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1. Subject to prescribed conditions, a copyright society may accept from an author and other owners of right:
a. Assignment of copyright
b. Exclusive authorisation to administer any right in any work
c. Registration of works
d. Transfer of ownership
2. Administration of rights by a copyright society under Section 34(1)(a) may be by:
a. Issue of licences or collection of licence fees or both
b. Assignment only
c. Publication only
d. Registration only
3. An author and other owners of right shall have the right to:
a. Withdraw authorisation without prejudice to rights of the copyright society under any contract
b. Cancel society registration
c. Recover royalty immediately
d. Dissolve society
4. Under Section 34(2), a copyright society may enter into agreement with:
a. Central Government
b. Any foreign society or organisation administering corresponding rights
c. Registrar
d. Appellate Board
5. Such agreement may provide for:
a. Administration in a foreign country of rights administered in India or administration in India of rights administered abroad
b. Assignment of foreign copyrights
c. Merger of societies
d. Government ownership
6. No foreign society or organisation under the proviso to Section 34(2) shall permit:
a. Differential registration
b. Discrimination regarding licence terms or distribution of fees between Indian and other works
c. Export restrictions
d. Royalty revision
7. Subject to prescribed conditions, a copyright society may:
a. Issue licences under section 30 in respect of rights under this Act
b. Assign copyright compulsorily
c. Register copyrights
d. Publish works
8. A copyright society may collect:
a. Registration fee
b. Translation fee
c. Government charges
d. Fees in pursuance of licences
9. Fees collected by a copyright society may be distributed:
a. Entirely to Government
b. Among author and other owners of right after deductions for its own expenses
c. Equally to members only
d. To Registrar
10. A copyright society may also:
a. Perform any other functions consistent with section 35
b. Exercise judicial powers
c. Register societies
d. Cancel assignments
11. Section 34A:
a. Governs payment of remunerations
b. Has been omitted by the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012
c. Governs royalty collection
d. Governs compulsory licence
12. Section 35 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Control over the copyright society by the author and other owners of right
b. Registration of society
c. Tariff scheme
d. Assignment
13. Every copyright society shall be subject to:
a. Collective control of owners of rights whose rights it administers
b. Registrar only
c. Central Government only
d. Appellate Board only
14. Every copyright society shall obtain approval of owners of rights for:
a. Audit reports only
b. Registration renewal only
c. Procedures of collection and distribution of fees
d. Appointment of officers
15. Approval of owners shall also be obtained for:
a. Utilisation of any amounts collected as fees for purposes other than distribution
b. Foreign agreements
c. Membership changes
d. Government grants
16. Every copyright society shall provide to owners:
a. Annual summary only
b. Regular, full and detailed information concerning all activities relating to administration of rights
c. Audit report only
d. Tariff only
17. All fees distributed among authors and other owners of right shall, as far as may be, be distributed:
a. Equally
b. In proportion to the actual use of their works
c. According to membership period
d. According to voting rights
18. Every copyright society shall have a governing body consisting of:
a. Equal number of authors and owners of work elected from among members
b. Government nominees only
c. Authors only
d. Owners only
19. All members of copyright society shall enjoy:
a. Equal membership rights and no discrimination between authors and owners in distribution of royalties
b. Rights according to contribution
c. Voting rights only
d. Separate royalty schemes
20. Section 36 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Submission of returns and reports
b. Registration
c. Tariff scheme
d. Assignment
21. Every copyright society shall submit to the Registrar of Copyrights:
a. Licence register only
b. Annual audit only
c. Royalty account only
d. Such returns as may be prescribed
22. Any officer duly authorised by the Central Government may:
a. Call for reports and records of a copyright society
b. Cancel registration
c. Grant licence
d. Amend rules
23. The purpose of calling for reports and records under Section 36(2) is to satisfy that:
a. Licences are profitable
b. Membership is increasing
c. Fees collected are being utilised or distributed in accordance with this Act
d. Registration is valid
24. Section 36A of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Rights and liabilities of performing rights societies
b. Registration of societies
c. Tariff scheme
d. Copyright Office
25. Nothing in this Chapter shall affect:
a. Rights or liabilities accrued or incurred before commencement of the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and pending legal proceedings
b. Future rights only
c. Registration renewals
d. Government rights
26. Section 37 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Performer’s right
b. Broadcast reproduction right
c. Moral rights
d. Copyright society
27. Every broadcasting organisation shall have a special right to be known as:
a. Communication right
b. Broadcast reproduction right
c. Publication right
d. Performer’s right
28. Broadcast reproduction right shall subsist until:
a. Fifty years from broadcast
b. Lifetime of broadcaster
c. Sixty years from publication
d. Twenty-five years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the broadcast is made
