Question

Prosecutor : Accused :: plaintiff : ..............

• A. Appellant
• B. Defendant
• C. Plaint
• D. Suit

Hint:

In legal analogies, match the parties in equivalent roles across criminal and civil cases — prosecutor ↔ accused, plaintiff ↔ defendant.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

We start with the first pair: "Prosecutor" and "Accused".
In criminal law, the prosecutor is the party who brings a criminal case against another party, and the accused is the person who is charged with committing the crime.
This creates an oppositional relationship: one party initiates legal action, and the other party is the target of that action.
Now we look at the second pair: "plaintiff" is the party in a civil case who initiates the lawsuit.
The party against whom the civil case is filed is known as the "Defendant".
Option (a) "Appellant" refers to someone who appeals a decision, which is a later stage in legal proceedings, not the original opposing party.
Option (c) "Plaint" is the formal written statement filed by the plaintiff, not the opposing person.
Option (d) "Suit" refers to the case itself, not to a party involved.
Thus, matching the role of accused in the first pair, the correct answer here is "Defendant".