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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (BA Sociology) , Sociology (CBCS) .
| 1. |
Who defined crime as the intentional Act in violation of the criminal law committed detense of excuse and penalized by the state |
| A. | Paul Tappan |
| B. | Lombroso |
| C. | Edwin Sutherland |
| D. | Howard Becker |
| Answer» A. Paul Tappan | |
| 2. |
Differential association theory of crime was developed by |
| A. | George Ritzer |
| B. | Howard Becker |
| C. | Edwin Sutherland |
| D. | Lombroso |
| Answer» C. Edwin Sutherland | |
| 3. |
Who coined the term Criminology? |
| A. | Raffaele Garosfalo |
| B. | Beccaria |
| C. | Lombroso |
| D. | Becker |
| Answer» A. Raffaele Garosfalo | |
| 4. |
Who is considered as the father of Criminology? |
| A. | Adler |
| B. | Sutherland |
| C. | Lombroso |
| D. | Becker |
| Answer» C. Lombroso | |
| 5. |
............. crime is used to mean Socio-economic crimes? |
| A. | White collar |
| B. | Public property |
| C. | Cyber |
| D. | Private property |
| Answer» A. White collar | |
| 6. |
The person who commits a crime is known as ........... |
| A. | Gambler |
| B. | Criminal |
| C. | Prisoner |
| D. | Accused |
| Answer» B. Criminal | |
| 7. |
Scientific study of crime and criminal behavior is known as ........... |
| A. | Criminal study |
| B. | Pathology |
| C. | Psychology |
| D. | Criminology |
| Answer» D. Criminology | |
| 8. |
The term criminology was coined in the year? |
| A. | 1885 |
| B. | 1800 |
| C. | 1774 |
| D. | 1856 |
| Answer» A. 1885 | |
| 9. |
............... is the stirring up of feelings against lawful authority? |
| A. | Sedition |
| B. | Revolt |
| C. | Rebellion |
| D. | Treason |
| Answer» A. Sedition | |
| 10. |
Who propounded the theories of differential association? |
| A. | Adler |
| B. | Sutherland |
| C. | Cotron |
| D. | Lombroso |
| Answer» B. Sutherland | |
| 11. |
Theoretical explanation of criminal behavior is classified into ............. categories. |
| A. | six |
| B. | seven |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» A. six | |
| 12. |
Hacking belongs to which type of crime? |
| A. | Crimes against individual |
| B. | Sedition |
| C. | Crimes against property |
| D. | Cyber crime |
| Answer» D. Cyber crime | |
| 13. |
Who among the following uses symbolic interactionism to evaluate crimes? |
| A. | Howard Becker |
| B. | Merton |
| C. | Alison knees |
| D. | Sobah |
| Answer» A. Howard Becker | |
| 14. |
National Cyber crime unit is the Cyber crime inspection wing of which country? |
| A. | USA |
| B. | Australia |
| C. | U.K |
| D. | Austria |
| Answer» C. U.K | |
| 15. |
Federal Bureau of Investigation is the domestic security service of which country? |
| A. | Pakistan |
| B. | China |
| C. | U.S.A |
| D. | Hungary |
| Answer» C. U.S.A | |
| 16. |
Halocaust is considered as ..........? |
| A. | Crime against Humanity |
| B. | International crime |
| C. | Crime against property |
| D. | Cyber crime |
| Answer» A. Crime against Humanity | |
| 17. |
Who among the following applied positivist approach in analyzing crimes? |
| A. | Merton |
| B. | Sakov |
| C. | Lombroso |
| D. | Becker |
| Answer» C. Lombroso | |
| 18. |
According to Lombroso criminals are not born criminals but they are.........? |
| A. | Criminaloids |
| B. | Very innocent |
| C. | Situational criminals |
| D. | Hackers |
| Answer» A. Criminaloids | |
| 19. |
Who revised the classical theory in 1810-1819? |
| A. | Classicist |
| B. | Neo classist |
| C. | Functionalists |
| D. | Neo-functionalists |
| Answer» B. Neo classist | |
| 20. |
Who wrote the book ‘On crimes and Punishments’? |
| A. | Lombroso |
| B. | Tarde |
| C. | Becker |
| D. | Beccaria |
| Answer» D. Beccaria | |
| 21. |
In which year did the book ‘On crimes and punishments’ was published? |
| A. | 1764 |
| B. | 1808 |
| C. | 1777 |
| D. | 1882 |
| Answer» A. 1764 | |
| 22. |
‘Primary deviance’ is the core concept associated with........... theory of deviance. |
| A. | Labelling theory |
| B. | Anomic theory |
| C. | Differential association theory |
| D. | Psycho-analytical theory |
| Answer» A. Labelling theory | |
| 23. |
Who put forward Psycho-analytical theory of crime? |
| A. | Sigmund Freud |
| B. | Alfred Adler |
| C. | Karen Horney |
| D. | William Wyndt |
| Answer» A. Sigmund Freud | |
| 24. |
Which theory emphazises on the physiology of the criminals? |
| A. | Theory of evolutionary atavism |
| B. | Psycho-analytic theory |
| C. | Anomic Theory |
| D. | Labelling theory |
| Answer» A. Theory of evolutionary atavism | |
| 25. |
Malicious morphing belongs to.................. crime. |
| A. | Seditious |
| B. | Cyber |
| C. | Racial |
| D. | Misogynistic |
| Answer» B. Cyber | |
| 26. |
