History and Development of Firearms MCQ is the 1st topic of section 1 of Introduction of Forensic Firearm and Ammunition MCQs from our systematic designed Forensic Ballistics MCQs Series for the various entrance tests such as UGC NTA-NET /JRF, FACT, and FACT+, University PG Entrance Exam (DU, GFSU, etc. ), or other entrance examination across the globe.
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Forensic Firearm MCQ Questions and Answers
In this section of forensics ballistic, we had listed down 28 MCQs along with their answers and explanations.
1. Who coined the term “Forensic Ballistic”?
- Marin Marz
- Hatcher
- Charles Daly
- Calvin Goddard
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (4) Calvin Goddard
Explanation:
-> Calvin Goddard (1891 to 1955) was a scientist and an army officer who first coined the term forensic ballistic.
-> He developed methods of matching bullets and casings to guns to solve crimes. And that is why he is also called to be the father of forensic ballistic.
2. Earliest hand cannons were loaded from which end?
- Muzzle end
- Breach end
- Top-lift end
- Both (1) and (2)
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (1) Muzzle end
Explanation: No explanation for this Forensic Ballistic MCQ question.
3. When was the first documented use of a hand cannon as a cavalry weapon in manuscripts?
- 1446
- 1447
- 1448
- 1449
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (4) 1449
Explanation: In the year 1449, Marianus Jacobus’s manuscript was the first to record the use of the hand cannon as a cavalry weapon.
4. Which could be the origin of the word ‘pistol’?
- Priming charge of cannon handgun
- Saddle pommel of cannon handgun
- Touch hole of cannon handgun
- Lighted Match
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (2) Saddle pommel of cannon handgun
Explanation:
-> Handguns were commonly carried on the pommel of a horse’s saddle in the 15th century.
-> This pommel was known as a ‘pistallo.’
5. In the 16th century which is called to be an improved version of the older century hand cannon?
- Combination of the battle-axe and hand cannon
- Two barrel hand cannon
- Breach loading hand cannon
- Self-blasting pellets after striking the surface
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (1) Combination of the battle-axe and hand cannon
Explanation: No Explanation for this Forensic Ballistic MCQ question.
6. What is the most significant advancement in pistol mechanism after hand cannons?
- Wheellock
- Matchlock
- Muzzle end loading
- Flintlock
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (2) Matchlock
Explanation: No Explanation for this Forensic Ballistic MCQ question.
7. What is the ammunition loading mechanism of a matchlock pistol?
- Muzzle load
- Breach load
- Top-lift load
- Both (1) and (2)
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (1) Muzzle load
Explanation: No Explanation for this forensic Ballistic MCQ question.
8. In matchlock firearms, ammunition gets its ignition flare from the use of
- Mechanical hitting
- A flammable chemical
- Slow-burning piece of cord
- Touch hole with self-ignitable priming charge
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (3) Slow-burning piece of cord
Explanation: No explanation is needed for this forensic Ballistic MCQ question.
9. Why the curved hooks at the side of matchlock firearms are known to be weapon serpentine?
- Slow-burning code has snake-like scales
- The trigger is bent like a snake
- Curved hooks look like snake shape
- Curved hooks have snake-like scales on their surface to promote ignition
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (3) Curved hooks look like snake shape
Explanation:
-> In matchlock guns, a hook is pushed forward to drop the burning end of the cord to the priming charge.
-> With time, these hooks become curves that eventually look like a snake (not the snake scales on their surface).
10. Assertion (A): Serpentine is called to be the forerunner of the modern trigger.
Reason (R): Because serpentine tail was used to pull to ignite the priming charge, just like most modern triggers do.
- Both (A) and (R) are correct
- (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect
- Both (A) and (R) are incorrect
- (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (1) Both (A) and (R) are correct
Explanation:
-> In the final refinement, they have a spring-operated serpentine, which lets the match cord rapidly fall off the priming charge when pulling its tail.
-> This is why serpentine could be called to be the “forefather” of the “forerunner” of the modern trigger.”
11. The first revolving firearms have how many ammunition chambers?
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (2) Four
Explanation:
-> The first revolving weapon consisting of a single barrel and four revolving chambers was first attributed to the period of Henry VIII in the 16th century.
-> Each chamber has its own touch hole and priming charge with a sliding cover.
12. Which is the very next major advancement in the firearm mechanism after matchlock?
- Double barrel
- Wheel Lock
- Flintlock
- Rotatory Cylinder
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (2) Wheel Lock
Explanation:
-> The double-barrel is not the advancement of a firearm mechanism that why it is omitted.
-> And in rest, wheel lock is the next major advancement after matchlock.
13. Which type of firearm is called an “arquebus”?
- Wheel lock firearms with a short barrel
- Matchlock with a curved butt
- Wheel lock firearm that fired from the shoulder
- The first matchlock firearm
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (3) Wheel lock firearm that fired from the shoulder
Explanation: They are wheel lock firearms that have a curved butt that fits the shoulder and is fired from the shoulder.
14. What are the other names of arquebus with a heavier calibre?
- Frizzen
- Hacquebut
- Hackbut
- Both (1) and (3)
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (2) Hacquebut
Explanation: Hacquebut is another name for arquebus which were heavier caliber weapons.
