Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic b) Central Board of Excise and Customs

substances Act, 1985 with special reference c) International Narcotics Control Board
to procurement and utilization of dosage d) Central Bureau of Investigation
forms. Answer: b

The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic The NDPS Act was enacted to:
Substances Act, 1985, extends to: a) Regulate the use of alcohol
a) Only the citizens of India within India b) Consolidate and amend laws relating to
b) Only the citizens of India outside India narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
c) The whole of India, and to Indian citizens c) Legalize the use of cannabis for recreational
outside India as well as persons on Indian ships purposes
and aircrafts d) Promote the sale of pharmaceutical narcotics
d) None of the above Answer: b
Answer: c Which part of the cannabis plant is excluded
from the definition of "ganja"?
The term "addict" in the NDPS Act, 1985, a) Resin
refers to: b) Flowering tops
a) A person who illegally traffics narcotic drugs c) Fruiting tops
b) A person who has dependence on any d) Seeds and leaves not accompanied by the
narcotic drug or psychotropic substance tops
c) A person manufacturing narcotic drugs Answer: d
d) A person who consumes drugs occasionally
Answer: b The NDPS Act, 1985, implements provisions
of:
Under the NDPS Act, "cannabis (hemp)" a) The Central Excise Act, 1944
does NOT include: b) The International Conventions on Narcotic
a) Charas Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
b) Ganja c) The Indian Penal Code
c) The seeds and leaves of the cannabis plant d) The Customs Act, 1962
when not accompanied by the flowering or Answer: b
fruiting tops
d) Hashish oil The NDPS Act applies to:
Answer: c a) Indian citizens within India only
b) Foreign citizens in India
What is "ganja" as defined in the NDPS Act, c) All persons on Indian-registered ships and
1985? aircrafts, wherever they may be
a) The resin of the cannabis plant d) Only to narcotic drug traffickers
b) The flowering or fruiting tops of the cannabis Answer: c
plant, excluding seeds and leaves when not
accompanied by the tops Under the NDPS Act, the term "charas"
c) A drink made from cannabis leaves refers to:
d) A synthetic psychotropic substance a) The flowering tops of the cannabis plant
Answer: b b) A concentrated preparation of the resin from
the cannabis plant
Which organization is referred to as the c) The seeds of the cannabis plant
“Board” in the NDPS Act, 1985? d) A synthetic drug
a) Narcotics Control Bureau Answer: b
What does "Central Government factories" b) Allowing illicit consignments to pass under
refer to under the NDPS Act? supervision to identify offenders
a) Factories under State Government c) Stopping suspect consignments at border
ownership checkpoints
b) Factories owned by the Central Government d) Delivery of essential narcotics for medical
or by companies with at least 51% Central purposes
Government ownership Answer: b
c) Any factory manufacturing narcotic drugs
d) Factories approved by the Narcotics Control What is NOT included in the definition of
Bureau "coca leaf"?
Answer: b a) Leaves from which all ecgonine, cocaine,
and its alkaloids have been removed
Which of the following is NOT considered a b) A mixture of coca leaves with neutral
"coca derivative"? materials
a) Crude cocaine c) Preparations containing more than 0.1%
b) Ecgonine and its derivatives cocaine
c) Methyl ester of benzoyl-ecgonine and its d) Preparations containing not more than 0.1%
salts cocaine
d) A preparation containing less than 0.1% of Answer: d
cocaine
Answer: d Which of the following best describes
"controlled substance"?
What is the definition of "coca plant" as per a) A banned psychotropic substance
the NDPS Act? b) A substance declared by the Central
a) Any plant producing cocaine Government as usable in the manufacture of
b) The plant of any species of the genus narcotic drugs
Frythroxylon c) A naturally occurring narcotic compound
c) A hybrid species of cannabis and coca d) A drug used for medical purposes
d) A plant containing synthetic narcotic Answer: b
compounds
Answer: b What does "essential narcotic drug" mean
under the NDPS Act?
What does "commercial quantity" mean in a) A narcotic drug used recreationally
relation to narcotic drugs and psychotropic b) A drug notified by the Central Government
substances? for medical and scientific use
a) Any quantity sold in a commercial c) A drug declared non-addictive by the Central
establishment Government
b) A quantity greater than what is specified by d) A psychotropic drug available over the
the Central Government counter
c) A small amount for personal use Answer: b
d) Any quantity not measurable by standard
tools What is included in "illicit traffic" under the
Answer: b NDPS Act?
a) Cultivation of opium poppy
What is "controlled delivery" under the b) Import of psychotropic substances into India
NDPS Act? c) Sale or purchase of narcotic drugs
a) Delivering narcotics to authorized agencies d) All of the above
Answer: d Answer: a

