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MCQs on Criminology and Penology

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The term “Criminology” is derived from the combination of two Latin words --------A) Criminal and Science
B) Crimen and logia
C) Crime and logistics
D) None of the above
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----------- concerns with the various aspects of punishment and penal policies
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The person who commits a crime is known as ………
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Who defined crime as the intentional Act in violation of the criminal law
committed without any defense or excuse and penalized by the state
A) Paul Tappan
B) Lombroso
C) Edwin Sutherland
D) Howard Becker

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Who coined the term Criminology?
A) Raffaele Garofalo
B) Beccaria
C) Lombroso
D) Becker

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Halocaust is considered as ………
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Who among the following applied positivist approach in analyzing crimes?
A) Merton
B) Sakov
C) Lombroso
D) Becker
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Who put forward Psycho-Analytical Theory of Crime?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Alfred Adler
C) Karen Horney
D) William Wyndt

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National Crime Records Bureau of India was founded in the year
A) 1986
B) 1982
C) 1950
D) 1996
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According to Differential Association Theory………… leads to crimes
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Among the following who led the Italian school of positivist criminology?
A) Becker
B) Merton
C) Lombroso
D) Adler

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Which among the following is not a cyber crime?
A) Embezzlement
B) Phishing
C) Hacking
D) Cracking

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Following are the causes of crime
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Theory of Pain and Pleasure was propounded by ------A) Sutherland
B) Plato
C) Aristotle
D) Bentham

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The guilty act or deed in Latin is termed as –
A) Actiones legis
B) Ad hoc
C) Mens Rea
D) Actus Reus

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Which of the following is/are the causes of crime in India?
A) heredity
b) bio-physical factors
C) Mental illness
D) All the above

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Which country among the following does not award death penalty to offenders?
(A) China
(B) United Kingdom
(C) Australia
(D) Russia

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N
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S
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Among the following which country awards death penalty to offenders by firing squa
(A) Pakistan
(B) Saudi Arabia
(C) United States of America
(D) China

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J
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D
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S
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Which of the following is a victimless crime?
(A) Murder
(B) Gambling
(C) Riot
(D) Robbery

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(B) National Crime Records Bureau
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(D) National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science
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The Father of Victimology, generally refers to
(A) Sutherland
(B) Durkheim
(C) Marx
(D) Mendelsohn

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(B) National Institute of Criminology Forensic Science
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(D) National Institute of Social Defence
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The following services should be available in women prisons
(A) Gynaecological consultations
(B) Counselling services

(C) Care for children
(D) All of above

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The killing of a family member, due to the belief of the perpetrator that the victim has
(A) Family killing
(B) Community killing
(C) Dishonour killing
(D) Honour killing

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Which of the following is an economic offence?
(A) Auto theft
(B) Pick pocketing
(C) Cattle theft
(D) Food adulteration

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Which among the following Committees was constituted exclusively for examining th
(A) Prison Reform Committee
(B) Justice Malimath Committee
(C) Justice V
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Krishna Iyyer Committee
(D) Kapoor Committee

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Which committee examined the after care programmes in prison?
(A) Krishna Iyer Committee
(B) Gore Committee
(C) Verma Committee
(D) Saxena Committee

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What does Green Criminology deal with?
(A) Crimes against children
(B) Crimes against elders

(C) Environmental crimes
(D) Crimes against the disabled

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Production, distribution and role of illicit drugs is called
(A) Drug trafficking
(B) Drug dependence
(C) Alcohol use
(D) None of the above

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Which of the following is a form of Cyber Crime?
(A) Software
(B) Hacking
(C) Hardware
(D) None of the above

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Who is competent to commute death penalty to life imprisonment?
(A) Director General of Prisoners
(B) Chief Minister
(C) Prime Minister
(D) President of India

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Open air jails are setup under what philosophy?
(A) Incarceration
(B) Protection of society
(C) Reformation of prisoners
(D) Retribution

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Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act
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Protection of Human Rights Act

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Drug addiction causes ------(A) Mental health problems
(B) Physical health problems
(C) Emotional disturbance
(D) All the above

