CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet
Civics - Understanding Our Criminal Justice System
1.
Who conducts the prosecution on behalf of the State?
2.
State Yes or No: When a friend or relative lives outside the district, the time, place of arrest and venue of custody must be notified by police within 8 to 11 hours after arrest.
A)
true
B)
false
3.
What has a legal right to get a free copy of the FIR from the police?
4.
Fill in the blanks: Police investigations always have to be conducted in accordance with ____________ and with full respect for human rights.
5.
State Yes or No: The police are allowed to torture or beat or shoot anyone during an investigation.
A)
true
B)
false
6.
Which Court has laid down guidelines that the police must follow at the time of arrest, detention and interrogation?
7.
Fill in the blanks: It is not the job of the police to decide whether a person is ____________ or innocent, that is for the judge to decide.
9.
Who inflicts any form of punishment on a person even for petty offences?
10.
Fill in the blanks: ____________ means the act of being fair or just and not favouring one side over another.
11.
State Yes or No: The Prosecutor must conduct the prosecution on behalf of the State.
A)
true
B)
false
12.
State Yes or No: If the accused is convicted, then the judge pronounces the sentence.
A)
true
B)
false
13.
Fill in the blanks: The police are not allowed to torture or beat or shoot anyone during ____________.
14.
State Yes or No: Judge may send the person to jail or impose a fine or both, depending on what the law prescribes.
A)
true
B)
false
15.
Fill in the blanks: The FIR also states the name and address of the ____________.
16.
State Yes or No: A criminal offence is regarded as a public right.
A)
true
B)
false
17.
State Yes or No: The Right not to be ill-treated or tortured during arrest or in custody.
A)
true
B)
false
18.
State Yes or No: The rule of law which says that everyone is not equal before the law would not make much sense if every citizen were not guaranteed a fair trial by the Constitution.
A)
true
B)
false
19.
Fill in the blanks: The Supreme Court of India has laid down specific requirements and ____________ that the police and other agencies have to follow for the arrest, detention and interrogation of any person.
20.
State Yes or No: If the police think that the evidence points to the guilt of the accused person, then they file a charge sheet in the court.
A)
true
B)
false
CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet
Civics - Understanding Our Criminal Justice System
Answers
1.
The Prosecutor must conduct the prosecution on behalf of the State.
2.
Option B
3.
The Complainant also has a legal right to get a free copy of the FIR from the police.
4.
Law
5.
Option B
6.
The Supreme Court has laid down guidelines that the police must follow at the time of arrest, detention and interrogation.
7.
Guilty
8.
Impartial means the act of being fair or just and not favouring one side over another.
9.
The police inflict any form of punishment on a person even for petty offences.
10.
Impartial
11.
Option A
12.
Option A
13.
Investigation
14.
Option A
15.
16.
Option B
17.
Option A
18.
Option B
19.
Procedures
20.
Option A
