UPSC Internal Security – Chapter 9: Organised Crime and Its Links with Terrorism (20 MCQs)

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UPSC Internal Security – Chapter 9: Organised Crime and Its Links with Terrorism (20 MCQs) – 20 questions, subject: Internal Security. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

The UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000) was opened for signature at a high-level conference held in:

Correct Answer: D [Palermo]

Explanation:

2000.

2.  

Under UNTOC, an "organized criminal group" must have at least:

Correct Answer: D [three persons]

Explanation:

UNTOC defines an organized criminal group as a structured group of three or more persons acting together for financial or material benefit.

3.  

Organised crime became an offence under the general criminal law of India through Section 111 of the:

Correct Answer: B [Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita]

Explanation:

Section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 made organised crime an offence under the general criminal law for the first time.

4.  

The Narcotics Control Bureau was set up in:

Correct Answer: D [1986]

Explanation:

The NCB was constituted on 17 March 1986 under the NDPS Act, one year after the Act was passed.

5.  

The Vohra Committee (1993) reported on the:

Correct Answer: D [nexus between criminals, politicians and bureaucrats]

Explanation:

The 1993 report of Home Secretary N.N. Vohra examined links between crime syndicates, politicians and bureaucrats.

6.  

Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan is implemented by the Ministry of:

Correct Answer: A [Social Justice and Empowerment]

Explanation:

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched the Abhiyaan on 15 August 2020 and runs it.

7.  

MCOCA, a State law against organised crime, was enacted by:

Correct Answer: C [Maharashtra]

Explanation:

1999.

8.  

Which of the following is NOT one of the three protocols of UNTOC?

Correct Answer: B [Narcotic drugs]

Explanation:

covered by separate UN drug conventions.

9.  

Operation Cocoon (October 2004), in which the sandalwood and ivory smuggler Veerappan was killed, was carried out by the:

Correct Answer: B [Tamil Nadu Special Task Force]

Explanation:

the Tamil Nadu Special Task Force killed Veerappan in Operation Cocoon on 18 October 2004.

10.  

Consider the following statements:

1. India ratified the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in 2011.
2. The NDPS Act grades punishment by small, intermediate and commercial quantity.
3. The Vohra Committee was headed by a former Chief Justice of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

Statements 1 and 2 are true; statement 3 is false because N.N. Vohra was Union Home Secretary, not a Chief Justice.

11.  

Assertion (A): Terror groups often depend on organised criminal networks.

Reason (R): Criminal networks can supply money, arms, fake documents and smuggling routes.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Both are true, and R explains A: terror groups rely on criminal networks precisely because those networks supply money, arms, documents and routes.

12.  

The large heroin seizure of September 2021 took place at which port?

Correct Answer: A [Mundra]

Explanation:

About 3,000 kg of heroin was seized at Mundra port, Gujarat, in September 2021, one of the largest seizures ever.

13.  

The leader of the underworld syndicate linked to the 1993 Mumbai blasts, designated an individual terrorist in 2019, is:

Correct Answer: D [Dawood Ibrahim]

Explanation:

Dawood Ibrahim headed the D-Company syndicate behind the 1993 Mumbai blasts and was designated an individual terrorist under the UAPA in 2019.

14.  

Trafficking of persons is an offence under which section of the BNS?

Correct Answer: D [143]

Explanation:

Section 143 of the BNS defines and punishes trafficking of persons.

15.  

The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau works under the Ministry of:

Correct Answer: C [Environment, Forest and Climate Change]

Explanation:

The WCCB is a statutory body under the Wild Life (Protection) Act working under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

16.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. NDPS Act
2. India's ratification of UNTOC
3. Heroin seizure at Mundra port
4. Vohra Committee report

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [1-4-2-3]

Explanation:

1985, 1993, 2011, 2021.

17.  

Smuggling of gold through airports is mainly investigated by the:

Correct Answer: A [Directorate of Revenue Intelligence]

Explanation:

Gold smuggling is a Customs Act offence, and the DRI is the apex anti-smuggling intelligence agency under the Department of Revenue.

18.  

Which UN body supports the implementation of UNTOC?

Correct Answer: C [UN Office on Drugs and Crime]

Explanation:

Vienna.

19.  

"Narco-terrorism" means:

Correct Answer: B [the use of drug trafficking to fund or support terrorism]

Explanation:

Narco-terrorism means drug trafficking used to raise funds for, or otherwise support, terrorist activity.

20.  

The main Indian law against wildlife crime, such as poaching and trade in tiger parts, is the:

Correct Answer: C [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972]

Explanation:

enforced with the help of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau.

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