Pakistan Prison Rules 1978 MCQs

1. : According to Rule 776, when the mortality in a prison during any month exceeds 1%, the Medical Officer shall:
(A) Ignore it
(B) Record the reasons in the monthly return and make a special report if necessary
(C) Punish the warders
(D) Close the prison temporarily

2. : Rule 777 classifies the health of prisoners as:
(A) Excellent, fair, poor
(B) Good, bad, or indifferent
(C) Fit, unfit, sick
(D) Strong, weak, critical

3. : Prisoners in immediate need of medical treatment on admission shall be classified as:
(A) Good health
(B) Bad health
(C) Indifferent health
(D) Fit for hard labour

4. : Prisoners who are not fit for hard labour but do not need hospital treatment shall be classified as:
(A) Good health
(B) Bad health
(C) Indifferent health
(D) Unfit for all work

5. : According to Rule 777, if a prisoner is in bad or indifferent health, the Medical Officer shall:
(A) Ignore the condition
(B) Record the cause of disability on the history ticket and admission register
(C) Send them immediately to solitary confinement
(D) Release the prisoner

6. : Rule 778 specifies that prisoners received from unhealthy districts shall be:
(A) Released immediately
(B) Kept under special medical observation for 1–2 weeks
(C) Sent to solitary confinement
(D) Assigned to hard labour immediately

7. : Prisoners addicted to opium or other narcotics shall be:
(A) Punished
(B) Placed under medical treatment to purge them of the habit
(C) Ignored
(D) Sent to the workshops immediately

8. : According to Rule 779, when weighing prisoners:
(A) Male prisoners shall wear shalwar only; women prisoners fully attired, with deduction for clothing
(B) Male prisoners are weighed fully clothed
(C) Women prisoners wear only inner garments
(D) No deduction for clothes is made

9. : Rule 780(i) states that after each monthly weighment of prisoners, the Junior Medical Officer shall:
(A) Ignore the results
(B) Note the results in his report book
(C) Send the prisoners to hard labour immediately
(D) Publish the weights publicly