FM IA2 MCQs

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  1.  In case of emergency, when nobody is available to give consent and you have to save the life of a patient, consent is implied by Section 92 IPC.
  2. During an operation, if a pair of scissors is left in the abdomen, the doctrine applicable is Res IPSA loquitor.
  3. Professional death sentence is erasing of name from the medical register.
  4. In the court of law, professional secrecy can be divulged under privileged communications.
  5. According to The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000, a juvenile or child means a person who has not completed 18 years.
  6. The maximum punishment for the offence of perjury under section 193 IPC is 7 years.
  7. Intermingling in one individual characters of both sexes in varying degrees, including physical form, reproductive organs and sexual behaviour is inter sex.
  8. Colour changes of putrefaction are first observed in the right iliac fossa.
  9. Exhumation can be done in India at any time.
  10. Café coronary refers to death in intoxicated person during meals due to choking.
  11. Split laceration resembles an incised wound.
  12. Caliber of a rifled gun is calculated by the distance between two diagonally opposite lands.
  13. Sudden deaths due to rupture of berry aneurysm will manifest as subarachnoid haemorrhage.
  14. Not punishable under Indian Law: Incest.
  15. Spalding’s sign is seen in dead born foetus.
  16. False perception without any external stimulus is hallucination.
  17. The road side poison is Datura.
  18. Knock out drops to render a person helpless in robbery is chloral hydrate.
  19. All are features of organophosphorus poisoning except mydriasis.
  20. Mc Naughten rule is concerned with criminal responsibility in insane person.
  21. Cognizable offences signify arrest without a warrant.
  22. Oral evidence in court is not an exception for chemical examiner’s report.
  23. “Novus actus interveniens” is an unrelated act intervening.
  24. At autopsy, heart should be opened under water to confirm air embolism.
  25. Suspended animation is not seen in head injury.
  26. Macerated body of a foetus indicates dead born.
  27. Appearance of ‘maggots’ on the dead body relates to time since death.
  28. The best test for seminal stains is acid phosphatase test.
  29. Medullary index is to find out the race.
  30. A depressed fracture of skull is caused by a heavy blunt object with a small striking surface.
  31. One of the following is not a feature of gunshot exit wound: singeing and smudging.
  32. “Café-coronary” refers to death of an intoxicated person during meal due to choking.
  33. Posthumous child means a child born within 280 days of death of biological father.
  34. The maximum period of pregnancy, up to which abortion can be done as per MTP act 1971 is 20 weeks.
  35. The condition in which the weight of the blanket is mistaken for weight of the collapsed building is illusion.
  36. One of the following is NOT a sign of antemortem burns: soot in stomach.
  37. Smoky stool syndrome is characteristically seen in poisoning with phosphorus.
  38. McEwan’s sign is seen in alcoholic coma.
  39. Russell’s viper snake venom is similar to the poisoning of Abrus precatorius.
  40. Le Facie’s sympathique is seen in hanging.
  41. Medical certificate is documentary evidence.
  42. McNaughton’s Rule is Sec 84.
  43. Dying deposition is recorded by a magistrate.
  44. Rigor mortis first starts in upper eyelids.
  45. In India, a boy below 12 years cannot be charged with rape.
  46. MTP Act was introduced in 1971.
  47. Likely injury in Battered Baby syndrome is subdural hematoma.
  48. Erethism occurs in poisoning of Hg.
  49. Vitriolage means vitriol throwing.
  50. Spalding sign is seen in intrauterine death.
  51. Krait snake poisoning is neurotoxic.
  52. Dermal nitrate test is done for detection of gun powder residue.
  53. Bullet is picked up with hands.
  54. Tattoo is useful in identifying dead.
  55. Durham’s and Warren’s rule concerned with criminal responsibility of insane.
  56. Lucid interval is seen in extradural haematoma.
  57. Rule of Hasse is used to determine age of foetus.
  58. The father of modern toxicology is Paracelsus.
  59. Drug commonly used in narcoanalysis is thiopentone.
  60. In Indian Penal Code (IPC), criminal negligence comes under Section 304A.
  61. Dolico-cephalic skull with cephalic index varying between 70 to 75 is found in Caucasians.
  62. Archus Senilis appears in people more than 40 years of age.
  63. Leaving instruments or sponges in the abdomen is criminal negligence.
  64. The importance of rigor mortis in medicolegal cases is determining post-mortem interval.
  65. An injury not leaving a scar on healing is an abrasion.
  66. Sudden and irresistible force compelling a person to the conscious performance of some action without motive is impulse.