Which of the following is considered a What does "medicinal cannabis" refer to?
"conveyance" under the NDPS Act? a) Cannabis used recreationally
a) Only aircraft b) Extract or tincture of cannabis
b) Only vehicles c) Cannabis leaves mixed with neutral materials
c) Aircraft, vehicles, and vessels of any d) Any part of the cannabis plant
description Answer: b
d) None of the above
Answer: c The "Narcotics Commissioner" is appointed
under which section of the Act?
What does the term "illicit traffic" NOT a) Section 3
include under the NDPS Act? b) Section 5
a) Cultivation of cannabis c) Section 7
b) Handling premises for illegal activities d) Section 9
c) Financing activities related to narcotic drugs Answer: b
d) Research on psychotropic substances
Answer: d Which substance is excluded from the
definition of "opium"?
Which of the following conventions is NOT a) Coagulated juice of the opium poppy
part of the "International Convention" as b) Mixtures with more than 0.2% morphine
defined by the Act? c) Preparations with not more than 0.2%
a) Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 morphine
b) Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, d) Prepared opium for smoking
1961 Answer: c
c) Protocol amending the Single Convention,
1972 Which of these is NOT an "opium
d) Convention on Psychotropic Substances, derivative"?
1971 a) Medicinal opium
Answer: b b) Diacetylmorphine (heroin)
c) Coca leaf extract
What is NOT included in the definition of d) Phenanthrene alkaloids and their salts
"manufacture"? Answer: c
a) Refining narcotic drugs
b) Making preparations in a pharmacy on What is included in "poppy straw"?
prescription a) Only the seeds of the opium poppy
c) Transformation of narcotic drugs b) All parts of the opium poppy except seeds
d) Production of narcotic drugs c) Juiced parts of the opium poppy
Answer: b d) Only powdered forms of the plant
Answer: b
Which of the following is a "manufactured
drug"? "Poppy straw concentrate" is defined as
a) Poppy straw concentrate material arising after what process?
b) Cannabis resin a) Harvesting poppy seeds
c) Phenanthrene alkaloids in any concentration b) Extraction of morphine
d) Preparations containing less than 0.2% c) Concentration of alkaloids from poppy straw
morphine d) Crushing of poppy seeds
Answer: c b) Includes territorial waters
c) Excludes Union Territories
What does "preparation" include in relation d) Includes neighboring countries
to narcotic drugs? Answer: b
a) Only solid forms of drugs
b) Dosage forms or mixtures containing one or What is the morphine concentration limit for
more drugs opium to not be considered a narcotic drug?
c) Cannabis resin in any physical state a) 0.1%
d) Extracts of narcotic plants only b) 0.2%
Answer: b c) 1%
d) 5%
What does "production" mean under the Answer: b
Act?
a) Refinement of narcotic substances Which plant is classified as "opium poppy"?
b) Separation of narcotic material from plants a) Papaver somniferum L
c) Transformation of synthetic drugs b) Cannabis sativa
d) Manufacturing in pharmaceutical labs c) Erythroxylon coca
Answer: b d) Any genetically modified plant
Answer: a
What is a "psychotropic substance"?
a) Only synthetic substances What does the term "to import into India"
b) Natural or synthetic substances listed in the include?
Schedule a) Transportation between Indian states
c) Preparations containing opium derivatives b) Bringing narcotics into ports without
d) Substances only used in medicine removing them from the vessel
Answer: b c) Exporting narcotics from Indian ports
d) Cultivation of plants used for narcotics
What is meant by "small quantity" under the Answer: b
Act?
a) Any quantity not exceeding 100 grams What is the primary role of the Narcotics
b) A quantity less than specified by the Central Commissioner under the Act?
Government a) To draft international conventions
c) A negligible amount for personal use b) To regulate narcotics trade and ensure
d) A non-measurable amount compliance with the Act
Answer: b c) To license retail sale of drugs
d) To oversee domestic cannabis production
Which of the following does "to import inter- Answer: b
State" NOT include?
a) Bringing into a State from another State What does the term "to export from India"
b) Bringing into a Union Territory from a State mean?
c) Importing from outside India a) To take narcotic drugs out of a Union territory
d) Importing within Indian territories to another State
Answer: c b) To take narcotic drugs to a place outside
India
What is the significance of "India" in the c) To transport narcotic drugs within a State
context of import/export definitions? d) To bring narcotic drugs into India
a) Includes only mainland territories Answer: b
 What is the primary role of the Central
What does "to transport" refer to under the Government under Section 4 of the Act?
Act? a) Ensuring export of narcotic drugs
a) Moving narcotic drugs internationally b) Preventing and combating abuse and illicit
b) Transporting narcotic drugs within the same traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic
State or Union territory substances
c) Transferring narcotic drugs between two c) Facilitating cultivation of the opium poppy
countries d) Supervising international narcotic drug trade
d) Exporting narcotic drugs to another State Answer: b
Answer: b
Which of the following is not included in the
Which of the following is excluded from the measures under Section 4(2)?
definition of "use" in relation to narcotic a) Coordination of actions by various officers
drugs and psychotropic substances? b) Social reintegration of addicts
a) Use for personal consumption c) Export of psychotropic substances for
b) Use for manufacturing medicines recreational use
c) Use for scientific research d) Availability of narcotic drugs for medical use
d) Use for industrial processes Answer: c
Answer: a
What can the Central Government constitute
According to the explanation, how is the under Section 4(3)?
percentage of a substance in liquid a) A Narcotics Control Bureau
preparations calculated? b) An authority or hierarchy of authorities
a) Based on the weight of the liquid substance c) A Board of International Drugs
per 100 grams d) A State Narcotics Task Force
b) One gram of substance per 100 milliliters of Answer: b
preparation
c) Based on one milligram per liter of Who is responsible for superintending the
preparation cultivation of the opium poppy?
d) According to rules specified by international a) The State Government
conventions b) The Narcotics Commissioner
Answer: b c) The Narcotics Control Bureau
d) The Central Board of Narcotics
What authority does the Central Answer: b
Government have under Section 3 regarding
psychotropic substances? How many members can the Narcotic Drugs
a) To license the sale of psychotropic and Psychotropic Substances Consultative
substances Committee have, excluding the Chairman?
b) To modify or remove substances from the list a) 10
of psychotropic substances in the Schedule b) 15
c) To regulate the percentage of psychotropic c) 20
substances in preparations d) 25
d) To oversee transportation of psychotropic Answer: c
substances
Answer: b What powers does the Consultative
Committee have under Section 6?
a) Issuing binding decisions on narcotic drug Answer: b
laws
b) Advising the Central Government on matters Which of the following is not a source of
relating to the Act credit to the Fund under Section 7A(1)?
c) Supervising cultivation of the opium poppy a) Sale proceeds of forfeited property under
d) Enforcing the Act directly Chapter VA
Answer: b b) Grants made by international organizations
c) Income from investments of credited
Who regulates the procedures of the amounts
Consultative Committee? d) Appropriations made by Parliament
a) The Central Government Answer: b
b) The Committee itself
c) The Narcotics Commissioner For what purpose can the Fund be applied
d) The United Nations according to Section 7A(2)?
Answer: b a) Combating illicit traffic in narcotic drugs
b) Building infrastructure for drug trade
Who has the authority to appoint officers regulation
under Section 7? c) Educating the public against drug abuse
a) The Narcotics Commissioner d) Both a and c
b) The Central Government Answer: d
c) The State Government
d) The Consultative Committee What is the maximum number of members
Answer: c allowed in the Governing Body under
Section 7A(4)?
What can sub-committees formed by the a) Five
Consultative Committee include? b) Six
a) Only government officials c) Seven
b) Members of international organizations d) Eight
c) Non-official members appointed for specific Answer: b
purposes
d) Only members of the Central Government What must the Central Government publish
Answer: c annually as per Section 7B?
a) A report of the Governing Body's meetings
Under whose control are officers appointed b) A list of grants received for the Fund