29. During continuance of broadcast reproduction right, which act without licence amounts to infringement?
a. Re-broadcast of the broadcast
b. Personal viewing
c. Private listening
d. Educational use
30. Broadcast reproduction right is infringed where a person:
a. Reviews the broadcast
b. Privately records the broadcast
c. Causes the broadcast to be heard or seen by the public on payment of charges
d. Uses excerpts fairly
31. Which of the following without licence infringes broadcast reproduction right?
a. Making sound recording or visual recording of the broadcast
b. Private use recording
c. Teaching use
d. Research use
32. Reproduction of a sound recording or visual recording infringes Section 37 where:
a. Initial recording was without licence or licensed for a purpose not envisaged by the licence
b. Recording is educational
c. Recording is private
d. Recording is temporary
33. Under Section 37(3), infringement also includes:
a. Sale, commercial rental or offer for sale or rental of sound or visual recording referred in clauses (c) or (d)
b. Private possession
c. Academic use
d. Fair dealing
34. Section 38 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Moral rights
b. Broadcast right
c. Performer’s right
d. Assignment
35. Where any performer appears or engages in any performance, he shall have:
a. Copyright
b. Performer’s right
c. Broadcast right
d. Distribution right
36. Performer’s right shall subsist until:
a. Twenty-five years
b. Sixty years
c. Fifty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the performance is made
d. Lifetime of performer
37. Section 38A of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Exclusive right of performers
b. Copyright society
c. Broadcast reproduction right
d. Translation licence
38. Performer’s right under Section 38A is:
a. Non-exclusive
b. Exclusive right subject to the provisions of the Act
c. Temporary right
d. Government right
39. Under Section 38A, performer may authorise:
a. Making sound recording or visual recording of the performance
b. Registration of work
c. Assignment only
d. Publication only
40. Exclusive rights in recording performance include:
a. Reproduction, issuance of copies, communication to public, and commercial rental
b. Translation only
c. Broadcasting only
d. Registration only
41. A performer has exclusive right:
a. To broadcast or communicate the performance to the public except where performance is already broadcast
b. To register copyright
c. To assign all rights
d. To issue compulsory licences
42. Once a performer by written agreement consents to incorporation of performance in a cinematograph film:
a. He may object at any time
b. He shall not, in absence of contract to contrary, object to enjoyment by producer of performer’s right
c. Rights automatically cease
d. Producer becomes author
43. Notwithstanding Section 38A(2), performer shall be entitled:
a. To assignment
b. To royalties in case of making of performances for commercial use
c. To registration
d. To tariff
44. Section 38B of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Moral rights of the performer
b. Copyright society
c. Assignment
d. Broadcast licence
45. Moral rights of performer exist:
a. Independently of assignment of rights wholly or partially
b. Only before assignment
c. Only after publication
d. Only after registration
46. Performer has the right:
a. To claim to be identified as performer except where omission is dictated by manner of use
b. To prevent publication
c. To revoke assignment
d. To register performance
47. Performer may restrain or claim damages in respect of:
a. Distortion, mutilation or modification prejudicial to reputation
b. Editing only
c. Publication delay
d. Broadcasting charges
48. Mere removal of any portion of performance for editing or technical reasons:
a. Shall be deemed prejudicial
b. Shall not be deemed prejudicial to performer’s reputation
c. Terminates rights
d. Requires assignment
49. Section 39 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Acts not infringing broadcast reproduction right or performer’s right
b. Assignment
c. Copyright societies
d. Licensing
50. Broadcast reproduction right or performer’s right shall not be infringed by:
a. Commercial broadcast
b. Commercial exploitation
c. Sale of recordings
d. Making sound or visual recording for private use or solely for bona fide teaching or research
