The Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), enacted in 1860, serves as the backbone of the criminal legal system in Pakistan. Originally drafted during British colonial rule, it continues to provide the comprehensive legal framework for defining and penalizing criminal offenses in the country.
The Code is divided into various chapters, each addressing specific types of crimes such as offenses against the state, human body, property, and public tranquility. For aspiring legal professionals preparing for the LAW GAT exam, a thorough understanding of each chapter, along with the ability to interpret its provisions and applications, is essential. This series aims to present key concepts, important sections, and MCQs from each chapter of the PPC in a clear and exam-focused manner.
Important Multiple Choice Questions
Theft
- Which section of the Pakistan Penal Code defines “theft”?
- a) Section 379
- b) Section 378
- c) Section 380
- d) Section 381
Answer: b
- What is required to constitute the offence of theft under Section 378?
- a) Moving any property with dishonest intention
- b) Moving movable property without consent
- c) Taking possession of land
- d) Moving immovable property with consent
Answer: b
- Under Section 378, which explanation makes a severed tree capable of theft?
- a) Explanation 1
- b) Explanation 2
- c) Explanation 3
- d) Explanation 4
Answer: c
- Section 380 specifically deals with theft committed in:
- a) Public places
- b) Dwelling houses
- c) Vehicles
- d) Offices
Answer: b
- Theft by a clerk or servant in possession of their master’s property is addressed under which section?
- a) Section 378
- b) Section 380
- c) Section 381
- d) Section 381-A
Answer: d
Extortion
- Extortion is defined under which section?
- a) Section 383
- b) Section 384
- c) Section 386
- d) Section 385
Answer: a
- The act of extortion requires which key element?
- a) Fear of financial loss
- b) Fear of injury
- c) Fear of being exposed
- d) Promise of a favor
Answer: b
- When does extortion become robbery under Section 390?
- a) When property is unlawfully taken
- b) When property is stolen without knowledge
- c) When immediate fear of harm is used
- d) When the property is immovable
Answer: c
- Section 389 addresses extortion involving:
- a) Threat of accusation of an offence
- b) Threat to commit suicide
- c) Threat to harm property
- d) Threat to resign from a position
Answer: a
Robbery and Dacoity
- The essential difference between robbery and dacoity is:
- a) Use of weapons
- b) Location of the crime
- c) Number of persons involved
- d) Type of property stolen
Answer: c
- Dacoity is defined as robbery committed by:
- a) Three or more persons
- b) Four or more persons
- c) Five or more persons
- d) Six or more persons
Answer: c
- When robbery results in causing death, it is addressed under:
- a) Section 392
- b) Section 394
- c) Section 395
- d) Section 396
Answer: d
- Which section addresses voluntarily causing hurt during the commission of robbery?
- a) Section 394
- b) Section 395
- c) Section 398
- d) Section 400
Answer: a
- Making preparation to commit dacoity is addressed in which section?
- a) Section 392
- b) Section 398
- c) Section 399
- d) Section 402
Answer: c
- Which section addresses assembling for the purpose of committing dacoity?
- a) Section 402
- b) Section 401
- c) Section 399
- d) Section 400
Answer: a
Criminal Misappropriation of Property
- Dishonest misappropriation of property is defined under which section?
- a) Section 403
- b) Section 404
- c) Section 405
- d) Section 406
Answer: a
- Misappropriation of property possessed by a deceased person at the time of death is addressed under:
- a) Section 403
- b) Section 404
- c) Section 405
- d) Section 406
Answer: b
Criminal Breach of Trust
- Which section defines criminal breach of trust?
- a) Section 403
- b) Section 404
- c) Section 405
- d) Section 406
Answer: c
- Criminal breach of trust committed by a public servant is specifically addressed under:
- a) Section 405
- b) Section 406
- c) Section 407
- d) Section 409
Answer: d
- Criminal breach of trust by a carrier or warehouse keeper is addressed in:
- a) Section 407
- b) Section 408
- c) Section 409
- d) Section 410
Answer: a
Cheating
- Cheating is defined under which section?
- a) Section 416
- b) Section 415
- c) Section 417
- d) Section 418
Answer: b
- Cheating by personation is addressed in which section?
- a) Section 415
- b) Section 416
- c) Section 419
- d) Section 417
Answer: b
- Cheating and dishonestly inducing the delivery of property is addressed under:
- a) Section 416
- b) Section 417
- c) Section 418
- d) Section 420
Answer: d
Mischief (Sections 425–440)
- What is the key element of mischief under Section 425?
- a) Dishonest intent
- b) Intention to cause wrongful loss or damage
- c) Use of force
- d) Causing physical harm
Answer: b
- Mischief resulting in damage to property worth fifty rupees is addressed under:
- a) Section 427
- b) Section 428
- c) Section 429
- d) Section 430
Answer: a
- Mischief by fire or explosive substance to destroy a house is addressed in:
- a) Section 429
- b) Section 436
- c) Section 435
- d) Section 440
Answer: b
- Which section defines criminal trespass?
- a) Section 441
- b) Section 442
- c) Section 443
- d) Section 444
Answer: a
- Lurking house trespass is defined in:
- a) Section 441
- b) Section 442
- c) Section 443
- d) Section 445
Answer: c
- House-breaking by night is addressed under which section?
- a) Section 445
- b) Section 446
- c) Section 447
- d) Section 448
Answer: b
- House-trespass with intent to commit an offence punishable with imprisonment for life is addressed under:
- a) Section 449
- b) Section 450
- c) Section 451
- d) Section 452
Answer: b