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Haryana APO Prelims 2023 Question Paper with Answers

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1. Question 1 · Prelims

   Unless there is an agreement to contrary, which of the followings is part of right of outgoing partner to carry on competing business? A. Right to carry on business competing with that of firm. B. Right not to carry on business competing with that of firm. C. No right to use firm's name. D. Right not to solicit the custom of person who was dealing with the firm before he ceased to be partner.

   1. (A) A and D only
   2. (B) B and D only
   3. (C) A, C and D only
   4. (D) B, C and D only

   Answer: (C) A, C and D only

2. Question 2 · Prelims

   What are the ages of the three brothers? Statement I: The product of their ages is 21. Statement II: The sum of their ages is not divisible by 3.

   1. (A) if the question can be answered with the help of statement I alone,
   2. (B) if the question can be answered with the help of statement II alone,
   3. (C) if both the statements I and II are needed to answer the question, and
   4. (D) if the question cannot be answered even with the help of both the statements.

   Answer: (D) if the question cannot be answered even with the help of both the statements.

3. Question 3 · Prelims

   Which of the following is correct under the Sale of Goods Act, 1930? A. 'Property' means the special property in goods, and not merely a general property. B. 'Specific goods' means goods identified and agreed upon at the time a contract of sale is made. C. A person is said to be 'insolvent' who has ceased to pay his debts in the ordinary course of business, or cannot pay his debts as they become due, only where he has committed an act of insolvency. D. 'Price' means the money consideration for a sale of goods.

   1. (A) B and D
   2. (B) A and C
   3. (C) A, B, C and D
   4. (D) B, C and D

   Answer: (A) B and D

4. Question 4 · Prelims

   Refer to the following information. Four persons of different nationalities live in four adjoining houses facing a street. Each of the houses is painted in a different colour. Each of the four persons takes a different type of drink. The following information is also known: The Englishman lives in the red house. The Italian drinks tea. The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left. The person in the second house from the right likes milk. The Norwegian lives adjacent to the blue house. The Spaniard drinks fruit juice. Tea is the drink consumed in the blue house. The white house is to the right of the red house. The Norwegian drinks:

   1. (A) milk
   2. (B) cocoa
   3. (C) tea
   4. (D) fruit juice

   Answer: (B) cocoa

5. Question 5 · Prelims

   Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: List I: A. Section 406 CrPC; B. Section 407 CrPC; C. Section 408 CrPC; D. Section 409 CrPC. List II: I. Power of High Court to transfer cases and appeals; II. Power of Sessions Judge to transfer cases and appeals; III. Power of Supreme Court to transfer cases and appeals; IV. Withdrawal of cases by Judicial Magistrate.

   1. (A) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
   2. (B) A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV
   3. (C) A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II
   4. (D) A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

   Answer: (B) A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

6. Question 6 · Prelims

   A. The birth of a child during marriage is the presumption of legitimacy which is conclusive, no matter how soon birth occurs during marriage. B. The birth of a child within two hundred eighty days from the death of his father is presumably his legitimate son, no matter the mother was married before his birth or not. C. The birth of a child within two hundred eighty days from the death of his father is presumably his legitimate son, if the mother remained unmarried before his birth. D. Presumption regarding legitimacy of child under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 is rebuttable in nature.

   1. (A) A, B
   2. (B) A, B, C
   3. (C) A, B, D
   4. (D) A, C, D

   Answer: (D) A, C, D

7. Question 7 · Prelims

   Which of the following is correct regarding the offence of Cruelty by Husband or his relatives (Section 498A)? A. It has been inserted into the Indian Penal Code by Act 47 of 1983. B. It has come into effect from 25th December 1983. C. It is a non-bailable and cognizable offence. D. The allegation in the landmark case of Arnesh Kumar was of Section 498A. E. It is a compoundable offence.

   1. (A) A, B, C
   2. (B) B, C, E
   3. (C) A, B, D
   4. (D) B, C, D

   Answer: (D) B, C, D

8. Question 8 · Prelims

   The various modes in which execution of a decree may be ordered are given in Section 51 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Point out the mode which is not given under Section 51 as a mode of execution of a decree: A. By delivery of any property specifically decreed; B. By attachment and sale, or by sale without attachment of any property; C. By arrest and detention of the judgment-debtor; D. By appointment of a Receiver; or E. Arrest and detention of the party who is neither party to the suit nor has any connection to the matter in issue.

   1. (A) Options A and B
   2. (B) Options C and D
   3. (C) Option D only
   4. (D) Option E only

   Answer: (D) Option E only

9. Question 9 · Prelims

   Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below: List I: A. Court of Session; B. Court of Judicial Magistrate; C. Executive Magistrate; D. Court of Metropolitan Magistrate. List II: I. Section 11; II. Section 9; III. Section 16; IV. Section 20.

   1. (A) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
   2. (B) A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
   3. (C) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
   4. (D) A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II

   Answer: (A) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

10. Question 10 · Prelims

    A person rowing at the rate of 7.5 kmph in still water takes 5 times as much time in going 35 km upstream as in going 35 km downstream. Find the speed of the stream.

    1. (A) 5 kmph
    2. (B) 6 kmph
    3. (C) 7 kmph
    4. (D) 8 kmph

    Answer: (A) 5 kmph