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1. The Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. The law relating to patents
b. The law relating to trademarks
c. The law relating to copyright
d. The law relating to industrial designs
2. The Copyright Act, 1957 is:
a. Act No. 4 of 1957
b. Act No. 14 of 1957
c. Act No. 57 of 1957
d. Act No. 1 of 1957
3. The Copyright Act, 1957 was enacted on:
a. 26th January, 1950
b. 15th August, 1947
c. 4th June, 1957
d. 1st April, 1957
4. The long title of the Copyright Act, 1957 states that it is:
a. An Act to consolidate the law relating to intellectual property
b. An Act to regulate artistic works
c. An Act to amend the law relating to copyright
d. An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright
5. According to the enacting formula, the Copyright Act, 1957 was enacted by:
a. Parliament
b. President
c. Constituent Assembly
d. Central Government
6. The Copyright Act, 1957 was enacted in the ______ Year of the Republic of India.
a. Sixth
b. Seventh
c. Eighth
d. Ninth
7. Section 1 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Definitions
b. Copyright Office
c. Short title, extent and commencement
d. Ownership of copyright
8. According to Section 1(1), this Act may be called:
a. The Copyright Act, 1958
b. The Copyright Act, 1957
c. The Indian Copyright Act, 1957
d. The Copyright and Designs Act, 1957
9. Under Section 1(2), the Copyright Act, 1957 extends to:
a. The whole of India
b. All States excluding Union territories
c. Such territories as the Central Government may notify
d. The territory of India excluding Jammu and Kashmir
10. Under Section 1(3), the Copyright Act, 1957 shall come into force:
a. On the date of enactment
b. On publication in the Official Gazette
c. On such date as Parliament may appoint
d. On such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint
11. The date appointed for commencement of the Copyright Act, 1957 was:
a. 4th June, 1957
b. 21st January, 1958
c. 26th January, 1958
d. 1st January, 1958
12. Section 2 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Ownership of copyright
b. Interpretation
c. Registration of copyright
d. Infringement
13. Under Section 2, definitions provided in the Act apply:
a. In all circumstances without exception
b. Unless the Central Government otherwise directs
c. Unless the context otherwise requires
d. Subject to rules made under the Act
14. In relation to a dramatic work, “adaptation” means:
a. Conversion of the work into a literary work
b. Conversion of the work into a non-dramatic work
c. Conversion of the work into a cinematograph film
d. Conversion of the work into an artistic work
15. In relation to a literary work or an artistic work, “adaptation” means:
a. Conversion of the work into a dramatic work by way of performance in public or otherwise
b. Conversion of the work into a musical work
c. Conversion of the work into a cinematograph film
d. Conversion of the work into a sound recording
16. Which of the following is included within “adaptation” in relation to a literary or dramatic work?
a. Translation of the work only
b. Conversion into a sound recording
c. Any abridgement of the work or any version in which the story or action is conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction in a book, newspaper, magazine or similar periodical
d. Performance in public only
17. Under Section 2(a)(iii), for an abridgement or pictorial version to amount to adaptation, the story or action must be conveyed:
a. Partly by pictures and partly by sound
b. Exclusively by diagrams
c. Mainly through oral narration
d. Wholly or mainly by means of pictures
18. In relation to a musical work, “adaptation” means:
a. Translation of the work
b. Any arrangement or transcription of the work
c. Conversion into a literary work
d. Conversion into a dramatic work
19. Under Section 2(a)(v), adaptation in relation to any work includes:
a. Publication of the work
b. Communication to the public
c. Any use of such work involving its re-arrangement or alteration
d. Assignment of the work
20. “Appellate Board” means:
a. Appellate Tribunal constituted under rules
b. Board constituted by notification
c. Appellate Board referred to in section 11
d. Copyright Board
21. “Work of architecture” means:
a. Any building used for public purposes
b. Any building or structure having an artistic character or design, or any model for such building or structure
c. Any structure notified by Government
d. Any construction prepared by an architect
22. Which of the following is included in “artistic work” under Section 2(c)(i)?
a. Painting, sculpture, drawing, engraving or photograph whether or not possessing artistic quality