by the State Government under Section 7? c) An account of the activities financed under
a) The Narcotics Commissioner the Fund along with a statement of accounts
b) The Central Government d) A detailed analysis of narcotic drug usage
c) The State Government patterns
d) The Consultative Committee Answer: c
Answer: c
Which of the following is prohibited under
What is the name of the fund constituted Section 8 of the Act?
under Section 7A? (A) Cultivation of coca plants
a) National Fund for Drug Rehabilitation (B) Import of psychotropic substances
b) National Fund for Control of Drug Abuse (C) Manufacturing narcotic drugs without
c) Central Fund for Narcotics Control authorization
d) Drug Abuse Prevention Fund (D) All of the above
Answer: D (D) Issuing rules for the warehousing of poppy
straw
Under what conditions can the cultivation of Answer: B
the cannabis plant be allowed?
(A) Only for personal use What is the purpose of Section 9A?
(B) For medical and scientific purposes, with (A) To regulate controlled substances used in
authorization manufacturing drugs
(C) For decorative purposes only (B) To ban cannabis cultivation for medical use
(D) Without any restrictions (C) To limit the power of the State Government
Answer: B (D) To regulate external dealings in narcotic
drugs
What is the purpose of the second proviso Answer: A
to Section 8?
(A) To allow the export of poppy straw for Under Section 10, who regulates the
decorative purposes cultivation of cannabis plants?
(B) To allow cultivation of opium poppy for (A) Central Government
personal use (B) State Government
(C) To regulate the sale of manufactured drugs (C) International Authorities
(D) To limit the use of cannabis for industrial (D) Local Councils
purposes Answer: B
Answer: A
What is mandated for all cannabis produced
Section 8A prohibits which of the following by licensed cultivators under Section 10?
activities? (A) It must be delivered to State Government
(A) Use of illicitly obtained property officers
(B) Concealing the source of property derived (B) It can be sold freely
from offences (C) It must be used only for export purposes
(C) Both A and B (D) It is exempt from regulation
(D) None of the above Answer: A
Answer: C
Which of the following substances cannot
Who is authorized to regulate the cultivation be attached or distrained under Section 11?
of coca plants and opium poppy under (A) Coca leaves
Section 9? (B) Cannabis plants
(A) The Central Government (C) Narcotic drugs
(B) The State Government (D) All of the above
(C) Local Municipal Authorities Answer: D
(D) International Narcotics Bureau
Answer: A Who must authorize external dealings in
narcotic drugs as per Section 12?
Which of the following is not a power of the (A) State Government
Central Government under Section 9? (B) Central Government
(A) Fixing limits for cultivation of opium poppy (C) Local Authorities
(B) Regulating the sale of cannabis plants (D) International Bureau
(C) Regulating the import and export of Answer: B
psychotropic substances
Section 13 allows the use of coca leaves for (C) Open trade and commerce
which purpose? (D) No regulation needed
(A) Production of cocaine Answer: A
(B) Preparation of flavoring agents without
alkaloids Under Section 9, what does the Central
(C) Manufacturing of essential oils Government regulate concerning poppy
(D) Export for medicinal purposes straw?
Answer: B (A) Only sale and purchase
(B) All aspects including transport, use, and
Section 14 permits cannabis cultivation for warehousing
which of the following purposes? (C) Import only
(A) Horticultural purposes (D) None of the above
(B) Industrial purposes like fiber or seed Answer: B
production
(C) Both A and B For how long is a State Government-issued
(D) Recreational purposes license for essential narcotic drugs valid
Answer: C after the commencement of the 2014
amendment?
Which government is empowered to (A) Until expiry or 12 months, whichever is
regulate medicinal opium production? earlier
(A) State Government (B) Indefinitely
(B) Central Government (C) For 5 years
(C) Both Central and State Governments (D) Until renewal by Central Government
(D) None of the above Answer: A
Answer: B
Which body decides the ports for import
What condition is required for opium to be and export of narcotic drugs?
classified and weighed under Section 9? (A) State Government
(A) Examination by an authorized officer (B) Central Government
(B) Approval from cultivators (C) Port Authority
(C) Use of unlicensed cultivators' produce (D) International Drug Control Board
(D) Direct sale to foreign buyers Answer: B
Answer: A
What is the punishment for contravention of
What penalty is prescribed for adulterated the Act regarding poppy straw in small
opium found in a Central Government quantity?
factory? a) Imprisonment for 1 year or fine up to Rs.
(A) Sale with a reduced price 10,000
(B) Immediate confiscation b) Imprisonment for 10 years and fine up to Rs.
(C) Export to foreign countries 1 lakh
(D) Use for medical research c) Imprisonment for 2 years or fine up to Rs.
Answer: B 20,000
d) Imprisonment for 5 years and fine up to Rs.
What is a key requirement for regulating 50,000
psychotropic substances under Section 9? Answer: a) Imprisonment for 1 year or fine up to
(A) Import and export licenses Rs. 10,000
(B) Registration with local councils
What is the punishment for contravention of Answer: b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and
the Act involving a commercial quantity of fine
poppy straw?
a) Imprisonment for 5 years with fine What is the punishment for a person who
b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine up attempts to commit an offence under the
to Rs. 2 lakh Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
c) Imprisonment for 1 year or fine Substances Act?
d) Imprisonment for 2 years and fine a) Same as for the completed offence
Answer: b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and b) Half the sentence of the completed offence
fine up to Rs. 2 lakh c) Fine up to Rs. 1 lakh
d) No punishment
What is the maximum punishment for a Answer: a) Same as for the completed offence
person who cultivates coca plants under the
Act? What is the penalty for allowing premises to
a) 5 years imprisonment be used for the commission of an offence
b) 10 years imprisonment with fine under the Act?
c) 1-year imprisonment a) Fine up to Rs. 50,000
d) 3 years imprisonment b) Imprisonment for 3 to 5 years
Answer: b) 10 years imprisonment with fine c) Punishment according to the offence
committed
The punishment for the embezzlement of d) No punishment
opium by a cultivator is: Answer: c) Punishment according to the offence
a) Imprisonment for 5 years committed
b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine up
to Rs. 2 lakh The punishment for contravention of section
c) Imprisonment for 3 years 8A is:
d) Imprisonment for 1 year a) Imprisonment for 1 year
Answer: b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and b) Imprisonment for 10 years
fine up to Rs. 2 lakh c) Imprisonment for 3 to 10 years and fine
d) Imprisonment for 5 years
What is the penalty for a person who Answer: c) Imprisonment for 3 to 10 years and
consumes narcotic drugs or psychotropic fine
substances (excluding cocaine or
morphine)? What is the maximum punishment for the
a) Imprisonment for 6 months or fine illegal export of narcotic drugs or
b) Imprisonment for 1 year or fine psychotropic substances?
c) Imprisonment for 2 years or fine a) Imprisonment for 5 years
d) Imprisonment for 3 months b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine
Answer: a) Imprisonment for 6 months or fine c) Imprisonment for 1 year and fine
d) Imprisonment for life
The punishment for financing illicit narcotic Answer: b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and
drug trade is: fine
a) Imprisonment for 3 to 7 years
b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine Who is liable to be punished if narcotic
c) Imprisonment for 5 to 10 years drugs or psychotropic substances are
d) Imprisonment for 1 to 3 years illegally imported or exported without
authorization?
a) The manufacturer a) The owner or occupier
b) The transporter b) Only the person committing the act
c) The person responsible for import or export c) The police officer
d) The consumer d) No one is liable
Answer: c) The person responsible for import or Answer: a) The owner or occupier
export
What is the punishment for an offender who
What is the punishment for a licensee who attempts to commit an offence involving
fails to submit returns under the Act? commercial quantity of narcotics?
a) Imprisonment for 1 year a) Imprisonment for 5 years
b) Imprisonment for 3 years or fine b) Same as for the offence
c) Fine up to Rs. 50,000 c) Imprisonment for 3 years
d) Imprisonment for 6 months d) Fine
Answer: b) Imprisonment for 3 years or fine Answer: b) Same as for the offence