  67. Section 320 of the IPC lists emasculation as grievous injury.
  68. The eruption of permanent canine occurs at 11th year.
  69. Split lacerations are caused by crushing of the skin between two hard objects.
  70. Tools of interrogation in Lie detection include polygraph, narco analysis test, and brain mapping test.
  71. The test used for the detection of semen in a given stain is acid phosphatase test.
  72. The conclusive sign of pregnancy is hearing of the foetal heart sounds.
  73. The case in which, with one wound of entrance two bullets may be found inside the body, is piggy tail bullet (tandem bullet).
  74. The skull vault bones may partly overlap each other, a condition known as Spalding sign, seen when the dead foetus remains inside the uterus for 3 days after death.
  75. Atropine sulphate in the treatment of organophosphorus poison acts as a physiological or pharmacological antidote.
  76. Phossy jaw results from long-term occupational exposure to the fumes of phosphorus.
  77. Absolute contraindication for gastric lavage in the management of sulfuric acid poisoning.
  78. Artificial preservation of dead bodies is done by embalming.
  79. Entomology is the study of insects.
  80. ‘Conduct money’ is the travel expenses given to a witness in a civil case.
  81. The organ which putrefies last in a female is the uterus.
  82. Getting sexual pleasure by inflicting pain on the sexual partner is sadism.
  83. Testamentary capacity refers to ability to make a valid will.
  84. Age estimation by Gustafsons method is done more reliably with root transparency.
  85. The commonest type of wound frequently inflicted for fabrication is abrasion.
  86. The mechanical injury that has only length and breadth is abrasion.
  87. The most important significance of hypostasis is position of death.
  88. According to factory act, a person cannot be employed in a factor below the age of 14 years.
  89. Homicidal smothering and traumatic asphyxia are seen in burking.
  90. Diagnosing brain death is necessary mainly for organ transplantation.
  91. Dribbling of saliva is a classical sign of antemortem hanging.
  92. Ideal for preservation of viscera for toxicological analysis is sodium chloride solution.
  93. Atavism denotes the child looks like grandparent.
  94. ‘Loss of virginity’ is also known as defloration.
  95. ‘Burtonian line’ is classically seen in chronic poisoning with lead.
  96. Types of medical evidences include documentary, oral, direct, indirect, hearsay.
  97. Functions of Medical Council of India include medical register, medical education, recognition of foreign medical qualifications, appeals, warning notices.
  98. What constitutes medical negligence is duty, dereliction, direct causation, and damage.
  99. Infamous conduct or serious professional misconduct means disgraceful or dishonourable conduct of the professional position.
  100. Consumer protection act protects the interests of the consumer.
  101. Types of consent include express, implied, oral, written and informed.
  102. Age of an individual is determined by general physical development, development of secondary sexual characters, radiological and dental examination.
  103. Sex of a person is determined by anatomical sexual characters, sex chromatin, sex chromosomes, skeletal bones.
  104. Manner of death means homicide, suicide, accident, natural.
  105. Mechanical asphyxia means obstruction of air passages externally or internally.
  106. Corpus delicti means the body of crime and crime scene.
  107. Rigor mortis and hypostasis are postmortem findings of signs of death.
  108. Indian penal code tells about offences and punishments.
  109. Criminal procedure code provides for courts, procedures of courts, mechanism for punishments and duties of police.
  110. Poison is any substance that has ill effects on living body.
  111. Psychosis is a mental illness characterized by withdrawal from reality.
  112. Neurosis is an emotional or intellectual disorder in the form of anxiety, depression or hysteria.
  113. Medical jurisprudence is legal aspects of medical practice and legal responsibilities of doctor.
  114. Latin phrase for “the thing speaks for itself” is Res ipsa loquitur.
  115. Warning notice is issued by State Medical Council.
  116. Assisting unqualified persons while treating patients is called covering.
  117. In Indian Medical Council Act, recognized medical degrees offered by Indian Universities are included in first schedule.