b. Musical composition only
c. Sound recording only
d. Literary compilation only
23. For a painting, sculpture, drawing, engraving or photograph to qualify as an artistic work:
a. It must possess artistic quality
b. It must be commercially published
c. Artistic quality is immaterial
d. It must be registered
24. For the purposes of artistic work, “drawing” includes:
a. Diagram, map, chart or plan
b. Sound track and script
c. Model and manuscript only
d. Musical notation only
25. Which of the following is included within “artistic work” under Section 2(c)?
a. Work of architectural
b. Literary work
c. Sound recording
d. Broadcast
26. Any other work of artistic craftsmanship is classified as:
a. Literary work
b. Artistic work
c. Dramatic work
d. Adaptation
27. In relation to a literary or dramatic work, “author” means:
a. Producer
b. Artist
c. Composer
d. Author of the work
28. In relation to a musical work, “author” means:
a. Producer
b. Composer
c. Performer
d. Publisher
29. In relation to an artistic work other than a photograph, “author” means:
a. Artist
b. Photographer
c. Producer
d. Owner
30. In relation to a photograph, “author” means:
a. Publisher
b. Producer
c. Person taking the photograph
d. Owner of camera
31. In relation to a cinematograph film or sound recording, “author” means:
a. Director
b. Producer
c. Distributor
d. Screenwriter
32. In relation to any literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work which is computer-generated, “author” means:
a. Person operating the computer
b. Person who publishes the work
c. Person who causes the work to be created
d. Person who owns the software
33. Under Section 2(dd), “broadcast” means communication to the public:
a. By publication only
b. By issuing physical copies only
c. By any means specified under the Act
d. By means of exhibition only
34. Broadcast means communication to the public by means of wireless diffusion:
a. Only in the form of sounds
b. Only in the form of visual images
c. Only in the form of signs
d. In any one or more of the forms of signs, sounds or visual images
35. Under the definition of “broadcast”, communication to the public may also take place:
a. By wire
b. By publication
c. By physical delivery only
d. By assignment
36. “Broadcast” includes:
a. Transmission
b. Re-broadcast
c. Delivery
d. Distribution
37. “Calendar year” means the year commencing on:
a. 31st December
b. 1st April
c. 1st January
d. 1st July
38. “Cinematograph film” means:
a. Any sound recording only
b. Any work of visual recording
c. Any dramatic work
d. Any artistic work
39. A cinematograph film includes:
a. Sound recording accompanying such visual recording
b. Musical performance only
c. Literary adaptation
d. Lecture delivery
40. For the purposes of the Act, “cinematograph” shall be construed as including:
a. Any work produced only through digital editing
b. Any work produced by any process analogous to cinematography including video films
c. Any still photograph
d. Any dramatic performance
41. “Commercial rental” does not include:
a. Rental of any copy for profit
b. Commercial licensing
c. Rental, lease or lending of a lawfully acquired copy for non-profit purposes by a non-profit library or non-profit educational institution
d. Assignment of copyright
42. Under Section 2(fa), which of the following must be lawfully acquired for exclusion from commercial rental?
a. Copy of a computer programme, sound recording, visual recording or cinematograph film
b. Copyright itself
c. Broadcasting rights
d. Licence deed
43. For the purposes of clause (fa), a non-profit library or educational institution means one which:
a. Is registered under any law
b. Receives grants from Government or is exempted from payment of tax under the Income-tax Act, 1961
c. Operates without fees
d. Is established by notification
44. “Communication to the public” means:
a. Issuing physical copies only
b. Making any work or performance available for being seen, heard or otherwise enjoyed by the public directly or by means of display or diffusion other than by issuing physical copies
c. Selling copies in the market
d. Assignment of rights
45. Communication to the public may occur:
a. Only simultaneously
b. Only at places and times chosen individually
c. Whether simultaneously or at places and times chosen individually
d. Only through public exhibition
46. For communication to the public, availability of the work is sufficient:
a. Only if every member of the public actually enjoys it
b. Only upon purchase
c. Only after registration
d. Regardless of whether any member of the public actually sees, hears or otherwise enjoys it
47. Under the Explanation to Section 2(ff), communication through satellite, cable or any other means of simultaneous communication to more than one household or place of residence:
a. Shall not amount to communication to the public
b. Shall be deemed to be communication to the public
c. Requires prior permission
d. Is excluded from the Act
48. Residential rooms of any hotel or hostel are included for the purpose of:
a. Assignment
b. Delivery
c. Communication to the public
d. Exclusive licence
49. “Delivery”, in relation to a lecture, includes:
a. Publication only
b. Delivery by means of any mechanical instrument or by broadcast
c. Performance only
d. Communication through writing only
50. “Dramatic work” includes:
