Code of Civil Procedure: Jurisdiction, Suits and Pleadings MCQs 2026

Under the Code of Civil Procedure 1908, a "decree" means

1. A any interim order of the Court ✓
2. B only the judgment before signing ✓
3. C the formal expression of an adjudication conclusively determining the rights of the parties ✓
4. D a mere note for the file ✓

A "judgment" under section 2(9) CPC is

1. A the decree itself only ✓
2. B the written statement of defendant ✓
3. C the statement given by the Judge of the grounds of a decree or order ✓
4. D the plaint alone ✓

An "order" under section 2(14) CPC is

1. A always appealable as of right to the Supreme Court ✓
2. B identical to a decree in all respects ✓
3. C the formal expression of any decision of a Civil Court which is not a decree ✓
4. D only an oral direction ✓

Section 9 CPC provides that courts shall

1. A try all civil suits unless expressly or impliedly barred ✓
2. B try only suits above one lakh rupees ✓
3. C decline all suits against government ✓
4. D try criminal cases concurrently ✓

Pecuniary jurisdiction of civil courts is primarily governed by

1. A section 10 CPC alone ✓
2. B section 15 CPC read with provincial/enactment limits ✓
3. C Order XXI only ✓
4. D the Limitation Act exclusively ✓

Section 15 CPC requires that a suit be instituted in

1. A always the High Court ✓
2. B the Supreme Court for all property suits ✓
3. C the Court of the lowest grade competent to try it ✓
4. D whichever court the plaintiff prefers without limit ✓

For suits relating to immovable property, territorial jurisdiction is mainly governed by

1. A section 16 CPC ✓
2. B section 20 alone for all cases ✓
3. C section 115 CPC ✓
4. D Order XXI Rule 10 ✓

Section 17 CPC deals with territorial jurisdiction in suits for

1. A only divorce ✓
2. B only government contracts ✓
3. C only arbitration awards ✓
4. D movable property where wrongfully taken or detained ✓

Section 19 CPC allows a suit on a contract to be filed where

1. A only where defendant was born ✓
2. B the contract was made, or breach occurred, or part of cause of action arose ✓
3. C only in Islamabad ✓
4. D only where plaintiff resides always ✓

Section 20 CPC is the residuary territorial jurisdiction clause for suits

1. A where the defendant resides, carries on business, or personally works for gain ✓
2. B only for suits about immovable property ✓
3. C only for execution proceedings ✓
4. D only for appeals ✓

The doctrine of res sub judice is contained in

1. A section 11 CPC ✓
2. B section 9 CPC ✓
3. C section 10 CPC ✓
4. D Order VII Rule 11 ✓

Section 10 CPC applies when

1. A any two suits involve similar law points only ✓
2. B parties are different but property is same ✓
3. C the matter in issue is directly and substantially in issue in a previously instituted suit between the same parties ✓
4. D only criminal trials are pending ✓

Res judicata is codified in CPC under

1. A section 11 ✓
2. B section 10 ✓
3. C section 12 ✓
4. D Order II Rule 2 ✓

Under section 11 CPC, res judicata requires among other things

1. A only similarity of evidence ✓
2. B only same advocate appearing ✓
3. C a former suit between the same parties litigating under the same title ✓
4. D only same cause number format ✓

Explanation IV to section 11 CPC embodies

1. A only criminal estoppel ✓
2. B only foreign judgment rules ✓
3. C constructive res judicata regarding matters which might and ought to have been raised ✓
4. D only appeal limitation ✓

Section 12 CPC bars

1. A all suits against government ✓
2. B all appeals to High Court ✓
3. C all review applications ✓
4. D further suit on the same cause of action after decree has been passed in a former suit ✓

Objections to territorial or pecuniary jurisdiction not taken at earliest opportunity may be deemed waived under

1. A section 10 CPC ✓
2. B section 21 CPC ✓
3. C section 115 CPC ✓
4. D Order VIII Rule 1 ✓

Section 22 CPC empowers the Court to

1. A review its own decree on merits ✓
2. B execute decrees abroad automatically ✓
3. C transfer a suit to another court for convenience and justice ✓
4. D frame charges in criminal cases ✓

Order II Rule 2 CPC prevents

1. A all amendments to plaint ✓
2. B joinder of defendants ✓
3. C splitting of claims and relitigation of omitted portions of the same cause of action ✓
4. D service of summons abroad ✓

