MCQ Criminology
MCQ Criminology
MCQ Criminology
Note:
1) The question bank is for practice purpose only. Students are required to have
an in-depth study of the subject by referring different books/notes and should
not solely rely on this question bank for preparation of any exam.
2) The question bank comprises of total 100 questions divided into 2 Sets(50
questions each).
SET 1
(QUESTION 1-50)
B. Crime is abnormal
A. Utilitarian Prevention
B. Retributive theory
D. Reformative theory
B. Medieval Hindu
B. The Hindu
C. The British
D. The Buddhist
D. Various categories
8. The Supreme Court in_______ struck down Section 303 of the Indian
Penal Code, which provided for mandatory death punishment for offenders
serving life sentence.
A. Mithu v. State of Punjab
11. The doctrine of death penalty for ‘rarest of rare case’ was used by SC in
12. The Supreme Court of India has held the constitutional validity of Capital
Punishment in-
A. Jagmohan Singh v. State of UP
14. The SC in _____ held that a delay of eight years in the disposal of mercy
petition would be sufficient to justify commutation of death sentence to life
imprisonment.
A. Madhu Mehta v. Union of India
15. The most comprehensive study of the prison administration in all its
aspects in India was done by the Indian Jails Committee in-
A. 1889-90
B. 1919-20
C. 1923-25
D. 1931-32
16. Government of India set up the All India Jail Manual Committee in-
A. 1956
B. 1947
C. 1949
D. 1965
17. The Model Prison Rules were prepared by the Committee in-
A. 1956
B. 1957
C. 1958
D. 1959
A. Grate Briton
B. France
C. Australia
B. Chief Minister
C. Prime Minister
D. President of India.
A. Smuggling
B. Cyber Crime
D. Money Laundering
A. Food Adulteration
B. Cheating
C. Tax Evasion
D. Money Laundering
A. Habitual Criminal
B. Born Criminal
A. About 400
B. About 900
C. About 1400
D. About 1900
25. Who was the chairperson of the “All India Committee “on prison Reforms
1980-1983?
D. Justice A. N. Mulla
26. Under what broader fields of study would you find penology?
27. Eye for an Eye and Tooth for a Tooth reflects which theory of punishment -
A. Self –Expiation
B. Retribution
C. Reformation
D. Deterrence
A. Police Officer
B. Prosecution Officer
C. Probation Officer
D. Prison Officer
A. Auto Theft
B. Robbery
C. Embezzlement
D. Money Laundering
B. Adolescent offenders
C. Female offenders
D. Adult offenders
A. Decriminalization
B. Crime Prevention
C. Criminalization
D. Crime Retention
B. Session Judge
D. Civil Judge.
34. At present how many open-air jails does the country have?
A. About 25
B. About 35
C. About 45
D. About 55
35. In prison correctional programme what does the term ‘Remission’ Means?
A. Reduction in Sentence
B. Temporary Leave
C. Pardon
D. Monetary reward
A. Publicly burning
B. Poison
C. Starving to death
B. Beheading
C. Hanging
A. Latin
B. French
C. German
D. Engish
39. The officer appointed for supervision and control of person released on
probation is-
A. Superintendent of Jail
B. Probationary officer
C. District Judge
40. Where the officers of the jail accompany the parolee, theparole is called as-
A. Custodial parole
B. Regular parole
C. Rigorous parole
D. Simple parole
A. Lord Rama
B. Lord Shiva
C. Lord Krishna
D. Lord Ganesha
43. Which of the following may not show behavioural changes even after
imposition of harsh punishments?
B. Recidivists
C. Criminoids
D. Occasional criminals
44. Which of the following were the kinds of ordeals in ancient India were
B. Fire
C. Water
D. Kosa
A. Pardon
B. Transportation
C. Commutation
D. Restitution
A. Cesare Limbroso
C. Enrico Ferri
D. RafelGarofaolo
A. Demonology &Witchcrafting
B. Supernatural Powers
50. The ancient idea about Capital Punishment means and includes-
A. Beheading
B. Removal of head
C. Death penalty
A. Criminal Tribe
C. Business Persons
D. Illiterate Persons
A. Parole
B. Probation
C. Special Home
D. Corporal Punishment
A. Police
B. Court
C. Jail authorities
D. Probation Officer
A. Pre-classical School
B. Classical School
C. Neo-classical School
D. Positive School
A. Police
B. Prosecution
C. Court
D. Jail Authority
A. Insane offenders
B. Young offender
C. Adult offenders
D. Female offenders
A. Probation
B. Parole
C. Imprisonment
D. Release on bail
B. Convict Prisoners
C. Political Détentes
10. Which commission Given below has brought out a report on capital
punishment?
A. Police Commission
B. Law Commission of India
A. All Offenders
B. First Offenders
C. Terrorists
D. Recidivists
A. Religion
B. Politics
C. All of these
D. Technology
A. Police
B. Court
C. Prison Officers
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Kerala
A. John Howard
B. John Kennedy
C. John Augustus
D. John Ohlin
A. Structural completeness
B. Economic security
C. All of these
D. Cultural conformity
C. Frequent quarrels
D. Immorality of parents
21. Which of the following are the features of delinquent growing in broken
homes according to Donald Taft?
A. Happy attitude
B. Positive living
C. Sincere in studies
A. Mental disorder
B. Heredity
C. Economic
D. Sexual
24. Which of the following doesnot come under the preview of mass media?
A. Newspaper
B. TV
C. Telephonic conversation
D. Cinema
A. Limbroso
B. Austin
C. Bentham
D. Karl Marks
C. All of these
A. Bentham
B. Saint Thomas
C. Schur
D. Enrico
29. The word Penology is derived from the Latin word_________ meaning
‘punishment’.
A. poena
B. penea
C. penal
D. penalogia
A. All of these
B. Pornography
C. Gambling
D. Homosexuality
A. Prison management
D. none of these
A. All of these
B. Voluntary intoxication
C. Use of intoxication
D. Dependence of intoxication
33. The legal drinking age for hard liquor like- rum, gin, whisky, vodka and
country made liquor has been fixed at ________.
A. 16 Years
B. 18 Years
C. 21 Years
D. 25 Years
34. Punishing the offenders is a primary function of all civil States in order to
maintain peace and order in the society.
A. True
B. Partially true
C. False
D. Reformative theory
B. Kent
C. Reckless
D. Holland
39. Supreme Court in _____________ has laid down that ‘an eye for an eye
is neither proper nor desirable’.
A. Hari Singh v. State of UP
A. Smuggling
B. Gambling
C. Drug trafficking
A. French
B. Latin
C. German
D. English
A. Terrorism
B. Cyber crime
43. The Supreme Court in ______ has observed that ‘protection of society and
deterring the criminal are avowed objects of law and that is required to be
achieved by imposing an appropriate punishment.’
A. R. v. Prince
44. Who defined crime as the intentional Act in violation of the criminal law
and penalized by the state?
A. Paul Tappan
B. Lombroso
C. Edwin Sutherland
D. Howard Becker
A. criminalist.
B. criminologist.
A. Preventive
B. Deterrent
C. Reformative
D. Retributive
A. Preventive
B. Retributive
C. Reformative
D. Deterrent
A. Preventive
B. Retributive
C. Reformative
A. All offenders
B. First offenders
C. Terrorists
D. Recidivists