a. Piece for recitation, choreographic work or entertainment in dumb show
b. Cinematograph film only
c. Sound recording
d. Engraving
51. A dramatic work includes scenic arrangement or acting:
a. Only if fixed in writing or otherwise
b. Only if registered
c. Only if published
d. Only if performed publicly
52. Which of the following is excluded from the definition of “dramatic work”?
a. Choreographic work
b. Piece for recitation
c. Cinematograph film
d. Entertainment in dumb show
53. “Duplicating equipment” means:
a. Any electronic copyright system
b. Any mechanical contrivance or device used or intended to be used for making copies of any work
c. Any publication mechanism
d. Any registration machinery
54. “Engravings” include:
a. Etchings, lithographs, wood-cuts, prints and other similar works, not being photographs
b. Photographs only
c. Sound recordings
d. Dramatic reproductions
55. An “exclusive licence” means a licence conferring rights:
a. Concurrently upon all persons
b. Exclusively upon Government
c. Upon the licensee to the exclusion of all other persons including the owner of the copyright
d. Only upon the author
56. Under Section 2(j), “exclusive licensee” shall be construed:
a. Independently of exclusive licence
b. Accordingly to the meaning of exclusive licence
c. As owner of copyright
d. As producer
57. “Government work” means a work which is made or published by or under the direction or control of:
a. Government authorities specified under the Act
b. Any registered body
c. Copyright Office
d. Publisher only
58. Which of the following is included within “Government work”?
a. Work made under the direction or control of the Government or any department of the Government
b. Work made by a private educational institution
c. Work published by a private publisher
d. Work created by a company
59. Government work includes a work made or published by or under the direction or control of:
a. Any municipal body only
b. Any Legislature in India
c. Any corporation
d. Any statutory authority outside India
60. Which of the following falls within “Government work”?
a. Any court, tribunal or other judicial authority in India
b. Foreign tribunal
c. International court only
d. Private arbitration panel
61. “Indian work” means:
a. Any work published in Asia
b. Literary, dramatic or musical work satisfying conditions under the Act
c. Any artistic work created in India
d. Every work owned by an Indian citizen
62. A literary, dramatic or musical work is an Indian work if:
a. The author is domiciled in India
b. The author is resident in India
c. The author is a citizen of India
d. The author is employed in India
63. A literary, dramatic or musical work shall be an Indian work if it is:
a. Registered in India
b. Performed in India
c. First published in India
d. Adapted in India
64. In the case of an unpublished literary, dramatic or musical work, it shall be an Indian work if at the time of making the work:
a. The author is a citizen of India
b. The work is intended to be published in India
c. The author resides in India
d. The work is deposited in India
65. “Infringing copy” in relation to a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work means:
a. A cinematograph film based on the work
b. A reproduction thereof otherwise than in the form of a cinematograph film
c. Any adaptation
d. Any licensed copy
66. In relation to a cinematograph film, “infringing copy” means:
a. Copy of the film made on any medium by any means
b. Performance of the film
c. Any screenplay
d. Any broadcast
67. In relation to a sound recording, “infringing copy” means:
a. A translation
b. Another recording embodying the same sound recording made by any means
c. A performance
d. A dramatic version
68. In relation to a programme or performance in which broadcast reproduction right or performer’s right subsists, “infringing copy” means:
a. Literary reproduction only
b. Graphical notation
c. Sound recording or cinematographic film of such programme or performance
d. Lecture transcript
69. A reproduction, copy or sound recording becomes an infringing copy if it is:
a. Made for educational use
b. Registered
c. Commercially exploited
d. Made or imported in contravention of the provisions of this Act
70. “Lecture” includes:
a. Address, speech and sermon
b. Speech and performance only
c. Debate and discussion only
d. Address and broadcast only
71. “Literary work” includes:
a. Computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer databases
b. Musical notation only
c. Cinematograph films
d. Performances
72. Which of the following is specifically included within literary work?
a. Computer databases
b. Broadcasts
c. Photographs
d. Engravings
73. “Musical work” means:
a. A work consisting of music and includes any graphical notation of such work
b. Any work containing music and lyrics
c. Sound recording only
d. Musical performance only
74. Under Section 2(p), musical work:
a. Includes any words intended to be sung
b. Includes any action intended to be performed with music
c. Does not include any words or any action intended to be sung, spoken or performed with the music
d. Includes performance rights
75. “Performance”, in relation to performer’s right, means:
a. Any visual or acoustic presentation made live by one or more performers
b. Any recorded presentation
c. Only stage performances
d. Any communication to the public
76. “Performer” includes:
a. Actor, singer, musician, dancer and other persons making a performance
b. Producer only
c. Director only
d. Publisher only
77. Which of the following is specifically included within the definition of performer?
a. Printer
b. Snake charmer
c. Copyright owner
d. Photographer
78. A person delivering a lecture is included within:
a. Author
b. Performer
c. Producer
d. Licensee
79. “Photograph” includes:
a. Photo-lithograph and any work produced by any process analogous to photography
b. Cinematograph film
c. Sound recording
d. Dramatic work
80. Which of the following is excluded from the definition of photograph?
a. Photo-lithograph
b. Work produced by a process analogous to photography
c. Any part of a cinematograph film
d. Photographic reproduction
81. “Plate” includes:
a. Only stereotype and stone
b. Only mould and matrix
c. Any stereotype or other specified device used or intended to be used for printing or reproducing copies of any work
d. Only printing machinery
82. Which of the following is specifically included within the definition of “plate”?
a. Duplicating equipment
b. Broadcast equipment
c. Cinematograph apparatus
d. Communication device
83. Under Section 2(t), plate includes a device used or intended to be used for:
a. Registration of works
b. Printing or reproducing copies of any work
c. Assignment of copyright
d. Broadcasting
84. The definition of “plate” also includes any matrix or other appliance by which:
a. Cinematograph films are produced
b. Artistic works are communicated
c. Sound recordings for the acoustic presentation of the work are or are intended to be made
d. Literary works are stored
85. “Prescribed” means:
a. Prescribed by notification
b. Prescribed by rules made under this Act
c. Prescribed by the Central Government
d. Prescribed by regulations
86. “Producer”, in relation to a cinematograph film or sound recording, means:
a. A person who finances the work
b. A person who publishes the work
c. A person who takes the initiative and responsibility for making the work
d. A person who distributes the work
87. For the purposes of the Act, “producer” must:
a. Take initiative only
b. Take responsibility only
c. Own the copyright
d. Take both initiative and responsibility for making the work
88. “Reprography” means:
a. Conversion of work into dramatic form
b. Making of copies of a work by photocopying or similar means
c. Visual recording of a work
d. Recording of sounds
89. “Right Management Information” includes:
a. Title or other information identifying the work or performance
b. Device identifying the user
c. Password for access
d. Ownership certificate only
90. Which of the following is included within Right Management Information?
a. Name of the viewer
b. Name of the author or performer
c. Identity of the purchaser
d. Location of use
91. Right Management Information includes:
a. Name and address of the owner of rights
b. Registration authority
c. Details of publication only
d. Licensing agency
92. Terms and conditions regarding the use of rights form part of:
a. Exclusive licence
b. Communication to the public
c. Right Management Information
d. Government work
93. Under Section 2(xa), Right Management Information includes:
a. Any number or code representing specified information
b. Any device identifying the user
c. User authentication method
d. Access control mechanism
94. Which of the following is excluded from Right Management Information?
a. Terms regarding use of rights
b. Number or code representing specified information
c. Device or procedure intended to identify the user
d. Name of author
95. “Sound recording” means:
a. Recording of speech only
b. Recording of sounds from which such sounds may be produced regardless of medium or method
c. Recording of visual images
d. Communication of music
96. For the purposes of sound recording, the medium on which recording is made:
a. Is material
b. Determines validity
c. Is irrelevant
d. Must be electronic
97. “Visual recording” means:
a. Recording of moving images only
b. Recording in any medium by any method including electronic storing of moving images or representations thereof
c. Recording of sound and images together only
d. Reproduction by printing
98. A visual recording must be capable of being:
a. Published only
b. Registered only
c. Perceived, reproduced or communicated by any method
d. Commercially exploited
99. “Work” means:
