CRIMINOLOGY
Paper – III
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1. Criminology of peacemaking as a new dimension was added for the first time by
(A) John Braithwaite and Akers
(B) Richard Quinney and John Wilderman
(C) Jody Miller and Norman White
(D) Rita James Simon
2. ‘Withdrawal Symptoms’ are associated with
(A) Bank Fraud
(B) Credit Card Fraud
(C) Financial Crime
(D) Substance abuse
3. Find the odd one out.
(A) Cracking
(B) Corruption
(C) Hacking
(D) Phishing
4. A socially pervasive condition of normlessness is called
(A) Anomie
(B) Appellant
(C) Alibi
(D) Alias
5. Find the mean value from the statistical series 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26.
(A) 26
(B) 23
(C) 22
(D) 24
6. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?
(A) Modern Crime – Phishing
(B) Crimes against property – Robbery
(C) Cyber Crime – Cracking
(D) Organized Crime – Murder
7. Assertion (A) : Official statistics contain information about police recorded crimes.
Reason (R) : These statistics are interpreted by many politicians and journalist as a ‘parameter’ of crime, and any rise in the figures tends to receive widespread publicity.
In the context of two statements, which one of the following is correct ?
(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.
8. A chronic, relapsing disease characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use is called
(A) Antogonist
(B) Addiction
(C) Agonist
(D) Detoxification
9. Which Article of the Constitution of India lays down that, as far as possible, a child should not be separated from parents ?
(A) Article 5
(B) Article 9
(C) Article 10
(D) Article 39
10. How many members does a Child Welfare Committee under the JJ Act have ?
(A) Three members
(B) Four members
(C) Five members
(D) Six members
11. Rigorous imprisonment involves sentence with
(A) Life Imprisonment
(B) Short term imprisonment
(C) Imprisonment with Labour
(D) None of the above
12. Probation is considered for which form of sentencing ?
(A) Determinate sentence
(B) Indeterminate sentence
(C) Suspended sentence
(D) None of the above
13. At present how many central prisons are there in India ?
(A) Between 50 – 100
(B) Between 101 – 150
(C) Between 151 – 200
(D) Between 201 – 251
14. Among the following which is the oldest approach for dealing the wrong-doers or criminals ?
(A) Compassion
(B) Retribution
(C) Self-expiation
(D) Correction
15. What form of punishment was not there during medieval Mughal administration in India ?
(A) Whipping
(B) Imprisonment
(C) Exile
(D) Death penalty
16. Who is competent to commute death penalty to life imprisonment ?
(A) Director General of Prisons
(B) Governor of State
(C) Chief Minister
(D) Prime Minister
17. What is the nature of responsibility of a Contractor whose under construction building collapses killing several workers ?
(A) Moral liability
(B) Strict liability
(C) Civil liability
(D) Diminished liability
18. Often victims of crime do not report crime to the police because
I. Victims consider crime to be too trivial.
II. Victims feel police will not be interested.
III. The crime is too embarrassing.
IV. The victim would deal with the matter in another way.
Codes :
(A) I and III are correct.
(B) I, II and III are correct.
(C) II and III are correct.
(D) I, II, III and IV are correct.
19. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
(A) Cyber Crime – Riot
(B) White Collar Crime – Sedition
(C) Organized Crime – Racketeering
(D) Traditional Crime – Hacking
20. Reporting of an offence is not a guarantee that will be recorded by the Police because
I. The Police may not accept the account given to them.
II. The Police may find insufficient evidence.
III. The victim may refuse to press charges.
IV. The Police may judge the matter has already been satisfactorily dealt with
Codes :
(A) I is correct.
(B) I and II are correct.
(C) I, II and III are correct.
(D) I, II, III and IV are correct.
21. Intensive professional, psychological, psychiatric, related to treatment for individuals, couples and family members to provide emotional support in crisis is called
(A) Therapy
(B) Transportation
(C) Victim Compensation
(D) Visitation
22. An early set of laws established by a Babylonian king in 1900 B.C. is called
(A) Roman Law
(B) Code of Hammurabi
(C) Common Law
(D) Anglo-Saxon Law
23. The anticipation, recognition and appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of action to eliminate or reduce it is called
(A) Crime Index
(B) Crime Prevention
(C) Crime Rate
(D) Crime Occurrence
24. Arrange the following theories in chronological order – which theory was propounded first and which later ?
I. Psychoanalytic theories
II. Control theories
III. Classical school
IV. Feminist Criminology
Codes :
(A) I, II, III, IV
(B) I, III, II, IV
(C) I, IV, II, III
(D) III, I, II, IV
25. Assertion (A) : Victimization surveys are being used to estimate the gap between reported and unreported crimes.
Reasoning (R) : These surveys help direct our attention to the experiences of victims.
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.
26. Which school of thought propounded that crime is a product of individual free will ?
(A) Sociological school
(B) Classical school
(C) Positive school
(D) Social Bond theory
27. The condition in which one must increase the use of drug for it to have the same effect is called
(A) Toxicity
(B) Tolerance
(C) Titration
(D) Trigger
28. Among the following, which country regularly conducts crime Victimization Survey ?
(A) Algeria
(B) Brazil
(C) United Arab Republic
(D) United Kingdom
29. In India, under which law are traffic accident victims are provided compensation ?
(A) Police Act
(B) Motor Vehicle Act
(C) Indian Penal Code
(D) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act
30. Among the following, which state has the law that jail inmate pay compensation to their victims from the wages they earn in jail ?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) West Bengal
31. Find the median of the statistical series 82, 83, 84, 85 and 86.
(A) 85
(B) 84
(C) 86
(D) 83
32. How many members does a Juvenile Justice Board have ?
(A) Three members
(B) Four members
(C) Five members
(D) Six members
33. Under whose supervision, Juvenile Justice Board, passing a probation order, can place a Juvenile ?
(A) Fit institution
(B) Parents or guardians
(C) Fit person
(D) Any of the above
34. Use of violence or intimidation of a government or civilian person to further political or social objectives is called
(A) Stacking
(B) Terrorism
(C) Robbery
(D) Identity theft
35. Which of the following defines crime ?
(A) Ad hoc
(B) Actus reus
(C) Ad valorem
(D) Ante mortem
36. A loss of balance and accuracy in the use of research methods is called
(A) Case study
(B) Beliefs
(C) Bias
(D) Baseline
37. Ordering of related phenomena into categories, groups or systems according to characteristics (or) attributes is called
(A) Causality
(B) Claim
(C) Cohort analysis
(D) Classification
38. The group in an experimental design that reclines either no treatment or a different treatment from the experimental group is called
(A) Content analysis
(B) Control group
(C) Construct validity
(D) Correlation
39. Studies undertaken in a natural setting, rather than in laboratories, classrooms or other structured environments is called
(A) Factor analysis
(B) Field studies
(C) Rating scale
(D) Hypothesis
40. Who is considered to be the founding father of Positivists Criminology ?
(A) Beccaria
(B) Bentham
(C) Lambroso
(D) Ferri
41. Strain theory emanates primarily from the work of
(A) Becker
(B) Quinney
(C) Robert Merton
(D) Sutherland
42. Which country awards death penalty for possessing Narcotic drugs ?
(A) Australia
(B) Great Britain
(C) Saudi Arabia
(D) Pakistan
43. In the Nineteenth Century in which country Joan of Arc was burnt to death for practicing Witch-Craft ?
(A) Brazil
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) Great Britain
44. What is ‘plea bargaining’ ?
(A) Mercy Petition.
(B) Lowering of the criminal charge.
(C) Seeking forgiveness of the crime victim.
(D) Compounding of offences.
45. What is the offence if two persons showing automatic pistol snatch away cash from a petrol pump ?
(A) Robbery
(B) Dacoity
(C) Extortion
(D) Theft
46. Find the variance of the statistical series 43, 43, 43, 43 and 43.
(A) 1
(B) ∞ (infinity)
(C) 0
(D) 10
47. Who was the U.N. expert who played a significant role in developing model prison manual (1960) in the country ?
(A) John Augustus
(B) Robert K. Morton
(C) W.C. Reckless
(D) None of the above
48. Which is the State in the country which has the largest number of open prisons ?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Rajasthan
(D) None of the above
49. An analysis combining the results of several studies that evaluates a set of related hypotheses is called
(A) mixed method
(B) margin of error
(C) meta analysis
(D) models
50. Who is the author of the book “Sisters in Crime” ?
(A) Meda Chesney-Lind
(B) Steffenes Meier
(C) Freda Adler
(D) Michael Hynch
51. Who has developed concept of “differential association reinforcement” ?
(A) Gottfredson and Hirschi
(B) Cohen and Felson
(C) Burgers and Akers
(D) Elifson and Claire
52. A crime in which an imposter obtains personal information, such as driving licence number, credit card number to impersonate someone else is called
(A) Cheating
(B) Trafficking
(C) Identity theft
(D) Robbery
53. Find the standard deviation of the statistical series 26, 26, 26, 26, 26.
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 5
(D) 2.5
54. Experimental Research Design is used for
(A) Determining the numbers
(B) Describing the phenomenon
(C) Studying the cause and effect
(D) Observing the process
55. Self-report data method was introduced to
(A) Measure Juvenile Delinquency
(B) Measure adult criminality
(C) Evaluate recidivism
(D) Understand white collar crimes
56. Among the following who developed the doctrine of free will ?
(A) Jeremy Bentham
(B) Raffaele Garofalo
(C) Enrico Ferri
(D) Simon Dinitz
57. Symptom recurrence after a period of sobriety or drug usage cessation is called
(A) Recovery
(B) Screening
(C) Relapse
(D) Detoxification
58. Immoral Traffic (prevention) Act deals with
(A) Dowry
(B) Commercial sex
(C) Domestic violence
(D) Substance abuse
59. In which city is the headquarters of Narcotic Control Bureau located ?
(A) Chandigarh
(B) Delhi
(C) Kolkata
(D) Mumbai
60. Which country is a part of the ‘Golden triangle’ known for the smuggling of Narcotics ?
(A) Argentina
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Laos
(D) Malaysia
61. The failure on the part of parents or guardians to provide proper nourishment or care to a child is called
(A) Maladjusted child
(B) Neglected child
(C) Deviant child
(D) Delinquent child
62. Under the JJ Act, which of the following procedures are available for the disposal of ‘children in need of care and protection ?
(A) Adoption
(B) Foster care
(C) Sponsorship
(D) All the above three
63. For which category of children is an Observation Home meant ?
(A) Orphaned children
(B) Children in conflict with law
(C) Rescued bonded labour children
(D) Run-away children
64. Upto what age are male children covered by the JJ Act ?
(A) 16 years
(B) 18 years
(C) 20 years
(D) 22 years
65. Which among the following is a violation of human rights ?
(A) Police enquiry
(B) Use of third degree methods
(C) Arrest by police
(D) House search by police
66. Payment to victims to makeup for a crime by offender is called
(A) Deterrence
(B) Restitution
(C) Retribution
(D) Incapacitation
67. Who orders an accused person for a judicial custody ?
(A) Deputy Commissioner of Police
(B) Magistrate
(C) Police-station Incharge
(D) Prosecution Officer
68. Which Committee studied the condition of women prisoners in India exclusively ?
(A) Santhanam Committee
(B) A.N. Mulla Committee
(C) V.R. Krishna Iyer Committee
(D) None of the above
69. Match the List – I with List – II with the help of codes given below :
70. Which book did Kautilya, the Philosopher 4th Century B.C. write ?
(A) Shakuntalam
(B) Arthasastra
(C) Vishnu Purana
(D) Koksastra
71. Special division bench of an High Court which hears environment related petitions is called
(A) White Bench
(B) Special Courts
(C) Fasttrack Courts
(D) Green Bench
72. Creating air pollution, by discharging poisonous gas from industries into the atmosphere is
(A) Economic crime
(B) State corporate crime
(C) Consumer offence
(D) Environmental crime
73. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, provides for
(A) Child-friendly trial
(B) Special court
(C) In camera trial
(D) All of the above
74. Match the List – I with List – II using the codes given below :
75. Upto what age are female children covered by the JJ Act ?
(A) 16 years
(B) 18 years
(C) 20 years
(D) 22 years
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