MCQ Questions for Class 8 Civics: Ch 6 Understanding Our Criminal Justice System
1. Who is Public Prosecutor?
(a) Advocate appears on behalf of government
(b) Advocate appears on behalf of victim
(c) Advocate appears on behalf of politician
(d) None of these
► (a) Advocate appears on behalf of government
2. What refers to an offence for which the police may arrest a person without the permission of the court?
(a) Cognizable
(b) Arrest warrant
(c) F.I.R
(d) None of these
► (a) Cognizable
3. What are civil cases?
(a) Cases of private right
(b) Cases of crime offence
(c) Cases of Parliament
(d) None of these
► (a) Cases of private right
4. What are the importance of the court of law in our legal system?
(a) Provide Documents
(b) Provide Justice
(c) Provide Wealth
(d) None of these
► (b) Provide Justice
5. Who was the sub-inspector to arrest shanti?
(a) Mr. shinde
(b) Mr. Rao
(c) Mr. Sushil
(d) None of these
► (b) Mr. Rao
6. What is an Offence?
(a) Act defines as relief
(b) Act defines as punishment
(c) Act defines as a Crime
(d) None of these
► (c) Act defines as a Crime
7. Which of the following is not mention in the four players in criminal justice system?
(a) Police
(b) Villagers
(c) Judge
(d) Defence lawyer
► (b) Villagers
8. What do you mean by Bail?
(a) Payment for relief from punishment
(b) Money for closing of case
(c) Security for appear in the court
(d) None of these
► (c) Security for appear in the court
9. What do you mean by Cognizable?
(a) Police can arrest the person only after the permission of the magistrate
(b) Police can arrest a person only after the permission of the court
(c) A charge or crime for which the police is entitled to arrest a person without seeking permission of the court
(d) The police cannot arrest a person on any condition.
► (c) A charge or crime for which the police is entitled to arrest a person without seeking permission of the court
10. which is not applicable in Open court?
(a) The police cannot be present during the proceedings.
(b) What is held in the presence of the accused
(c) People can see the whole proceedings
(d) Hearing of the case in front of viewers
► (a) The police cannot be present during the proceedings.
11. Which is not the responsibility of the public prosecutor?
(a) To represent the interest of the state.
(b) Also represents the interest of the witness.
(c) Has to act impartially
(d) The prosecutor must conduct the prosecution
► (b) Also represents the interest of the witness.
12. Why did Sub-inspector Rao kept Sushil in the police custody for two days?
(a) The police forcibly kept Sushil in custody. He was not presented with a memo.
(b) Sushil was abused.
(c) They forcibly tried to extract a confession from him.
(d) He was beaten.
► (c) They forcibly tried to extract a confession from him.
13. Which of them is not true about the F.I.R.?
(a) The police begin the investigation after the registration of F.I.R
(b) The complainant may/may not sign the F.I.R.
(c) There is a prescribed form to register an F.I.R.
(d) The F.I.R. mentions the date, time, and place of the offence
► (b) The complainant may/may not sign the F.I.R.
14. What term refers to a person who is tried by a court for a crime?
(a) Accused
(b) Lawyer
(c) Detention
(d) Fair trial
► (a) Accused
15. A person who is called upon in court to provide a first hand account of what he/she has seen, heard or knows?
(a) Criminal
(b) Offence
(c) Witness
(d) None of these
► (c) Witness
16. What is the act of keeping the accused in custody by the police?
(a) Cross-examine
(b) Detention
(c) FIR
(d) All of these
► (b) Detention