JUNIOR CONSULTANT – FORENSIC MEDICINE – HEALTH SERVICES

PROVISIONAL ANSWER KEY
Question Paper Code: 3/2016/OL
Category Code: 205/2015
Exam: Junior Consultant Forensic medicine
Medium of Question: English
Date of Test 07-01-2016
Alphacode A
Question1:-Who was the Editor of the journal ‘Sreemathi’?
A:-Anna Chaandi
B:-Kuttimalu Amma
C:-V.W. Elizabeth
D:-Lakshmi Kutti Amma
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question2:-Who among the following was not hanged in the famous ‘Kayyur Incident’ of 1941?
A:-Aboobacker
B:-C. Krishnan Nair
C:-P. Kunhambu Nair
D:-Madathil Appu
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question3:-All Kerala Women’s League was formed at
A:-Kannur
B:-Thalassery
C:-Shornur
D:-Kozhikode
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question4:-Who is the author of the Malayalam work ”Adimakal Engane Udamakalay”?
A:-A.K. Gopalan
B:-P. Krishna Pillai
C:-Vishnu Bharateeyan
D:-K.P.R. Gopalan
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question5:-Cochin Rajya Praja Mandalam was formed in the year
A:-1938
B:-1939
C:-1940
D:-1941
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question6:-Which among the following organisation was formed at the earliest?
A:-Kalyanodayathi Sabha
B:-Vala Samudaya Parishkarana Sabha
C:-Sri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam
D:-Sadujana Paripalana Sabha
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question7:-Which one of the following work of Kumaran Asan was published in the year 1907?
A:-Duravasta
B:-Veena Poovu
C:-Nalini
D:-Karuna
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question8:-Tatwa Prakashika Ashram was associated with
A:-Vagbhatananda
B:-Ananda Thertha
C:-Brahmananda Shivayogi
D:-P. Kunhi Raman Nair
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question9:-Who published the first travelogue in Malayalam?
A:-Fr. Clement
B:-Thoma Cathanar
C:-Fr. Kariyattil Ousep
D:-Arnos Patiri
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question10:-Who was the last Diwan of Kochi?
A:-R.K. Shanmugam Chetti
B:-Sankunny Menon
C:-C.P. Karunakara Menon
D:-Govinda Menon
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question11:-Paliyam Satyagraha was started in the year
A:-1944
B:-1945
C:-1946
D:-1947
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question12:-Which one of the following newspaper was not associated with K. Ramakrishna Pillai?
A:-Keraliyam
B:-Kerala Darpanam
C:-Kerala Panchika
D:-Malayali
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question13:-Which state has the largest number of child brides and child grooms in the country as per the census of India
2011?
A:-Madhya Pradesh
B:-Uttar Pradesh
C:-Bihar
D:-Rajasthan
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question14:-A famous city Antalya situated in
A:-Iraq
B:-Syria
C:-Turkey
D:-Iran
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question15:-The number of districts in Karnataka
A:-27
B:-28
C:-29
D:-30
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question16:-Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport is situated at
A:-Chandigarh
B:-Gandinagar
C:-Bhuvaneshwar
D:-Guwahati
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question17:-The British formed a force called ‘Kolkars’ to deal with
A:-19th century Peasant Uprisings in Malabar
B:-Veluthampi Revolt
C:-Pazhassi Revolt
D:-Kurichiya Revolt
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question18:-Which British Viceroy of India visited Travancore in 1900?
A:-Lord Curzon
B:-Lord Lansdowne
C:-Lord Dufferin
D:-Lord Minto
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question19:-From which constituency Joseph Mundassery was elected to the first Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957?
A:-Paravoor
B:-Manaloor
C:-Kottayam
D:-Thodupuzha
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question20:-Which one of the following social reformer died in the year 1929?
