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CRIMINOLOGY MCQs
1. Who mostly commits ‘White Collar Crimes’?
(A) Criminal tribe
(B) Persons of high status
(C) Business persons
(D) Illiterate persons
Ans: B
2. Which among the following is not a cyber crime?
(A) Embezzlement
(B) Phishing
(C) Hacking
(D) Cracking
Ans: A
3. Which is the main law that deals with the offence of untouchability?
(A) Protection of Civil Rights Act
(B) Indian Penal Code
(C) Human Rights Act
(D) Food Adulteration Act
Ans: A
4. Which category of persons can be charged for corrupt practices?
(A) Business executives
(B) Criminal syndicates
(C) Smugglers
(D) Public Servants
Ans: D
5. Match the items in List-I with items in List-II.
List – I List - II
I. Ectomorph (a) Shaw
II. Delinquency Area (b) Becker
III. Anomie (c) Sheldon
IV. Labelling Theory (d) Durkheim
Codes:
(I) (II) (III) (IV)
(A) (b) (a) (d) (c)
(B) (d) (a) (c) (b)
(C) (a) (b) (c) (d)
(D) (c) (a) (d) (b)
Ans: D
6. To identify morphological characteristics of criminals, Lombroso carried out his study on which set of people?
(A) Soldiers
(B) Prisoners
(C) Delinquent children
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
7. Who among the following is associated with the Cartographic School in Criminology?
(A) Malthus
(B) Lange
(C) Gall
(D) Guerry
Ans: D
8. Who has propounded the Theory of Delinquent Subculture?
(A) Sutherland
(B) Sellin
(C) Cohen
(D) Merton
Ans: C
9. Among the following, who has propounded Anomie Theory to explain delinquent and criminal behaviour?
(A) Sutherland
(B) Cohen
(C) Miller
(D) Merton
Ans: D
10. Assertion (A): For the redressal of personal and group grievance, people are sometimes willing to take law into their own hands and indulge in violence.
Reason (R): Police and judicial procedures are slow, time consuming and sometimes expensive, for the aggrieved persons.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
11. Who among the following has propounded that “Social structures exert pressures on some persons to behave in non-conforming, rather than conforming ways”?
(A) Sutherland
(B) Merton
(C) Durkheim
(D) Matza
Ans: B
12. How many chromosomes do human beings have?
(A) 46
(B) 60
(C) 86
(D) 101
Ans: A
13. Among the following, which name is associated with the study of ‘Family Tree’ in crime causation?
(A) Sheldon
(B) Kretschmer
(C) Hooton
(D) Dugdale
Ans: D
14. What does the term Kleptomania mean?
(A) Compulsive cheating
(B) Compulsive stealing
(C) Compulsive hurting
(D) Compulsive tresspassing
Ans: B
15. What does the term ‘Sadism’ mean?
(A) Derive pleasure from drinking.
(B) Derive pleasure from ball room dancing.
(C) Derive pleasure by hurting others.
(D) Derive pleasure from peer group gossiping.
Ans: C
16. What does the term ‘Hypothesis’ mean?
(A) Proposition
(B) Theory
(C) Principle
(D) Perspective
Ans: A
17. The sampling design which ensures planned representation of different segments of a universe is called
(A) Stratified random sample
(B) Accidental sample
(C) Systematic sample
(D) ‘Snow ball’ sample
Ans: A
18. What does the statistics of standard deviation measure?
(A) Variance
(B) Association
(C) Dispersion of data
(D) Inter-relationship
Ans: C
19. According to Merton, modes of adaptation, arise due to adaptation to
(A) Retreatism and goals
(B) Goals and means
(C) Means and conformity
(D) Ritualism and means
Ans: B
20. Who is associated with the statement – “Visibility of crime may also be a factor, for a person to get labelled as a criminal”?
