CSS Criminology Special 2023 | MCQs with Answers
Criminology is a vital optional subject for CSS aspirants. It evaluates your understanding of crime, deviance, justice systems, and global organizations working against crime. Below are the CSS Criminology Special 2023 Paper MCQs with solved answers. This resource will help candidates revise and strengthen their preparation for upcoming CSS exams.
CSS Criminology Special 2023 (MCQs)
Q1. _______ refers to the study of the agencies of social control – police, courts and corrections.
(A) Criminology
(B) Criminal Justice System ✅
(C) Penology
(D) None of these
Q2. “Laws apply to all citizens equally” is a _______ view on crime.
(A) Conflict
(B) Consensus ✅
(C) Interactionist
(D) None of these
Q3. _______ links crime rate to the ecological characteristics of neighbourhood.
(A) Social Disorganization Theory ✅
(B) Social Control Theory
(C) Learning Theory
(D) None of these
Q4. According to Emile Durkheim, an/a _______ society is one in which rules break down during a period of social change.
(A) Mechanic
(B) Organic
(C) Anomic ✅
(D) None of these
Q5. Strain Theory of Anomie is given by:
(A) Robert K. Merton ✅
(B) Richard Quinney
(C) Julian Rotter
(D) None of these
Q6. After arrest, the suspect remains in police:
(A) Custody ✅
(B) Station
(C) Line
(D) None of these
Q7. Those who believe in restorative justice maintain that the true purpose of criminal justice system is to promote a peaceful, just society. They advocate:
(A) Severe punishment
(B) Normal Punishment
(C) Peacemaking ✅
(D) None of these
Q8. Probation provides _______ with the opportunity to prove themselves and reestablish proper behavior in the community.
(A) Police
(B) Offender ✅
(C) Victim
(D) None of these
Q9. In _______, we specifically study about the punishments for criminal acts.
(A) Penology ✅
(B) Victimology
(C) Criminology
(D) None of these
Q10. The term penology was coined by _______.
(A) Edwin Sutherland
(B) Auguste Forel
(C) Auguste Comte ✅
(D) None of these
Q11. INTERPOL stands for:
(A) International Police
(B) International Criminal Police Organization ✅
(C) International Police Organization
(D) None of these
Q12. UNODC stands for:
(A) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ✅
(B) United Nations Office on Drugs and Criminality
(C) United Nations Office on Deviance and Crime
(D) None of these
Q13. In legal terms, _______ includes all procedures for the collection of evidence by a police officer or person authorized by a Magistrate.
(A) Interview
(B) Investigation ✅
(C) Research
(D) None of these
Q14. “Stop and Frisk Policing” is a strategy widely used to stop and question individuals who are deemed:
(A) Criminal
(B) Suspicious ✅
(C) Victim
(D) None of these
Q15. The Headquarter of EUROPOL is in which European country?
(A) France
(B) Germany
(C) Austria
(D) None of these ✅ (Netherlands, The Hague)
Q16. A criminal who knowingly purchases stolen property and resells it is called:
(A) Thief
(B) Fence ✅
(C) Robber
(D) None of these
Q17. The act in which one person took the property of another (with intent to steal) is:
(A) Robbery
(B) Burglary
(C) Larceny ✅
(D) None of these
Q18. In common law, the crime of _______ is defined as breaking and entering a dwelling house at night with intent to commit a serious crime.
(A) Robbery
(B) Arson
(C) Burglary ✅
(D) None of these
Q19. The current chairman of NAB is:
(A) Lt. Gen. (Rtd.) Nazir Ahmed Butt ✅
(B) Zahir Shah
(C) Justice (R) Javed Iqbal
(D) None of these
Q20. Unlawful touching of another with intent to cause injury is:
(A) Larceny
(B) Assault
(C) Battery ✅
(D) None of these
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Conclusion
These CSS Criminology Special 2023 solved MCQs provide CSS aspirants with a complete set of practice questions for revision. The paper tests theories, laws, criminal justice institutions, and international organizations. Aspirants should not only memorize answers but also understand key criminological concepts for success in written exams and interviews.