a. Only literary and artistic works
b. Any work notified by Government
c. Any of the categories specified under the Act
d. Any original creation
100. Which of the following is included within “work”?
a. Literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work
b. Patent
c. Design
d. Trade mark
101. Under Section 2(y), work includes:
a. Cinematograph film
b. Broadcast only
c. Performance only
d. Reprography
102. Which of the following is included within “work”?
a. Visual recording
b. Sound recording
c. Lecture
d. Delivery
103. “Work of joint authorship” means:
a. Work produced independently by multiple persons
b. Work produced by collaboration of two or more authors in which contribution of one author is not distinct from that of the other author or authors
c. Work jointly published
d. Work jointly owned
104. For a work to qualify as a work of joint authorship:
a. Contributions must be separately identifiable
b. Authors must belong to the same country
c. Contribution of one author must not be distinct from contribution of others
d. Publication must be simultaneous
105. “Work of sculpture” includes:
a. Casts and models
b. Photographs
c. Engravings only
d. Visual recordings
106. Section 3 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Meaning of publication
b. Meaning of copyright
c. Registration of copyright
d. Assignment of copyright
107. For the purposes of this Act, “publication” means:
a. Registration of a work
b. Making a work available to the public by issue of copies or by communicating the work to the public
c. Assignment of rights
d. Commercial exploitation of a work
108. Under Section 3, publication may take place:
a. Only by issue of copies
b. Only by communication to the public
c. Either by issue of copies or by communicating the work to the public
d. Only by public performance
109. Section 4 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Meaning of publication
b. When work not deemed to be published or performed in public
c. First publication in India
d. Domicile of corporations
110. Except in relation to infringement of copyright, a work shall not be deemed to be published or performed in public if:
a. It is unpublished
b. It is communicated to the public
c. It is published or performed in public without the licence of the owner of the copyright
d. It is not registered
111. The exception under Section 4 applies in relation to:
a. Assignment of copyright
b. Infringement of copyright
c. Registration of copyright
d. Communication to the public
112. Section 5 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Nationality of author
b. Publication
c. When work deemed to be first published in India
d. Disputes by Appellate Board
113. For the purposes of this Act, a work published in India shall be deemed to be first published in India:
a. Only if not published elsewhere
b. Notwithstanding that it has been published simultaneously in some other country
c. Only if published first in time
d. Only if registered in India
114. A work published simultaneously in India and another country shall not be deemed first published in India if:
a. Such other country provides a shorter term of copyright for such work
b. Such other country provides a longer term of copyright
c. The work is unpublished
d. Government so directs
115. A work shall be deemed to be published simultaneously in India and another country if the time between publications does not exceed:
a. Fifteen days
b. Thirty days or such other period as the Central Government may determine in relation to any specified country
c. Sixty days
d. Ninety days
116. Section 6 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Interpretation
b. First publication
c. Certain disputes to be decided by Appellate Board
d. Domicile
117. Which of the following questions shall be referred to the Appellate Board?
a. Whether a work has been published or the date on which a work was published for the purposes of Chapter V
b. Whether copyright exists
c. Whether registration is valid
d. Whether assignment is enforceable
118. A question whether the term of copyright for any work is shorter in any other country than that provided under this Act shall be referred to:
a. Central Government
b. Civil Court
c. Registrar of Copyrights
d. Appellate Board constituted under section 11
119. The decision of the Appellate Board under Section 6 shall be:
a. Recommendatory
b. Subject to Government approval
c. Final
d. Subject to appeal
120. Under the proviso to Section 6, if the Appellate Board is of opinion that the issue of copies or communication to the public referred to in section 3 was of an insignificant nature:
a. It shall be treated as publication
b. It shall not be deemed to be publication for the purposes of section 3
c. It shall be treated as infringement
d. It shall require Government approval
121. Section 7 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Domicile of corporations
b. Nationality of author where the making of unpublished work is extended over considerable period
c. Publication in India
d. Meaning of publication
122. Where, in the case of an unpublished work, the making of the work is extended over a considerable period, the author shall be deemed to be:
a. Citizen of every country visited
b. Citizen of the country of first publication
c. Citizen of, or domiciled in, the country during any substantial part of that period
d. Citizen of India
123. The deeming provision under Section 7 applies to:
a. Published work
b. Cinematograph film
c. Unpublished work
d. Artistic work only
124. Section 8 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Interpretation
b. Domicile of corporations
c. Publication
d. Nationality of author
125. For the purposes of this Act, a body corporate shall be deemed to be domiciled in India if:
a. Its principal office is in India
b. It carries on business in India