(A) Simon Dinitz
(B) Becker
(C) Beccaria
(D) Sutherland
Ans: B
21. Assertion (A): It is impossible to estimate the extent of white collar crime.
Reason (R): The extent of white collar crime is unknown because much of it goes undetected and goes unreported.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
Ans: B
22. Several hypotheses that can be derived from differential association have been examined by
(A) Simon Dinitz
(B) Daniel Glaser
(C) Walter Reckless
(D) Howard Backer
Ans: B
23. Which one of the following is not connected with the ‘Conflict Theory’ in Criminology?
(A) Taylor
(B) Reckless
(C) Walton
(D) Young
Ans: B
24. Find the odd one in the series.
(A) Central Prison
(B) Probation
(C) Special home
(D) Corporal punishment
Ans: D
25. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Karl Marx – Das Capital
(B) Intelligence Quotient (IQ) – Allport
(C) Inferiority Ncomplex – Sutherland
(D) Atavism – Lombroso
Ans: C
26. Special homes under the Juvenile Justice Act, are for
(A) Spastic children
(B) Children in conflict with law
(C) Mentally retarded children
(D) Children in need of care and protection.
Ans: B
27. Among the following thinkers, who is associated with psychoanalysis?
(A) Freud
(B) Sutherland
(C) Thorndike
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
28. The guilty act or deed in Latin is termed as
(A) Actiones legis
(B) Adhoc
(C) Mens Rea
(D) Actus Reus
Ans: D
29. According to Juvenile Justice Act, “Child in need of care and protection” is
(A) without a home
(B) resides with a person who has killed, abused (or) neglected some other child.
(C) whose parent (or) guardian is unfit.
(D) all of the above.
Ans: D
30. A home (or) a ‘drop-in-centre’ established under the Junevile Justice Act is called
(A) Children’s home
(B) Special home
(C) Fit institution
(D) Shelter home
Ans: D
31. The children’s phone emergency out – reach service, in certain cities in India, is called
(A) Child expo
(B) Child line
(C) Child centre
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
32. Who among the following introduced the concept of Labelling Theory?
(A) Merton
(B) Drapkin
(C) Ohlin
(D) Becker
Ans: D
33. Use of ‘Lie Detector’ is linked with
(A) Blood circulation
(B) Respiratory rate
(C) Skin response
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
34. What does RDX refer to?
(A) A type of Computer Code
(B) A type of Explosive
(C) A type of Drug
(D) A type of Radio/FM
Ans: B
35. Cyber Forensic deals with
(A) Autopsy
(B) Computer Research
(C) Digital Evidence
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
36. Which one of the following is considered as a right of a victim?
(A) Bail
(B) Arrest
(C) Compensation
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
37. Which authority grants prisoners admission to open-air jail?
(A) Police
(B) Court
(C) Jail authorities
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
38. Which country among the following does not award death penalty to offenders?
(A) China
(B) United Kingdom
(C) Australia
(D) Russia
Ans: B
39. Who was the Chairperson of the ‘Committee on Women Prisoners 1986-87”?
(A) Justice A.N. Mulla
(B) Justice Krishna Iyer
(C) Justice A.S. Anand
(D) Justice Sujata Manohar
Ans: B
40. Among the following which country awards death penalty to offenders by firing squad?
(A) Pakistan
(B) Saudi Arabia
(C) United States of America
(D) China
Ans: D
41. Under which law in India, probation to offenders cannot be granted?
(A) Indian Penal Code
(B) J.J. Act
(C) N.D.P.S. Act
(D) Motor Vehicle Act
Ans: C
42. Which authority approves or grants “temporary release” to jail inmates?
(A) Police
(B) Prosecution
(C) Court
(D) Jail authority
Ans: D
43. From which botanical source brown sugar is derived?
(A) Cannabis Indica
(B) Papaver Somniferum
(C) Cocoa
(D) Tektona Grandis
Ans: B
44. Which of the following is a victimless crime?
(A) Murder
(B) Gambling
(C) Riot
(D) Robbery
Ans: B
45. In India, periodical data on crime, is compiled and published by
(A) National Institute of Social Defence.
(B) National Crime Records Bureau.
(C) Bureau of Police Research & Development.
(D) National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science.