51. Fair dealing use of excerpts of performance or broadcast is permitted for:
a. Reporting current events or bona fide review, teaching or research
b. Commercial sale
c. Rental
d. Adaptation
52. Which acts also do not constitute infringement under Section 39?
a. Acts which with necessary adaptations do not constitute infringement under section 52
b. All acts of reproduction
c. All commercial uses
d. All broadcasts
53. Section 39A of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Assignment
b. Registration of rights
c. Application of certain provisions to broadcast reproduction right and performer’s rights
d. Moral rights
54. Sections specified in Section 39A shall apply:
a. With necessary adaptations and modifications to broadcast reproduction right and performer’s right
b. Without modification
c. Only to copyright societies
d. Only to performers
55. Where copyright or performer’s right subsists in respect of any work or performance broadcast:
a. Licence to reproduce may be given without consent
b. No licence to reproduce shall be given without consent of owner of rights or performer or both
c. Registrar grants licence
d. Government grants consent
56. Broadcast reproduction right or performer’s right shall not subsist if:
a. Broadcast or performance is an infringement of copyright in any work
b. Registration expires
c. Performance is unpublished
d. Work is anonymous
57. Broadcast reproduction right or performer’s right shall not affect:
a. Separate copyright in any work in respect of which broadcast or performance is made
b. Ownership rights
c. Registration rights
d. Royalty rights
58. Section 40 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Copyright societies
b. Copyright in Government works
c. Performer’s rights
d. Power to extend copyright to foreign works
59. The Central Government may extend copyright to foreign works:
a. By notification
b. By order published in the Official Gazette
c. By rules only
d. By circular
60. The Central Government may direct that provisions of this Act shall apply to:
a. Works first published in any territory outside India as if first published within India
b. Only works published in India
c. Only Government works
d. Only literary works
61. Under Section 40, unpublished works may be covered where:
a. Authors were at the time of making of the work subjects or citizens of a foreign country to which the order relates
b. Authors are residents of India
c. Works are registered
d. Works are translated
62. In respect of domicile in any territory outside India, the order may provide:
a. Such domicile shall be treated as if it were in India
b. Domicile shall be ignored
c. Domicile shall require registration
d. Domicile shall be determined by court
63. The Central Government may apply provisions of this Act to any work where:
a. Author was at first publication, or at death if already dead, a subject or citizen of a foreign country to which the order relates
b. Author visited India
c. Publisher is Indian
d. Work is translated
64. Application of the Act under Section 40 shall operate:
a. Subject to the provisions of this Chapter and of the order
b. Without limitation
c. Only prospectively
d. Only to published works
65. Before making an order in respect of a foreign country other than treaty or convention countries, the Central Government shall be satisfied that:
a. That country has made or undertaken to make provisions for protection in that country of works entitled to copyright under this Act
b. The country grants citizenship
c. The country permits exports
d. The country has identical law
66. An order under Section 40 may provide that provisions of this Act shall apply:
a. Only generally
b. Generally or in relation to specified classes of works or cases
c. Only to literary works
d. Only to artistic works
67. An order under Section 40 may provide that the term of copyright in India:
a. Shall always equal the foreign term
b. Shall not exceed that conferred by the law of the foreign country and shall not exceed the term under this Act
c. Shall exceed Indian law
d. Shall be perpetual
68. The order may provide that enjoyment of rights conferred by this Act shall be subject to:
