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Criminal Minor Act

A person aged 15 years can be described as a minor or adolescent. Allowing premises to be used for prostitution is punishable with 1-3 years imprisonment and fine for a first offense under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act of 1956. Procuring or inducing a child into prostitution is punishable with 7 years to life imprisonment and fine. A trafficking police officer can search premises of the accused without a warrant but with two witnesses under the Act.

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Criminal Minor Act

A person aged 15 years can be described as a minor or adolescent. Allowing premises to be used for prostitution is punishable with 1-3 years imprisonment and fine for a first offense under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act of 1956. Procuring or inducing a child into prostitution is punishable with 7 years to life imprisonment and fine. A trafficking police officer can search premises of the accused without a warrant but with two witnesses under the Act.

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1.

In order to describe the age-group of a person, several phrases, namely


minor, major, child, adolescent, adult, are used. A person of age 15 years
can be described as
a) minor or adolescent
b) child or minor
c) minor
d) child or adolescent

2. According to the immoral traffic (prevention) act of 1956, which of the


following is not a
punishable offence
a) keeping or allowing your premises to be used as brothel
b) an adult earning a living by means of prostitution
c) inducing a person into prostitution
d) prostitution in a private place and sufficiently far from any public place

3. According to the immoral traffic (prevention) act of 1956, on first offence,


what is the punishment for allowing your premises to be used for
prostitution
a) One to Three years imprisonment and fine
b) Up to Two years imprisonment and fine
c) Two to Five years imprisonment and fine
d) No imprisonment but only fine

4. According to the immoral traffic (prevention) act of 1956, on first offence,


what is the punishment for procuring, inducing or taking an adult person
for the sake of prostitution
a) One to Three years imprisonment and fine
b) Up to Two years imprisonment and fine
c) Three to Seven years rigorous imprisonment and fine
d) No imprisonment but only fine
5. According to the immoral traffic (prevention) act of 1956, what is the
punishment for procuring, inducing or taking a child for the sake of
prostitution
a) One to Three years imprisonment and fine
b) Rigorous imprisonment for Seven years to life and fine
c) Seven to Twelve years rigorous imprisonment and fine

6. For a specific job the minimum wages are


a) dependent on the gender of the employee
b) dependent on the work nature and the gender both
c) independent of the gender if the work is same
d) 10% higher for males as compared to females

7. Under immoral traffic (prevention) act 1956, a trafficking police officer


can
a) arrest a suspect only with an arrest warrant
b) search premises of the accused her/himself, with a search warrant
c) search premises of the accused without any search warrant, but with two
respectable witnesses
d) remove any person found during the search from the premises of the
accused, only after permission from the accused

8. Untouchability is abolished under ---- of Indian constitution


a) Article 17
b) Article 202
c) Article 143
d) Article 27

9. Hari believes Sushma is of ‘loose’ character. He makes sexually


suggestive gestures and remarks to her, though he has never touched her.
Sushma does not have the courage to retaliate. Sushma belongs to a
scheduled caste, and Hari is aware of it. Is Hari’s act punishable under the
SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act?
a) No, because he has not touched her
b) Yes
c) No, because she is of loose character
d) No, because she did not retaliate

10. Among new offences included in the 2015 amendment of SC and ST


(Prevention of Atrocities) Act is:
a) forcible removal of clothes from the person of a member of SC or ST
b) causing physical harm or mental agony to a member of SC or ST on the
allegation of practicing witchcraft or being a witch
c) assault or use of force to a woman belonging to a SC or ST with intent to
dishonor
d) being in a position to dominate the will of a woman belonging to a SC or
ST, using that position to exploit her sexually to which she would not have
otherwise agreed

11. Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers
(Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, the Sub-Divisional Level
Committees and the District Level Committees for vesting of forest rights
a) must have at least 1 woman member in each
b) must have at least 2 women members in each
c) need not have any woman member

12. The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination


Against Women (CEDAW), was adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly in
a) 1981
b) 1975
c) 1979
d) 1983

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