What is the punishment for an attempt to What is the penalty for a person who
harbor offenders in illicit narcotic drug possesses cannabis in a commercial
trafficking? quantity?
a) Imprisonment for 5 years a) Imprisonment for 2 years
b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine
c) Fine only c) Imprisonment for 1 year or fine
d) No punishment d) No punishment
Answer: b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and Answer: b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and
fine fine

If a person is found cultivating a cannabis What is the maximum imprisonment for a

plant, what is the punishment? person found guilty of trafficking in narcotic
a) Imprisonment for 5 years drugs or psychotropic substances?
b) Imprisonment for 10 years with fine a) 1 year
c) Imprisonment for 2 years or fine b) 5 years
d) Imprisonment for 1 year c) 10 years
Answer: b) Imprisonment for 10 years with fine d) 20 years
Answer: d) 20 years
What is the punishment for a person who
manufactures prepared opium in small What is the punishment for a person who
quantities? engages in the transhipment of narcotic
a) Imprisonment for 1 year or fine up to Rs. drugs and psychotropic substances?
10,000 a) Fine only
b) Imprisonment for 10 years b) Imprisonment for 5 years
c) Imprisonment for 5 years c) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine
d) No punishment d) No punishment
Answer: a) Imprisonment for 1 year or fine up to Answer: c) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and
Rs. 10,000 fine

Who is liable for an offence under the Act if What is the penalty for a person who
they permit premises to be used for illicit possesses or uses any narcotic drug or
narcotic activity?
psychotropic substance in violation of the What is the punishment for cultivating a
provisions of the Act? prohibited plant under the Act?
a) Imprisonment for 1 year or fine a) Fine only
b) Imprisonment for 2 years or fine b) Imprisonment for 1 year
c) Imprisonment for 3 years or fine c) Imprisonment for 5 years
d) Imprisonment for 6 months or fine d) Imprisonment for 10 years
Answer: b) Imprisonment for 2 years or fine Answer: d) Imprisonment for 10 years

What is the punishment for a person found What is the punishment for a person who
to have imported narcotic drugs or attempts to export narcotic drugs without
psychotropic substances illegally? authorization?
a) Imprisonment for 3 years a) Same punishment as for the completed
b) Imprisonment for 5 years offence
c) Imprisonment for 10 years or fine b) Fine up to Rs. 1 lakh
d) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine c) Imprisonment for 1 year
Answer: d) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and d) Imprisonment for 2 years
fine Answer: a) Same punishment as for the
Who can be prosecuted if a public servant is completed offence
found guilty of violating the provisions of
the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic What penalty is imposed on a person found
Substances Act? guilty of illegal trafficking in narcotic drugs
a) Only the person committing the act for the first time?
b) The person who consents to the act a) Fine up to Rs. 50,000
c) The superior officer who failed to take action b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years
d) No prosecution c) Imprisonment for 1 to 3 years
Answer: c) The superior officer who failed to d) No penalty
take action Answer: b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years

What is the punishment for a person who What is the punishment for the production
knowingly aids in the commission of a of illegal narcotic drugs or psychotropic
narcotic offence? substances?
a) Same punishment as for the primary offender a) Imprisonment for 5 years
b) Half of the primary offender's punishment b) Imprisonment for 10 years or fine
c) Fine up to Rs. 1 lakh c) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine
d) Imprisonment for 3 years d) Imprisonment for 3 years
Answer: a) Same punishment as for the primary Answer: c) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and
offender fine