a. Conditions and formalities prescribed by the order
b. Registration only
c. Government approval
d. Publication only
69. While applying provisions regarding ownership of copyright, the order may:
a. Make such exceptions and modifications as appear necessary having regard to the law of the foreign country
b. Ignore foreign law
c. Apply Indian ownership rules absolutely
d. Transfer ownership automatically
70. An order under Section 40 may provide:
a. That this Act or part thereof shall not apply to works made before commencement of the order or may apply to works first published before commencement
b. That all prior works become public domain
c. That only future works are protected
d. That registration is mandatory
71. Section 40A of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Power of Central Government to apply Chapter VIII to broadcasting organisations and performers in certain other countries
b. Power to extend copyright to foreign works
c. Broadcast reproduction right
d. Performer’s right
72. The Central Government may exercise power under Section 40A if satisfied that:
a. The foreign country has identical copyright law
b. The foreign country has made or undertaken to make provisions for protection of rights of broadcasting organisations and performers
c. The foreign country is a WTO member
d. The foreign country has reciprocal tax arrangements
73. Section 40A applies to a foreign country:
a. Only if India has a treaty with it
b. Only if it is party to every international convention
c. Other than a country with which India has entered into a treaty or is party to a convention relating to such rights to which India is also a party
d. Only neighbouring countries
74. The order under Section 40A shall be:
a. Issued by Registrar of Copyrights
b. Published in the Official Gazette
c. Approved by Appellate Board
d. Published in newspapers
75. Chapter VIII may apply to a broadcasting organisation:
a. Whose headquarters is situated in the country to which the order relates or whose broadcast was transmitted from a transmitter situated in that country
b. Only if incorporated in India
c. Only if broadcast in India
d. Only if registered in India
76. Under Section 40A(1)(a), such broadcasting organisation shall be treated:
a. As if registered under Indian law
b. As if headquarters were situated in India or broadcast were made from India
c. As an Indian company
d. As a copyright society
77. Chapter VIII may apply to performances:
a. Published outside India only
b. That took place outside India in the country to which the order relates as if they took place in India
c. Recorded in India only
d. Performed before commencement only
78. Section 40A applies to:
a. Performances incorporated in a sound recording published in the country to which the order relates as if published in India
b. All unpublished performances
c. Literary works only
d. Broadcast scripts only
79. Chapter VIII may also apply to performances not fixed on sound recording where:
a. Broadcast originates only in India
b. Broadcast is by broadcasting organisation connected with the country specified in the order
c. Performer is Indian citizen
d. Work is translated
80. Every order under Section 40A may provide that Chapter VIII shall apply:
a. Only generally
b. Generally or to specified classes of broadcasts, performances or cases
c. Only to sound recordings
d. Only to performers
81. The order may provide that the term of rights of broadcasting organisations and performers in India:
a. Shall always equal Indian law
b. Shall not exceed the term conferred by the law of the foreign country
c. Shall be perpetual
d. Shall be fixed by Registrar
82. Enjoyment of rights under Chapter VIII may be made subject to:
a. Registration only
b. Conditions and formalities specified in the order
c. Publication only
d. Prior licence
83. The order may provide that Chapter VIII or part thereof:
a. Shall always apply retrospectively
b. Shall not apply to broadcasts or performances made before commencement of the order
c. Shall apply only to future treaties
d. Shall override all existing rights