Order VI Rule 2 CPC requires pleadings to contain

1. A only legal arguments without facts ✓
2. B only prayers for relief ✓
3. C only documentary exhibits ✓
4. D material facts and not evidence ✓

Order VII Rule 1 CPC requires the plaint to state

1. A only the defendant's guilt ✓
2. B only oral evidence ✓
3. C particulars such as names of parties, cause of action, relief claimed, and jurisdiction facts ✓
4. D only witness list at filing ✓

Under Order VII Rule 11 CPC, the Court may reject a plaint where

1. A it does not disclose a cause of action ✓
2. B the defendant denies allegations ✓
3. C witnesses are hostile ✓
4. D appeal is pending elsewhere only ✓

A written statement of the defendant is governed principally by

1. A Order VIII CPC ✓
2. B Order V only ✓
3. C Order XXI ✓
4. D section 96 alone ✓

The general time for filing written statement under Order VIII Rule 1 is

1. A seven days only without extension ✓
2. B thirty days from service of summons, extendable by the Court ✓
3. C one year as of right ✓
4. D no time limit ✓

Specific denial of allegations in written statement is emphasized under

1. A Order VII Rule 1 ✓
2. B Order VIII Rule 3 CPC ✓
3. C section 11 ✓
4. D Order XIV Rule 1 ✓

Order I Rule 1 CPC concerns

1. A execution of decrees only ✓
2. B who may be joined as plaintiffs ✓
3. C temporary injunctions only ✓
4. D second appeals only ✓

Order I Rule 10 CPC empowers the Court to

1. A transfer suits to criminal courts ✓
2. B reject all plaints automatically ✓
3. C grant bail ✓
4. D strike out or add parties to effectively adjudicate the dispute ✓

Necessary parties are those without whom

1. A only the plaintiff chooses to sue ✓
2. B no effective decree can be passed ✓
3. C only government is involved ✓
4. D only property is immovable ✓

Proper parties are persons whose presence enables

1. A criminal prosecution of defendant ✓
2. B automatic dismissal of suit ✓
3. C bypass of res judicata ✓
4. D a more complete and effective decision though decree can pass without them ✓

Order V CPC primarily deals with

1. A framing of issues ✓
2. B execution of decree ✓
3. C issue and service of summons ✓
4. D second appeal ✓

Substituted service under Order V may be ordered when

1. A plaintiff requests it on day one without attempt ✓
2. B defendant admits the claim ✓
3. C ordinary service is not practicable despite reasonable efforts ✓
4. D only in arbitration ✓

Section 79 CPC governs suits by or against

1. A foreign rulers only ✓
2. B the Government ✓
3. C minors only ✓
4. D partnership firms only ✓

Section 80 CPC requires

1. A notice to every witness ✓
2. B notice to government before instituting suits against government in many cases ✓
3. C prior permission of Parliament always ✓
4. D security for costs in all suits ✓

Section 83 CPC relates to suits against

1. A local municipalities only ✓
2. B all private companies ✓
3. C foreign rulers, ambassadors and certain protected persons ✓
4. D every tortfeasor ✓

Order VI Rule 17 CPC allows

1. A amendment of pleadings at any stage of proceedings ✓
2. B no amendment after written statement ✓
3. C amendment only before suit institution ✓
4. D amendment only in execution ✓

Set-off may be pleaded by defendant under

1. A Order VIII Rule 6 read with Order XX Rule 19 ✓
2. B Order VII Rule 11 ✓
3. C section 10 ✓
4. D Order XXXIX ✓

Counter-claim by defendant is provided under

1. A Order I Rule 10 ✓
2. B section 96 ✓
3. C Order VIII Rule 6-A CPC ✓
4. D Order XXI Rule 11 ✓

Section 2(10) CPC defines "mesne profits" as

1. A only rent paid to landlord ✓
2. B profits which the person in wrongful possession actually received or might with due diligence have received ✓
3. C only government taxes ✓
4. D only interest on loans ✓

Cause of action means

1. A only the prayer in plaint ✓
2. B only legal submissions ✓
3. C only witness testimony ✓
4. D the bundle of facts which give rise to a right to sue ✓

Section 13 CPC deals with

1. A res sub judice ✓
2. B recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments ✓
3. C temporary injunctions ✓
4. D review by trial court ✓

A foreign judgment not by a competent court may be refused recognition under section 13 on ground that