What is the punishment for a person who What is the penalty for trafficking in narcotic
imports narcotic drugs in commercial drugs involving a large quantity?
quantity? a) Imprisonment for 3 to 7 years a) Imprisonment for 5 years with fine
b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine
c) Fine only c) Imprisonment for life
d) Imprisonment for 1 to 3 years d) Imprisonment for 1 year
Answer: b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and Answer: b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and
fine fine
What is the punishment for a person found c) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine
to possess narcotic drugs or psychotropic d) Imprisonment for life
substances in a small quantity? Answer: c) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and
a) Imprisonment for 6 months fine
b) Imprisonment for 1 year or fine up to Rs.
10,000 What is the punishment for a person who
c) Fine only manufactures any narcotic drug or
d) Imprisonment for 3 years psychotropic substance illegally?
Answer: b) Imprisonment for 1 year or fine up to a) Imprisonment for 2 years
Rs. 10,000 b) Imprisonment for 5 years
c) Imprisonment for 10 years or fine
What is the punishment for an offence of d) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine
possessing narcotic drugs or psychotropic Answer: d) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and
substances in excess of prescribed limits? fine
a) Imprisonment for 1 year
b) Imprisonment for 2 to 3 years and fine What is the punishment for a person found
c) Imprisonment for 10 years or fine in possession of a psychotropic substance
d) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine without a valid prescription?
Answer: d) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and a) Imprisonment for 1 year
fine b) Fine up to Rs. 25,000
c) Imprisonment for 3 years
What is the penalty for harboring or d) Imprisonment for 5 years
concealing any person involved in a Answer: a) Imprisonment for 1 year
narcotic offence?
a) Imprisonment for 3 to 5 years What is the penalty for a public servant
b) Imprisonment for 1 year involved in a narcotic drug or psychotropic
c) Same punishment as for the primary offender substance offence?
d) Fine only a) Imprisonment for 1 to 3 years
Answer: c) Same punishment as for the primary b) Same punishment as for the offence
offender c) Fine only
d) Dismissal from office
If an offender has committed a repeat Answer: b) Same punishment as for the offence
offence under the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act, what penalty What is the penalty for a person who assists
is applicable? another person in committing a narcotic
a) Same punishment as the first offence drugs offence?
b) Increased penalty or imprisonment a) Same penalty as for the primary offender
c) Fine only b) Fine only
d) Reduced penalty c) Reduced penalty
Answer: b) Increased penalty or imprisonment d) No penalty
Answer: a) Same penalty as for the primary
What is the penalty for a person who deals offender
in illegal narcotic drugs or psychotropic
substances in a manner intended to evade What is the punishment for a person
the law? involved in the illicit trade of narcotic drugs
a) Fine or psychotropic substances under the Act?
b) Imprisonment for 5 years a) Imprisonment for 2 years
b) Imprisonment for 5 to 10 years and fine a) Imprisonment for 3 years
c) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine
d) Imprisonment for 3 years c) Fine up to Rs. 50,000
Answer: c) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and d) Imprisonment for 1 year
fine Answer: b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and
fine
What is the penalty for a person who
unlawfully manufactures a narcotic drug or What penalty is imposed on a person who is
psychotropic substance in a laboratory or caught attempting to distribute
factory? psychotropic substances?
a) Imprisonment for 5 years a) Imprisonment for 2 years
b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine b) Imprisonment for 3 to 5 years
c) Fine only c) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years
d) Imprisonment for 1 year d) Fine only
Answer: b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and Answer: b) Imprisonment for 3 to 5 years
fine
What penalty is applied to an individual
What penalty is imposed on a person who found guilty of attempting to manufacture or
allows their premises to be used for the cultivate illegal narcotics?
illegal distribution of narcotic drugs? a) Imprisonment for 5 years
a) Fine up to Rs. 50,000 b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years
b) Same punishment as for the offence c) Imprisonment for 3 to 5 years
c) Imprisonment for 1 year d) No penalty
d) Imprisonment for 3 years Answer: b) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years
Answer: b) Same punishment as for the offence
What is the punishment for importing or
What is the penalty for a person convicted exporting a narcotic drug or psychotropic
under the Act for trafficking in narcotic substance in contravention of the Act?
drugs in small quantities? a) Imprisonment for 1 year
a) Imprisonment for 1 year b) Imprisonment for 5 years
b) Imprisonment for 2 years c) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine
c) Imprisonment for 5 to 10 years and fine d) No punishment
d) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine Answer: c) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and
Answer: b) Imprisonment for 2 years fine

What is the punishment for a person who What is the penalty for a person who holds
attempts to consume narcotic drugs or or operates a narcotic drug business
psychotropic substances? without a license?
a) Fine a) Imprisonment for 3 years
b) Same as for the completed offence b) Imprisonment for 5 years
c) Imprisonment for 1 year c) Imprisonment for 10 years
d) Imprisonment for 3 years d) Fine only
Answer: b) Same as for the completed offence Answer: b) Imprisonment for 5 years

