Questioned Documents MCQ's [Part-4]

Questioned Documents MCQ's Part-4

Q1. Which section of Indian Penal Code is related to counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes.

A) IPC section 471

B) IPC section 472

C) IPC section 467

D) IPC section 489A

Answer: IPC section 489A

Explanation: 

According to section 489 A: Counterfeiting notes or bank notes.

Whosoever counterfeits ,or knowingly perform ,any part of counterfeits,any currency notes or bank notes,shall be punished with imprisonment for life,or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years,shall be liable to fine.

Q2. The note forgery section and the footprint section of CID were established in which year,respectively?

A) 1917 and 1915

B) 1900 and 1908

C) 1910 and 1911

D) 1920 and 1922

Answer: 1917 and 1915

Explanation: In 1917,note forgery section was set up under CID,Government of Bengal,to undertake the examination of forged currency notes.In 1915,a footprint section was established under the CID which helped the police authorities to identify criminals through the examination of footprints collected from the scene of crime.

Q3. The following is the oldest form of ink.

A) Iron gallotenate ink

B) Carbon ink

C) Nigrosine ink

D) Logwood ink

Answer: Carbon ink

Explanation: Black carbon ink/indian ink/china ink,is consist of amorphous carbon ink in the form of lampblack made into a cake with hide glue.It was a suspension of carbon,water and gum,the color of this ink which can vary from dark brown to blue black,is governed by the quality of the lampblack which again depends upon the materials from which the lampblack is made.

Q4. A solution of polyvinyl acetate in acetone or methyl methacrylate is added to charred document for:

A) Deciphering writing on it

B) Making the paper fluorescence

C) Stabilizing charred mass

D) All of the above

Answer: Stabilizing charred mass

Q5. CEDAR- fox, a software made for recognition and comparison of handwriting was developed at:

A) University of London

B) University of Buffalo

C) University of Delhi

D) Federal Bureau Of Investigation

Answer: University Of Buffalo

Explanation: The software system for forensics comparison of handwriting.It was developed at CEDAR the center of excellence for document analysis and recognition at the University of Buffalo.The regions of interest are scanned documents,determining lines and words of text,and recognizing textual elements.

Q6. Which section of IPC defines using as genuine forged document or electronic record.

A) Section 467 of IPC

B) Section 469 of IPC

C) Section 472 of IPC

D) Section 471 of IPC

Answer: Section 471 of IPC

Explanation:Whosoever fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine any document or electronic record which he knows or has reason to believe to be a forged document or electronic record shall be punished in the same manner as if he had forged such document or electronic record.

Q7. In ball pen during writing sometimes the ink does not pass through ,the rolling ball and thus the production of strokes lacks ink in the strokes and produce an un inked stroke.This phenomenon is called:

A) Hiatus

B) Pen pause

C) Skipping

D) Termination

Answer: Skipping

Q8. What is used to stop feathering of ink on the paper?

A) Loading agent

B) Sizing agent

C) Fillers

D) Bleaching agent

Answer: Sizing agent

Explanation: Feathering refers to spreading from where the ink was laid down.The main function of sizing agents is to increase the resistance to penetration of water or other liquid into the paper so that the paper is suitable for printing,writing and other purposes.

Q9. Newspapers are made from which process?

A) Mechanical method

B) Chemical method

C) Leaching method

D) None of the above

Answer: Mechanical method

Explanation: Mechanical pulping is the process in which wood is separated or defibrated mechanically into pulp for the paper industry.The mechanical pulping process use wood in the form of logs or chips that are a mechanical process by grinding stones from logs or in refines from chips to separate the fibers.

Q10. Logwood ink gives red or purple red or reaction with which reagent?

A) Nitric acid

B) Hydrochloric acid

C) Bromic water

D) Oxalic acid

Answer: Hydrochloric acid

Explanation: In 1847,Ruge introduced the black chrome logwood ink as an alternative for iron gall ink.A logwood extract comes from the heartwood of the bloodwood tree Haematoxylum campechianum.Logwood dry is important source of haematoxylin,used in histological staining slides,primary component of writing and drawing inks.