A:-Brahmananda Sivayogi
B:-Vagbhatananda
C:-Ananda Thertha
D:-Chattambi Swamikkal
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question21:-Police inquest is dealt within the Criminal Procedure Code 1973
A:-Section 174, 175
B:-Section 194, 195
C:-Section 154, 155
D:-Section 164, 165
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question22:-A fixed and false belief or an erroneous judgement which cannot be changed by logical argument or evidence
to the contrary is called
A:-Delirium
B:-Illusion
C:-Hallucination
D:-Delusion
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question23:-Drugs and Cosmetic Rules 1945 classifies poisons into schedule
A:-Schedule F
B:-Schedule E
C:-Schedule H
D:-Schedule L
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question24:-Bernsteins hypothesis states that
A:-The agglutinogens A and B will appear in the blood of an infant unless present in the blood of one or both parent
B:-Group AB parent can have a group O child and group O parent can have a group AB child
C:-The agglutinogens A and B cannot appear in the blood of an infant unless present in the blood of one or both
parents
D:-Group AB parent cannot have a group O child and group O parent can have a group AB child
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question25:-Railway spine is severe blow to the back or fall from height resulting in
A:-complete transection of spinal cord without external injury
B:-concussion of the spinal cord without evidence of external injury
C:-confusion of the spinal cord without evidence of external injury
D:-confusion of the spinal cord with external and spinal column injury
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question26:-The presence of macrophages laden with hemosidarin pigment indicates that the contusion is at least
A:-72 hours old
B:-24 hours old
C:-48 hours old
D:-12 hours old
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question27:-Technique useful for detection of diffuse axonal injury in a patient who survived for three hours after head
trauma
A:-Bodian silver impregnation technique
B:-Hematoxylin and eosin staining
C:-Frozen section technique
D:-Immuno cytochemistry using Bamyloid precursor protein
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question28:-Zoophilia is a sexual perversion where
A:-Sexual act is performed by a humanbeing with an animal
B:-Sexual gratification is obtained from fondling animals
C:-Vaginal intercourse with lower animals
D:-Sexual pleasure obtained by observing animals having intercourse
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question29:-The first permanent molar teeth erupts at
A:-6-7 years
B:-7-8 years
C:-8-9 years
D:-10-12 years
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question30:-Indecent assault committed on a woman with the intent or knowledge to outrage her modesty is punishable
under Indian Penal Code
A:-Section 353
B:-Section 354
C:-Section 355
D:-Section 356
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question31:-Breslau’s second life test is
A:-Proof of breathing is not necessarily proof of live birth
B:-The lungs of alive born is distended, soft, crepitant and can be seen partly covering the heart
C:-The lungs of live born will sink as a result of atelectasis or pneumonia
D:-Small intestine and stomach removed after applying ligatures at either end will float in water
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question32:-During spectroscopy oxyhemoglobin shows two absorption bands between Frauenhoffer lines
A:-C and D
B:-D and F
C:-D and E
D:-C & D and D & E
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question33:-Caspers dictum states that
A:-A body decomposes in air twice as quickly as in water and eight times as quickly as in earth
B:-A body decomposes in air eight times as quickly as in water and twice as quickly as in earth
C:-A body decomposes in air thrice as quickly as in water and twice as quickly as in earth
D:-A body decomposes thrice as quickly as in water and eight times as quickly as in earth
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question34:-Aldrich-Mee’s lines on the nails is seen in
A:-Copper poisoning
B:-Lead poisoning
C:-Arsenic poisoning
D:-Antimony poisoning
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question35:-Consent given for an act of criminal abortion is not valid whether or not the act causes injury as per section of
Indian Penal Code
A:-IPC Sec 90
B:-IPC Sec 91
C:-IPC Sec 92
D:-IPC Sec 93
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question36:-Bansdola is
A:-Holding the neck of the victim in the bend of the elbow foot or knee
B:-Pressing the neck with the palm and compressing the air passages with fingers over the chin
C:-Sticks are placed on the front and back of neck and pressure applied by tying their ends
D:-Strangulation of neck by a ligature and tightened by sticks
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question37:-Poroscopy is useful in
A:-Determination of race
B:-Determination of age
C:-Determination of sex
D:-Determination of identity