Ans: B
46. Cesare Beccaria was influenced by
(A) Free will
(B) Hedonism
(C) Social contract
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
47. Which of the following is not a right under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?
(A) Right to survival
(B) Right to development
(C) Right to vote
(D) Right to participate
Ans: C
48. Who is the author of the book, “The Penalty of Death’?
(A) Donald Cressey
(B) Hary Elmer Barnes
(C) Thorsten Sellin
(D) John Reid
Ans: C
49. Routine Activity Theory was propounded by
(A) Sykes and Matza
(B) Cohen and Felson
(C) Elliot & Voss
(D) Miller and Brunson
Ans: B
50. The book entitled ‘Social Disorganisation’ was authored by
(A) Show & Mckay
(B) Reckless & Dinitz
(C) Elliott & Merrill
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
(A) Criminal tribe
(B) Persons of high status
(C) Business persons
(D) Illiterate persons
Ans: B
2. Which among the following is not a cyber crime?
(A) Embezzlement
(B) Phishing
(C) Hacking
(D) Cracking
Ans: A
3. Which is the main law that deals with the offence of untouchability?
(A) Protection of Civil Rights Act
(B) Indian Penal Code
(C) Human Rights Act
(D) Food Adulteration Act
Ans: A
4. Which category of persons can be charged for corrupt practices?
(A) Business executives
(B) Criminal syndicates
(C) Smugglers
(D) Public Servants
Ans: D
5. Match the items in List-I with items in List-II.
List – I List - II
I. Ectomorph (a) Shaw
II. Delinquency Area (b) Becker
III. Anomie (c) Sheldon
IV. Labelling Theory (d) Durkheim
Codes:
(I) (II) (III) (IV)
(A) (b) (a) (d) (c)
(B) (d) (a) (c) (b)
(C) (a) (b) (c) (d)
(D) (c) (a) (d) (b)
Ans: D
6. To identify morphological characteristics of criminals, Lombroso carried out his study on which set of people?
(A) Soldiers
(B) Prisoners
(C) Delinquent children
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
7. Who among the following is associated with the Cartographic School in Criminology?
(A) Malthus
(B) Lange
(C) Gall
(D) Guerry
Ans: D
8. Who has propounded the Theory of Delinquent Subculture?
(A) Sutherland
(B) Sellin
(C) Cohen
(D) Merton
Ans: C
9. Among the following, who has propounded Anomie Theory to explain delinquent and criminal behaviour?
(A) Sutherland
(B) Cohen
(C) Miller
(D) Merton
Ans: D
10. Assertion (A): For the redressal of personal and group grievance, people are sometimes willing to take law into their own hands and indulge in violence.
Reason (R): Police and judicial procedures are slow, time consuming and sometimes expensive, for the aggrieved persons.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong, but (R) is true.
Ans: B
11. Who among the following has propounded that “Social structures exert pressures on some persons to behave in non-conforming, rather than conforming ways”?
(A) Sutherland
(B) Merton
(C) Durkheim
(D) Matza
Ans: B
12. How many chromosomes do human beings have?
(A) 46
(B) 60
(C) 86
(D) 101
Ans: A
13. Among the following, which name is associated with the study of ‘Family Tree’ in crime causation?
(A) Sheldon
(B) Kretschmer
(C) Hooton
(D) Dugdale
Ans: D
14. What does the term Kleptomania mean?
(A) Compulsive cheating
(B) Compulsive stealing
(C) Compulsive hurting
(D) Compulsive tresspassing
Ans: B
15. What does the term ‘Sadism’ mean?
(A) Derive pleasure from drinking.
(B) Derive pleasure from ball room dancing.
(C) Derive pleasure by hurting others.
(D) Derive pleasure from peer group gossiping.
Ans: C
16. What does the term ‘Hypothesis’ mean?
(A) Proposition
(B) Theory
(C) Principle
(D) Perspective
Ans: A
17. The sampling design which ensures planned representation of different segments of a universe is called
(A) Stratified random sample
(B) Accidental sample
(C) Systematic sample
(D) ‘Snow ball’ sample
Ans: A
18. What does the statistics of standard deviation measure?
(A) Variance
(B) Association
(C) Dispersion of data
(D) Inter-relationship
Ans: C
19. According to Merton, modes of adaptation, arise due to adaptation to
(A) Retreatism and goals
(B) Goals and means
(C) Means and conformity
(D) Ritualism and means
Ans: B
20. Who is associated with the statement – “Visibility of crime may also be a factor, for a person to get labelled as a criminal”?
