2. 1. Which of the following sections of
IPC are concerned with dowry death
a) 300
b) 302
c) 304-A
d) 304-B
3. 2. Death of a patient due to an
unintentional act by doctor, staff or
hospital is
a) Vicarious liability
b) Contributory negligence
c) Therapeutic misadventure
d) Res ipsa loquitur
4. 3. The cephalic index of Indians
ranges between
a) 70 to 75
b) 75 to 80
c) 80 to 85
d) 85 to 90
5. 4.
i) the orbits in male skull are
rounded with sharp margins
ii) the obturator foramen of female is
large and oval
a) Both (i) and (ii) are correct
b) (i) is correct (ii) is incorrect
c) (ii) is correct (i) is incorrect
d) Both (i) and (ii) are incorrect
6. 5. The age of 15 year old female is
best determined by the radiograph of
a) Lower end of radius and ulna
b) Upper end of humerus
c) Head of ribs
d) Upper end of radius and ulna
7. 6. Estimation of age by
examination of teeth
a) Pearson’s method
b) Gustafson’s method
c) Galton’s method
d) Bertillon’s method
8. 7. Foamy liver is seen in
a) Mumification
b) Drowning
c) Putrefaction
d) adipocere
9. 8. Putrefaction starts in
a) Right hypochondrium
b) Left hypochondrium
c) Right iliac fossa
d) Left iliac fossa
10. 9. Which of the following is not the
cause of death due to suffocation
a) Choking
b) Smothering
c) Gagging
d) throttling
11. 10. Best indicator for ante
mortem drowning
a) Cutis anserina
b) Water in nose
c) Froth in mouth and nostrils
d) Washer woman’s hand
12. a) A4 B3 C5 D1 E2
b) A3 B4 C5 D1 E2
c) A4 B3 C1 D5 E2
d) A3 B4 C1 D5 E2
A Carbon monoxide 1 Yellow
B Hydrocyanic acid 2 Green
C Nitrites 3 Cherry red
D Phosphorus 4 Bright red
E Hydrogen sulphide 5 Copper brown
11. Match the following
13. 12. Aseptic autolysis is seen in
a) Maceration
b) Mumification
c) Adipocere
d) putrefaction
14. 13. Assertion ; Presence of diatoms in bone
marrow confirms post mortem drowning
Reason ; after death diatoms reach distant
viscera through ciliary propagation
a) A and R are correct and R is the
correct explanation to A
b) A and R are correct but R is not the
correct explanation to A
c) A is correct R is incorrect
d) A is incorrect R is correct
e) Both A and R are incorrect
15. 14. A method of homicidal
smothering and traumatic asphyxia
is
a) Choking
b) Gagging
c) Lynching
d) Burking
16. 15. All are test for seminal stains
except
a) Takayama test
b) Barberio’s test
c) Florence test
d) Acid phosphatase test
17. 16. Bullets from the body are
preferably picked up with
a) Toothed forceps
b) Needles
c) Hands
d) scissors
18. 17. Suspended animation occurs
after
a) Cyanide poisoning
b) electrocution
c) Burns
d) Still birth
19. 18. Gettler’s test is done for
death by
a) Hanging
b) Semen analysis
c) Drowning
d) Phosphorus poisoning
20. 19. Pick the correct order in the
given group ( based on their alcohol
content from highest to lowest )
a) Vodka > rum > gin > wine
b) Brandy > vodka > wine > port
c) Vodka > rum > beer > wine
d) Rum > champagne > vodka > beer
21. 20. Fatal dose of methanol
a) 15 to 30 ml
b) 50 ml
c) 60 to 200 ml
d) 300 to 450 ml
22. 21. Ganja is prepared from
a) Dried leaves
b) Fresh leaves
c) Flower tops
d) Fruit shoots
23. 22. Regarding chloroform poisoning pick the correct
statements.
1. Fatal dose – 30 ml
2. Pulse and respiration slow and feeble
3. Also called as knock out drops
4. Homicide by inhalation or by ingestion is very rare
a) 2,3,4
b) 1,2,4
c) 1.3.4
d) 1,2,3
24. 23. An addict develops delusions.
Misleading hallucinations of sight
and hearing and the feeling of
creeping things of grains of sand in
the skin, he is addicted to
a) Methaqualone
b) Heroin
c) Amphetamines
d) cocaine
25. 24. Raindrop pigmentation of the
skin is seen in poisoning due to
a) Arsenic
b) Lead
c) Mercuy
d) cyanide
26. 25. Father of modern toxicology
a) Paracelsus
b) Galen
c) Orfila
d) Hippocrates
27. The Essentials of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
DR. K.S NARAYAN REDDY & DR. O.P MURTY
33rd edition
I basic 5th edition
Success 4th edition
Source books
28. 1. Which of the following sections of
IPC are concerned with dowry death
a) 300
b) 302
c) 304-A
d) 304-B
29. Ans. D) 304B
• Sec. 300 IPC culpable homicide
• Sec. 302 IPC punishment for murder
• Sec. 304A IPC causing death by criminal
negligence
• Sec. 304B IPC dowry death
• Sec. 320 IPC grievous injury
• Sec. 375 IPC definition of rape
• Sec. 376 IPC punishment of rape
30. 2. Death of a patient due to an
unintentional act by doctor, staff or
hospital is
a) Vicarious liability
b) Contributory negligence
c) Therapeutic misadventure
d) Res ipsa loquitur
31. Ans. c) therapeutic misadventure
• Vicarious liability – liability for the act of
another… an employer is responsible not only
for his own negligence but also for the
negligence of his employees
• Contributory negligence – the part of the
patient or his personal attendent, which
combined with the doctors negligence,
contributed to the injury.