  118. Fee splitting is also called dichotomy.
  119. The cephalic index is used to calculate race.
  120. The principle of dissection of heart is along the flow of blood.
  121. Rise in body temperature after death is called postmortem caloricity.
  122. Casper’s dictum is related to putrefaction.
  123. Gettler’s test is done to estimate chloride content in heart.
  124. Mugging is a type of homicidal strangulation.
  125. Tailing of wound indicates direction.
  126. Mother inflicting harm against her child in an attempt to gain sympathy and frequent medical attention is Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy.
  127. Softening of lower uterine segment is called Hegar’s sign.
  128. Following are seen in ‘Hydragyrism’ except Danbury tremors.
  129. Neurotransmitter inhibited by Strychnos nux vomica is glycine.
  130. Mc Naughten rule is incorporated in Indian Law under IPC 84.
  131. False sense of perception without any external stimulus is called hallucination.
  132. Juvenile is the person below the age of 18 years.
  133. In India, inquest in a case of death in police custody is conducted by a magistrate.
  134. The defence witness is cross-examined by public prosecutor.
  135. The authority which takes action in cases of professional misconduct is State Medical Council.
  136. Dissection in-situ after obtaining bloodless field is done on neck.
  137. Fixation of postmortem staining occurs in six hours.
  138. Histo toxic anoxia is caused by cyanide.
  139. Giving willful false evidence is called perjury.
  140. Café coronary is choking.
  141. Punch Drunk syndrome is related to head injury.
  142. Burking is a combination of smothering and traumatic asphyxia.
  143. Montgomery’s tubercles are observed on breast.
  144. Xantho proteic reaction is associated with nitric acid.
  145. Strychnos nux vomica is a spinal poison.
  146. Gastric Lavage is done in adults using Ewald’s tube.
  147. Activated charcoal is mechanical antidote.
  148. Sec.84 of Indian Penal Code follows Mc. Naughten Rule.
  149. One of these describes the punishment for professional misconduct: Penal Erasure.
  150. To prove a charge of negligence, all of these ingredients should be proved except credentials of the doctor.
  151. Warning notice is issued by the State Medical Council.
  152. Conduct money is the money paid by the court to the witness doctor.
  153. Lucid interval is seen in extradural haematoma.
  154. Post mortem caloricity is seen in all except hypothermia.
  155. Forensic entomology helps to determine all of these except cause of death.
  156. One of the last organs to putrefy in the body is virgin uterus.
  157. Death in café coronary is due to choking.
  158. A bruise tells us about all these except cause of injury.
  159. Tailing is seen in an incised wound.
  160. One of these is a perception disorder: hallucination.
  161. All are chelating agents except nalorphine.
  162. Red velvet like stomach is seen in poisoning due to arsenic.
  163. All of these causes constriction of the pupils except Dhatura.
  164. In case of emergency, when nobody is available to give consent and you have to save the life of a patient, consent is implied by Section 92 IPC.
  165. During an operation, if a pair of scissors is left in the abdomen, the doctrine applicable is Res IPSA loquitor.
  166. Professional death sentence is erasing of name from the medical register.
  167. In the court of law, professional secrecy can be divulged under privileged communications.
  168. According to The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000, a juvenile or child means a person who has not completed 18 years.
  169. The maximum punishment for the offence of perjury under section 193 IPC is 7 years.
  170. Intermingling in one individual characters of both sexes in varying degrees, including physical form, reproductive organs and sexual behaviour is inter sex.
  171. Colour changes of putrefaction are first observed in the right iliac fossa.
  172. Exhumation can be done in India at any time.
  173. Café coronary refers to death in intoxicated person during meals due to choking.
  174. Caliber of a rifled gun is calculated by the distance between two diagonally opposite lands.
  175. Sudden deaths due to rupture of berry aneurysm will manifest as subarachnoid haemorrhage.
  176. Not punishable under Indian Law: Incest.
  177. False perception without any external stimulus is hallucination.
  178. The road side poison is Datura.
  179. Knock out drops to render a person helpless in robbery is chloral hydrate.
  180. All are features of organophosphorus poisoning EXCEPT mydriasis.
  181. Mc Naughten rule is concerned with criminal responsibility in insane person.
  182. Cognizable offences signify arrest without a warrant.
  183. Oral evidence in court is not an exception for chemical examiner’s report.
  184. “Novus actus interveniens” is an unrelated act intervening.
