The first topic in our Forensic Questioned Document series is “History and Development of Handwriting”. This MCQ set is a subpart of our Forensic Questioned Documents Series.

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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) on History And Development of Handwriting with Answers & Explanations

In this section of forensics questioned documents, we had listed down 19 Questioned Documents MCQs related to the History and development of handwriting along with their answers and explanations.

1. When and Who authored the first book on questioned documents?

  1. Frank Elder, 1905
  2. Albert S. Osborn, 1910
  3. Burrard, 1910
  4. Michael J. Allen, 1910

Answer & Explanation

2. Who is known to be the father of questioned documents?

  1. Frank Elder
  2. Albert S. Osborn
  3. Burrard
  4. Michael J. Allen

Answer & Explanation

3. The revised second edition of “Questioned documents” by Osborn was published in_________.

  1. 1919
  2. 1915
  3. 1925
  4. 1929

Answer & Explanation

4. The term ‘petroglyphs’ is used for which type of questioned documents?

  1. Secret drawing
  2. Drawings on caves
  3. Drawings on sand slates
  4. Drawing on natural-colored palm leaves

Answer & Explanation

5. Which of the following terms is used to describe a document with word pictures?

  1. Phonograph
  2. Phoenicians
  3. Petroglyphs
  4. Ideographs

Answer & Explanation

6. To define a special type Egyptian word pictures, which of the following is the right word?

  1. Phonographs
  2. Hieroglyphics
  3. Alpharobics
  4. Alphographs

Answer & Explanation

7. Phoenicians alphabets consist of how many letters?

  1. 20
  2. 22
  3. 24
  4. 26

Answer & Explanation

8. The Phoenician writings were written in which direction?

  1. From right to left
  2. From left to right
  3. From top to bottom
  4. From bottom to top

Answer & Explanation

9. The term ‘alphabet’ is coined from:

  1. Alpha and ample
  2. Alpha and betatron
  3. Alpha and beta
  4. Alpha and bethought

Answer & Explanation

10. Assertion (A): Greek adaptive the Phoenician alphabets and add vowels.
Explanation (E): Due to addition, the total adaptive Greek alphabets becomes 26.

  1. Both (A) and (E) are correct
  2. (A) is correct, but (E) is incorrect
  3. Both (A) and (E) are incorrect
  4. (A) is incorrect, but (E) is correct

Answer & Explanation

11. Romans alphabet is derived from which of the following?

  1. Phoenicians
  2. Vaticanas
  3. Greeks
  4. Both (2) and (3)

Answer & Explanation

12. English, Spanish, and French are derived from (indirectly):

  1. Greek
  2. Roman
  3. Spanish
  4. Portuguese

Answer & Explanation

13. Which of the following countries’ languages is derived from Cyrillic script?

  1. Greek
  2. Roman
  3. Vantianas
  4. Hebrew

Answer & Explanation

14. Which of the following character scripts are written from right to left?

  1. Arabian
  2. Hebrew
  3. Cyprus
  4. Both (1) and (2)
  5. Both (1) and (3)

Answer & Explanation

15. The term Burmese alphabet is used to describe the combination of which two scripts?

  1. Chinese and Hebrew
  2. Mongolia and Hebrew
  3. Sanskrit and Pali
  4. Sanskrit and Hebrew

Answer & Explanation

16. The ‘kana’ scripts are used by?

  1. Korean
  2. Chinese
  3. Japanese
  4. Indonesia

Answer & Explanation

17. What are the most popular scripts of Japanese writing?

  1. Kana
  2. Hiragana
  3. Katakana
  4. All of the above

Answer & Explanation

18. How many letters in Hawaiian alphabets? 

  1. 10
  2. 11
  3. 12
  4. 13

Answer & Explanation

19. First alphabet system was developed by?

  1. Phoenicians
  2. Greeks
  3. Fantis
  4. Egyptians

Answer & Explanation

20. The author of the book entitled “Suspect Document” is:

  1. Osborn & Osborn
  2. Ordway Hilton
  3. Wilson R. Harrison
  4. R.A. Huber

Answer & Explanation

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