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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2025 FOR RECRUITMENT
TO POSTS IN BS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
CRIMINOLOGY
PART-I (MCQs)(COMPULSORY)
Q.1. (i) Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate Box on the OMR Answer Sheet.(20x1=20)
(ii) Answers given anywhere else, other than OMR Answer Sheet, will not be considered.
1. The term criminology is derived from the combination of two Latin words:
(A) Criminality, logic (B) Crimen, logia (C) Crimen, logistic (D) None of these
2. Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual but a Process of
group interaction through which one individual is defined as deviant:
(A) Labeling theory (B) Control theory (C) Functionalist theory (D) None of these
3. Who first introduced the notion of anomie into Sociology?
(A) August Comte (B) Karl Marx (C) Max Weber (D) Emile Durkheim
4. In the mid of 1960’s Robert L. Burgess and Ronald L. Aker presented their differential ________
theory of crime.
(A) Reinforcement (B) Association (C) Social learning (D) None of these
5. Which of the following processes focuses on individual offenders and emphasizes the possibility of
changing their behavior?
(A) Retribution (B) Rehabilitation (C) Deterrence (D) None of these
6. Which of the following is not an index crime?
(A)Burglary (B) Larceny (C) Fraud (D) None of these
7. Who wrote the famous monograph 'On Crimes and Punishments' in 1764?
(A) Charlas Mantisqueiue (B) Jerm Bentham (C) Cesare Beccaria (D) None of these
8. __________ is defined as “non-confirmity to a given set of norms that are accepted by a significant
number of people in society:
(A) Criminality (B) Deviance (C) Recidivism (D) Degeneracy
9. White-collar crime is low in visibility because?
(A) Involves only small amounts of money (B) The proletariat can outsmart the bourgeoisie
(C) Goes undected in the context of everybody business transactions (D) None of these
10. Crimes that are conducted over the internet or other computer network are called:
(A) Cyber (B) Blue crime (C) Felony (D) None of these
11. As per section 5, of the Probation of Offenders Ordinance and offender of an offence under
section 392, P.P.C Can:
(A) Be released on probation (B) Not be released on probation (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) None of these
12. R.K. Merton argued that a person could experience strain they cannot achieve culturally
acceptable goals via socially-acceptable means, then he adopted alternated way, he titled that way
as: (A) Conformists (B) Innovators (C) Rtualist (D) None of these
13. Under section 562, Cr.P.C Court has power to release offender on probation of ?
(A) Being educated (B) Good conduct (C) Being old ager or minor (D) None of these
14. The Parliament and the Constitution are instruments of?
(A) Legal Justice (B) Political Justice (C) Economic Justice (D) Social Justice
15. Article 123 of the Police Order 2002 empowers any police officer not below the rank of
_________ to give direction against serious disorder at place of amusement?
(A) S.S.P. or above (B) S.H.O. or above (C) Assistant Sub-Inspector (D) None of these
16. Lombroso claimed that:
(A) Criminals were socialized by interaction (B) No act is intrinsically deviant
(C) Biological failings drove criminal (D) Women were less likely to be arrested than men
17. What does U.C.R. stand for?
(A) Uniform Crime Report (B) Universal Crime Rate
(C) Undefined Criminal Rule (D) None of these
18. Crime mapping shows:
(A) Location of crime (B) Crime arrest rates (C) Crime statistics (D) None of these
 
19. The intent to commit the criminal act is known as:
(A) Mens rea (B) Actus reus (C) Mala in se (D) None of these
20. No Police Officer shall engage in any private employment while he is a member of the police
establishment as provided by Article _________, of the Police Order 2002?
(A) 116 (B) 117 (C) 118 (D) None of these
 
PART-II
SECTION-A
Q. No. 2. Discuss the scope of criminology and its significance in Pakistani society. (20)
Q. No. 3. Explain R.K. Merton’s Strain Theory. Critically elaborate its effects on youth and
suggest remedies to overcome. (20)
 
SECTION-B
Q. No. 4. Explain juvenile delinquency. What are the socio-economic, demographic, and
environmental factors that lead to juvenile delinquency?
(20)
Q. No. 5. What difficulties do police officers’ encounter in preventing crime and upholding social order and law? (20)
SECTION-C
Q. No. 6. Describe following types of legal Justice:    (5 each)
(a) Retributive Justice (b) Procedural Justice
(c) Distributive Justice (d) Restorative Justice             (20)
Q. No. 7. Discuss the importance of the investigation process in the criminal justice system. How can these be more effective? (20)
SECTION-D
Q. No. 8. Is radicalism present in Pakistani society? How does it escalate into terrorism? (20)
Q. No. 9. Write short notes on the following:        (10 each)
(a) Anti Narcotics Force
(b) Money Laundering                                            (20)

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