(A) Simon Dinitz
(B) Becker
(C) Beccaria
(D) Sutherland
Ans: B
21. Assertion (A): It is impossible to estimate the extent of white collar crime.
Reason (R): The extent of white collar crime is unknown because much of it goes undetected and goes unreported.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
Ans: B
22. Several hypotheses that can be derived from differential association have been examined by
(A) Simon Dinitz
(B) Daniel Glaser
(C) Walter Reckless
(D) Howard Backer
Ans: B
23. Which one of the following is not connected with the ‘Conflict Theory’ in Criminology?
(A) Taylor
(B) Reckless
(C) Walton
(D) Young
Ans: B
24. Find the odd one in the series.
(A) Central Prison
(B) Probation
(C) Special home
(D) Corporal punishment
Ans: D
25. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Karl Marx – Das Capital
(B) Intelligence Quotient (IQ) – Allport
(C) Inferiority Ncomplex – Sutherland
(D) Atavism – Lombroso
Ans: C
26. Special homes under the Juvenile Justice Act, are for
(A) Spastic children
(B) Children in conflict with law
(C) Mentally retarded children
(D) Children in need of care and protection.
Ans: B
27. Among the following thinkers, who is associated with psychoanalysis?
(A) Freud
(B) Sutherland
(C) Thorndike
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
28. The guilty act or deed in Latin is termed as
(A) Actiones legis
(B) Adhoc
(C) Mens Rea
(D) Actus Reus
Ans: D
29. According to Juvenile Justice Act, “Child in need of care and protection” is
(A) without a home
(B) resides with a person who has killed, abused (or) neglected some other child.
(C) whose parent (or) guardian is unfit.
(D) all of the above.
Ans: D
30. A home (or) a ‘drop-in-centre’ established under the Junevile Justice Act is called
(A) Children’s home
(B) Special home
(C) Fit institution
(D) Shelter home
Ans: D
31. The children’s phone emergency out – reach service, in certain cities in India, is called
(A) Child expo
(B) Child line
(C) Child centre
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
32. Who among the following introduced the concept of Labelling Theory?
(A) Merton
(B) Drapkin
(C) Ohlin
(D) Becker
Ans: D
33. Use of ‘Lie Detector’ is linked with
(A) Blood circulation
(B) Respiratory rate
(C) Skin response
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
34. What does RDX refer to?
(A) A type of Computer Code
(B) A type of Explosive
(C) A type of Drug
(D) A type of Radio/FM
Ans: B
35. Cyber Forensic deals with
(A) Autopsy
(B) Computer Research
(C) Digital Evidence
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
36. Which one of the following is considered as a right of a victim?
(A) Bail
(B) Arrest
(C) Compensation
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
37. Which authority grants prisoners admission to open-air jail?
(A) Police
(B) Court
(C) Jail authorities
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
38. Which country among the following does not award death penalty to offenders?
(A) China
(B) United Kingdom
(C) Australia
(D) Russia
Ans: B
39. Who was the Chairperson of the ‘Committee on Women Prisoners 1986-87”?
(A) Justice A.N. Mulla
(B) Justice Krishna Iyer
(C) Justice A.S. Anand
(D) Justice Sujata Manohar
Ans: B
40. Among the following which country awards death penalty to offenders by firing squad?
(A) Pakistan
(B) Saudi Arabia
(C) United States of America
(D) China
Ans: D
41. Under which law in India, probation to offenders cannot be granted?
(A) Indian Penal Code
(B) J.J. Act
(C) N.D.P.S. Act
(D) Motor Vehicle Act
Ans: C
42. Which authority approves or grants “temporary release” to jail inmates?
(A) Police
(B) Prosecution
(C) Court
(D) Jail authority
Ans: D
43. From which botanical source brown sugar is derived?
(A) Cannabis Indica
(B) Papaver Somniferum
(C) Cocoa
(D) Tektona Grandis
Ans: B
44. Which of the following is a victimless crime?
(A) Murder
(B) Gambling
(C) Riot
(D) Robbery
Ans: B
45. In India, periodical data on crime, is compiled and published by
(A) National Institute of Social Defence.
(B) National Crime Records Bureau.
(C) Bureau of Police Research & Development.
(D) National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science.