What is the penalty for a person found guilty What is the punishment for a person
of importing narcotic drugs or psychotropic convicted of trafficking in a narcotic drug or
substances by sea or air?
psychotropic substance with an intent to A) Possession of narcotics in small quantities
distribute to minors? B) Possession of narcotics in commercial
a) Imprisonment for 5 to 10 years and fine quantities
b) Imprisonment for 2 years C) Transportation of narcotics in small amounts
c) Same penalty as for the original offence D) Simple consumption of narcotics
d) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and fine Answer: B) Possession of narcotics in
Answer: d) Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years and commercial quantities
fine
Which of the following substances has a
Under Section 31A, what is the maximum quantity threshold of 1 kg for enhanced
term of rigorous imprisonment for a second punishment under Section 31A?
offence if the punishment for the first A) Cocaine
offence is imprisonment? B) Hashish
A) One and a half times the maximum term of C) Morphine
imprisonment D) LSD
B) Twice the maximum term of imprisonment Answer: C) Morphine
C) No increase in punishment
D) Half the maximum term of imprisonment Under Section 31A, the quantity threshold
Answer: A) One and a half times the maximum for LSD to trigger enhanced punishment is:
term of imprisonment A) 100 grams
B) 500 grams
If a person is convicted for a second C) 1 kg
narcotic offence, which of the following is D) 2 kg
also applicable under Section 31A? Answer: B) 500 grams
A) A fine equal to the amount prescribed for the
first offence What is the punishment for a person
B) A fine that is one and a half times the convicted of narcotic trafficking for a
maximum amount for the first offence second time involving heroin, which
C) Only imprisonment with no fine exceeds 1 kg, under Section 31A?
D) No fine is applicable for repeat offenders A) Life imprisonment or death penalty
Answer: B) A fine that is one and a half times B) A fine of 1,000 rupees
the maximum amount for the first offence C) Imprisonment for 2 years
D) Probation and rehabilitation
If the minimum punishment for an offence Answer: A) Life imprisonment or death penalty
under Section 31A involves a fine, how is it
adjusted for repeat offenders? If a person is convicted of financing narcotic
A) It is halved drug activities involving commercial
B) It remains the same quantities under Section 31A, what is the
C) It is increased by one and a half times the minimum punishment?
original fine A) A fine only
D) It is doubled B) Death penalty
Answer: C) It is increased by one and a half C) Imprisonment for 1 year
times the original fine D) Community service
Answer: B) Death penalty
Under Section 31A, the death penalty
applies to offences involving which of the Under Section 31A, which narcotic
following? substance, when trafficked in quantities
exceeding 1,500 grams, leads to enhanced Answer: B) They are treated as if convicted
punishment? under Indian law
A) Heroin
B) Cocaine Which of the following substances requires
C) Methamphetamine a threshold of 500 grams for enhanced
D) Hashish punishment under Section 31A?
Answer: C) Methamphetamine A) Opium
B) Cocaine
Which quantity of hashish under Section C) Heroin
31A results in the imposition of enhanced D) THC (Tetrahydrocannabinols)
punishment? Answer: B) Cocaine
A) 5 kgs
B) 20 kgs The enhanced punishment provisions under
C) 50 kgs Section 31A apply to which of the following?
D) 100 kgs A) Minor narcotic offences
Answer: B) 20 kgs B) Offences involving possession of small
quantities of narcotics
According to Section 31A, if a person is C) Offences involving commercial quantities of
convicted for the second time for narcotic narcotics
drug trafficking, what can be the increased D) Simple consumption of narcotics
punishment? Answer: C) Offences involving commercial
A) Imprisonment up to one and a half times the quantities of narcotics
original sentence
B) Community service What is the quantity threshold for
C) A fine of half the original amount methamphetamine to be subject to
D) Deportation enhanced punishment under Section 31A?
Answer: A) Imprisonment up to one and a half A) 100 grams
times the original sentence B) 500 grams
C) 1,500 grams
Which of the following activities involving D) 5 kg
narcotics may result in a death sentence Answer: C) 1,500 grams
under Section 31A?
A) Growing opium poppies for personal use Under Section 31A, if a person is convicted
B) Possessing less than 100 grams of heroin for the second time for trafficking in
C) Financing commercial narcotic trafficking narcotics, what is the maximum fine they
D) Simple possession of cocaine could face?
Answer: C) Financing commercial narcotic A) 1,000 rupees
trafficking B) One and a half times the original fine amount
C) No fine
If a person is convicted of a narcotic offence D) Double the original fine amount
outside India, what happens under Section Answer: B) One and a half times the original
31A? fine amount
A) The person is not punished
B) They are treated as if convicted under Indian What is the punishment for a person
law convicted of trafficking narcotics in a
C) They receive a reduced punishment commercial quantity of 1,500 grams under
D) The conviction is ignored Section 31A?
A) Imprisonment for 10 years In Section 31A, if a person is convicted of an
B) Death penalty or life imprisonment offence involving narcotics in commercial
C) Fine only quantities for the second time, what is the
D) Probation punishment they face?
Answer: B) Death penalty or life imprisonment A) Reduction of sentence
B) Life imprisonment or death penalty
Which of the following narcotics, when C) No further punishment
involved in a mixture, results in enhanced D) Rehabilitation
punishment if the quantity exceeds the Answer: B) Life imprisonment or death penalty
threshold specified?
A) Marijuana The provision for death penalty under
B) Opium Section 31A applies to which of the
C) Methamphetamine following offences?
D) Any of the drugs listed in the threshold table A) Smuggling marijuana
Answer: D) Any of the drugs listed in the B) Trafficking commercial quantities of heroin
threshold table C) Possessing narcotics for personal use
D) Simple possession of cocaine
Answer: B) Trafficking commercial quantities of
Under Section 31A, the threshold quantity heroin
for codeine, when trafficking in it, is:
A) 1 kg The enhanced punishment for repeat
B) 500 grams offenders under Section 31A can be applied
C) 100 grams to which of the following narcotic
D) 10 kg substances?
Answer: A) 1 kg A) LSD
B) Alcohol
What is the punishment for financing the C) Tobacco
production or trafficking of narcotics in D) Methamphetamine
commercial quantities under Section 31A? Answer: D) Methamphetamine
A) Imprisonment for up to 5 years
B) Death penalty or punishment as per Section According to Section 31A, what is the
31 threshold quantity for heroin that triggers
C) A fine only the death penalty if the person is a repeat
D) Warning and probation offender?
Answer: B) Death penalty or punishment as per A) 100 grams
Section 31 B) 500 grams
C) 1 kg
What is the punishment for someone D) 10 kg
convicted of criminal conspiracy to commit Answer: C) 1 kg
an offence under Section 31A involving
narcotics? What is the quantity threshold for
A) Fine only amphetamines to attract enhanced
B) Death penalty or life imprisonment punishment under Section 31A?
C) Community service A) 500 grams
D) Immediate release B) 1,500 grams
Answer: B) Death penalty or life imprisonment C) 2,000 grams
D) 5 kg
Answer: B) 1,500 grams a) They can be granted under the Code of
Criminal Procedure
If a person is convicted of narcotic b) They apply only to sentences under section
trafficking outside India, they are treated as 27
if convicted under which country's law for c) No sentence can be suspended, remitted, or
the purposes of Section 31A? commuted
A) The law of the country where the conviction d) Sentences can only be suspended under
took place exceptional circumstances
B) The law of India Answer: c) No sentence can be suspended,
C) The law of the United Nations remitted, or commuted
D) No legal consequences
Answer: B) The law of India For which of the following reasons may a
court impose a punishment higher than the
Under Section 31A, which of the following minimum prescribed under the Narcotic
substances has a threshold of 500 grams for Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act?
the imposition of enhanced punishment? a) The offender’s first-time offence
A) Cocaine b) Use of violence or arms by the offender
B) Hashish c) The offender’s age
C) Opium d) None of the above
D) Morphine Answer: b) Use of violence or arms by the
Answer: A) Cocaine offender