32. • Therapeutic misadventure – in case in which
the individual has been injured or had died
due to some unintentional act by a doctor
• Res ipsa loquitor – which means the thing or
fact speak for itself. the patient need not
prove the negligence
33. 3. The cephalic index of Indians
ranges between
a) 70 to 75
b) 75 to 80
c) 80 to 85
d) 85 to 90
34. Ans. b) 75 to 80
TYPE OF SKULL CEPHALIC INDEX RACE
Dolicho cephalic
- long headed
70 to 75 Pure aryans,
arborigines,
negroes
Mesati cephalic
-medium
headed
75 to 80 Europeans
chinese and
indians
Brachy cephalic
-short headed
80 to 85 mangolian
35. 4.
i) the orbits in male skull are
rounded with sharp margins
ii) the obturator foramen of female is
large and oval
a) Both (i) and (ii) are correct
b) (i) is correct (ii) is incorrect
c) (ii) is correct (i) is incorrect
d) Both (i) and (ii) are incorrect
36. Ans. d) both are incorrect
• the orbits in
male skull
are square
with
rounded
margins
38. 5. The age of 15 year old female is
best determined by the radiograph of
a) Lower end of radius and ulna
b) Upper end of humerus
c) Head of ribs
d) Upper end of radius and ulna
39. Ans. d) upper end radius and ulna
•Page no 78 narayan
reddy fm 33rd edition
•Chapter - identification
40. 6. Estimation of age by
examination of teeth
a) Pearson’s method
b) Gustafson’s method
c) Galton’s method
d) Bertillon’s method
41. Ans. b) gustafson’s method
•Pearsons formula – for calculation of
stature from long bones
•Gustafsons method – estimation of age
by examination of teeth
•Galton's method – dactylography – first
used in India – finger print bureau was
first established in Kolkata
•Bertillons method - anthropometry
42. 7. Foamy liver is seen in
a) Mumification
b) Drowning
c) Putrefaction
d) adipocere
43. Ans. c) putrefaction
• Disintegration of the body tissue after
death
• Clostridium welchii in a tissue space
produce gas, which soon increase in size.
When bubbles develop, the organ has a
honeycombed, vesicular or foamy
appearance.
44. 8. Putrefaction starts in
a) Right hypochondrium
b) Left hypochondrium
c) Right iliac fossa
d) Left iliac fossa
45. Ans. c) right iliac fossa
• The first
external sign of
putrefaction in
a body lying in
air is usually a
greenish
discoloration of
the skin over
the region of
caecum
46. 9. Which of the following is not the
cause of death due to suffocation
a) Choking
b) Smothering
c) Gagging
d) throttling
47. Ans. d) throttling
Throttling or
manual
strangulation is
asphyxia produced
by compression of
the neck by human
hands.
50. 10. Best indicator for ante
mortem drowning
a) Cutis anserina
b) Water in nose
c) Froth in mouth and nostrils
d) Washer woman’s hand
51. Ans. c) Froth in mouth and nostrils
• Cutis anserina or goose flesh occur in
living when the skin comes in contact
with cold water. It may occur on
submersion of the body in cold
water immediately after death,
while the muscles were still warmth
and irritable.
52. • A fine white froth / foam in mouth
and nostrils is one of the most
characteristic signs of drowning.
Inhalation of water irritates the
mucous membranes of the air
passages due to which the tracheal
and bronchial gland secrete large
quantities of tenacious mucus.
53. a) A4 B3 C5 D1 E2
b) A3 B4 C5 D1 E2
c) A4 B3 C1 D5 E2
d) A3 B4 C1 D5 E2
A Carbon monoxide 1 Yellow
B Hydrocyanic acid 2 Green
C Nitrites 3 Cherry red
D Phosphorus 4 Bright red
E Hydrogen sulphide 5 Copper brown
11. Match the following
54. Ans. b) A3 B4 C5 D1 E2
A Carbon monoxide 1 Cherry red
B Hydrocyanic acid 2 Bright red
C Nitrites 3 Copper brown
D Phosphorus 4 Yellow
E Hydrogen sulphide 5 Green
55. 12. Aseptic autolysis is seen in
a) Maceration
b) Mumification
c) Adipocere
d) putrefaction
56. Ans. a) maceration
• It is the process of aseptic autolysis
• It occurs when the dead child remains in
uterus for about three to four days
surrounded with liquor amni but the exclusion
of air.