15. Linstock is a type of which firearm mechanism?
- Match lock
- Wheel lock
- Flintlock
- All of the above
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (1) Match Lock
Explanation:
-> A linstock (other names linstock or match stick) is a staff projectile (just like an arrow) with a fork at one end to hold a lighted slow match.
-> In the early days of artillery, it was primarily used to fire discharging cannons.
-> It allowed the gunner to stand farther from the cannon
16. The term ‘gun with a hook’ is used for which firearm?
- Snaphaunce
- Arquebus
- Hacquebut
- Frizzen
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (3) Hacquebut
Explanation:
-> Hacquebut is a term that is only used for heavier caliber wheel lock weapons.
-> Hacquebut means ‘gun with a hook‘.
-> This hook was on the bottom of the barrel and placed against the object to minimize the recoil during firing heavier caliber ammunitions.
17. In-wheel lock firearms, small pans also called?
- Flash pan
- Priming pan
- Wheel pan
- Both (1) and (2)
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (4) Both (1) and (2)
Explanation: This small pan contained the priming charge for the touch hole which is further ignited by the action of fixed wheel jaws.
18. Which chemical substance is used to ignite the priming charge of a wheel lock firearm?
- Iron Pyrites
- Iron Phosphide wheel
- Iron charged Zinc based Primer
- Both (1) and (2)
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (1) Iron Pyrites
Explanation:
-> To ignite the flash pan containing the priming charge, iron pyrite is fixed as jaws (grooved) wheel which rotates (by releasing the tensioned spring, wounded earlier with the special key) on pressing the trigger.
-> Sparks produced from the friction from pyrite on the serrated wheel, ignite the priming charge that further charges the main powder, and the weapon fire the projectile.
19. Assertion (A): Wheel lock guns have a special key called a spanner to tension the spring.
Reason (B): Without a spanner, it can’t operate. And if it gets lost the wheel lock firearm becomes useless.
- Both (A) and (R) are correct
- (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect
- Both (A) and (R) are incorrect
- (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (1) Both (A) and (R) are correct
Explanation: Wheel lock firearms have a special key called a spanner which tension the spring. And in case, it got lost, the gun becomes inoperable.
20. Who is known to be the first person to develop a Wheel lock firearm?
- Hatcher
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Richard Feynman
- Johann Kiwfuss
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (4) Johann Kiwfuss
Explanation: In 1517, Johann Kiefuss of Nuremberg, Germany, was originally known to be the inventor of wheel-lock firearms.
21. Which firearm is called the early form of flintlock?
- Snaphaunce
- European Wheel lock firearm
- Kiefuss’s improved wheel lock firearm
- Both (1) and (3)
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (1) Snaphaunce
Explanation: Snaphaunce was called to be an early form of flintlock firearm that has flint that is attached to the spring-loaded arm.
-> Mechanism: On pressing the trigger, the cover of the flash pan slides off, then the arm snaps and moves forward sticking the flint against the metal plate over the flash pan to produce sparks that ignite the powder.
22. In which period snaphaunce firearms were introduced?
- 1570s
- 1580s
- 1590s
- 1610s
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (1) 1570s
Explanation: No Explanation for this forensic Ballistic MCQ question.
23. Which type of firearm uses the ‘cock the hammer’ mechanism?
- Flintlock
- Match lock
- Wheel lock
- Hacquebut
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (1) Flintlock
Explanation:
-> In flintlock firearms, the flint was held in the jaws of small vice on the pivoted arm called cock.
-> This makes the term “cock the hammer’ popular.
24. In flintlock, the steel pivoting arm is called?
- Plane
- Hammer
- Frizzen
- Hatch burner
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (3) Frizzen
Explanation:
-> The steel arm called frizzen was placed opposite the pivoting arm of the cock and holds the pan cover with a priming charge.
-> Mechanism: On pressing the trigger, the cock (flint) stuck the frizzen steel that moves forward and produces sparks. On moving forward, frizzen exposes the priming charge to sparks, that travel through the touch hole to ignite the main charge and fire the weapon. [Full illustrated video]
25. Which is a type of flintlock gun?
- Snaphaunce
- Miquelet
- True flintlock
- Only (1) and (3)
- All the above
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (5) All the above
Explanation: No Explanation for this forensic Ballistic quiz question.
26. Which of the following uses a mainspring inside the lock plate of the firearm and the priming pan is manually pushed back before firing?
- Miquelet
- Snaphaunce
- True flintlock
- All the above
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (2) Snaphaunce
Explanation: In snaphaunce firearms, they have mainsprings inside the lock plate. And for firing, the priming pan is manually pushed back.
27. Which of the following weapon(s) have an outside lock plate along with frizzen that covers with a priming pan?
- Snaphaunce
- Miquelet
- True flintlock
- Both (2) and (3)
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (2) Miquelet
Explanation: In Miquelet firearms, they have mainspring outside the lockplate, and frizzen and priming pan cover all in one piece.
28. Which of the firearm has half-cock safety position?
- Snaphaunce
- Miquelet
- True flintlock
- All of the above
Answer & Explanation
Answer: (3) True flintlock
Explanation: With the half-cock safety position, true flintlock guns are easy to carry with a loaded barrel which makes them a worthy choice for any sudden ambush.
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