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New Criminal Laws: BNS, BNSS and BSA: practice questions and mock tests

This section holds 95 practice questions for New Criminal Laws: BNS, BNSS and BSA, arranged in 5 topics โ€” the largest are BNS 2023 โ€” Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Full) (51), IPC/CrPC/IEA โ†’ New Acts Mapping & Transition (20) and BSA 2023 โ€” Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (Full) (13).

4 of these are written only for this post. The other 91 are shared with exams that test the same syllabus, mainly PCS-J, so practice here also counts towards those papers.

Below you will find the topic outline, sample questions with explanations and the official website. Dates, eligibility and marking rules change, so confirm them in the latest official notification.

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New Criminal Laws: BNS, BNSS and BSA: Practice MCQs and Mock Tests

This page brings together the PunjabExams practice set for New Criminal Laws: BNS, BNSS and BSA: 95 multiple-choice questions, each with a keyed answer and a short explanation, arranged into 5 topic groups. You can practise topic by topic, take a timed 50-question mock or revise quickly in question-and-answer mode. Practice is free and needs no sign-up.

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Exam-specific and shared questions

Of the 95 distinct questions in this set, 4 are written specifically for New Criminal Laws and 91 are common general-studies questions (reasoning, aptitude, general knowledge, Punjab GK, language and computer basics). Punjab recruitment papers test these common areas at a similar level, so the same reviewed question is used in every exam set where that topic is on the syllabus, rather than being rewritten with small changes.

Exam sets that share the most questions with this one:

Because most of this set is common material, use it together with the official syllabus for the post: practise the shared topics here and study the post-specific subjects from the prescribed books and the official notification.

What the New Criminal Laws question set covers

TopicQuestions
BNS 2023 โ€” Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Full)51
IPC/CrPC/IEA โ†’ New Acts Mapping & Transition20
BSA 2023 โ€” Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (Full)13
BNSS 2023 โ€” Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (Full)9
Overview โ€” All Three Acts2

Key points for New Criminal Laws aspirants

  • BNS replaces IPC.
  • BNSS replaces CrPC.
  • BSA replaces Evidence Act.
  • From 1 July 2024.
  • Do not quote only old section numbers.

Sample New Criminal Laws questions with answers

A few questions from this set, with the answer and explanation shown. The full set opens in practice mode.

  1. Q1. Petty organised crime is BNS Section:?

    • (a) 113
    • (b) 112
    • (c) 152
    • (d) 111

    Answer: (b) 112. 111 organised crime ยท 112 petty organised crime ยท 113 terrorist act.

  2. Q2. What does BNS replace?

    • (a) Indian Penal Code, 1860
    • (b) Police Act 1861
    • (c) Indian Evidence Act, 1872
    • (d) CrPC 1973

    Answer: (a) Indian Penal Code, 1860. BNS is substantive criminal law: it defines offences and punishments, and replaces the colonial-era IPC, 1860 drafted under Lord Macaulay.

  3. Q3. Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 is Act number:

    • (a) 46 of 2023
    • (b) 45 of 2023
    • (c) 65 of 2023
    • (d) 47 of 2023

    Answer: (d) 47 of 2023. BSA is Act No. 47 of 2023 โ€” the new law of evidence replacing the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

  4. Q4. Under BNSS, police custody duration may be used in parts within roughly the first:

    • (a) 40 or 60 days, depending on the gravity of the offence
    • (b) The first 15 days only
    • (c) The first 30 days in all cases
    • (d) The first 90 days in all cases

    Answer: (a) 40 or 60 days, depending on the gravity of the offence. BNSS Section 187 (successor to CrPC 167) allows the authorised police-custody period to be utilised in parts within the first 40/60 days of detention depending on the gravity of the offence, instead of only a single continuous block.

  5. Q5. Which provision was among those dropped from the old IPC-era framework?

    • (a) Theft
    • (b) Adultery
    • (c) Cheating
    • (d) Murder

    Answer: (b) Adultery. BNS dropped adultery (struck down in 2018) and the residual Section 377 offence; sedition was replaced by Section 152.

  6. Q6. Police report / charge-sheet: CrPC Section 173 corresponds to which new provision?

    • (a) BNSS Section 193
    • (b) BNS Section 152
    • (c) BSA Section 63
    • (d) BNSS Section 1 only

    Answer: (a) BNSS Section 193. Police report / charge-sheet: CrPC Section 173 โ†’ BNSS Section 193. Completion of investigation and filing of the police report (charge-sheet) follow BNSS 193.

How to use this practice set

  1. Read the latest official notification and syllabus for New Criminal Laws first, so you know the paper pattern and marking.
  2. Work through one topic at a time, starting with BNS 2023 โ€” Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Full), and read the explanation for every question you get wrong.
  3. Take a timed 50-question mock once a week and track your accuracy, not just your score.
  4. Keep a short notebook of facts you missed and revise it before each mock.

Official information

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