National crime Records Bureau of India was founded in the year |
| A. | 1986 |
| B. | 1982 |
| C. | 1950 |
| D. | 1996 |
| Answer» A. 1986 | |
| 27. |
Sociogenic approach to the study of crime focuses on....... ? |
| A. | Psychological factors |
| B. | Ecological factors |
| C. | Social factors |
| D. | Racial factors |
| Answer» C. Social factors | |
| 28. |
According to differential association theory............ leads to crimes. |
| A. | Social interactions |
| B. | Psychological exchanges |
| C. | Social conflicts |
| D. | Social changes. |
| Answer» A. Social interactions | |
| 29. |
The headquarters of National Crime records bureau is located in ............ |
| A. | Mumbai |
| B. | Bangalore |
| C. | Poona |
| D. | New Delhi |
| Answer» D. New Delhi | |
| 30. |
Which theory states that criminals are born with the traits of primitive men? |
| A. | Psycho-analytical theory |
| B. | Differential association theory |
| C. | Evolutionary atavism |
| D. | Labelling theory |
| Answer» C. Evolutionary atavism | |
| 31. |
Among the following embezzlement belongs to which category of crime? |
| A. | Crime against property |
| B. | Cyber crime |
| C. | Crime against humanity |
| D. | Crime against women |
| Answer» A. Crime against property | |
| 32. |
Among the following who led the Italian school of positivist criminology? |
| A. | Becker |
| B. | Merton |
| C. | Lombroso |
| D. | Adler |
| Answer» C. Lombroso | |
| 33. |
Famous criminologist Cesure Lombroso was born in the year .......... |
| A. | 1835 |
| B. | 1830 |
| C. | 1820 |
| D. | 1881 |
| Answer» A. 1835 | |
| 34. |
The book ‘Crime : It’s causes and Remedies’ was written by |
| A. | Merton |
| B. | Lombroso |
| C. | Sutherland |
| D. | Becker |
| Answer» B. Lombroso | |
| 35. |
The book ‘Criminal Man’ was written by ............. |
| A. | Sutherland |
| B. | Sumner |
| C. | Mayo |
| D. | Lombroso |
| Answer» D. Lombroso | |
| 36. |
The article’ Physiogonomy of the anarchists’ was written by .............. |
| A. | Bakunin |
| B. | Merton |
| C. | Lombroso |
| D. | Durkheim |
| Answer» C. Lombroso | |
| 37. |
Who wrote the famous book Criminal woman? |
| A. | Fulbright |
| B. | Lombroso |
| C. | Adler |
| D. | Becker |
| Answer» B. Lombroso | |
| 38. |
‘Espionage’ can be categorized as ............... |
| A. | Crime against state |
| B. | Crime against humanity |
| C. | Cyber crime |
| D. | Horific crime |
| Answer» A. Crime against state | |
| 39. |
Who wrote the article ‘Illustrative studies in Criminal Anthropology’? |
| A. | Merton |
| B. | Horton |
| C. | Lombroso |
| D. | Becker |
| Answer» C. Lombroso | |
| 40. |
The article ‘Why Criminals of Genius Have No Types’ was written by ...... |
| A. | Lombroso |
| B. | Merton |
| C. | Beccaria |
| D. | Horton |
| Answer» A. Lombroso | |
| 41. |
The article ‘Criminal anthropology applied to Pedagogy’ was written by ........ |
| A. | Sutherland |
| B. | Lombroso |
| C. | Fullbright |
| D. | Becker |
| Answer» B. Lombroso | |
| 42. |
Name the criminologist who wrote the article ‘Was Columbus morally responsible’ |
| A. | Lombroso |
| B. | Merton |
| C. | Sutherland |
| D. | Durkheim |
| Answer» A. Lombroso | |
| 43. |
Who wrote the book Criminal Sociology? |
| A. | Enrico Ferri |
| B. | Garofalo |
| C. | Lombroso |
| D. | Merton |
| Answer» A. Enrico Ferri | |
| 44. |
Who among the following was the student of Lombroso? |
| A. | Merton |
| B. | Becker |
| C. | Sutherland |
| D. | Enrico Ferri |
| Answer» D. Enrico Ferri | |
| 45. |
Argentina’s penal code was based on the works and findings of which criminologist? |
| A. | Sutherland |
| B. | Ferri |
| C. | Becker |
| D. | Merton |
| Answer» B. Ferri | |
| 46. |
Who wrote the book ‘The positive school of Criminology’? |
| A. | Enrico Ferri |
| B. | Garofalo |
| C. | Lombroso |
| D. | Merton |
| Answer» A. Enrico Ferri | |
| 47. |
Among the following who focused on the psychological characteristics of criminality? |
| A. | Garatolo |
| B. | Ferri |
| C. | Sutherland |
| D. | Merton |
| Answer» B. Ferri | |
| 48. |
“Detective resistance to criminal tendencies and temptations due to that ill balanced, impulsiveness which characterizes children and savages”. Who provided this definition for criminal psychology? |
| A. | Paretto |
| B. | Sutherland |
| C. | Ferri |
| D. | Lombroso |
| Answer» C. Ferri | |
| 49. |
Famous Italian criminologist Enrico Ferri was born in the year........ |
| A. | 1856 |
| B. | 1850 |
| C. | 1848 |
| D. | 1840 |
| Answer» A. 1856 | |
| 50. |
According to whom crime prevention methods to be the mainstay of law enforcement rather than punishment of criminals? |
| A. | Garofalo |
| B. | Becker |
| C. | Lombroso |
| D. | Ferri |
| Answer» D. Ferri | |
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