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This set of Penology Treatment of Offenders Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Penology Treatment Of Offenders Set 1

Q1 | The Supreme Court of India is the highest court constituted by
  • the parliament
  • the president
  • the constitution
  • none of these
Q2 | Which Articles of Indian Constitution lay down composition & jurisdiction of theSupreme Court?
  • articles 124 to 147
  • article 32
  • article 226-228
  • article 235
Q3 | The Supreme Court has …… jurisdiction
  • original
  • appellate
  • advisory
  • all the above
Q4 | Constitution has given extensive original jurisdiction to SC to enforceFundamentalRights under
  • article 32
  • article 228
  • article 131
  • article 142
Q5 | Besides the High Courts, in every State, what are some other classes of Criminal Courts?
  • courts of session
  • judicial magistrates of the first class / metropolitan magistrates;
  • judicial magistrates of the second class and executive magistrates
  • all the above
Q6 | The Gram Nyayalaya can exercise
  • civil jurisdiction
  • criminal jurisdiction
  • both civil and criminal jurisdiction
  • none of these
Q7 | The Code of Criminal Procedure (1973) provides for Plea Bargaining in
  • section 265 a
  • section 265l
  • section 265 k
  • sections 265 a to 265l
Q8 | The Report of Law Commission of India (144th) refers plea bargaining to
  • pre-trial negotiations
  • defendant’s pleading of guilty in exchange for certain concession by the prosecutor
  • both (a) & (b)
  • none of these
Q9 | The provision of plea bargaining was incorporated in the Criminal Procedure Code(1973) in the year
  • 2005
  • 2002
  • 2014
  • 2006
Q10 | The provision of plea bargainingcame into force in India in the year
  • 2001
  • 2003
  • 2006
  • 2010
Q11 | The word Penology is derived from the Latin word….. meaning ‘punishment’
  • poena
  • penea
  • penal
  • penalogia
Q12 | Penology owes its origin to
  • cesare beccaria
  • garofalo
  • eenrici ferri
  • bonger
Q13 | Penology is Branch of criminology dealing with
  • prison management
  • the treatment of offenders
  • both (a) & (b)
  • none of these
Q14 | The term Penology was coined in 1834 by a German American ____ to denote a systemof administrating punishment to the convicted offenders
  • francis lieber
  • cladwell
  • adolphe quetelet
  • lombroso
Q15 | Penology is ______ which aims to study & evaluate the applications of penal sanctionsto wrongdoers.
  • multidisciplinary subject
  • branch of criminal science
  • an independent subject
  • both (a) & (b)
Q16 | Punishing the offenders is a primary function of all civil States in order to maintain peaceand order in the society
  • true
  • partially true
  • false
  • it isn’t the state’s duty
Q17 | Punishment is basically used with the intent to
  • reduce the incidence of criminal behaviour by deterring the potential offenders
  • incapacitate and prevent the offender from repeating the offence
  • reform the offender into law-abiding citizens
  • all the above
Q18 | Emanuel Kant was one of the supporter of
  • retributive theory of punishment
  • preventive theory of punishment
  • the theory of expiation
  • reformative theory
Q19 | The Retributive theory of Punishment is based on the principle of
  • eye for an eye
  • vengeance against the wrongdoer
  • assuaging the angry sentiments of the victim & society
  • all of the above
Q20 | Emanuel Kant considers punishment as
  • a means of deterrence
  • a means of reform
  • an end in itself
  • a mode crime prevention
Q21 | Supreme Court in _____ has laid down that ‘an eye for an eye is neither proper nordesirable’
  • hari singh v. state of up
  • gurdeep v. state of punjab
  • sk. ishaq v. state of bihar
  • iqbal singh v. i. g. police, delhi
Q22 | The Retributive theory of Punishment is criticized for
  • its based on crude animal instinct of an individual to retaliate when hurt
  • it is manifestation of revenge of an injury
  • doesn’t offer any chance for reform to the offender
  • all the above
Q23 | Utilitarian Prevention theory justifies punishment to
  • deter people from committing the crime
  • safeguard the society
  • to avenge the crime
  • to expiate the crime
Q24 | Utilitarian Prevention/ Deterrence theory is based on principle of hedonism as proposedby
  • salmond
  • jeremy bentham
  • sir james stephen
  • hegel
Q25 | The Supreme Court in ______ has observed that ‘protection of society and deterringthe criminal are avowed objects of law and that is required to be achieved by imposing anappropriate punishment.’
  • r v. prince
  • rajesh khaitan v. state of west bengal
  • state of karnataka v. krishnappa
  • sidharth v. state of bihar