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When a judge decides civil cases, he is called __________.

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  1. Justice

  2. Judge

  3. The District Judge

  4. The Sessions Judge

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Civil cases are handled by the district judges. Civil cases refer to clashes between two or more persons with respect to property, breach of agreement or contract, divorce or landlord-tenant disputes. Civil Courts resolve these disputes. They do not issue any punishment as a violation of the law is not involved in civil cases.

When a judge decides criminal cases, he is called __________.

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  1. Justice

  2. Judge

  3. The District Judge

  4. The Sessions Judge

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Criminal cases are handled by sessions judges. They refer to violation of laws. These cases are regarding theft, rape, physical assault, murder, etc. These cases are filed in the lower court by the police, on behalf of the state, against the accused. These cases lead to punishment, like fine, imprisonment or even death sentence, to the guilty.

Which is the lowest court of revenue?

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  1. District Collector's court

  2. Divisional Commissioner's court

  3. District Court

  4. Naib Tehsildar's court

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There are Revenue Courts to resolve disputes relating to the agricultural land. The Hierarchy of the revenue courts from top to bottom for disposing of various matters are:
• Financial commissioner,
• Collector (Deputy Commissioner/Additional District Magistrate),
• Revenue Assistant (Sub Divisional Magistrate), and
• Tehsildar/Naib-Tehsildar.

Usually, the District Judge also acts as a __________.

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  1. District Collector

  2. Divisional Commissioner

  3. District Engineer

  4. District Superintendent of Police

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Civil cases are handled by district judges. Appointments and promotion of district judges in any state shall be made by the Governor of the state in consultation with the high court exercising jurisdiction in relation to such state.

Tahasildar works on _________ level.

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  1. State

  2. Division

  3. District

  4. Tehsil

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Tehsildars are tax officers accompanied by inspectors of Revenue. They are the administrative officers responsible for the collection of the land revenue. They operate specifically at the tehsil level.

Which of the following is the highest criminal court at the district level?

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  1. Sessions court

  2. District court

  3. First class magistrate court

  4. Magistrate court

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Sessions Court is the highest criminal court of the district. Usually, it is presided over by the District Judge, who is called the District and Sessions Judge. It deals with cases concerning more serious offences such as robbery, dacoity, murder, 

Which of the following statements regarding session's court is wrong?

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  1. Sessions court is the highest criminal court at the district level.

  2. Sessions court can impose unconditional death sentence on the accused.

  3. High court has a supervisory jurisdiction over sessions court.

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Sessions court is the highest criminal court of the district. It deals with more serious offences like dacoity, robbery and murder. The Sessions or Additional Sessions Judge alone can award a death sentence or life imprisonment. It is mandatory that a sentence of death must be confirmed by the High Court before it is carried out irrespective of whether an appeal is made to the High Court or not. 

The Judge of a Subordinate Court is termed as  _______ while dealing with civil cases.

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  1. Subordinate Judge

  2. Sessions Judge

  3. District judge

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The court of the District judge is the principal or the highest court of the district. It decides both civil and criminal cases. When a judge decided civil cases he is called the District Judge and when he decides criminal cases he is called the Sessions Judge.

Which Court hears the appeals against the decisions of the sub-judges?

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  1. Supreme Court

  2. High Court

  3. Both (A) & (B)

  4. District Court

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There are several civil courts working under the District Judge such as the Court of the Subordinate Civil Judge (First Class), the Court of Sub-Judge (also known as a Munsif) and courts of small causes.

Superintendent of Police is the highest police official at ___________.

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  1. State level

  2. Country level

  3. District level

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In India, a District Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) or Superintendent of Police (SP) heads the police force of a district. In metropolitan areas having police commissionerate system (like in Delhi Police or Mumbai Police), the head of district police is called Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), and he holds the rank of a SP or SSP.