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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. Dying deposition is a statement of a dying person on oath recorded by the following:

  1. Defense Lawyer
  2. Investigating officer
  3. Magistrate
  4. The attending doctor

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2. A person committed suicide with a revolver. In order to implicate his opponent, his son took the same revolver and fired a second shot at his father. But the post-mortem examination proved that the second shot was a post-mortem shot. Then his son admitted that he had himself fired the second shot to implicate his opponents. Which of the following principles of Forensic Science had helped in the determination of truth?

  1. Principle of Analysis
  2. Principle of Comparison
  3. Principle of Individuality
  4. ‘Facts do not lie, men can and do’

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3. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

List – IList – II
(a) Conflicting evidence(i) Evidence tending to establish a criminal defendant’s innocence
(b) Corroborating evidence(ii) Evidence tending to establish guilt.
(c) Exculpatory evidence(iii) Irreconcilable evidence that comes from different sources.
(d) Incriminating evidence(iv) Evidence that differs from but strengths or confirms other evidence
 (a)(b)(c)(d)
1.(iv)(iii)(i)(ii)
2.(iii)(iv)(i)(ii)
3.(iii)(iv)(ii)(i)
4.(iv)(iii)(ii)(i)

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4. Leading Questions are not allowed in examination-in-chief, except when the witness is :

  1. Common witness
  2. Expert witness
  3. Hostile witness
  4. Paid witness

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5. Oath is administered to a witness before recording his statement. What purpose does it serve?

  1. It puts the witness under fear of God, so that he speaks the truth.
  2. It is merely a relic of the past that serves no useful purpose today.
  3. It is done mainly to satisfy the lawyer of the opposite party.
  4. It makes a witness liable for perjury if he does not speak the truth.

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6. Z comes home unexpectedly and sees his wife in bed with Y. He becomes enraged and kills Y with scissors, which he finds on the table nearby. Which of the following crimes Z has committed?

  1. Death by rash and negligent act
  2. Culpable homicide not amounting to murder
  3. Culpable homicide amounting to murder
  4. Voluntary causing of grievous hurt

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7. A crime is any:

A. Illegal act only if observed by a police officer.
B. Act forbidden by the law.
C. Omission forbidden by law.
D. The only act which has been reported.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A and B only
  2. B and C only
  3. C and D only
  4. A and D only

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8. Which of the following person is ideal to record a dying declaration?

  1. Prosecution Lawyer
  2. Defense Lawyer
  3. Member of Jury
  4. Magistrate

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9. Which of the following can be the document for the dying declaration?

  1. Oral
  2. Tape-recorded
  3. SMS
  4. All of the above

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10. The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has ruled that it is not necessary to produce photomicrographs showing the matching of marks on evidence and test exhibits in the court of law. This has been ruled in Ramanatham Vs State of Tamil Nadu and is given in Criminal Law Journal page 1137 of the year

  1. 1977 
  2. 1976
  3. 1975 
  4. 1974

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11. For clinical autopsy authorization is required from

  1. Superintendent of Police 
  2. Medical Superintendent
  3. Relative
  4. District Magistrate

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12. Conduct money is paid for:

  1. Conducting an autopsy
  2. Chemical analysis
  3. Collecting evidentiary material at crime scene.
  4. Appearing in a court as witness

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13. High Court is situated in the capital city of a State except in the State of:

  1. Karnataka
  2. Bihar
  3. Uttar Pradesh
  4. Punjab

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14. A certain repetitive pattern of criminal behaviour is called his

  1. Probability  
  2. Passion
  3. Corpus delicti  
  4. Modus operandi

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15. The study of ethical dilemmas, choices, and standards of application in a particular context, including occupations, professions, and situations comes under:

  1. Proactive Ethics
  2. Normative Ethics
  3. Metaethics
  4. Applied Ethics

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16. Which of the following is the correct expanded form of the term ‘MSDS’?

  1.  Medical Superintendent for Drug Safety
  2.  Montreal Society for Drug Safety
  3.  Material Safety Data Sheet
  4.  Material Sorting and Distribution Sheet

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17. Leading questions are asked in the trial of a case during:

  1. Examination-in-chief
  2. Cross-examination
  3. Re-examination
  4. None of the above

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18. The following is exempted for oral testimony in a court of law except:

  1. Dying declaration
  2. Chemical examiner’s report
  3. Medical report in an injury case
  4. Deposition of a medical witness taken in a lower court

Answer and Explanation

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