Determination of Age
| A | Section 82 IPC | |
| B | Section 83 IPC | |
| C | Section 84 IPC | |
| D | Section 85 IPC |
| A | Section 82 IPC | |
| B | Section 83 IPC | |
| C | Section 84 IPC | |
| D | Section 85 IPC |
| Age | Medicolegal | IPC | Explanation |
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<7 year 7-12 years <12 years
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Criminal
Responsibility Criminal Responsibility Consent
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Sec. 82
IPC Sec. 83 IPC Sec. 89 IPC
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No criminal
intent guilty of offence parents give consent for noninvasive procedure |
| A |
12 years |
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| B |
14 years |
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| C |
15 years |
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| D |
18 years |
The Factory Act prohibits the employment of children below 14 years and declares 15 to 18 years as belonging to the adolescent group. Adolescents require fitness certificate prior to employment in a job.
PGI 09; MAHE 12
| A |
18 years |
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| B |
21 years |
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| C |
25 years |
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| D |
35 years |
Ans. 18 years
Age of marriage age for women:
Gujarat 10
| A |
16 years |
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| B |
17 years |
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| C |
18 years |
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| D |
21 years |
Ans. 18 years
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act(2006), and it came into effect on 1 November 2007; states that a girl in India can’t marry before the age of 18, and a boy before 21.
Majority is obtained by a person under court guardianship by age of ‑
| A |
19 years |
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| B |
20 years |
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| C |
21 years |
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| D |
22 years |
Ans. is ‘c’ i.e., 21 years
A person attains majority on completion of 18 years. However if a person is under the guardianship of court, he attains majority after 21 years (Indian Majority Act 1875).
According to juvenile justice act, age of juvenile is ‑
| A |
< 14 years |
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| B | ||
| C |
< 18 years |
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| D |
< 20 years |
Ans. is ‘c’ i.e., < 18 years
Juvenile Justice Act 2000
- Juvenile justice (care and protection of children Act, 2000 (now Amendment Act 2006) covers :-
- Juveniles in conflict → child who is alleged to have committed an offence.
- Children in need of care and protection → children who are neglected, abused, or abandoned.
- This act defines a juvenile / child as a person who has not completed the age of 18 years.
| A | 240 days | |
| B |
230 days |
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| C |
220 days |
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| D |
210 days |
Ans. is ‘d’ i.e., 210 days
Viability means the physical ability of a foetus to lead a separate existence after birth apart from its mother, by virtue of a certain degree of development. A child is viable after 210 days (7 months) of intrauterine life, and in some cases after 180 days (6 months) but in most of these cases fetus is immature.
Full term mature infant show :-
- Length (crown-heel length) 48-52 cm, head circumference 30-35 cm.
- Ossification center at lower end of femur (appears at the end of 9 months or just before birth) and Ossification center of cuboid and upper tibia may also present (Note : some ossification centers are also present, but they appear before the attainment of viability so their presence does not have importance. These are (i) Clavicle, mandible, ribs vertebra → at the end of 2nd month, (ii) Calcaneum(os calcis) and manubrium sterni → at the end of 5th month and (iii) Sternum → at the end of 6 month). Other center which appears at attainment of viability is primary ossificaion center of talus which appears at the end of 7th month.
| A | 3 years | |
| B |
7 years |
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| C |
14 years |
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| D |
18 years |
Ans. is ‘b’ i.e., 7 years
Legal age of consent is ‑
| A |
10 years |
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| B |
12 years |
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| C |
14 years |
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| D |
18 years |
Ans.:D.)18 years.
India’s legal age of consent and marriage is 18 years.
Height of child acquire 100 cm in‑
| A |
2.5 year |
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| B |
3.5 year |
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| C |
4.5 year |
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| D |
5.5 year |
Ans. is ‘c’ i.e., 4.5 year
1 Year- 75 cm
2 Year- 90 cm
4 1/2 Year- 100 cm
Section defining the rape ‑
| A |
304 B IPC |
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| B |
302 IPC |
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| C |
375 IPC |
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| D |
376 IPC |
Ans. is ‘c’ i.e., 375 IPC
Rape:- According to Section 375 IPC, a man is said to commit rape, if he has sexual intercourse with women:
- Against her will
- Without her consent
- With her consent, if she is
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- Less than 16 years of age.
- With his own wife less than 15 years of age.
- Intoxicated or has an unsound mind so that she is unable to understand the consequences.
- Consent is obtained by unlawful means, i.e. fears of death or hurt to herself or to someone whom she is interested.
- Impersonation, i.e. when the man knows he is not her husband and her consent is given because she believes that he is another man to whom she is lawfully married.
Juvenile justice act defines a juvenile which is
| A |
Male below 16 years |
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| B |
Female below 16 years |
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| C |
Male below 18 years |
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| D |
None of the above |
Ans. is ‘c’ i.e., Male below 18 years

