Deck 1: Punishment and Crime Theories

Question 1

The highest court of India is ------

A)high court
B)supreme court
C)national tribunal
D)none of these

Answer 1

supreme court

Question 2

The word crime is derived from ------- language

A)greek
B)latin
C)french
D)none of these

Answer 2

latin

Question 3

According to ---- theory , the aim of punishment is to prevent others from committing similar offence

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

Answer 3

deterrent

Question 4

A vice that issues in an evil deed is termed as -----

A)crime
B)sin
C)virtue
D)none of these

Question 5

Capital punishment is meant ------

A)hanging to death
B)life imprisonment
C)imposing huge fine
D)none of these

Question 6

Crime is the behavior prohibited by --------

A)law
B)custom
C)social order
D)conduct

Question 7

Who defines crime as a social phenomenon

A)kant
B)marx
C)richard quinney
D)plato

Question 8

Earth quakes and hurricanes are instances of --------

A)natural evil
B)vice
C)moral evil
D)error

Question 9

Where is the International Court of Justice is located :

A)vienna
B)paris
C)tokyo
D)the hague

Question 10

The moral faculty that apprehends the rightness and wrongness of action is called ------

A)conscience
B)duty
C)reason
D)sentiment

Question 11

--------- is condemned in punishment

A)total character
B)mind set
C)as performer of act
D)person as total character

Question 12

The theory of reforming the offender is called ------- theory

A)retributive
B)deterrent
C)rehabilitation
D)none of these

Question 13

The offence done in the internet is called :

A)computer crime
B)cyber-crime
C)internet crime
D)none of these

Question 14

Deterrent theory is supported by ----------

A)positivism
B)deontological ethics
C)rationalist theory
D)utilitarianism

Question 15

'An erring conscience is a chimera' according to :

A)plato
B)butler
C)hegel
D)kant

Question 16

-------- is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing body can prescribe a conviction

A)fine
B)punishment
C)crime
D)none of these

Question 17

Capital punishment is justified in ------- theory

A)deterrent
B)retributive
C)rehabilitation
D)none of these

Question 18

-------- is termed a stain of inner character

A)virtue
B)vice
C)good
D)sin

Question 19

------- is the severest form of punishment

A)violence to the body
B)capital punishment
C)social disapproval
D)solitary confinement

Question 20

The view that punishment is a negative reward is held by :

A)kant
B)aristotle
C)hegel
D)plato

Question 21

Criminology supports the theory of ---------- punishment

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

Question 22

'Criminals ought to be cured' according to

A)physiologists
B)criminologists
C)psychologists
D)criminal anthropologists

Question 23

Which among the following is a criticism against Deterrent theory

A)criminal may escape
B)against public opinion
C)violates human dignity
D)none of these

Question 24

Punishment is an act of justice in --------- theory

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

Question 25

Deterrent theory is criticized as it violates ---------

A)public opinion
B)common good
C)human dignity
D)none of these