The Juvenile Justice Act Law is a comprehensive legislation aimed at protecting the rights of children in conflict with the law.

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Juvenile Justice Act Law 60 GK MCQ SET:-1

Q1. Restoration and protection of a child means restoration to

(A) Parents
(B) Adoptive Parents
(C) Foster Parents
(D) All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Q2. “Juvenile” or “Child” under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 means

(A) A person who has not completed 18 years of age
(B) A person who has not completed 16 years of age
(C) A person who has not completed 15 years of age
(D) A person who has not completed 12 years of age

Answer: A person who has not completed 18 years of age

Q3. The offences under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 are

(A) Bailable
(B) None-bailable
(C) Cognizable
(D) Non-Cognizable

Answer: Cognizable

Q4. As per the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 child in need of care and protection means ?

(1) Child found without any home or settled place of abode and without any ostensible means of subsistence

(2) Child found working in contravention of labour laws for the time being in force or is found begging

(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) None of the above

Answer: Both 1 and 2

Q5. Which of the following can not be a ground to deny bail to a person, who is apparently a child in conflict with law ?

(A) When the offence alleged against such person is a heinous offence and the child has been ordered to be tried as an adult under Section 18(c) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act
(B) When there are reasonable grounds to believe that the child may come into association with known criminal if released on bail
(C) That the person may be exposed to moral, physical or psychological danger
(D) That the person released on bail would defeat the ends of justice

Answer: When the offence alleged against such person is a heinous offence and the child has been ordered to be tried as an adult under Section 18(c) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act

Q6. Juvenile Justice (Protection and Care of Children) Act, 2000 enable persons of following religions to take a child in adoption:

(A) Hindu only
(B) Muslim only
(C) Christian only
(D) All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Q7. Under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 the punishment for alternative punishment amounts to

(A) Highest punishment under the Act
(B) Lowest punishment under the Act
(C) Either higher punishment or lowest punishment depends upon circumstances of the issue
(D) None of the above

Answer: Highest punishment under the Act

Q8. “Juvenile in Conflict with Laws” under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, means

(A) A juvenile who has committed an offence
(B) A juvenile who has not completed his 18 years of age on date of commission of crime
(C) Only (A)
(D) Both (A) and (B)

Answer: Both (A) and (B)

Q9. Section 3 of the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, deals with

(A) Legal assistance to State
(B) Legal assistance to Juvenile offender or victim
(C) Legal assistance to women
(D) None of above

Answer: Legal assistance to Juvenile offender or victim

Q10. “Abandoned Child” under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 means

(A) A child deserted by his biological parents
(B) A child deserted by his biological parents or adoptive parents or guardians
(C) A child deserted by his biological parents or adoptive parents or guardians, who has been declared as abandoned by the committee after due inquiry
(D) A child, deserted by his biological parents, who has been declared as abandoned by the committee after due inquiry

Answer: A child deserted by his biological parents or adoptive parents or guardians, who has been declared as abandoned by the committee after due inquiry