Ans: B
46. Cesare Beccaria was influenced by
(A) Free will
(B) Hedonism
(C) Social contract
(D) All of the above
Ans: D
47. Which of the following is not a right under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?
(A) Right to survival
(B) Right to development
(C) Right to vote
(D) Right to participate
Ans: C
48. Who is the author of the book, “The Penalty of Death’?
(A) Donald Cressey
(B) Hary Elmer Barnes
(C) Thorsten Sellin
(D) John Reid
Ans: C
49. Routine Activity Theory was propounded by
(A) Sykes and Matza
(B) Cohen and Felson
(C) Elliot & Voss
(D) Miller and Brunson
Ans: B
50. The book entitled ‘Social Disorganisation’ was authored by
(A) Show & Mckay
(B) Reckless & Dinitz
(C) Elliott & Merrill
(D) None of the above
Ans: C
51. Who among the following explained causes for crime from Marxist Orientation?
(A) Larry Brown
(B) John Brathwaire
(C) Larry Sherman
(D) William Chambliss
Ans: D
52. Who argued that when conflict emerges criminalization is the inevitable consequence?
(A) Austin Turk
(B) James Wilson
(C) John Mckay
(D) Charles Murray
Ans: A
53. Which among the following theories is related to Crime Prevention?
(A) Differential Association Theory
(B) Culture Conflict Theory
(C) Rational Choice Theory
(D) Differential Reinforcement Theory
Ans: C
54. Withdrawal symptom is related to
(A) Maturing out of crime
(B) Drug dependence
(C) Discharge from prison
(D) Release on ticket of leave
Ans: B
55. Among the following schools of thoughts in criminology, which assumes that criminals are rational actors?
(A) Radical School of Criminology
(B) Positive School of Criminology
(C) Classical School of Criminology
(D) Chicago School of Criminology
Ans: C
56. An approach to punishment which stresses the importance of crime prevention through incarceration/imprisonment is known as
(A) Incapacitation
(B) Retribution
(C) Desistance
(D) Redemption
Ans: A
57. Who among the following is a radical criminogist?
(A) David Levi
(B) John Cohen
(C) Jock Young
(D) John Mckay
Ans: C
58. What does Green Criminology deal with?
(A) Crimes against children
(B) Crimes against elders
(C) Environmental crimes
(D) Crimes against the disabled
Ans: C
59. Which among the following is not related to hate crime?
(A) Ethnic violence
(B) Communal violence
(C) Caste conflict
(D) Crime by the unemployed
Ans: D
60. “Penal populism” is the term refers to
(A) Increasing involvement of NGOs in prison programmes
(B) Growing politicisation of crime control
(C) Dealing with increasing prison population
(D) Making punishment more popular
Ans: B
61. If someone begins to employ their deviant identify as the basis for their action, it is known as
(A) Moral Panic
(B) Secondary Deviance
(C) Primary Deviance
(D) Impact Deviance
Ans: B
62. The process whereby the parties in a particular offence come together to resolve collectively is known as
(A) ‘Just Desert’
(B) Community Justice
(C) Retributive Justice
(D) Restorative Justice
Ans: D
63. With what approach is Otto Pollak identified with?
(A) Radical Criminology
(B) Feminist Criminology
(C) Conflict Criminology
(D) Positive Criminology
Ans: B
64. Which among the following is an odd penal approach?
(A) Reformation
(B) Rehabilitation
(C) Reintegration
(D) Retribution
Ans: D
65. Criminal behaviour had been explained from the perspective of Psychoanalysis by
(A) Jung
(B) Young
(C) Franklin
(D) Felson
Ans: A
66. Which committee examined the after care programmes in prison?
(A) Krishna Iyer Committee
(B) Gore Committee
(C) Verma Committee
(D) Saxena Committee
Ans: B
67. Victimization survey had its origins in
(A) Canada
(B) Australia
(C) America
(D) India
Ans: C
68. Assertion (A): The essence of the victimization survey is the standard sample survey.
Reason (R): The objective of a victimization survey, is generally to seek to interview a representative sample of a particular population to ask them a series of questions about their experience of victimization.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
Ans: B
69. The branch of law that defines crimes and their punishment is known as
(A) Substantive Law
(B) Procedural Law
(C) Civil Law
(D) Administrative Law
Ans: A
70. Studying the link between different crimes and criminals is known as
(A) Criminalistics
(B) Crime typology
(C) Crime mapping
(D) Cartography
Ans: B
71. Which among the following is not a property offence?
(A) Theft
(B) Embezzlement
(C) Arson
(D) Robbery
Ans: C
72. Which among the following is an economic offence?
(A) Cattle theft
(B) Riot
(C) Rape
(D) Drug adulteration
Ans: D
73. Which proclivity among the following is linked with crimes of violence?
(A) Rationalisation
(B) Aggression
(C) Projection
(D) Sublimation
Ans: B
74. The snow-ball technique is used in which research procedure?
(A) Sampling
(B) Data collection
(C) Data analysis
(D) Interpretation and Report
Ans: A
75. In the Vishakha case, the Supreme Court has laid down the guidelines related to
(A) Crimes against minorities
(B) Crimes against children
(C) Sexual harassment of women
(D) Crimes against communities
Ans: C
76. Among the following which persons cannot contest election to a legislative position?
(A) Who are suspected for committing a crime
(B) Who are accused for a crime.
(C) Who have been convicted for a crime.
(D) Who have been acquired in a criminal case.
Ans: C
77. Crimes with less seriousness in nature are referred as
(A) Wrongful offences
(B) Felonies
(C) Misdemeanours
(D) Strict liability offences
Ans: C
78. Which law deals with offences relating to untouchability and caste discrimination?
(A) Police Act
(B) Protection of Civil Rights Act
(C) Indian Penal Code
(D) Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act
Ans: B
79. Who has utilised the concept of hedonism in explaining criminal behaviour?
(A) John Howard
(B) Cesare Beccaria
(C) Sigmund Freud
(D) Robert Merton
Ans: B
80. Who is the author of the book ‘The English Convict’?
(A) Charles Goring
(B) Charles Dickens
(C) Charles Babbage
(D) Charles Darwin
Ans: A
81. Police recorded crime statistics is also called as
(A) Offender profiling
(B) Official crime statistics
(C) Statistics
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
82. Who has propounded the theory of class conflict?
(A) Benthem
(B) Gobineau
(C) Marx
(D) Sutherland
Ans: C
83. ‘Pan optican’ refers to
(A) Eye surgery
(B) Mirage
(C) Particular style of prison design
(D) Official statistics
Ans: C
84. Among the following, who has linked body structure with criminal tendency and behaviour?
(A) Robert Merton
(B) Sheldon
(C) Sutherland
(D) John Howard
Ans: B
85. “Poverty causes stealing behaviour.” What type of study do we need to conduct to examine this assertion?
(A) Exploratory study
(B) Formulative study
(C) Descriptive study
(D) Experimental study
Ans: A
86. In questionnaire construction, what type of question should not be opted?
(A) Close-ended questions
(B) Suggestive questions
(C) Probe questions
(D) Open ended questions
Ans: B
87. Which measure indicates the central tendency in a statistical series?
(A) Discriminate analysis
(B) Geometric mean
(C) Factor analysis
(D) t-test
Ans: B
88. Which state in India has prohibition laws in force?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Kerala
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans: A
89. Which country is known for the smuggling of ‘Brown Sugar’?
(A) Afghanistan
(B) East Africa
(C) Malaysia
(D) Zambia
Ans: A
90. In India, which law deals with commercial sex?
(A) Indian Penal Code
(B) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act
(C) Police Act
(D) Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act
Ans: B
91. Which Article of the Constitution of India makes parents responsible for providing guidance to children?
(A) Article 5
(B) Article 9
(C) Article 10
(D) Article 39
Ans: D
92. For which category of children is an observation home meant?
(A) Run away children
(B) Orphaned children
(C) Children in conflict with law
(D) Rescued Bonded labour children
Ans: C
93. Who has postulated the principle of determine in punishment?
(A) Plato
(B) Beccaria
(C) Machiavelli
(D) Lombroso
Ans: B
94. Which country awards death penalty for possessing narcotic drugs?
(A) Afghanistan
(B) Great Britain
(C) Singapore
(D) United States of America
Ans: C
95. At present, which country publicity executes heinous offenders?
(A) China
(B) Mexico
(C) Saudi Arabia
(D) Sri Lanka
Ans: C
96. Which authority grants probation to offenders?
(A) Police
(B) Prosecution
(C) Court
(D) Jails
Ans: C
97. Which country among the following has accusatorial system of justice?
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) Canada
(C) Great Britain
(D) Germany
Ans: B
98. In which situation, a police officer cannot arrest a person?
(A) Who has physically assaulted another person.
(B) Who has secretly withdrawn money from employers bank account.
(C) Who is staying in a rented house without paying rent.
(D) Who is washing away blood stains after a fight between two persons.