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question38:-Arborescent markings are seen in
A:-Fire burns
B:-Electric burns
C:-Lightening
D:-Radiation burns
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question39:-Preauricular sulcus on pelvic bone is useful for
A:-Determination of age
B:-Determination of race
C:-Determination of sex
D:-Determination of identity
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question40:-Smokeless gun powder consists of
A:-Potassium nitrate, sulphur, charcoal
B:-Nitrocellulose and nitro glycerine
C:-Lead peroxide and lead styphnate
D:-Nitro guanidine and sulphur
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question41:-Super fecundation means
A:-Multiple pregnancy resulting from the fertilisation of two or more ova liberated in the same menstrual cycle by
spermatozoa introduced by successive act of coitus
B:-Fertilisation of an ovum from a subsequent ovulation in a woman who is already pregnant
C:-Multiple pregnancy resulting from fertilisation of one ova by multiple sperms during successive act of coitus
D:-Multiple pregnancy from fertilisation of one ova by multiple sperms during single act of coitus
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question42:-Cardiac muscle in myocardial infarction appear pale, brownish purple or tigroid with slight leucocyte infiltration
and necrosis after a period of survival of
A:-4 hours
B:-6-9 hours
C:-2-4 days
D:-5-6 days
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question43:-The range of firing in shot gun injuries from the extend of dispersion of pellets is approximately calculated by
A:-The spread of pellets in inches equals one and a half times the ranged measured in yards in cylinder bore weapons
B:-The spread of pellets in inches equals to the range measured in yards in cylinder bore weapons
C:-The spread of pellets in inches equals to one and a half times the range measured in yards in half choked weapons
D:-The spread of pellets in inches equals to the range measured in yards in full choked weapons
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question44:-Lynching is
A:-Accidental smothering
B:-Homicidal hanging
C:-Partial hanging
D:-Judicial hanging
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question45:-Nitrites are given in cyanide poisoning
A:-To prevent conversion of cyanide to hydrocyanic acid
B:-To prevent the absorption of cyanide
C:-To convert hemoglobin into methnoglobin
D:-To prevent histotoxicity by formation of thiocyanate
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question46:-British anti lewisite is used for treatment of poisoning by
A:-Iron
B:-Silver
C:-Arsenic
D:-Copper
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question47:-Spaldings sign is seen in
A:-Still birth
B:-Intra uterine death
C:-Intra uterine growth retardation
D:-Forceps delivery
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question48:-Pugilistic attitude in death due to burns is
A:-due to coagulation of proteins
B:-due to cadaveric spasm
C:-due to rigor mortis
D:-due to heat lacerations
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question49:-Abatement of suicide of a child or insane person is dealt with the Indian Penal Code
A:-Section 305 IPC
B:-Section 306 IPC
C:-Section 307 IPC
D:-Section 308 IPC
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question50:-Micro chemical test for presence of blood by talcayama test is seen as
A:-reddish leafy crystals of heamin
B:-brownish black rhombic crystals of herratin chloride
C:-yellowish red crystals of herratin crystals
D:-pink feathery crystals of hemochromogen
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question51:-Postmortem staining in poisoning by oxidants of hemoglobin such as potassium chlorate and nitrites is
chocolate brown in colour because
A:-Formation of oxyhemoglobin
B:-Formation of carboxyhemoglobin
C:-Formation of methemoglobin and sulfhemoglobin
D:-Formation of degradation products of hemoglobin
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question52:-‘Washer Womans’ hands in drowning occurs by
A:-immersion for 12-18 hours
B:-immersion for 9-12 hours
C:-immersion for 6-9 hours
D:-immersion for 4-6 hours
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question53:-Giving false evidence intentionally before the Honourable Court is punishable under Indian Penal Code
A:-IPC 191
B:-IPC 192
C:-IPC 193
D:-IPC 194
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question54:-In metropolitan cities a Metropolitan Magistrate is
A:-Chief Judicial Magistrate
B:-Judicial Magistrate of first class
C:-Judicial Magistrate of second class
D:-Judicial Magistrate of third class
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question55:-Failure to comply with the summons without genuine may render him liable for fine or imprisonment or both
under Indian Penal Code
A:-IPCs 171
B:-IPCs 172
C:-IPCs 173
D:-IPCs 174
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question56:-The most appropriate staining technique for detection of Barr bodies is
A:-Feulgen reaction
B:-Hematoxylin and eosin
C:-Luxol fast blue
D:-Silver impregnation
