Deck 2: Contributions, Theories, and Reforms in Criminal Justice System of India

Question 1

Bentham's contribution through Utilitarian Prevention/ Deterrence has been that

A)it provided opportunity for reformation
B)it became effective in crime control
C)it advocated swift action
D)none of the above

Answer 1

it provided opportunity for reformation

Question 2

The preventive theory seeks to prevent the repetition of crime by

A)incapacitating the offenders
B)disabling the criminal
C)punishing with death, imprisonment, transportation of life
D)all the above

Answer 2

all the above

Question 3

Development of modern prison institutions are the contributions of

A)utilitarian prevention
B)retributive theory
C)behavioural prevention: incapacitation
D)reformative theory

Answer 3

behavioural prevention: incapacitation

Question 4

Reformative theory is praised for its contribution like

A)rehabilitationof inmates in peno-correctional institutions
B)transforming inmates into law-abiding citizens
C)human treatment of inmates
D)all the above

Question 5

In _______penal system, the ruler was expected to be well versed in Rajdharma which included the idea of Karma and Dand.

A)ancient
B)medieval hindu
C)both (a) & (b)
D)none of the above

Question 6

During the medieval period, ________rulers introduced their own penal laws in India

A)the muslim
B)the hindu
C)the british
D)the buddhist

Question 7

The Muslim law arranged punishments for various offences into

A)two main categories (qisas&diya)
B)three main categories (qisas, diya & hadd)
C)four main categories (qisas, diya, hadd and tazeer)
D)various categories

Question 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
B)rajendra prasad v. state of up
C)baachan singh v. state of punjab
D)machi singh & others v. state of punjab

Question 9

Justice Krishna Iyer in _____ observed that "corporal death is alien to fundamental rights".

A)rajendra prasad v. state of up
B)baachan singh v. state of punjab
C)mithu v. state of punjab
D)machi singh & others v. state of punjab

Question 10

In Mithu v. State of Punjab, Justice Y. V. Chandrachud observed that section 303 of IPC

A)violatedonly the right to equality under article 14
B)violated only the right to life under article 21
C)violated both article 14 & 21
D)did not violate any right

Question 11

The doctrine of death penalty for 'rarest of rare case' was used by SC in

A)machi singh & others v. state of punjab
B)bacchan singh v. state of punjab
C)rajendra prasad v. state of up
D)madhu mehta v. union of india

Question 12

The Supreme Court of India has held the constitutional validity of Capital Punishment in

A)jagmohan singh v. state of up
B)madhu mehta v. union of india
C)ankush maruti shinde v. state of maharashtra
D)bacchan singh v. state of punjab

Question 13

The Law Commission of India in 1967 recommended

A)the retention of death penalty
B)abolition of death penalty
C)in rarest of rare case
D)only for crimes under ipc

Question 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
B)ankush maruti shinde v. state of maharashtra
C)renuka bai v. state of maharashtra
D)amarjit singh v.state of punjab

Question 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

Question 16

Government of India set up the All India Jail Manual Committee in

A)1956
B)1947
C)1949
D)1965

Question 17

The Model Prison Rules were prepared by the Committee in

A)1956
B)1957
C)1958
D)1959

Question 18

Justice A. N. Mulla Committee of Jail Reforms has suggested setting up of _____ for modernization of prison in India

A)national prison commission
B)central prison commission
C)national prison modernization commission
D)national jails modernization commission

Question 19

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

Question 20

A police officer or probation officer is best described as a

A)criminalist.
B)criminologist.
C)criminal justice professional
D)none of the above

Question 21

Which theory sets an example for others?

A)preventive
B)deterrent
C)reformative
D)retributive

Question 22

The capital punishment pertains to which theory.

A)preventive
B)retributive
C)reformative
D)deterrent

Question 23

Which theory is the most humanitarian?

A)preventive
B)retributive
C)reformative
D)all the above

Question 24

Which theory believes that the criminal is punished for his own good?

A)preventive
B)retributive
C)reformative
D)none of these

Question 25

Under the probation of Offender Act, Probation is granted mostly

A)all offenders
B)first offenders
C)terrorists
D)recidivists