1. A plaintiff was unhappy with quantum ✓
2. B local witness was unavailable ✓
3. C appeal was filed late locally ✓
4. D it was not pronounced by a court of competent jurisdiction ✓

Subject-matter jurisdiction refers to

1. A only venue for convenience ✓
2. B the court's competence to try the class of case or relief sought ✓
3. C only language of pleadings ✓
4. D only mode of summons ✓

Section 24 CPC confers on High Court power to

1. A execute foreign decrees only ✓
2. B grant anticipatory bail ✓
3. C register FIRs ✓
4. D transfer or withdraw suits from subordinate courts ✓

Section 25 CPC enables the Supreme Court in certain circumstances to

1. A transfer suits or appeals from one High Court to another ✓
2. B try original suits as trial court routinely ✓
3. C review all civil revisions ✓
4. D execute decrees under Order XXI ✓

Order IV CPC concerns

1. A execution applications ✓
2. B second appeals ✓
3. C review petitions ✓
4. D institution of suits ✓

Valuation of suit for jurisdiction and court-fee is addressed under

1. A section 115 alone ✓
2. B Order XXXIX only ✓
3. C Article 117 QSO ✓
4. D sections 7–8 Suit Valuation Act read with Order VII ✓

Under Order VII Rule 14, documents relied upon by plaintiff should be

1. A filed with the plaint or produced when court so orders ✓
2. B never disclosed to defendant ✓
3. C destroyed after filing ✓
4. D filed only after judgment ✓

Return of plaint for presentation to proper court may be ordered under

1. A Order VII Rule 10 CPC ✓
2. B Order VIII Rule 3 ✓
3. C section 96 ✓
4. D Order XLI Rule 1 ✓

Section 2(6) CPC defines "foreign court" as a court

1. A situate outside Pakistan and not established or continued by the authority of the Federal Government ✓
2. B any district court in another province ✓
3. C any arbitration tribunal in Pakistan ✓
4. D the Supreme Court of Pakistan ✓

In suits for accounts, territorial jurisdiction may involve

1. A only section 115 ✓
2. B only Order XXXIX ✓
3. C only Criminal Procedure Code ✓
4. D sections 16–20 depending on whether immovable property or contract facts are involved ✓

Order II Rule 3 requires every suit to include

1. A only partial claim to enable later suits freely ✓
2. B only criminal damages ✓
3. C only future speculative claims without basis ✓
4. D the whole claim which the plaintiff is entitled to make in respect of the cause of action ✓

Legal representatives of a deceased party may be brought on record under

1. A Order XXII CPC ✓
2. B Order V ✓
3. C section 10 ✓
4. D Order XXI Rule 2 only ✓

Section 11 Explanation V clarifies res judicata regarding

1. A only execution proceedings ✓
2. B representative suits and persons litigating in representative capacity ✓
3. C only interim orders ✓
4. D only foreign arbitration ✓

A suit barred by the law of limitation may result in

1. A automatic transfer to High Court ✓
2. B dismissal though court otherwise has jurisdiction ✓
3. C criminal prosecution of plaintiff ✓
4. D waiving of court fees only ✓

Section 21-A CPC (where applicable) and related provisions emphasize that

1. A objections to place of suing should be taken at the earliest to avoid prejudice ✓
2. B jurisdiction can never be waived ✓
3. C all objections must be taken only in appeal ✓
4. D territorial jurisdiction is irrelevant ✓

Order VI Rule 16 allows the Court to strike out

1. A all defences as a penalty ✓
2. B pleadings that are scandalous, frivolous or vexatious ✓
3. C only prayers for relief ✓
4. D only signatures of counsel ✓

In representative suits under Order I Rule 8, decree is

1. A binding on none except lead plaintiff ✓
2. B only advisory ✓
3. C only if government consents ✓
4. D binding on all members represented where procedure is duly followed ✓

Section 2(2) excludes from "decree" certain orders including

1. A every interim injunction ✓
2. B every judgment ✓
3. C every appeal order ✓
4. D orders dismissible for default and certain costs-only orders as specified ✓

The frame of suit—what claims and parties are included—is primarily controlled by

1. A Order I and Order II CPC together with Order VII ✓
2. B Order XXI alone ✓
3. C section 115 alone ✓
4. D QSO Article 140 ✓

Ex parte decree may be passed when

1. A plaintiff withdraws ✓
2. B both parties agree ✓
3. C only in arbitration ✓
4. D defendant fails to appear after valid service and sufficient opportunity ✓