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Note: This section included MCQs related to General Forensic Science topics including crime scene investigation, laws, principles, and contributors to Forensic science.
1. The following person has done a significant contribution to the field of forensic ballistics?
- Burrard
- Nickolls
- Henry
- Rudolph Ross
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (1) Burrard
Explanation: Burrard was a writer of a famous book in the field of forensic ballistics i.e. Identification of Firearms and Forensic Ballistics
2. Mohs scale developed by German Mineralogist, Friedsich Mohs in 1822 can be used in the analysis of glass for measuring
- Hardness
- Refractive index
- Density
- Thickness
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (1) Hardness
Explanation: In Mohs scale, the hardness of a substance is defined in term of value between 1 to 10.
3. The science of fingerprint was demonstrated by
- Syndey Smith
- Francis Galton
- Spilsbury
- Issac Newton
Answer
Answer: (2) Francis Galton
4. Match the following:
| Scientist | Fields |
| (a) Osborn | (i) Ballistics |
| (b) Goddard | (ii) Tool marks |
| (c) Hershel | (iii) Fingerprint |
| (d) Kirk | (iv) Documents |
Codes:
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| 1. | (iv) | (i) | (ii) | (iii) |
| 2. | (iv) | (i) | (iii) | (ii) |
| 3. | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
| 4. | (ii) | (iii) | (i) | (iv) |
Answer
Answer: (2) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
5. Anthropometry was started by:
- Hans gross
- Bertillon
- Galton
- Locard
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (2) Bertillon
Explanation: Alphonse Bertillon developed the science of Anthropometry. By definition, anthropometry is the science of obtaining systematic measurements of the human body.
6. The blood grouping system was given by:
- Henry
- Burrard
- Landsteiner
- Curry
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (3) Landsteiner
Explanation: In 1900, Karl Landsteiner invented the ABO Blood grouping system.
7. The principle of exchange was enunciated by:
- Land Steiner
- Locard
- Osborn
- Jeffery
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (2) Locard
Explanation: As per Edmond Locard’s principle of exchange, with every contact between two items, there will be an exchange.
8. Match an item in one list with an item in the other list
| List- I | List-II |
| (a) Margaret Pereira | (i) Fingerprints |
| (b) Alec Jeffrey | (ii) Documents |
| (c) Chatterjee S.K | (iii) DNA profiling |
| (d) O. Hilton | (iv) Serology |
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| 1. | (i) | (iv) | (ii) | (iii) |
| 2. | (iv) | (iii) | (i) | (ii) |
| 3. | (ii) | (iv) | (i) | (iii) |
| 4. | (iii) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) |
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (2) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
9. The book entitled ‘Questioned Documents’ was written by the following:
- Harrison
- Hilton
- A. Osborn
- Quirk
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (3) A. Osborn
Explanation:
-> Albert S. Osborn wrote a book named Questioned Documents.
-> Wilson R. Harrison wrote Suspect Documents: Their Scientific Examination book.
10. Match an item in one list with an item in the order
| Name of Scientist | Name of Instruments |
| (a) Leuenhoeck | (i) Neutro Activation Analysis |
| (b) Roentgen | (ii) Electrophoresis |
| (c) Jarius | (iii) Microscope |
| (d) Culliford | (iv) X Rays |
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| 1. | (i) | (iii) | (ii) | (iv) |
| 2. | (iii) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) |
| 3. | (ii) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) |
| 4. | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (4) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
Explanation:
-> Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek is the discoverer of the microscope and is also known as “the Father of Microbiology”.
-> Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-ray accidentally in 1895.
-> Culliford and Wraxall proposed the working instrument of starch gel horizontal electrophoresis.
11. Match the following
| Scientist | Subject |
| (a) Locard | (i) Document |
| (b) Galton | (ii) Forensic Ballistics |
| (c) Osbom | (iii) Law of Exchange |
| (d) Jatar | (iv) Fingerprint |
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| 1. | (i) | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) |
| 2. | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
| 3. | (ii) | (iv) | (i) | (iii) |
| 4. | (iii) | (i) | (iv) | (ii) |
Answer
Answer: (2) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
12. Match the following:
| List-I | List-II |
| (a) Barrard | (i) Fingerprint |
| (b) O. Hilton | (ii) Exchange principle |
| (c) Locard | (iii) Documents |
| (d) Henry | (iv) Firearm |
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
| 1. | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
| 2. | (iii) | (ii) | (i) | (iv) |
| 3. | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) |
| 4. | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) | (i) |
Answer
Answer: (1) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
13. Mathew Orfila is considered the father of
- Forensic Serology
- Forensic Toxicology
- Forensic Medicine
- All of the Above
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (2) Forensic Toxicology
Explanation: Mathew Orfila was a Spanish toxicologist and chemist and he is considered the father of forensic toxicology
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