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BNSS · Chapter XXXIX

Miscellaneous — MCQs with answers

60 exam-style questions on this chapter, written from the actual legal text and tagged for UPSC, Judiciary and CLAT. Five are shown below with answers and explanations — the rest are in the free interactive drill.

Q1 · easy · BNSS S.520

According to the provision's opening words, when an offence is tried by whom?

  1. A.High Court✓ correct
  2. B.Supreme Court
  3. C.Sessions Court
  4. D.Magistrate

Why: The provision begins: "When an offence is tried by the High Court...", so it clearly refers to occasions when the High Court tries an offence.

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Q2 · easy · BNSS S.520

What specific conduct does the provision instruct the court to follow in the proceedings?

  1. A.Refer the matter to a Sessions Judge
  2. B.Apply summary trial procedure
  3. C.Observe if it were trying the case✓ correct
  4. D.Stay proceedings pending review

Why: The provision directs the court to "observe if it were trying the case," which is the explicit instruction contained in the text.

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Q3 · medium · BNSS S.520

The phrase "otherwise than under" in the provision indicates the provision applies in which situation?

  1. A.Only when the trial is under a specific named provision
  2. B.When the offence is tried by the High Court not under (i.e. otherwise than under) some other provision✓ correct
  3. C.Only in appellate proceedings
  4. D.Only in summary proceedings before a Magistrate

Why: The text reads "When an offence is tried by the High Court otherwise than under...", indicating it applies where the High Court tries an offence not under the (unspecified) alternative provision—i.e. when tried otherwise than under it.

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Q4 · medium · BNSS S.520

When trying such an offence, in what manner is the High Court to conduct itself according to the text?

  1. A.As an appellate court reviewing lower court findings
  2. B.As a purely administrative body
  3. C.As a fact-finding magistrate
  4. D.By observing as if it were trying the case✓ correct

Why: The provision states the court should "observe if it were trying the case," meaning the court is to act in the manner of trying the case (i.e., observe as though it were trying it).

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Q5 · hard · BNSS S.520

Which of the following best captures the distinction the provision makes between actually trying an offence and the conduct it prescribes?

  1. A.It requires the High Court to transfer the trial to a Sessions Court.
  2. B.It mandates that the High Court must strictly follow appellate procedures.
  3. C.It requires the High Court to "observe if it were trying the case," i.e., to act as though trying the case rather than merely perform some other role.✓ correct
  4. D.It confines the High Court to only administrative oversight without judicial action.

Why: The provision's wording—"observe if it were trying the case"—indicates the court must act as though it is trying the case, distinguishing that conduct from other roles like mere administrative oversight.

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