84. In case of ownership of rights of broadcasting organisations and performers:
a. Chapter VIII shall apply with such exceptions and modifications as Central Government considers necessary having regard to foreign law
b. Foreign law shall completely prevail
c. No modification is permissible
d. Ownership shall vest in Government
85. Section 41 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Register of Copyrights
b. Provisions as to works of certain international organisations
c. Restriction on foreign rights
d. Entries in Register
86. Copyright shall subsist throughout India under Section 41 where:
a. Any work is made or first published by or under the direction or control of an organisation to which this section applies
b. Work is registered in India
c. Work is published by Government only
d. Work is translated
87. One condition for application of Section 41 is that:
a. Copyright already exists in India
b. Apart from this section, there would be no copyright in the work in India at the time of making or first publication
c. Registration is mandatory
d. Work must be unpublished
88. Under Section 41(1)(c)(i), copyright shall arise where:
a. Work is published under an agreement with the author which does not reserve copyright to the author
b. Author retains copyright
c. Work is translated
d. Work is registered
89. Copyright shall also arise under Section 41 where:
a. Under section 17 copyright would belong to the organisation
b. Copyright belongs to publisher
c. Work is anonymous
d. Author is foreign citizen
90. An organisation covered under Section 41 which had not the legal capacity of a body corporate:
a. Shall be deemed to have legal capacity only prospectively
b. Shall have and be deemed at all material times to have had legal capacity of a body corporate for copyright purposes
c. Shall require incorporation
d. Shall act through Government
91. The deemed legal capacity under Section 41(2) is for:
a. Holding, dealing with and enforcing copyright and legal proceedings relating thereto
b. Tax purposes
c. Registration only
d. Licensing only
92. Organisations to which Section 41 applies are those:
a. Notified by Registrar
b. Declared by Central Government by order published in the Official Gazette
c. Approved by Parliament
d. Registered under Companies Act
93. Such organisations must be organisations:
a. Of which one or more sovereign powers or Governments thereof are members
b. Registered in India only
c. Controlled by authors
d. Having Indian offices
94. Section 42 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Restriction of rights in works of foreign authors first published in India
b. Extension of copyright
c. Broadcast rights
d. Registration of works
95. The Central Government may act under Section 42 where:
a. Foreign country does not give or undertake adequate protection to works of Indian authors
b. Foreign country imposes tax
c. Work is unpublished
d. Copyright expires
96. Restriction under Section 42 shall be imposed:
a. By order published in the Official Gazette
b. By circular
c. By notification of Registrar
d. By court order
97. The order under Section 42 may direct that provisions conferring copyright:
a. Shall apply universally
b. Shall not apply to specified works first published after the date specified in the order
c. Shall apply retrospectively
d. Shall apply only to Government works
98. Section 42 applies to works whose authors:
a. Are subjects or citizens of such foreign country and are not domiciled in India
b. Are Indian citizens
c. Are Government servants
d. Are copyright societies
99. Section 42A of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Restriction of rights of foreign broadcasting organisations and performers
b. Copyright Office
c. Broadcast reproduction right
d. Entries in register
100. The Central Government may act under Section 42A if:
a. Foreign country does not give or undertake adequate protection to rights of broadcasting organisations or performers
b. Foreign country denies visas
c. Broadcast is foreign
d. Registration expires
101. The order under Section 42A may direct that provisions conferring rights:
a. Shall not apply to broadcasting organisations or performers connected with such foreign country
b. Shall apply universally
c. Shall apply only in India
d. Shall be suspended
102. Section 42A applies to broadcasting organisations or performers:
a. Based or incorporated in such foreign country or subjects or citizens thereof and not incorporated or domiciled in India
b. Registered in India
c. Operating through copyright society
d. Publishing in India
103. Under the proviso to Section 42A:
a. Restriction period shall not exceed the period provided under this Act
b. Restriction shall be perpetual
c. Restriction shall be five years
d. Restriction shall depend on treaty
104. Section 43 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Orders under this Chapter to be laid before Parliament
b. Register of Copyrights
c. Entries in Register
d. Inspection of Register
105. Every order under this Chapter shall be laid:
a. Before both Houses of Parliament
b. Before Supreme Court
c. Before Registrar
d. Before Appellate Board
106. Parliament may modify such order:
a. During the session in which it is laid or the session immediately following
b. Within five years
c. Only by amendment
d. Before notification
107. Section 44 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Register of Copyrights
b. Entries in Register
c. Copyright Office
d. Indexes
108. The Register of Copyrights shall be kept:
a. At the Copyright Office
b. At Parliament
c. At Central Government office
d. At Appellate Board
109. The register shall contain:
a. Names or titles of works and names and addresses of authors, publishers and owners of copyright and other prescribed particulars
b. Court records only
c. Royalty details only
d. Tax records
110. Section 45 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Entries in Register of Copyrights
b. Inspection
c. Copyright Office
d. Foreign rights
111. Application for entering particulars in Register may be made by:
a. Author, publisher, owner of copyright or other person interested in copyright
b. Registrar only
c. Government only
d. Appellate Board
112. Application under Section 45 shall be:
a. In prescribed form accompanied by prescribed fee to Registrar of Copyrights
b. Oral
c. Through court
d. Gazette based
113. In respect of artistic work used or capable of being used in relation to goods or services, application shall include:
a. Statement to that effect and certificate from Registrar of Trade Marks
b. Affidavit only
c. Licence only
d. Copyright assignment
114. The certificate from Registrar of Trade Marks shall certify:
a. No identical or deceptively similar trade mark stands registered or applied for by another person
b. Trade mark is famous
c. Goods are registered
d. Copyright exists
115. On receipt of application under Section 45, Registrar may:
a. After inquiry deemed fit, enter particulars in Register
b. Register automatically
c. Refer to Parliament
d. Reject without inquiry
116. Section 46 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Indexes
b. Entries
c. Copyright society
d. Foreign works
117. Such indexes shall be kept:
a. At the Copyright Office
b. At Central Government
c. At Parliament
d. At courts
118. Section 47 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Form and inspection of register
b. Registration
c. Foreign rights
d. Evidence
119. Register of Copyrights and indexes shall:
a. At all reasonable times be open to inspection
b. Remain confidential
c. Be inspected only by owners
d. Require court order
120. Any person shall be entitled:
a. To take copies or extracts on payment of fee and subject to prescribed conditions
b. To remove records
c. To alter entries
d. To obtain originals
121. Section 48 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Register of Copyrights as prima facie evidence
b. Entries
c. Inspection
d. Indexes
122. The Register of Copyrights shall be:
a. Prima facie evidence of particulars entered therein
b. Conclusive proof
c. Secondary evidence only
d. Irrelevant evidence
123. Certified copies or extracts sealed with seal of Copyright Office shall be:
a. Admissible in evidence in all courts without further proof or production of original