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question57:-Ischiopubic index is useful for determining
A:-Race of individual
B:-Age of individual
C:-Sex of individual
D:-Stature of individual
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question58:-The shape of chin of adult male mandible is
A:-oval shaped
B:-rounded
C:-pointed
D:-square shaped
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question59:-Bony replacement of cartilage between basisphenoid and basisocciput is complete by
A:-18-20 years
B:-22-24 years
C:-26-28 years
D:-30-32 years
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question60:-Calcification of crown of first molar and incisors take place
A:-2-3 years earlier than eruption
B:-during intra uterine period
C:-2-3 years after eruption
D:-during eruption
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question61:-Mamelons are irregularities seen on
A:-Permanent incisors
B:-Temporary incisors
C:-Permanent canines
D:-Temporary canines
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question62:-The average rate of cooling of a dead body is
A:-2.5°F per hour in temperate climate and 0.95°F in tropical climate
B:-1.5°F per hour in temperate climate and 0.75°F per hour in tropical climate
C:-4.5°F per hour in temperate and 1.5°F per hour in tropical climate
D:-0.5°F per hour in temperate and 1.5°F per hour in tropical climate
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question63:-Livor mortis is
A:-Suggillation
B:-Algor mortis
C:-Rigor mortis
D:-Cooling of the body
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question64:-The purplish discolouration of hypostatic areas is due to
A:-Sulf hemoglobin in blood
B:-Methemoglobin in blood
C:-Oxy hemoglobin in blood
D:-Reduced hemoglobin in blood
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question65:-Enzyme studies by Macro enzyme techniques using triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC) reaction depends on
enzyme activity
A:-Maleic dehydrogenase
B:-Succinic dehydrogenase
C:-Lactic dehydrogenase
D:-Lactic hydrogenase
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question66:-During autopsy in a torture death presence of contaminated material and fecal material in the air passage and
oesophagus suggests
A:-Wet submarine
B:-Dry submarine
C:-Sawhorse
D:-Parrot’s perch
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question67:-Following fracture of long bone the normal period for formation of complete callus is
A:-1-2 months
B:-2-3 months
C:-1 week
D:-2-3 weeks
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question68:-Fat embolism can be demonstrated in Frozen section by identifying fat using stain
A:-Bodian silver stain
B:-Scharlach R
C:-Fluorescent technique
D:-Luxol fast blue
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question69:-Stomach emptying time may be prolonged in long standing uncontrolled diabetes mellitus due to
A:-Dumping syndrome
B:-Hyperglycemia
C:-Smooth muscle sphincter spasm
D:-Gastroparesis
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question70:-Differences in the chloride content of blood in both sides of the heart in drowning will be absent in
A:-Fresh water drowning
B:-Salt water drowning
C:-Dry drowning
D:-Wet drowning
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question71:-Sulphuric acid is contraindicated for diatom test because
A:-It digests the silicaceous coat of diatoms
B:-It produces precipitates which obscure microscopy
C:-It results in corrosion of bone marrow
D:-Produces contamination of diatoms
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question72:-Frost bite occurs when exposed to temperature of minimum
A:-Below -8 to -10°C
B:-Between 1-4°C
C:-Between 6-10°C
D:-Below -50 to -100°C
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question73:-Malignant transformation of a burn scar is known as
A:-Curlings ulcer
B:-Cushings ulcer
C:-Marjolins ulcer
D:-Rodent ulcer
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question74:-Eonism is a sexual perversion where
A:-There is a propensity to dress in the clothing of opposite sex
B:-Use of objects like shoe, hair for sexual gratification
C:-Displaying of genitalia for sexual gratification
D:-Sexual pleasure by stimulation of genitals by hand
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question75:-Most reliable criteria for identification of identical twins is
A:-DNA analysis
B:-Finger print
C:-Blood grouping
D:-Super imposition
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question76:-Mental disorders are classified in International classification of diseases under chapter
A:-Chapter C
B:-Chapter D
C:-Chapter E
D:-Chapter F
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question77:-A contract with a mentally ill person during the lucid interval is
A:-not valid
B:-valid
C:-valid only if history of disease is known
D:-valid if the disease is a neurosis
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question78:-Joule effect in electrocution is
A:-Sudden cardiac arrest due to passage of electric current
B:-Crater formation due to contact of conductor
