) The terms of the written contract are only binding between the parties to the document but a third party to the written contract can always show contemporaneous oral agreement to vary the terms of the written contract

[#1077] Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer: List I List II a. Confession caused by inducement, threat, promise 1. Aghnoo Nagesia v. State b. Confession to a customs officer 2. State of Punjab v. Barkatram c. Confession in the FIR (First information Report) given by the accused 3. Pyarelal Bhargava v. State of Rajasthan d. Discovery of a fact pursuant to a statement in police custody 4. State of Bombay v. Kathi Kalu Oghad

(A) a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2

(B) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1

(C) a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4

(D) a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4

Correct Answer

(D) a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4

[#1078] "A" the admissions are confessions but all the confessions are not admissions."

(A) The statement is correct

(B) The statement is incorrect

(C) The statement is partly correct and partly incorrect

(D) All the above statements are incorrect

Correct Answer

(B) The statement is incorrect

[#1079] Where in a judicial proceeding the handwriting of a teacher is in question, the opinion of his or her student shall be relevant under . . . . . . . . of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872?

(A) Section 45

(B) Section 47

(C) Section 46

(D) None of the above

Correct Answer

(B) Section 47

[#1080] Which one of the following Section Under Indian Evidence Act, 1872 has been inserted by Section 92 and schedule II of the Information Technology Act, 2000?

(A) Section 65

(B) Section 154(2)

(C) Section 67A

(D) Section 67

Correct Answer

(C) Section 67A

Indian Evidence Act - Study Mode

[#1076] A written contract is proved as per Section 91 of the Indian Evidence Act. Can the terms thereof be proved to have been altered by a contemporaneous oral agreement by a third party to the written contract?

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[#1078] "A" the admissions are confessions but all the confessions are not admissions."

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[#1079] Where in a judicial proceeding the handwriting of a teacher is in question, the opinion of his or her student shall be relevant under . . . . . . . . of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872?

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[#1080] Which one of the following Section Under Indian Evidence Act, 1872 has been inserted by Section 92 and schedule II of the Information Technology Act, 2000?

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