• If air enters the liquor amni after the death of
the foetus, putrefaction occurs instead of
maceration
57. 13. Assertion ; Presence of diatoms in bone
marrow confirms post mortem drowning
Reason ; after death diatoms reach distant
viscera through ciliary propagation
a) A and R are correct and R is the
correct explanation to A
b) A and R are correct but R is not the
correct explanation to A
c) A is correct R is incorrect
d) A is incorrect R is correct
e) Both A and R are incorrect
58. Ans. e) both A and R are incorrect
• Diatoms are unicellular or
colonial algae.
• They occur in cultivated soils,
moist rocks and atmosphere.
• Large number of diatoms are
seen in both fresh water and sea
water.
59. Enter into air passages
Ruptured alveolar wall
Pulmonary veins
Journey of diatoms during drowning
63. 15. All are test for seminal stains
except
a) Takayama test
b) Barberio’s test
c) Florence test
d) Acid phosphatase test
64. Ans. a) takayama test
• Also known as Haemochromogen crystal test
• To detect Blood stains
• Suspected material palced on glass slide, 2 to
3 drops of takayama reagent ( sodium
hydroxide, pyridine, glucose) added.
• If the suspected material is blood stain pink
colored crystals of haemochromogen appears
in 1 to 6 mins.
• It is delicate and more reliable.
65. 16. Bullets from the body are
preferably picked up with
a) Toothed forceps
b) Needles
c) Hands
d) scissors
66. Ans. c) hands
• Care must be taken in removing a bullet
from the body so that marks due to
artifact such as scratches are not
produced on the bullet. Such markings
may make difficult subsequent
identification of the bullet.
• It is preferable to remove the bullets
with bare fingers. Pg 234, mechanical injuries,
wounds from pistols, autopsy
67. 17. Suspended animation occurs
after
a) Cyanide poisoning
b) electrocution
c) Burns
d) Still birth
68. Ans. b) electrocution
• In Suspended animation or apparent death
signs of life are not found, as the functions are
interrupted for some time or reduced to
minimum.
• Lasting for few seconds to half an hour in
vagal inhibition, sunstroke, electrocution,
cholera, drowning, narcotic poisoning, after
anesthesia, shock, insanity.
69. 18. Gettler’s test is done for
death by
a) Hanging
b) Semen analysis
c) Drowning
d) Phosphorus poisoning
70. Ans. c) drowning
• Gettler’s test deals with estimation of
Chloride content in the chambers of heart.
• In fresh water drowning the chloride content
of left heart is lesser than the right heart –
haemodilution.
• In sea water drowning the chloride content
of left heart is higher than the right heart –
haemoconcentration.
71. 19. Pick the correct order in the
given group ( based on their alcohol
content from highest to lowest )
a) Vodka > rum > gin > wine
b) Brandy > vodka > wine > port
c) Vodka > rum > beer > wine
d) Rum > champagne > vodka > beer
75. 20. Fatal dose of methanol
a) 15 to 30 ml
b) 50 ml
c) 60 to 200 ml
d) 300 to 450 ml
76. Ans. c) 60 to 200 ml
Fatal dose
• Ethyl alcohol – 150 to 250 ml
• Methyl alcohol – 60 to 200 ml
• Ethylene glycol – 100 to 200 ml
77. 21. Ganja is prepared from
a) Dried leaves
b) Fresh leaves
c) Flower tops
d) Fruit shoots
78. Ans. c) flower tops
• Bhang – dried leaves and fruit
shoots
• Ganja – flower tops
• Charas – it is the resin from
leaves and stem of the plant
79. 22. Regarding chloroform poisoning pick the correct
statements.
1. Fatal dose – 30 ml
2. Pulse and respiration slow and feeble
3. Also called as knock out drops
4. Homicide by inhalation or by ingestion is very rare
a) 2,3,4
b) 1,2,4
c) 1.3.4
d) 1,2,3
80. Ans. b) 1,2,4
• Chloral hydrate ( dry wine ) is given
in food or drinks to render a person
suddenly helpless for the purpose of
robbery or rape. Its action is so rapid
and hence it is given by the name
knock out drops.
• Alcohol + chloral = mickey finn
81. 23. An addict develops delusions.
Misleading hallucinations of sight
and hearing and the feeling of
creeping things of grains of sand in
the skin, he is addicted to
a) Methaqualone
b) Heroin
c) Amphetamines
d) cocaine
82. Ans. d) cocaine
• Magnan’s symptom or cocaine bugs
is characteristic in which there is a
feeling as if grains of sand are lying
under the skin or small insects are
creeping on the skin.
• Formication, tactile hallucination.
83. 24. Raindrop pigmentation of the
skin is seen in poisoning due to
a) Arsenic
b) Lead
c) Mercury
d) cyanide
84. Ans. a) arsenic
• The stomach mucosa resembles red
velvet
• Rain drop type of Pigmentation of
the skin – mottled brown change on
temples, neck and eyelids
• Transverse white lines on the finger
nails called aldrich – mees lines.
85. 25. Father of modern toxicology
a) Paracelsus
b) Galen
c) Orfila
d) Hippocrates