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State of Karnataka the Supreme Court of India has given
direction for
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Actions that are wrong in themselves are called
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Human trafficking is a form of
(A) Hate crime
(B) Organised crime

(C) Violent crime
(D) Property crime

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K
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Match the pairs - List – II:
List – I

List – II

(a) Justice A
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Mulla

(i) National Police Commission

(b) Mr
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S
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The origins of criminology can be traced to
(A) Ancient times
(B) 1900’s
(C) 1920’s
(D) 1930’s

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The spirit of parole or pre-mature release is ________
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(B) (i) & (iii) are correct
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(D) (i) and (ii) are correct
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According to the Indian Penal Code, how many kinds of Punishments can be
awarded to an offender?
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 7
(D) 6

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Upto what age of boys and girls is the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, applicable?
(A) Upto 14 years
(B) Upto 16 years
(C) Upto 18 years
(D) Upto 21 years

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The process whereby newly admitted prisoners come to accept prison lifestyles
and sometimes criminal values is called _______
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Probation and parole
(A) Are essentially the same
(B) Use different supervision technique but are administered by the same office
(C) Are sentences handed over by courts
(D) Are distinctly different forms of community correction administered by
different authorities

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Extracting Cash or kind by using ones official position is a crime under which
law?
(A) Immoral Traffic Prevention Act
(B) Protection of Human Rights Act
(C) Civil Rights Act
(D) Prevention of Corruption Act

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A) Cyber Defamation
B) Data Diddling
C) Software Piracy
D) Salami Attacks

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A) Espionage
B) Hijacking
C) Extortion
D) Terrorism

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Which of the following are the legal initiatives against female foeticide in India
A) The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1991
B) The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
C) Both of the above
D) None of the above

80) Which of the following are causes of female foeticide ?
A) Obsession for son

B) Advancement in technology
C) Illiteracy and poverty
D) All of the above

81) The word “Terrorism” comes from the Latin word -------- which means fear
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A) Extortion
B) Terrorism
C) Embezzlement
D) Terrorism

83) One who engages himself in the acts of terrorism is a -----A) Kidnapper
B) Terrorist
C) Recidivist

D) Thief

84) Which of the following are the types of terrorism?
A) Cyber Terrorism
B) Narco Terrorism
C) Nuclear Terrorism
D) All of the above

85) Which of the following are the impacts/effects of terrorism?
A) Loss of property and lives
B) Effect on tourism
C) Destabilization of existing government
D) All the above

86) Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act was passed in ---A) 2019
B) 2015
C) 2017
D) 2004

87) Which of the following are the drug related crimes

A) Use related crime
B) Economic related crime
C) System related crime
D) All the above

88) Rarest of rare crime principle was established in the case of --A) Bachan Singh V
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K
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State of West Bengal
C) Mithu V
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State of Rajasthan

89) According to -------, punishment is based on the proposition, “not to avenge
crime but to prevent it”
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A) Compensation
B) Damage

C) Punishment
D) None of the above

91) --------- means the commission of crime by habitual offenders
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Sutherland, ----- are the main causes for recidivism
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A) Meditation and moralization
B) Clinical method
C) Group relations method
D) All the above

94) Which of the following are objectives of parole technique ---A) To enable the inmate to maintain continuity with his family life and deal with
family life and deal with family matters
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95) The term “Probation” is derived from the Latin word ------ which means to test
or to prove
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97) Which of the following are the main objectives of open prisons?
A) To reduce overcrowding in jails
B) To examine the suitability of releasing offenders from prisons
C) To reward good behavior and to provide dependable permanent labour for public
works
D) All the above

98) The popularity of open prison system has been a sharp decline in recent years
because of --A) No significant addition to the existing open jails
B) Taming places of miscreants
C) Extensive use of probation
D) All the above

99) Which of the following are the prison problems in India?
A) Overcrowding and delay in trial
B) Torture and ill-treatment
C) Neglect of health and hygiene
D) All the above

100) Which one of the following cases is not related with prison problems in India?
A) D
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Basu V
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State of Karnataka
C) Keshavananda Bharti V
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State of Maharashtra

Submitted by –
Asst Prof

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