For a person convicted under Section 31A Under section 32B, the court may impose a
for trafficking in methamphetamine, what is higher punishment based on all of the
the punishment if the quantity exceeds the following factors EXCEPT:
prescribed threshold? a) The fact that the offender is a minor
A) Death penalty b) The fact that the offence was committed in
B) Imprisonment for 5 years an educational institution
C) Rehabilitation c) The fact that the offender holds a public
D) Fine only office
Answer: A) Death penalty d) The fact that the offence involved organised
crime
What is the maximum term of imprisonment Answer: a) The fact that the offender is a minor
for an offence where no punishment is
separately provided under the Narcotic Which of the following is NOT considered as
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act? a “culpable mental state” under the Narcotic
a) 3 months Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act?
b) 6 months a) Knowledge of a fact
c) 1 year b) Motive
d) 2 years c) Belief in a fact
Answer: b) 6 months d) The desire for financial gain
Answer: d) The desire for financial gain
Which of the following is true regarding
suspension, remission, or commutation of Which section of the Narcotic Drugs and
sentences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act deals with the
Psychotropic Substances Act? presumption of culpable mental state?
a) Section 32
b) Section 35 committing offences under the Narcotic
c) Section 36 Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act?
d) Section 33 a) 1 year
Answer: b) Section 35 b) 2 years
c) 3 years
What is the maximum fine that can be d) 5 years
imposed on an individual convicted for an Answer: c) 3 years
offence under this Act, for which no
punishment is specifically provided? Which of the following is NOT a reason for
a) Rs. 10,000 presumption of culpable mental state in an
b) Rs. 50,000 accused under Section 35?
c) Rs. 1 lakh a) Knowledge of a fact
d) No fine can be imposed b) Belief in a fact
Answer: b) Rs. 50,000 c) Financial gain
d) Motive
What is the term of imprisonment for Answer: c) Financial gain
contravening a provision under the Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act for Which section of the Act deals with the
which no specific punishment is provided? constitution of Special Courts for the
a) 1 year speedy trial of offences?
b) 2 years a) Section 36
c) 6 months b) Section 32
d) 5 years c) Section 34
Answer: c) 6 months d) Section 35
Answer: a) Section 36
Who can impose the bond for abstaining
from the commission of offences under the In which case can an offender be punished
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic with death under the Narcotic Drugs and
Substances Act? Psychotropic Substances Act?
a) High Court a) Conviction for minor offences
b) Appellate Court b) Conviction for offences involving commercial
c) Magistrate quantities of narcotic substances
d) The convict's lawyer c) Conviction for theft
Answer: c) Magistrate d) Conviction for fraud
Answer: b) Conviction for offences involving
In which section does the Act state that an commercial quantities of narcotic substances
order of bond becomes void if the
conviction is set aside? What is the purpose of Section 36A of the
a) Section 32 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
b) Section 34 Substances Act?
c) Section 36 a) To allow the establishment of Special Courts
d) Section 35 for trials
Answer: b) Section 34 b) To prescribe the death penalty for certain
crimes
What is the maximum period for which the c) To define culpable mental state
court may require a person convicted of an d) To provide immunity for minors
offence under Chapter IV to abstain from
Answer: a) To allow the establishment of of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Special Courts for trials Substances Act?
a) Possession of narcotic drugs in commercial
In the case of an offence punishable under quantity
sections 19, 24, or 27A involving b) Manufacturing of narcotics
commercial quantities, what is the extended c) Smuggling narcotic drugs
period for detention authorized by the d) Possession of narcotic drugs below
Special Court after the initial investigation commercial quantity
period? Answer: d) Possession of narcotic drugs below
a) 90 days commercial quantity
b) 180 days
c) 365 days What is the primary purpose of Section 34 of
d) 1 year the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Answer: b) 180 days Substances Act?
a) To grant immunity to minors
Which of the following factors would NOT b) To specify procedures for the execution of
be considered when deciding whether to bonds to prevent further offences
impose a higher punishment under Section c) To establish the punishment for specific
32B? narcotic-related offences
a) Whether the offender used minors for d) To grant leniency to first-time offenders
committing the offence Answer: b) To specify procedures for the
b) Whether the offender was in a public office execution of bonds to prevent further offences
c) Whether the offender committed the crime
alone What is the chemical name of LSD (LSD-
d) Whether the offender used violence 25)?
Answer: c) Whether the offender committed the a) 3-(2-Dimethylaminoethyl)-indol-4-yl
crime alone dihydrogen phosphate
b) (+)-N, N-Diethyllysergamide (d-lysergic acid
What does Section 36A of the Narcotic diethylamide)
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act c) 8-Chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-s-triazolo[4,
specify regarding the trial of offences? 3-a][1, 4] benzodiazepine
a) All offences must be tried by the Supreme d) 5-(o-Chlorophenyl)-1, 3-dihydro-7-nitro-2H-1,
Court 4-benzodiazepin-2-one
b) Offences punishable with more than three Answer: b) (+)-N, N-Diethyllysergamide (d-
years of imprisonment shall be tried only by lysergic acid diethylamide)
Special Courts
c) Special Courts are optional for offences Psilocybine is chemically known as:
involving minors a) 5-Ethyl-5-(1-methylbutyl) barbituric acid
d) Offences under this Act must always be tried b) 7-Chloro-1, 3-dihydro-1-methyl-5-phenyl-2H-
summarily 1, 4-benzodiazepin-2-one
Answer: b) Offences punishable with more than c) 3-(2-Dimethylaminoethyl)-indol-4-yl
three years of imprisonment shall be tried only dihydrogen phosphate
by Special Courts d) 5-(o-Chlorophenyl)-1, 3-dihydro-7-nitro-2H-1,
4-benzodiazepin-2-one
Which of the following offences is NOT Answer: c) 3-(2-Dimethylaminoethyl)-indol-4-yl
triable by a Special Court under Section 36A dihydrogen phosphate
What is the chemical name of b) 5-(o-Chlorophenyl)-1, 3-dihydro-7-nitro-2H-1,
Amphetamine? 4-benzodiazepin-2-one
a) (±)-2-Amino-1-phenylpropane c) (±)-2-Amino-1-phenylpropane
b) 8-Chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-s-triazolo [4, d) 8-Chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-s-triazolo [4,
3-a] [1, 4] benzodiazepine 3-a] [1, 4] benzodiazepine
c) 5-Ethyl-5-(1-methylbutyl) barbituric acid Answer: a) 7-Chloro-1, 3-dihydro-1-methyl-5-
d) 5-(o-Chlorophenyl)-1, 3-dihydro-7-nitro-2H-1, phenyl-2H-1, 4-benzodiazepin-2-one
4-benzodiazepin-2-one
Answer: a) (±)-2-Amino-1-phenylpropane
PREVIOUS QUESTIONS:
Pentobarbital is also known as:
a) 5-Ethyl-5-(1-methylbutyl) barbituric acid In which year was the Narcotic Drugs and
b) 3-(2-Dimethylaminoethyl)-indol-4-yl Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act
dihydrogen phosphate enacted?
c) (+)-N, N-Diethyllysergamide (d-lysergic acid a) 1963
diethylamide) b) 1985
d) 8-Chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-s-triazolo [4, c) 1940
3-a] [1, 4] benzodiazepine d) 1938
Answer: a) 5-Ethyl-5-(1-methylbutyl) barbituric Answer: b) 1985
acid
Which section of the NDPS Act deals with
Alprazolam is chemically described as: the punishment for the production,
a) 5-Ethyl-5-(1-methylbutyl) barbituric acid manufacture, possession, sale, purchase,
b) 8-Chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-s-triazolo [4, transport, warehousing, use, consumption,
3-a] [1, 4] benzodiazepine import inter-State, export inter-State, or
c) 7-Chloro-1, 3-dihydro-1-methyl-5-phenyl-2H- transshipment of narcotic drugs and
1, 4-benzodiazepin-2-one psychotropic substances?
d) (±)-2-Amino-1-phenylpropane a) Section 8
Answer: b) 8-Chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-s- b) Section 20
triazolo [4, 3-a] [1, 4] benzodiazepine c) Section 15
d) Section 25
Clonazepam is also referred to as: Answer: a) Section 8
a) 7-Chloro-1, 3-dihydro-1-methyl-5-phenyl-2H-
1, 4-benzodiazepin-2-one Under the NDPS Act, who has the authority
b) 5-(o-Chlorophenyl)-1, 3-dihydro-7-nitro-2H-1, to permit and regulate the cultivation of the
4-benzodiazepin-2-one coca plant, opium poppy, or cannabis plant?
c) 8-Chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-s-triazolo [4, a) State Government
3-a] [1, 4] benzodiazepine b) Central Government
d) 3-(2-Dimethylaminoethyl)-indol-4-yl c) Narcotics Control Bureau
dihydrogen phosphate d) Drug Controller General of India
Answer: b) 5-(o-Chlorophenyl)-1, 3-dihydro-7- Answer: b) Central Government
nitro-2H-1, 4-benzodiazepin-2-one
What is the maximum punishment for a first-
Diazepam's chemical name is: time offense involving a small quantity of
a) 7-Chloro-1, 3-dihydro-1-methyl-5-phenyl-2H- narcotic drugs under the NDPS Act?
1, 4-benzodiazepin-2-one a) 6 months rigorous imprisonment or fine up to
Rs. 10,000 or both
b) 1 year rigorous imprisonment or fine up to
Rs. 20,000 or both Which schedule of the NDPS Act contains
c) 2 years rigorous imprisonment or fine up to the list of psychotropic substances?
Rs. 50,000 or both a) Schedule I
d) 3 years rigorous imprisonment or fine up to b) Schedule II
Rs. 1,00,000 or both c) Schedule III
Answer: a) 6 months rigorous imprisonment or d) Schedule IV
fine up to Rs. 10,000 or both Answer: d) Schedule IV

