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Role of Police and Courts

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is Police station known as 'station house'?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

Who hears all the witness and the whole case in the court?

a)

Defense Lawyer

b)

Public Prosecutor

c)

Judge

3.

What's the full form of FIR?

(a)  

4.

FIR is ________ and it is generally lodged with ______ by the ______ or by anyone from his or her behalf.

a)

First Information report, police, victim

b)

Foremost Interrogation Report, judge, public

c)

For Interior report, victim, public prosecutor

d)

none of the above

5.

Who was the first female IPS officer?

a)

Vimla Mehra

b)

Kiran Bedi

c)

Sanjukta Parashar

d)

none of the above

6.

The police have the power to punish the

wrongdoer

a)

True

b)

False

7.

A public prosecutor conducts criminal proceedings on behalf of the

(a)  

8.
 A legal document presented to a Judge by a Police Officer or Detective, with that document outlining a criminal case and the establishment of Probable Cause is called:
a)
Search Warrant
b)
Affidavit
c)
Writ of Probable Cause
d)
Police Report
9.
 Taking someone into custody with a significant interruption of their freedom in order  to prepare a criminal charge against them is called?
a)
Detention
b)
Sentencing
c)
Arrest
d)
Investigative Detention
10.

An offence is a

a)

Legal action

b)

Violation of law

c)

report filed at a police station

d)

notice from a court to a person

11.

The head of the police force in each district is called the

a)

Superintendent of police

b)

Collector

c)

Commissioner of police

d)

Circle Inspector

12.

If the police refuse to file an FIR, the complainant can approach the

a)

Commissioner of police

b)

High court Magistrate

c)

Nyaya Panchayat

d)

State government

13.

A public prosecutor is

a)

hired by the accused

b)

appointed by the government

c)

a private lawyer

d)

None of these

14.
The process of examining a case in a court of law and deciding whether someone is guilty or innocent.
a)
investigation
b)
riot
c)
trial
15.
Not guilty of a crime.
a)
innocent
b)
accused
c)
suspect 
16.

Public prosecutor is :

a)

One who represents the interests of state

b)

One who investigate crime

c)

Both (a) & (b)

d)

None of these

17.

What term refers to a person who is tried by a court for a crime?

a)

Accused

b)

Fair trial

c)

Lawyer

d)

Detention

18.

What refers to an act that the law defines as a crime?

a)

Detention

b)

Offence

c)

Witness

d)

None of the above

19.

What is the act of keeping the accused in custody by the police?

a)

Cross examine

b)

Detention

c)

FIR

d)

None of the above

20.

The ________decides whether the accused person is guilty or innocent on the basis of the evidence presented and in accordance with the Law.

a)

Police

b)

Judge

c)

Public Prosecutor

d)

Advocate

21.

The process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision

a)

Demand a retrial

b)

Stand mute before the judge

c)

An appeal

d)

Declare a mistrial