Forensic Ballistics Topicwise Questions || Introduction + History || Part-1

 

Forensic Ballistics Questions Part-1

1) Ballistics is defined as the Science of motion ____________ and ____________.

a) Projectiles & Firearms

b) Bullets & Firearms

c) Bullets & Guns

d) Projectiles & Guns

Answer: a) Projectiles & Firearms

Explanation: Ballistics is defined as the Science of motion Projectiles and Firearms.

Projectile is defined as an object, such as a bullet, that is fired from a gun or other weapon. Firearm is defined as a small arms weapon, as a rifle or pistol, from which a projectile is fired by gunpowder.

2) The end of the barrel attached to the action is known as____________.

a) Bore

b) Barrel

c) Breech

d) Bolt

Answer: c) Breech

Explanation: The end of the barrel attached to the action is known as breech.

3) ___________ is the part of firing mechanism which holds the hammer until the trigger will be pressed.

a) Silencer

b) Sear

c) Cylinder

d) Caliber

Answer: b) Sear

Explanation: Part of firing mechanism which holds the hammer until the trigger will be pressed.

4) Match the following

1) Rifling Principle is Discovered by           a) Joseph Laumann

2) 1st Automatic Pistol was Created by       b) John Forsyth

3) Percussion Cap-Lock Gun invented by   c) August kotter

4) Gatling Gun invented by                            d) Dr. Richard Gatling

a) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-d.

b) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d.

c) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d.

d) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-d.

Answer: a) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-d.

Explanation: Rifling principle is discovered by August Kotter in 1498. 1st automatic pistol was created by Joseph Laumann in 1892. Advent of automatic Pistol. Percussion cap-lock gun invented by John Forsyth in 18century. Gatling gun invented by Dr. Richard Gatling in 1862 it is a 6 barreled weapon fire 200 rounds per minute.

5) Which could be the origin of the word ‘Pistol’?

a) Priming charge of Cannon Handgun

b) Saddle Pommel of Cannon Handgun

c) Touch hole of Cannon Handgun

d) Lighted Match

Answer: b) Saddle Pommel of Cannon Handgun

Explanation: Handguns were commonly carried on the pommel of a horses Saddle in the 15th Century. This Saddle Pommel was Known as a Pistol. The first recorded use of the hand cannon as a cavalry weapon appeared in 1449 in the manuscripts of Marianus Jacobus. This shows a mounted soldier with such a weapon resting on a fork attached to the pommel of the saddle. It is interesting to note that the use of the saddle pommel to either carry or aim the hand guns could be the origin of the word ' pistol', the early cavalry word for the pommel of the saddle being ' pistallo'.

6) Which type of firearm is called ‘Arquebus’.

a) Wheel Lock Firearms with Short barrel

b) Matchlock with a curved butt

c) Wheel lock firearm that fired from the shoulder

d) The 1st matchlock firearm

Answer: c) Wheel lock firearm that fired from the shoulder

Explanation: They are wheel lock firearms that have a curved butt that fits shoulder and is fired from the shoulder.

7) Assertion(A): Wheel lock guns have a special key called a spanner to tension the spring.

Reason(R): Without a spanner, it can’t operate and if it gets lost the wheel lock firearm becomes useless.

a) Both (A) and (R) are Correct

b) (A) is correct, but (R) is Incorrect

c) Both (A) and (R) are Incorrect

d) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is Correct

Answer: a) Both (A) & (R) are Correct

Explanation: Wheel lock firearms have a special key called a spanner which tension the spring and in case, it got lost, the gun becomes inoperable.

8) From the given options is not the common name of match lock gun.

a) Button lock gun

b) Snap lock gun

c) Tinder lock gun

d) Rose lock gun

Answer: d) Rose lock gun

Explanation: Match lock gun appear in around 1400. Match-lock gun also known as Button lock gun, Snap lock gun, Tinder lock gun. It is the 1st and simplest firearms firing mechanism developed.

9) 12 gauge is equal to

a) 0.400 gauge

b) 0.410 gauge

c) 0.420 gauge

d) 0.430 gauge

Answer: b) 0.410 gauge

Explanation: Gauge refers to the diameter of the barrel on a shotgun in terms of the number of lead balls the size of the bore it would take to weigh one pound. 0.410 gauge really refers to caliber, but is worded as such to refer to a shotgun.

10) In which year fully automatic gun was developed.

a) 1892

b) 1860

c) 1870

d) 1880

Answer: d) 1880

Explanation: Fully automatic gun was developed in 1880. An automatic firearm is an auto-loading firearm that continuously chambers and fires rounds when the trigger mechanism is actuated.