Which of the following is NOT considered a What is the primary objective of the NDPS
psychotropic substance under the NDPS Act?
Act? a) To regulate the import and export of all drugs
a) Methamphetamine b) To control and regulate operations relating to
b) Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
c) Paracetamol c) To promote the use of traditional medicine
d) MDMA (Ecstasy) d) To standardize the prices of pharmaceutical
Answer: c) Paracetamol products
Answer: b) To control and regulate operations
The NDPS Act prohibits the employment of relating to narcotic drugs and psychotropic
which group of individuals in the cultivation substances
of any narcotic plant or the production of
any narcotic drug? Which section of the NDPS Act deals with
a) Women the power of the Central Government to
b) Children permit, control, and regulate?
c) Foreign Nationals a) Section 12
d) Elderly Persons b) Section 9
Answer: b) Children c) Section 14
d) Section 20
Which body is responsible for advising the Answer: b) Section 9
Central Government on matters relating to
the administration of the NDPS Act? Section 25 of the NDPS Act deals with which
a) Drug Technical Advisory Board of the following?
b) Narcotic Drugs Consultative Committee a) Punishment for embezzlement of opium by
c) Central Bureau of Narcotics cultivator
d) Narcotics Control Bureau b) Punishment for allowing premises to be used
Answer: b) Narcotic Drugs Consultative for the commission of an offence
Committee c) Punishment for contravention in relation to
psychotropic substances
Under the NDPS Act, what is the term used d) Punishment for contravention in relation to
for the process of making a place or poppy straw
equipment free from narcotic drugs or Answer: b) Punishment for allowing premises to
psychotropic substances? be used for the commission of an offence
a) Decontamination
b) Neutralization Which section of the NDPS Act deals with
c) Decommissioning the enhanced punishment for offences after
d) Disinfection a previous conviction?
Answer: a) Decontamination a) Section 37
b) Section 31 Answer: b) Recommends
treatment/rehabilitation of drug users and
c) Section 34 punishment for drug peddlers
d) Section 35
Answer: b) Section 31

Section 10 of the NDPS Act deals with which

of the following?
a) Power to stop and search conveyance
b) Report of arrest and seizure
c) Power of State Government to permit,
control, and regulate
d) Power to call for information
Answer: c) Power of State Government to
permit, control, and regulate

According to the NDPS Act, which of the

following is considered a 'manufactured
drug'?
a) Coca leaf
b) Opium
c) Medicinal cannabis
d) Poppy straw
Answer: c) Medicinal cannabis

Under the NDPS Act, what is the

punishment for the consumption of narcotic
drugs or psychotropic substances?
a) Imprisonment up to 6 months or fine up to
Rs. 10,000 or both
b) Imprisonment up to 1 year or fine or both
c) Imprisonment up to 2 years or fine or both
d) Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine or both
Answer: b) Imprisonment up to 1 year or fine or
both

Which of the following statements about the

NDPS Act is true?
a) Provides severe punishment for drug users
and drug peddlers alike
b) Recommends treatment/rehabilitation of drug
users and punishment for drug peddlers
c) Consumption of excessive alcohol is
punishable under the act
d) Farmers growing opium are permitted to
grow and consume unlimited amounts of opium