Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
Which type of advocate who pleads on behalf of the accused person?
(a) Public prosecutor
(b) Defence lawyer
(c) Judge
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Defence lawyer
Question 2.
What term refers to a person who is tried by a court for a crime?
(a) Accused
(b) Lawyer
(c) Detention
(d) Fair trial
Answer
Answer: (a) Accused
Question 3.
What refers to any act that the law defines as a crime?
(a) Detention
(b) Offence
(c) Witness
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Offence
Question 4.
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
Answer
Answer: (c) Witness
Question 5.
Who register the FIR?
(a) Firemen
(b) Policemen
(c) Lawyer
(d) Public prosecutor
Answer
Answer: (b) Policemen
Question 6.
What is the act of keeping the accused in custody by the police?
(a) Cross-examine
(b) Detention
(c) FIR
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Detention
Question 7.
What is the type of the advocate who pleads the cases on behalf of the government and who has been appointed by the government on permanent basis?
(a) Public prosecutor
(b) Private prosecutor
(c) Deed writer
(d) Typist
Answer
Answer: (a) Public prosecutor
Question 8.
Who decides whether a person is guilty or not?
(a) Advocate
(b) Public prosecutor
(c) Judge
(d) Police
Answer
Answer: (c) Judge
Question 9.
Article 21 of the Constitution Guarantees-
(a) Right to Speech
(b) Right to life
(c) Right to freedom
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) Right to life
Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) FIR | (i) Questioning to a Witness or Accused |
| (b) Cross-examining | (ii) Rule |
| (c) Law | (iii) Arrest the Criminals |
| (d) Police | (iv) Right to Information |
| (e) Fundamental Right | (v) First Information Report |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) FIR | (v) First Information Report |
| (b) Cross-examining | (i) Questioning to a Witness or Accused |
| (c) Law | (ii) Rule |
| (d) Police | (iii) Arrest the Criminals |
| (e) Fundamental Right | (iv) Right to Information |
State whether true or false:
1. Fair trial is the procedure which has been set and followed for the cases to be tried in the courts fairly.
Answer
Answer: True
2. Rajeev Gandhi was a judge of Supreme Court.
Answer
Answer: False
3. Detention is the act of keeping the accused in custody by the police.
Answer
Answer: True
4. Judge pronounces the sentence.
Answer
Answer: True
5. An advocate may send a criminal to jail.
Answer
Answer: False
Fill in the blanks:
1. Accused is a person who is tried by a ………………. for a crime.
Answer
Answer: Court
2. Offence is a ………………. activity.
Answer
Answer: illegal
3. A fair trial is ensured by the Article ………………. of the Constitution.
Answer
Answer: 21
4. ………………. is Station Head Officer.
Answer
Answer: SHO