8 of 100 marks
AIBE 22: IPC & Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
This subject carries 8 marks of the 100-mark paper — one of the heaviest on the syllabus. Section 45 has 32 questions on it, four times the official count.
What to carry, and where to tab
Bring the BNS 2023, unmarked. Blank index tabs only — anything written on a tab can get the book confiscated. These are the parts this subject actually draws from:
- BNS, Chapter I
- BNS, Chapter II
- BNS, Chapter III
- BNS, Chapter IV
- BNS, Chapter V
- BNS, Chapter VI
- BNS, Chapter VII
- BNS, Chapter XI
- BNS, Chapter XIX
- BNS, Chapter XVII
Provisions that recur
- § 103 BNS
- § 100 BNS
- § 105 BNS
- § 106 BNS
- § 108 BNS
- § 109 BNS
- § 80 BNS
- § 85 BNS
- § 303 BNS
- § 318(4) BNS
- § 316 BNS
- § 308 BNS
- § 310 BNS
- § 61 BNS
- § 3(5) BNS
- § 189 BNS
- § 22 BNS
- § 20 BNS
- § 38 BNS
- § 116 BNS
- § 356 BNS
- § 351 BNS
- § 111 BNS
- § 113 BNS
Sample questions
Three of the 32, with full explanations. The first ten are free in the app.
Punishment for murder is provided under which provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita?
- Section 100
- Section 103
- Section 101
- Section 105
Answer & explanation
Section 103
BNS Section 101 defines murder and Section 103 prescribes the punishment, corresponding to IPC Sections 300 and 302 respectively. The punishment remains death or imprisonment for life, and fine.
Culpable homicide is defined under:
- Section 101 BNS
- Section 105 BNS
- Section 103 BNS
- Section 100 BNS
Answer & explanation
Section 100 BNS
BNS Section 100 corresponds to IPC Section 299. Culpable homicide is the genus and murder the species: all murder is culpable homicide, but not all culpable homicide is murder.
Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder is under:
- Section 105 BNS
- Section 103 BNS
- Section 106 BNS
- Section 101 BNS
Answer & explanation
Section 105 BNS
BNS Section 105 corresponds to IPC Section 304. The punishment differs depending on whether the act was done with intention to cause death or grievous hurt, or merely with knowledge that death was likely.
Practise
Ten questions in IPC & Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita free, no card. Each answer cited to both codes with a line telling you where to look in the bare act.
Practise IPC & Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita