QUESTION BANK
PAPER NAME (PAPER CODE): CRIMINOLOGY PENOLOGY AND VICTIMOLOGY
1. 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
2. Eye for an eye and Tooth for a tooth reflects which theory of punishment?
(a) self-expiation
(b) Retribution
(c) Reformation
(d) Deterrence
3. Open air jail are setup under what philosophy ?
(a) Incarceration
(b) protection of society
(c) Reformation of prisoners
(d) Retribution
4. Broadly speaking, criminology, as a science deals with
(a) the study of crime
(b) the study of those who commit crime
(c) the study of penal systems
(d) all of the above
5. Drug addiction causes
(a) mental health problems
(b) physical health problems
(c) emotional disturbance
(d) all of the above
6. Actions that are wrong in themselves are called
(a) actus reus
(b) mens rea
(c) mala prohibita
(d) mala in se
7. Human trafficking is a form of
(a) hate crime
(b) organised crime
(c) violent crime
(d) property crime
8. The origins of criminology can be traced to
(a) Ancient times
(b) 1900's
(c) 1920's
(d) 1930's
9. Which of the following is a victimless crime?
(a) murder
(b) hijacking
(c) car theft
(d) prostitution
10. Ceasare Lombroso is associated with
(a) ecological school
(b) classical school
(c) positive school
(d) sociological school
11. Upto what age of boys and girls is the juvinile justice act,2000, applicable ?
(a) upto 14years
(b) upto 16years
(c) upto 18years
(d) upto 21years
12. Which of the following is within the scope of criminology?
(a) the process of making law
(b) the process of breaching law
(c) reaction of the society towards law breakers
(d) all of the above
13. The process whereby newly admitted prisoners come to accept prison lifestyles and sometimes criminal
values is called
(a) probation restitution
(b) prison population
(c) prison subculture
(d) prisonization
14. Probation and Parole
(a) are essentially the same
(b) use different supervision techniques 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
15. What is phishing ?
(a) cheating
(b) cyber crime
(c) white collar crime
(d) embezzlement
16. 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
17. One who engages himself in the acts of terrorism is a
(a) kidnapper
(b) terrorist
(c) recidivist
(d) thief
18. Which of the following are the types of terrorism ?
(a) cyber terrorism
(b) narco terrorism
(c) nuclear terrorism
(d) all of the above
19. ________ means the commission of crime by habitual offenders.
(a) vandalism
(b) recidivism
(c) communism
(d) terrorism
20. According to prof. Sutherland,_____ are the main causes of recidivism
(a) social psychology of the offender
(b) Inadequacy of reformative techniques
(c) none of the above
(d) both a and b
21. Open prisons are ?
(a) Minimum security prisons
(b) open camps
(c) prison without bars
(d) all of the above
22. 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
23. A study of the personality of the offenders in physical terms is called as ?
(a) criminal sociology
(b) penology
(c) criminal anthropology
(d) all of the above
24. _______ concerns with the various aspects of punishment and penal policies.
(a) criminal psychology
(b) criminal sociology
(c) penology
(d) criminal anthropology
25. Halocaust is considered as ?
(a) crime against humanity
(b) international crime
(c) crime agains property
(d) cyber crime
26. National crime records bureau of India was founded in the year
(a) 1986
(b) 1982
(c) 1950
(d) 1996
27. Who propounded the theory of Delinquent subculture?
(a) Sutherland
(b) Sellin
(c) Cohen
(d) Merton
28. Which country among the following does not award death penalty to offenders ?
(a) China
(b) United kingdom
(c) Australia
(d) Russia
29. Which of the following is an economic offence?
(a) auto theft
(b) pick pocketing
(c) cattle theft
(d) food adulteration
30. Who mostly commits White collar crimes ?
(a) criminal tribe
(b) persons of high status
(c) Poor persons
(d) illiterate persons
SECTION –A
1. How can we control crime through police system and law courts. Explain?
2. Explain definition of victim and types of victim.?
SECTION-B
3. Explain definition given by Prof. Sutherland for white collar crime and what are the
causes of white collar crime?
4. Define schools of criminology :-
(A) sociological school
(B) neo classical school
(C) ancient school
SECTION –C
5. Explain the history of punishment and different kinds of punishment ?
6. Explain the causes of crime and various approaches to understand criminology.
SECTION-D
7. Discuss the different methods and techniques used in criminology.
8. What is the nature and scope of criminology ?
SECTION-E
9. Explain prison system and kinds of prisons.
10. Explain juvinile delinquency and causes of juvinile delinquency.
SET-B
1. Upto what age of boys and girls is the juvinile justice act,2000, applicable ?
(a) upto 14years
(b) upto 16years
(c) upto 18years
(d) upto 21years
2. Which of the following is within the scope of criminology?
(a) the process of making law
(b) the process of breaching law
(c) reaction of the society towards law breakers
(d) all of the above
3. The process whereby newly admitted prisoners come to accept prison lifestyles and sometimes criminal
values is called
(a) probation restitution
(b) prison population
(c) prison subculture
(d) prisonization
4. Probation and Parole
(a) are essentially the same
(b) use different supervision techniques 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
5. What is phishing ?
(a) cheating
(b) cyber crime
(c) white collar crime
(d) embezzlement
6. 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
7. One who engages himself in the acfs of terrorism is a
(a) kidnapper
(b) terrorist
(c) recidivist
(d) thief
8. Which of the following are the types of terrorism ?
(a) cyber terrorism
(b) narco terrorism
(c) nuclear terrorism
(d) all of the above
9. ________ means the commission of crime by habitual offenders.
(a) vandalism
(b) recidivism
(c) communism
(d) terrorism
10. According to prof. Sutherland,_____ are the main causes of recidivism
(a) social psychology of the offender
(b) Inadequacy of reformative techniques
(c) none of the above
(d) both a and b
11. Open prisons are ?
(a) Minimum security prisons
(b) open camps
(c) prison without bars
(d) all of the above
12. 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
13. A study of the personality of the offenders in physical terms is called as ?
(a) criminal sociology
(b) penology
(c) criminal anthropology
(d) all of the above
14. _______ concerns with the various aspects of punishment and penal policies.
(a) criminal psychology
(b) criminal sociology
(c) penology
(d) criminal anthropology
15. Halocaust is considered as ?
(a) crime against humanity
(b) international crime
(c) crime agains property
(d) cyber crime
16. National crime records bureau of India was founded in the year
(a) 1986
(b) 1982
(c) 1950
(d) 1996
17. Who propounded the theory of Delinquent subculture?
(a) Sutherland
(b) Sellin
(c) Cohen
(d) Merton
18. Which country among the following does not award death penalty to offenders ?
(a) China
(b) United kingdom
(c) Australia
(d) Russia
19. Which of the following is an economic offence?
(a) auto theft
(b) pick pocketing
(c) cattle theft
(d) food adulteration
20. Who mostly commits White collar crimes ?
(a) criminal tribe
(b) persons of high status
(c) Poor persons
(d) illiterate persons
21. 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
22. Eye for an eye and Tooth for a tooth reflects which theory of punishment?
(a) self-expiation
(b) Retribution
(c) Reformation
(d) Deterrence
23. Open air jail are setup under what philosophy ?
(a) Incarceration
(b) protection of society
(c) Reformation of prisoners
(d) Retribution
24. Broadly speaking, criminology, as a science deals with
(a) the study of crime
(b) the study of those who commit crime
(c) the study of penal systems
(d) all of the above
25. Drug addiction causes
(a) mental health problems
(b) physical health problems
(c) emotional disturbance
(d) all of the above
26. Actions that are wrong in themselves are called
(a) actus reus
(b) mens rea
(c) mala prohibita
(d) mala in se
27. Human trafficking is a form of
(a) hate crime
(b) organised crime
(c) violent crime
(d) property crime
28. The origins of criminology can be traced to
(a) Ancient times
(b) 1900's
(c) 1920's
(d) 1930's
29. Which of the following is a victimless crime?
(a) murder
(b) hijacking
(c) car theft
(d) prostitution
30. Ceasare Lombroso is associated with
(a) ecological school
(b) classical school
(c) positive school
(d) sociological school
SECTION –A
1.Explain definition given by Prof. Sutherland for white collar crime and what are the causes of
white collar crime?
2.Define schools of criminology :-
(A) sociological school
(B) neo classical school
(C) ancient school
SECTION –B
3.Explain prison system and kinds of prisons.
4.Explain juvinile delinquency and causes of juvinile delinquency.
SECTION –C
5. How can we control crime through police system and law courts. Explain?
6. Explain definition of victim and types of victim.?
SECTION-D
7. Discuss the different methods and techniques used in criminology.
8. What is the nature and scope of criminology ?
SECTION-E
9.Explain the history of punishment and different kinds of punishment ?
10. Explain the causes of crime and various approaches to understand criminology.
SET-C
1. Criminology is best seen as a social science, which is concerned with the aspects of .............
(A) Human anatomy
(B) Human Biology
(C) Harmful behaviour
(D) Human behaviour
2. Criminology has many meanings but the most commonly accepted is the specific ........................... of crime
and criminals.
(A) Social understanding
(B) Sociological understanding
(C) Similitude misunderstanding
(D) Scientific understanding
3. Basically, crime appears to be a sociological concept and does not exist as an autonomous entity but
is.............................................constructed.
(A). Scientifically
(A). Non-scientifically
(C ). Nonsensically
(D). Socially
4.The criminologist usually focuses more on ‘how’ and ‘why’ crimes are..............rather than ‘who’ did it, and
providing proof of guilt.
(A) Omitted
(B) Prosecuted
(C) Committed
(D) Commissioned
5.The major branches of criminology are all except one of the following
(A) Penology
(B) Victimology
(C) Criminalistics
(D) Psychoanalysis
6. Sutherland and Cressey define criminology as the body of knowledge regarding .........and..........as social
phenomena.
(A) Delinquency and crime
(B) Demonology and delinquency
(C) Psychology and physiology
(D) Crime and criminal justice
7. What are the reasons which makes a man criminal?
(A) poverty
(B) bad Association
(C) broken family environment
(D) all of the above
8. What are the powers and functions of police?
(a) arrest of offenders
(b) prevention of crime
(c) relief work
(d) all of the above
9. Reasons of failure of police system in India ?
(a) human weakness
(b) political interference
(c) oppressive policy
(d) all of the above
10. Health care fraud is a kind of
(a) grey collar crime
(b) blue collar crime
(c) white collar crime
(d) black collar crime
11. What are the causes of white collar crime
(a) light punishment
(b) to earn huge profit
(c) financial gain
(d) all of the above
12. White collar crime are committed by
(a) labour
(b) lawyers
(c) salaried professional
(d) none of the above
13. When comparative criminologists study crime as social behaviour, the focus of study is the
(a) society
(b) the state
(c) police
(d) offender
14. Father of scientific criminology is
(a) jeremy bentham
(b) casare lombroso
(c) Cesare Beccaria
(d) Enrico Ferri
15. Criminal laws are connected with
(a) The relationship between individuals
(b) the relationship between police officers
(c) the relationship between an individual and the government
(d) None of the above
16. Central jails are mainly meant for
(a) children in conflict with law
(b) political detenue
(c) convict prisoners
(d) under trial prisoners
17. How many types of punishment can be awarded to an offenders
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 6
18. In your view, what objective does capital punishment represent?
(a) retribution
(b) self expiation
(c) reformation
(d) rehabilitation
19. Plea bargaining includes
(a) reduction of charges
(b) deletion of tangent charges
(c) sentence bargaining
(d) all of the above
20. Under which philosophy open air jail was set up ?
(a) Incarceration
(b) protection of society
(c) reformation of prisoners
(d) retribution
21. Action that are wrong in themselves are called
(a) actus reus
(b) mens rea
(c) mala prohibita
(d) mala in se
22. _______ is a victimless crime?
(a) prostitution
(b) murder
(c) hijacking
(d) car theft
23. National crime records bureau of India was founded in the year
(a) 1986
(b) 1982
(c) 1950
(d) 1996
24. The term criminology was coined by
(a) Garofalo
(b) Lombroso
(c) Becker
(d) Beccaria
25. For analysing crimes who applied positivist approach ?
(a) Sakov
(b) Lombroso
(c) Becker
(d) Merton
26. Who propounded theory of pain and pleasure ?
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Bentham
(d) Sutherland
27. What guilty act or deed is called as in Latin term?
(a) mens rea
(b) actiones legis
(c) ad hoc
(d) actus reus
28. Which of the following crimes conducted over computer network and internet ?
(a) tort
(b) Cyber crime
(c) embezzlement
(d) none of the above
29. Psycho analytical theory of crime was given by
(a) Alfred adler
(b) karen horney
(c) Sigmund freud
(d) William Wyndt
30. What are the main causes of recidivism
(a) inadequacy of reformative techniques
(b) social psychology of the offender
(c) none of the above
(d) Both (a) and (b)
SECTION –A
1.Discuss about the 3 main exponents of positive school and theories given by them.
2.Organised crime resembles those economic adventures or enterprises which are
organised to carry on illegal activities. Explain.
SECTION-B
3.What kind of acts are there which are declared as juvinile delinquency by law ?
4.Explain the definition of victimology and types of victim.
SECTION –C
5. Write short note on: (a) resocialisation of the offender
(b) alcoholism and drugs
6. Define schools of criminological thoughts:-
(a) classical school
(b) positive school
(c) sociological school
SECTION-D
7. Explain the relationship between penology and victimology.
8. Write short notes on (A) compensation to victims (B) prevention of crime delinquency
SECTION-E
9.In India criminology is related to European and American views, in this context explain the
various approaches to understand criminology.
10.Write short notes on: (A) reasons for failure of police system, (B) white collar crime.
