NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCE ACT
TOP 10 MCQ
1. Penalty for the cultivation of any cannabis plant to produce, sale, purchase, transport in contravention of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and Rules on first conviction is [GPAT 2019]
(a) Rigorous imprisonment up to 10 years or fine up to Rs. 10 Lakhs
(b) Rigorous imprisonment up to 10 years or fine up to Rs. 1 Lakh
(c) Rigorous imprisonment up to 6 months
(d) Fine up to Rs. 10 Lakh
2. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act came into force on
(a) 14 November 1985
(b) 15 August 1940
(c) 14 November 1948
(d) 15 January 1985
3. Second International Opium Conference held on 27th September 1924 at
(a) Delhi
(b) Geneva
(c) London
(d) Pakistan
4. Which resin obtained from the Indian hemp plant
(a) Bhang
(b) Opium
(c) Codeine
(d) Charas
5. The opium does not include any preparation containing
(a) Not more than 0.2% morphine
(b) More than 0.2% morphine
(c) Less than 0.02% morphine
(d) Not more than 0.1% morphine
6. “Cannabis (hemp)” according to Narcotics Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, includes:
[P] Egonine and all its derivatives from which ecgonine can be recovered.
[Q] Ganja, that is, flowering or fruiting tops of the cannabis plant.
[R] Phenanthrene alkaloids, such as morphine and codeine.
[S] Charas, that is resin obtained from cannabis plant.
Options:
(a) [P], [R] and [S]
(b) [P] and [S] only
(c) [Q], [R] and [S]
(d) [Q] and [S] only
7. The sale of opium to the State Government or manufacturing chemists is made by Central Government opium factory located at
(a) Ghaziabad
(b) Ghazipur
(c) Gorakhpur
(d) Goa
8. Punishment for consumption of any Narcotic drug or psychotropic substance is
(a) Imprisonment up to six months or fine up to twenty thousand rupees or both
(b) Rigorous imprisonment up to six months or fine up to ten thousand rupees or both
(c) Imprisonment up to two years or fine up to twenty thousand rupees or both
(d) Rigorous imprisonment up to one year or fine up to twenty thousand rupees or both
9. An officer who seizes only articles or arrests any person under dangerous drugs act should submit a detailed report to
(a) Drugs Inspector
(b) Union Government
(c) Home Minister
(d) Immediate Superior authority
10. Who can declare any substance as ‘Controlled Substance’ by notification under the NDPS Act, 1985
(a) State Government
(b) Central Government
(c) NDPS Consultative committee
(d) Narcotic Commissioner
ANSWER KEY
| 1-b | 2-a | 3-b | 4-d | 5-a | 6-d | 7-b | 8-d | 9-d | 10-d |
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