Questioned Documents Questions and Answers

Q: First G.E.Q.D. in India was started at

The first G.E.Q.D. in India was started at Shimla.Questioned documents examiners at the GEQD examine handwriting, signatures, inks and paper and give opinions to the courts.The Government Examiner of Questioned Documents was set up at Shimla in 1904, in the summer capital of British India, and it was the first such office in the country.It was not first set up at Kolkata, Hyderabad or Delhi, though offices were opened in other cities later.

Q: Which of the following are examples of diacritic marks in handwriting ?

Diacritic marks in handwriting are the dots of i and j.Diacritics are among the points that a document examiner compares in the questioned and the standard writing, along with slant, spacing and speed.A diacritic is a small mark added to a letter, such as the dot over the i and j, and the placement and shape of these dots are individual features of handwriting.The loops of g, j, p and y and the curves of letters are parts of the letters themselves and are not diacritics.

Q: 'Off-its-feet' is an individual characteristic found in ________

'Off-its-feet' is an individual characteristic found in type script typed with manual typewriters.It is a defect in which a letter prints higher or lower than the line because its type bar or slug is worn or misaligned, so that the character stands as if it were off its feet. It appears only in mechanical typewriters.Inkjet, electronic and laser printers do not have type bars, so they do not show it.

81.

Ambidexterous writer is a writer who can write with equal ease and skill with _______.

A.right hand only
B.left hand only
C.both the hands
D.holding pen in mouth

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: C

An ambidextrous writer is one who can write with equal ease and skill with both hands. Writing with the right hand only describes a right-handed writer, with the left hand only a left-handed one, and holding the pen in the mouth is a special case of writing by a person who has lost the use of the hands, not ambidexterity. Option C is correct.

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82.

Guided-hand writing is also known as ________.

A.skilled handwriting
B.assisted handwriting
C.forged handwriting
D.traced handwriting

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

Guided-hand writing is also known as assisted handwriting, option (B), in which another person holds or steadies the hand of the writer, for example of one who is ill or old, and this alters the writing so that it shows tremor and distortion. Skilled handwriting is that of a trained hand, forged handwriting is an imitation of another's writing, and traced handwriting is a copy made by following the lines of a model, so (A), (C) and (D) are different things. Assisted writing is a type of disguised or distorted writing in which the person who guides the hand may be an innocent helper or a person who is forging a signature.

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83.

Graphology can be defined as examination of handwriting for the purpose of determining ________.

A.sex of the writer
B.stature of the writer
C.age of the writer
D.personality of the writer

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

Graphology is the examination of handwriting for the purpose of determining the personality of the writer, option (D), the character, moods and abilities as they are claimed to appear in the writing. Forensic document examiners do not accept it as a science for the sex, stature or age of a writer, so (A), (B) and (C), which are not its aim, are wrong. It is different from forensic examination of questioned documents, which only compares handwriting for identity. The forensic examiner of a document, by contrast, compares features such as slant, spacing and pen pressure to say whether two writings are by the same person.

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84.

Pica type of typewriter types _______.

A.10 characters per inch
B.12 characters per inch
C.15 characters per inch
D.9 characters per inch

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

A pica type of typewriter types ten characters per inch, option (A), and an elite type twelve characters per inch. These are the two standard pitches of the typewriter, which an examiner measures to compare a questioned typescript with a machine. Fifteen and nine characters per inch are not the standard pitches of the pica type, so (B), (C) and (D) are wrong. Elite type is smaller and gives more characters in a line, which is why the examiner must record the pitch with a rule when comparing a typed document.

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85.

Grazing angle in case of oblique light examination of documents pertains to _______.

A.10° - 15°
B.20° - 25°
C.25° - 30°
D.30° - 35°

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

Oblique light examination of a document uses a light thrown at a low, grazing angle to the surface, taken in the key to be 10 to 15 degrees, option (A), which makes the small ridges and furrows of indented writing, erasures and surface changes throw shadows and stand out. Greater angles from 20 to 35 degrees, (B), (C) and (D), give less shadow and so would not be called the grazing angle for this examination.

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86.

Indented writings on paper can be deciphered by ________.

A.Electrophoresis
B.Electrostatic Detection Apparatus
C.Electroplating
D.Electrolysis

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

Indented writings on paper can be deciphered by the Electrostatic Detection Apparatus, option (B), the ESDA, in which the paper is covered with a thin film, charged and dusted with toner so that the impressions left from the pen pressure on the sheet below show up. Electrophoresis separates charged molecules, electroplating coats a metal, and electrolysis splits compounds by current, so (A), (C) and (D) have no use in finding indentations.

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87.

Nigrosine Ink is obtained from

A.Plant
B.Coloured dyes
C.Carbon
D.Coal tar

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: D

Nigrosine ink is obtained from coal tar, option (D). Nigrosine is a black synthetic dye made from aniline and nitrobenzene, both coal tar derivatives, and it is used in inks, in leather and in stains. It is a dye and not a carbon pigment, so (C) is wrong, and it is not of plant origin, so (A) is wrong. Option (B) is vague, since all dyes are coloured, and the more exact source is coal tar.

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88.

First G.E.Q.D. in India was started at

A.Kolkata
B.Shimla
C.Hyderabad
D.Delhi

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: B

The first G.E.Q.D. in India was started at Shimla.

Questioned documents examiners at the GEQD examine handwriting, signatures, inks and paper and give opinions to the courts.

The Government Examiner of Questioned Documents was set up at Shimla in 1904, in the summer capital of British India, and it was the first such office in the country.

It was not first set up at Kolkata, Hyderabad or Delhi, though offices were opened in other cities later.

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89.

Which of the following are examples of diacritic marks in handwriting ?

A.dots of i and j
B.loops of g and j
C.curves of i and j
D.loops of p and y

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

Diacritic marks in handwriting are the dots of i and j.

Diacritics are among the points that a document examiner compares in the questioned and the standard writing, along with slant, spacing and speed.

A diacritic is a small mark added to a letter, such as the dot over the i and j, and the placement and shape of these dots are individual features of handwriting.

The loops of g, j, p and y and the curves of letters are parts of the letters themselves and are not diacritics.

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90.

'Off-its-feet' is an individual characteristic found in ________

A.type script typed with manual typewriters
B.inkjet printer printout
C.electronic typewriter
D.laser printer

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2013,

Answer: A

'Off-its-feet' is an individual characteristic found in type script typed with manual typewriters.

It is a defect in which a letter prints higher or lower than the line because its type bar or slug is worn or misaligned, so that the character stands as if it were off its feet. It appears only in mechanical typewriters.

Inkjet, electronic and laser printers do not have type bars, so they do not show it.

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