b. Admissible only in civil courts
c. Admissible only after verification
d. Inadmissible
124. Section 49 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Correction of entries in the Register of Copyrights
b. Rectification by Appellate Board
c. Publication of entries
d. Inspection of register
125. The Registrar of Copyrights may amend or alter the Register of Copyrights:
a. In all cases at his discretion
b. Only after approval of Central Government
c. In prescribed cases and subject to prescribed conditions
d. Only upon court order
126. Under Section 49, correction may be made for:
a. Errors in name, address or particulars
b. Only clerical mistakes
c. Errors in title only
d. Errors in ownership only
127. The Registrar may correct any other error in the Register where such error has arisen:
a. Due to negligence
b. By accidental slip or omission
c. Due to change in law
d. Due to objection by third party
128. Section 50 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Entries in Register
b. Rectification of Register by Appellate Board
c. Correction by Registrar
d. Publication of entries
129. The Appellate Board may order rectification of the Register:
a. On application of Registrar of Copyrights or any person aggrieved
b. Only on Government reference
c. Suo motu only
d. Only on court direction
130. Rectification under Section 50 may include:
a. Making any entry wrongly omitted to be made in the register
b. Publishing omitted entries
c. Cancelling registration
d. Inspection of register
131. The Appellate Board may rectify the Register by:
a. Expunging any entry wrongly made in or remaining on the register
b. Suspending the register
c. Re-registering works
d. Cancelling copyright
132. The Appellate Board may also rectify the Register through:
a. Renewal of entries
b. Correction of any error or defect in the register
c. Publication in Gazette
d. Inspection order
133. Section 50A of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Correction of entries
b. Rectification of Register
c. Entries in the Register of Copyrights, etc., to be published
d. Evidence of Register
134. Under Section 50A, every entry made in the Register of Copyrights:
a. Shall remain confidential
b. Shall be published by the Registrar of Copyrights
c. Shall be sent to Parliament
d. Shall require Board approval
135. Publication under Section 50A includes:
a. Particulars of any work entered under section 45
b. Only rectifications
c. Only fresh entries
d. Only corrections
136. Which of the following shall also be published under Section 50A?
a. Every correction made under section 49 and every rectification ordered under section 50
b. Only cancelled entries
c. Only applications under section 45
d. Only inspection reports
137. Publication under Section 50A shall be:
a. Only in newspapers
b. Only on website
c. In the Official Gazette or in such other manner as the Registrar may deem fit
d. Only through public notice
138. Section 51 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Registration of copyright
b. When copyright infringed
c. Remedies against infringement
d. Civil jurisdiction
139. Copyright in a work shall be deemed to be infringed when a person:
a. Acts with prior notice
b. Acts without licence granted by the owner of copyright or Registrar of Copyrights under this Act
c. Registers the work
d. Assigns the work
140. Copyright infringement under Section 51(a) also occurs where a person acts:
a. In accordance with licence conditions
b. Under court direction
c. In contravention of conditions of licence or conditions imposed by competent authority under this Act
d. Under fair dealing
141. Copyright shall be deemed infringed when any person:
a. Does anything, the exclusive right to do which is conferred upon the owner of copyright
b. Applies for registration
c. Gives notice to Registrar
d. Withdraws licence
142. Under Section 51(a)(ii), infringement occurs where a person:
a. Permits for profit any place to be used for communication of work to the public constituting infringement
b. Permits private use
c. Grants free access
d. Conducts research
143. A person permitting a place to be used for communication to the public shall not infringe if:
a. He had owner’s consent
b. He paid royalty
c. He was not aware and had no reasonable ground for believing such communication would constitute infringement
d. Communication was commercial
144. Under Section 51(b)(i), infringement includes:
a. Making for sale or hire, selling or letting for hire infringing copies
b. Reading copyrighted work
c. Studying copyrighted work
d. Possessing lawfully acquired copy
145. Which of the following constitutes infringement under Section 51(b)(i)?
a. Private viewing
b. By way of trade displaying or offering for sale or hire infringing copies
c. Educational use
d. Fair dealing
146. Copyright is infringed when a person distributes infringing copies:
a. For archival purposes
b. For private study
c. Either for the purpose of trade or to such extent as to affect prejudicially the owner
d. For preservation
147. Which act under Section 51(b) specifically requires exhibition:
a. By way of trade exhibits in public infringing copies
b. Private screening
c. Educational screening
d. Internal use
148. Copyright infringement includes:
a. Importing infringing copies into India
b. Exporting copies
c. Applying for registration
d. Assigning rights
149. The proviso to Section 51(b)(iv) provides that:
a. Import of all copies is exempt
b. Import of one copy for private and domestic use of importer is excluded
c. Import for trade is exempt
d. Import by institutions is exempt
150. The exception under Section 51(b)(iv) applies only to:
a. Import of one copy
b. Import of unlimited copies
c. Import for commercial use
d. Import by licensees only
151. For the purposes of Section 51, reproduction of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work in the form of a cinematograph film shall be deemed:
a. Authorised reproduction
b. Licensed reproduction
c. An infringing copy
d. Fair dealing
152. Section 52 of the Copyright Act, 1957 deals with:
a. Civil remedies
b. Certain acts not to be infringement of copyright
c. Assignment of copyright
d. Registration of works