C:-Streaming of nuclei seen in histopathology of skin
D:-Resistance of muscle cause release of heat causing coagulation of muscle fibre
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question79:-Benzidine test for detection of blood is based on the principle
A:-enzyme peroxidase in hemoglobin acts as a carrier of oxygen
B:-separation of heme and globin in hemoglobin
C:-detection of deoxy hemoglobin in lysed red blood cells
D:-presence of blood group antigens
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question80:-Secretion of ABO substances in body fluids such as saliva, semen and gastric juice is determined by
A:-Genes Aa and aa
B:-Genes Bb and BB
C:-Genes Se and se
D:-Genes Lm and lm
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question81:-Regarding Florence test for detection of semen
A:-A positive test is diagnostic of semen
B:-A negative test will eliminate the possibility of stain being semen
C:-Vasectomy operation will result in negative test
D:-Vegetable and animal substance may give false negative test
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question82:-Person who commit a criminal act under the following state are not held liable
A:-drunken state
B:-under hypnotism
C:-oneiroid state
D:-under provacation
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question83:-The following, which is outside the purview of Transplantation of Human Organ Act 1994
A:-Liver
B:-Ear bones
C:-Eyes
D:-Bone marrow
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question84:-Chelating agent British anti lewisite is contraindicated in
A:-Lead poisoning
B:-Cadmium poisoning
C:-Arsenic poisoning
D:-Gold poisoning
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question85:-Desferoxamine is a chelating agent which removes iron from the following one maximally
A:-Hemoglobin
B:-Cytochromes
C:-Hemosiderin
D:-Transferrin
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question86:-Nitric acid when comes in contact with organic matter produces
A:-Xanthoprotein
B:-Osmic acid
C:-Formic acid
D:-Picric acid
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question87:-Mental affection called ‘Erethism’ in mercury poisoning effecting the emotional state is known as
A:-Mercuria lentis
B:-Mad as a hatter
C:-Erethism psychosis
D:-Mercury mania
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question88:-Magnan’s symptom is seen in
A:-Schizophrenia
B:-Illusions
C:-Twilight states
D:-Chronic cocaine poisoning
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question89:-Warnicke-Korsakow’s syndrome is seen in
A:-Deficiency of riboflavin
B:-Deficiency of thiamine
C:-Deficiency of cyanacobalamine
D:-Deficiency of nicotinic acid
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question90:-Dipsomania is a
A:-Impulse
B:-Disorientation
C:-Oneiroid state
D:-Hypochondriasis
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question91:-Haptoglobins are
A:-Immunoglobulins in the serum
B:-Low density lipo proteins
C:-Histo compatibility antigen
D:-Hemoglobin binding proteins found in human serum
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question92:-The greenish discolouration of resolving contusion is due to
A:-hematoidin
B:-hemosiderin
C:-bilirubin
D:-sulph hemoglobin
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question93:-Fugue state where the patient wanders away from home is seen in
A:-Hypochondriasis
B:-Impulse
C:-Hysteria
D:-Illusions
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question94:-In cases of air embolism the patient should be placed
A:-on right side with legs raised
B:-supine position with legs raised
C:-prone position with legs raised
D:-on left side with legs raised
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question95:-When examined under ultraviolet light seminal stains show
A:-white fluorescence
B:-strong bluish white fluorescence
C:-yellowish white fluorescence
D:-yellowish red fluorescence
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question96:-Obliteration of triradiate cartilage occurs by
A:-9-10 years
B:-7-8 years
C:-16-18 years
D:-11-14 years
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question97:-Postmortem caloricity is seen in
A:-Fulminant infections
B:-Congestive heart failure
C:-Fluid and electrolyte imbalance
D:-Shock due to blood loss
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question98:-Locard’s test is
A:-when two objects come in contact, materials from one object is transferred into the other
B:-comparison of the openings of sweat duct on the papillary ridges
C:-comparison of the palatal rugosities for identification
D:-comparison of lip prints for identity
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question99:-The permanent second molar erupts in
A:-10-12 years
B:-12-14 years
C:-14-16 years
D:-17-25 years
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question100:-The approximate time since death after the dead body becomes completely cooled and rigor mortis starts
disappearing is
A:-less than 9 hours
B:-less than 16 hours
C:-more than 16 hours
D:-less than 7 hours
Correct Answer:- Option-C