Ans: C
99. What is the evidentiary value of the findings of a polygraph? (lie detector)
(A) Aid to investigating officer
(B) Aid to prosecutor
(C) Evidence in Court
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
100. Which country first introduced the scheme of compensation to crime victims from public exchequer?
(A) Canada
(B) France
(C) New Zealand
(D) United Kingdom
Ans: C
(A) Larry Brown
(B) John Brathwaire
(C) Larry Sherman
(D) William Chambliss
Ans: D
52. Who argued that when conflict emerges criminalization is the inevitable consequence?
(A) Austin Turk
(B) James Wilson
(C) John Mckay
(D) Charles Murray
Ans: A
53. Which among the following theories is related to Crime Prevention?
(A) Differential Association Theory
(B) Culture Conflict Theory
(C) Rational Choice Theory
(D) Differential Reinforcement Theory
Ans: C
54. Withdrawal symptom is related to
(A) Maturing out of crime
(B) Drug dependence
(C) Discharge from prison
(D) Release on ticket of leave
Ans: B
55. Among the following schools of thoughts in criminology, which assumes that criminals are rational actors?
(A) Radical School of Criminology
(B) Positive School of Criminology
(C) Classical School of Criminology
(D) Chicago School of Criminology
Ans: C
56. An approach to punishment which stresses the importance of crime prevention through incarceration/imprisonment is known as
(A) Incapacitation
(B) Retribution
(C) Desistance
(D) Redemption
Ans: A
57. Who among the following is a radical criminogist?
(A) David Levi
(B) John Cohen
(C) Jock Young
(D) John Mckay
Ans: C
58. What does Green Criminology deal with?
(A) Crimes against children
(B) Crimes against elders
(C) Environmental crimes
(D) Crimes against the disabled
Ans: C
59. Which among the following is not related to hate crime?
(A) Ethnic violence
(B) Communal violence
(C) Caste conflict
(D) Crime by the unemployed
Ans: D
60. “Penal populism” is the term refers to
(A) Increasing involvement of NGOs in prison programmes
(B) Growing politicisation of crime control
(C) Dealing with increasing prison population
(D) Making punishment more popular
Ans: B
61. If someone begins to employ their deviant identify as the basis for their action, it is known as
(A) Moral Panic
(B) Secondary Deviance
(C) Primary Deviance
(D) Impact Deviance
Ans: B
62. The process whereby the parties in a particular offence come together to resolve collectively is known as
(A) ‘Just Desert’
(B) Community Justice
(C) Retributive Justice
(D) Restorative Justice
Ans: D
63. With what approach is Otto Pollak identified with?
(A) Radical Criminology
(B) Feminist Criminology
(C) Conflict Criminology
(D) Positive Criminology
Ans: B
64. Which among the following is an odd penal approach?
(A) Reformation
(B) Rehabilitation
(C) Reintegration
(D) Retribution
Ans: D
65. Criminal behaviour had been explained from the perspective of Psychoanalysis by
(A) Jung
(B) Young
(C) Franklin
(D) Felson
Ans: A
66. Which committee examined the after care programmes in prison?
(A) Krishna Iyer Committee
(B) Gore Committee
(C) Verma Committee
(D) Saxena Committee
Ans: B
67. Victimization survey had its origins in
(A) Canada
(B) Australia
(C) America
(D) India
Ans: C
68. Assertion (A): The essence of the victimization survey is the standard sample survey.
Reason (R): The objective of a victimization survey, is generally to seek to interview a representative sample of a particular population to ask them a series of questions about their experience of victimization.
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct.
(C) (A) is wrong, but (R) is correct.
(D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
Ans: B
69. The branch of law that defines crimes and their punishment is known as
(A) Substantive Law
(B) Procedural Law
(C) Civil Law
(D) Administrative Law
Ans: A
70. Studying the link between different crimes and criminals is known as
(A) Criminalistics
(B) Crime typology
(C) Crime mapping
(D) Cartography
Ans: B
71. Which among the following is not a property offence?
(A) Theft
(B) Embezzlement
(C) Arson
(D) Robbery
Ans: C
72. Which among the following is an economic offence?
(A) Cattle theft
(B) Riot
(C) Rape
(D) Drug adulteration
Ans: D
73. Which proclivity among the following is linked with crimes of violence?
(A) Rationalisation
(B) Aggression
(C) Projection
(D) Sublimation
Ans: B
74. The snow-ball technique is used in which research procedure?
(A) Sampling
(B) Data collection
(C) Data analysis
(D) Interpretation and Report
Ans: A
75. In the Vishakha case, the Supreme Court has laid down the guidelines related to
(A) Crimes against minorities
(B) Crimes against children
(C) Sexual harassment of women
(D) Crimes against communities
Ans: C
76. Among the following which persons cannot contest election to a legislative position?
(A) Who are suspected for committing a crime
(B) Who are accused for a crime.
