Police Sub-Inspector (SI) & Constable General Studies & Law Mock Test 2026

Question 1

What is the primary legal distinction between a 'Cognizable Offence' and a 'Non-Cognizable Offence' under the Code of Criminal Procedure / BNSS?

Accepted Answer

Police can arrest without a warrant in cognizable offences, but require a magistrate's warrant in non-cognizable offences

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Cognizable offences are bailable while non-cognizable are non-bailable

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Cognizable offences can only be investigated by the CBI

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Non-cognizable offences carry mandatory capital punishment

Question 2

In Lalita Kumari v. Government of U.P. (2014), the Supreme Court held that registration of an FIR under Section 154 of the CrPC is:

Accepted Answer

Mandatory if information discloses commission of a cognizable offence

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Purely at the discretion of the Station House Officer (SHO)

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Optional until preliminary inquiry is completed in all cases

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Requires prior approval from the District Superintendent of Police

Question 3

Under the Indian Penal Code (IPC Sections 96–106 / BNS), the right of private defence of body extends to causing death in which of the following circumstances?

Accepted Answer

An assault causing reasonable apprehension of death or grievous hurt, rape, or kidnapping

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Simple trespass into a residential courtyard

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Simple theft of a mobile phone on a public road

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Verbal abuse and defamation

Question 4

What is the specialized scientific study and classification of friction ridge skin impressions on human fingers used in forensic criminal identification?

Accepted Answer

Dactyloscopy

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Toxicology

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Ballistics

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Serology

Question 5

Under Section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, driving by a drunken person is punishable if the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) detected by a breath analyser exceeds:

Accepted Answer

30 mg per 100 ml of blood

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50 mg per 100 ml of blood

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10 mg per 100 ml of blood

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100 mg per 100 ml of blood

Question 6

Cheating by personating someone using a computer resource, fake social media profile, or forged email is penalized under which Section of the Information Technology Act, 2000?

Accepted Answer

Section 66D

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Section 65

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Section 67

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Section 72

Question 7

Which Directive Principle of State Policy (Article 50) of the Indian Constitution mandates the separation of the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State?

Accepted Answer

Article 50

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Article 45

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Article 48A

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Article 51

Question 8

Under Section 100 of the CrPC / BNSS, before conducting a search of an enclosed place, the police officer must call upon how many independent and respectable inhabitants of the locality to witness the search?

Accepted Answer

At least two (two or more)

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Only one

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At least five

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No independent witness is required

Question 9

Pointing to a photograph of a suspect, Inspector Raman says, 'He is the son of the only son of my grandfather.' How is Inspector Raman related to the suspect?

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Brother (or Self)

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Uncle

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Nephew

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Father

Question 10

Which component of black powder and modern smokeless firearm propellant leaves chemical nitrate residues on the shooter's hands, detected using the Dermal Nitrate / Griess Test?

Accepted Answer

Griess Test / Diphenylamine Test

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Benedict's Test

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Biuret Test

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Nessler's Test

Police Sub-Inspector (SI) & Constable General Studies & Law Mock Test 2026

What is the primary legal distinction between a 'Cognizable Offence' and a 'Non-Cognizable Offence' under the Code of Criminal Procedure / BNSS?

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