Penology Treatment Of Offenders Set 2
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This set of Penology Treatment of Offenders Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Penology Treatment Of Offenders Set 2
Q1 | Bentham’s contribution through Utilitarian Prevention/ Deterrence has been that
- it provided opportunity for reformation
- it became effective in crime control
- it advocated swift action
- none of the above
Q2 | The preventive theory seeks to prevent the repetition of crime by
- incapacitating the offenders
- disabling the criminal
- punishing with death, imprisonment, transportation of life
- all the above
Q3 | Development of modern prison institutions are the contributions of
- utilitarian prevention
- retributive theory
- behavioural prevention: incapacitation
- reformative theory
Q4 | Reformative theory is praised for its contribution like
- rehabilitationof inmates in peno-correctional institutions
- transforming inmates into law-abiding citizens
- human treatment of inmates
- all the above
Q5 | In _______penal system, the ruler was expected to be well versed in Rajdharma whichincluded the idea of Karma and Dand.
- ancient
- medieval hindu
- both (a) & (b)
- none of the above
Q6 | During the medieval period, ________rulers introduced their own penal laws in India
- the muslim
- the hindu
- the british
- the buddhist
Q7 | The Muslim law arranged punishments for various offences into
- two main categories (qisas&diya)
- three main categories (qisas, diya & hadd)
- four main categories (qisas, diya, hadd and tazeer)
- various categories
Q8 | The Supreme Court in_______ struck down Section 303 of the Indian Penal Code,which provided for mandatory death punishment for offenders serving life sentence.
- mithu v. state of punjab
- rajendra prasad v. state of up
- baachan singh v. state of punjab
- machi singh & others v. state of punjab
Q9 | Justice Krishna Iyer in _____ observed that “corporal death is alien to fundamentalrights”.
- rajendra prasad v. state of up
- baachan singh v. state of punjab
- mithu v. state of punjab
- machi singh & others v. state of punjab
Q10 | In Mithu v. State of Punjab, Justice Y. V. Chandrachud observed that section 303 ofIPC
- violatedonly the right to equality under article 14
- violated only the right to life under article 21
- violated both article 14 & 21
- did not violate any right
Q11 | The doctrine of death penalty for ‘rarest of rare case’ was used by SC in
- machi singh & others v. state of punjab
- bacchan singh v. state of punjab
- rajendra prasad v. state of up
- madhu mehta v. union of india
Q12 | The Supreme Court of India has held the constitutional validity of Capital Punishmentin
- jagmohan singh v. state of up
- madhu mehta v. union of india
- ankush maruti shinde v. state of maharashtra
- bacchan singh v. state of punjab
Q13 | The Law Commission of India in 1967 recommended
- the retention of death penalty
- abolition of death penalty
- in rarest of rare case
- only for crimes under ipc
Q14 | The SC in _____ held that a delay of eight years in the disposal of mercy petition wouldbe sufficient to justify commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment.
- madhu mehta v. union of india
- ankush maruti shinde v. state of maharashtra
- renuka bai v. state of maharashtra
- amarjit singh v.state of punjab
Q15 | The most comprehensive study of the prison administration in all its aspects in Indiawas done by the Indian Jails Committee in
- 1889-90
- 1919-20
- 1923-25
- 1931-32
Q16 | Government of India set up the All India Jail Manual Committee in
- 1956
- 1947
- 1949
- 1965
Q17 | The Model Prison Rules were prepared by the Committee in
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
Q18 | Justice A. N. Mulla Committee of Jail Reforms has suggested setting up of _____ formodernization of prison in India
- national prison commission
- central prison commission
- national prison modernization commission
- national jails modernization commission
Q19 | Who defined crime as the intentional Act in violation of the criminal law and penalizedby the state
- paul tappan
- lombroso
- edwin sutherland
- howard becker
Q20 | A police officer or probation officer is best described as a
- criminalist.
- criminologist.
- criminal justice professional
- none of the above
Q21 | Which theory sets an example for others?
- preventive
- deterrent
- reformative
- retributive
Q22 | The capital punishment pertains to which theory.
- preventive
- retributive
- reformative
- deterrent
Q23 | Which theory is the most humanitarian?
- preventive
- retributive
- reformative
- all the above
Q24 | Which theory believes that the criminal is punished for his own good?
- preventive
- retributive
- reformative
- none of these
Q25 | Under the probation of Offender Act, Probation is granted mostly
- all offenders
- first offenders
- terrorists
- recidivists