Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
It is a penal ________ to bribe a public servant.

• A. charge
• B. offence
• C. code
• D. right

Answer 1

The correct option is B offence

"Penal" means an act that is considered as illegal or subject to punishment, hence it is considered as an offence( an illegal act), so Option B is the correct answer.

Option A is incorrect because to "charge" means to make a formal accusation, which will later on investigation be proved as an offence, hence it is incorrect.

Option C is incorrect because "code" means a systematic collection of laws or statutes, hence it is incorrect because a penal code is a law, and it's violation is it's punishment which is being mentioned in the statement.

Option D is incorrect because "right" means a moral or legal entitlement to be allowed to do something, which is incorrect because bribing is not a right.