c. It is incorporated under any law in force in India
d. It has Indian shareholders
126. Section 9 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Registrar of Copyrights
b. Copyright Office
c. Appellate Board
d. Powers of Appellate Board
127. For the purposes of this Act, there shall be established:
a. Copyright Board
b. Intellectual Property Office
c. An office to be called the Copyright Office
d. Registry of Copyrights
128. The Copyright Office shall be under the immediate control of:
a. Central Government
b. Registrar of Copyrights
c. Appellate Board
d. Deputy Registrar of Copyrights
129. The Registrar of Copyrights shall act under the:
a. Control of the Chairman of Appellate Board
b. Direction of Parliament
c. Superintendence and direction of the Central Government
d. Superintendence of Deputy Registrar
130. Section 9 provides that there shall be:
a. A seal for the Copyright Office
b. A common seal for all Boards
c. An official emblem
d. A national insignia
131. Section 10 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Registrar and Deputy Registrars of Copyrights
b. Copyright Office
c. Publication
d. Appeals
132. Under Section 10(1), the Registrar of Copyrights shall be appointed by:
a. Appellate Board
b. Central Government
c. President
d. Copyright Office
133. The Central Government may appoint:
a. One Registrar only
b. One or more Deputy Registrars of Copyrights
c. Any number of Chairmen
d. One Appellate Authority
134. A Deputy Registrar of Copyrights shall discharge such functions of the Registrar:
a. As assigned by the Central Government
b. As assigned by the Chairman
c. As the Registrar may, from time to time, assign to him
d. As prescribed by rules only
135. A Deputy Registrar shall discharge functions under the:
a. Superintendence and direction of the Registrar of Copyrights
b. Direction of Central Government only
c. Control of Appellate Board
d. Supervision of Copyright Office
136. Any reference in this Act to the Registrar of Copyrights shall include a reference to a Deputy Registrar:
a. In all cases
b. Only when authorised by Government
c. When discharging such functions assigned by the Registrar
d. Only during vacancy
137. Section 11 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Registrar
b. Appellate Board
c. Powers of Appellate Board
d. Copyright Office
138. The Appellate Board for the purposes of this Act is:
a. Board established under the Copyright Act
b. Board established under section 83 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999
c. Tribunal constituted by Central Government
d. Registrar of Copyrights
139. On and from the commencement of Part XIV of Chapter VI of the Finance Act, 2017:
a. Copyright Office became Appellate Board
b. Appellate Board under section 83 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 became the Appellate Board for this Act
c. Registrar became appellate authority
d. Central Government exercised appellate powers
140. The Appellate Board shall exercise:
a. Only advisory powers
b. Jurisdiction, powers and authority conferred on it by or under this Act
c. Rule-making powers
d. Executive powers
141. Section 12 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Constitution of Copyright Office
b. Powers and procedure of Appellate Board
c. Registration
d. Licensing
142. Subject to rules made under this Act, the Appellate Board shall have power to:
a. Regulate its own procedure including fixing places and times of sittings
b. Frame substantive law
c. Appoint Registrars
d. Make regulations overriding the Act
143. The Appellate Board shall ordinarily hear proceedings instituted under this Act within the zone in which:
a. The respondent resides
b. The Registrar is situated
c. The person instituting the proceeding actually and voluntarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain
d. The Government directs
144. For the purposes of Section 12(1), “zone” means:
a. Zone notified by Central Government
b. Zone specified in section 15 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956
c. Copyright jurisdiction area
d. Territorial bench area
145. The Appellate Board may exercise and discharge its powers and functions through:
a. Committees
b. Regional offices
c. Benches constituted by the Chairman from amongst its members
d. Deputy Registrars
146. If the Chairman is of opinion that any matter of importance is required to be heard by a larger bench, he may refer the matter to:
a. Full Board
b. Special bench consisting of five members
c. Constitutional bench
d. Seven-member bench
147. No member of the Appellate Board shall take part in proceedings:
a. In which he has previously appeared
b. In which he has a personal interest
c. Involving Government
d. Outside his zone
148. No act done or proceeding taken by the Appellate Board shall be questioned merely on the ground of:
a. Error of law
b. Absence of jurisdiction
c. Vacancy in, or defect in the constitution of, the Board
d. Delay in hearing
149. The Appellate Board shall be deemed to be a civil court for the purposes of:
a. Sections 345 and 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
b. Section 9 CPC
c. Sections 195 and 340 CrPC
d. Evidence Act only
150. All proceedings before the Appellate Board shall be deemed to be:
a. Administrative proceedings
b. Arbitral proceedings
c. Judicial proceedings within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Indian Penal Code
d. Executive proceedings
151. Section 13 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Assignment of copyright
b. Works in which copyright subsists
c. Registration of copyright
d. Ownership of copyright
152. Subject to this section and other provisions of this Act, copyright shall subsist throughout India in:
a. Original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, cinematograph films and sound recordings
b. Only published works
c. Only registered works
d. All intellectual property