(C) Who have been convicted for a crime.
(D) Who have been acquired in a criminal case.
Ans: C
77. Crimes with less seriousness in nature are referred as
(A) Wrongful offences
(B) Felonies
(C) Misdemeanours
(D) Strict liability offences
Ans: C
78. Which law deals with offences relating to untouchability and caste discrimination?
(A) Police Act
(B) Protection of Civil Rights Act
(C) Indian Penal Code
(D) Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act
Ans: B
79. Who has utilised the concept of hedonism in explaining criminal behaviour?
(A) John Howard
(B) Cesare Beccaria
(C) Sigmund Freud
(D) Robert Merton
Ans: B
80. Who is the author of the book ‘The English Convict’?
(A) Charles Goring
(B) Charles Dickens
(C) Charles Babbage
(D) Charles Darwin
Ans: A
81. Police recorded crime statistics is also called as
(A) Offender profiling
(B) Official crime statistics
(C) Statistics
(D) None of the above
Ans: B
82. Who has propounded the theory of class conflict?
(A) Benthem
(B) Gobineau
(C) Marx
(D) Sutherland
Ans: C
83. ‘Pan optican’ refers to
(A) Eye surgery
(B) Mirage
(C) Particular style of prison design
(D) Official statistics
Ans: C
84. Among the following, who has linked body structure with criminal tendency and behaviour?
(A) Robert Merton
(B) Sheldon
(C) Sutherland
(D) John Howard
Ans: B
85. “Poverty causes stealing behaviour.” What type of study do we need to conduct to examine this assertion?
(A) Exploratory study
(B) Formulative study
(C) Descriptive study
(D) Experimental study
Ans: A
86. In questionnaire construction, what type of question should not be opted?
(A) Close-ended questions
(B) Suggestive questions
(C) Probe questions
(D) Open ended questions
Ans: B
87. Which measure indicates the central tendency in a statistical series?
(A) Discriminate analysis
(B) Geometric mean
(C) Factor analysis
(D) t-test
Ans: B
88. Which state in India has prohibition laws in force?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Kerala
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans: A
89. Which country is known for the smuggling of ‘Brown Sugar’?
(A) Afghanistan
(B) East Africa
(C) Malaysia
(D) Zambia
Ans: A
90. In India, which law deals with commercial sex?
(A) Indian Penal Code
(B) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act
(C) Police Act
(D) Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act
Ans: B
91. Which Article of the Constitution of India makes parents responsible for providing guidance to children?
(A) Article 5
(B) Article 9
(C) Article 10
(D) Article 39
Ans: D
92. For which category of children is an observation home meant?
(A) Run away children
(B) Orphaned children
(C) Children in conflict with law
(D) Rescued Bonded labour children
Ans: C
93. Who has postulated the principle of determine in punishment?
(A) Plato
(B) Beccaria
(C) Machiavelli
(D) Lombroso
Ans: B
94. Which country awards death penalty for possessing narcotic drugs?
(A) Afghanistan
(B) Great Britain
(C) Singapore
(D) United States of America
Ans: C
95. At present, which country publicity executes heinous offenders?
(A) China
(B) Mexico
(C) Saudi Arabia
(D) Sri Lanka
Ans: C
96. Which authority grants probation to offenders?
(A) Police
(B) Prosecution
(C) Court
(D) Jails
Ans: C
97. Which country among the following has accusatorial system of justice?
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) Canada
(C) Great Britain
(D) Germany
Ans: B
98. In which situation, a police officer cannot arrest a person?
(A) Who has physically assaulted another person.
(B) Who has secretly withdrawn money from employers bank account.
(C) Who is staying in a rented house without paying rent.
(D) Who is washing away blood stains after a fight between two persons.
Ans: C
99. What is the evidentiary value of the findings of a polygraph? (lie detector)
(A) Aid to investigating officer
(B) Aid to prosecutor
(C) Evidence in Court
(D) None of the above
Ans: A
100. Which country first introduced the scheme of compensation to crime victims from public exchequer?
(A) Canada
(B) France
(C) New Zealand
(D) United Kingdom
Ans: C