  185. At autopsy, heart should be opened under water to confirm air embolism.
  186. Suspended animation is NOT seen in head injury.
  187. Appearance of ‘maggots’ on the dead body relates to time since death.
  188. Medullary index is to find out the race.
  189. Paultaf’s haemorrhage is usually seen in dry drowning.
  190. One of the following is not a feature of gunshot exit wound: singeing and smudging.
  191. “Café-coronary” refers to death of an intoxicated person during meal due to choking.
  192. The condition in which the weight of the blanket is mistaken for weight of the collapsed building is illusion.
  193. One of the following is NOT a sign of antemortem burns: soot in stomach.
  194. Smoky stool syndrome is characteristically seen in poisoning with phosphorus.
  195. McEwan’s sign is seen in alcoholic coma.
  196. Russell’s viper snake venom is similar to the poisoning of Abrus precatorius.
  197. Medical certificate is documentary evidence.
  198. McNaughton’s Rule is Sec 84.
  199. Dying deposition is recorded by a magistrate.
  200. Rigor mortis first starts in upper eyelids.
  201. Erethism occurs in poisoning of Hg.
  202. Vitriolage means vitriol throwing.
  203. Krait snake poisoning is neurotoxic.
  204. Dermal nitrate test is done for detection of gun powder residue.
  205. Bullet is picked up with hands.
  206. Tattoo is useful in identifying dead.
  207. Durham’s and Warren’s rule concerned with criminal responsibility of insane.
  208. The father of modern toxicology is Paracelsus.
  209. Drug commonly used in narcoanalysis is thiopentone.
  210. In Indian Penal Code (IPC), criminal negligence comes under Section 304A.
  211. Dolico-cephalic skull with cephalic index varying between 70 to 75 is found in Caucasians.
  212. Archus Senilis appears in people more than 40 years of age.
  213. Leaving instruments or sponges in the abdomen is criminal negligence.
  214. The importance of rigor mortis in medicolegal cases is determining post-mortem interval.
  215. Sudden and irresistible force compelling a person to the conscious performance of some action without motive is impulse.
  216. Section 320 of the IPC lists emasculation as grievous injury.
  217. The eruption of permanent canine occurs at 11th year.
  218. Tools of interrogation in Lie detection include polygraph, narco analysis test, and brain mapping test.
  219. The test used for the detection of semen in a given stain is acid phosphatase test.
  220. Signs of asphyxia include cyanosis, visceral congestion, and petechial haemorrhages.
  221. The case in which, with one wound of entrance two bullets may be found inside the body, is piggy tail bullet (tandem bullet).
  222. Atropine sulphate in the treatment of organophosphorus poison acts as a physiological or pharmacological antidote.
  223. Phossy jaw results from long-term occupational exposure to the fumes of phosphorus.
  224. Absolute contraindication for gastric lavage in the management of sulfuric acid poisoning.
  225. Artificial preservation of dead bodies is done by embalming.
  226. Entomology is the study of insects.
  227. ‘Conduct money’ is the travel expenses given to a witness in a civil case.
  228. The organ which putrefies last in a female is the uterus.
  229. Testamentary capacity refers to ability to make a valid will.
  230. Age estimation by Gustafsons method is done more reliably with root transparency.
  231. The most important sign of antemortem drowning is froth at nostrils.
  232. The most important significance of hypostasis is position of death.
  233. According to factory act, a person cannot be employed in a factor below the age of 14 years.
  234. Diagnosing brain death is necessary mainly for organ transplantation.
  235. Ideal for preservation of viscera for toxicological analysis is sodium chloride solution.
  236. Atavism denotes the child looks like grandparent.
  237. ‘Burtonian line’ is classically seen in chronic poisoning with lead.
  238. In India, the time limit for exhumation of a body from the grave is no limit.
  239. The object of forensic medicine is it deals with the medical aspects of law to aid in the administration of justice.
  240. Types of criminal courts in India include Supreme court, high court, session courts and magistrate courts.
  241. Types of medical evidences include documentary, oral, direct, indirect, hearsay.
  242. Functions of Medical Council of India include medical register, medical education, recognition of foreign medical qualifications, appeals, warning notices.
  243. What constitutes medical negligence is duty, dereliction, direct causation, and damage.
  244. Infamous conduct or serious professional misconduct means disgraceful or dishonourable conduct of the professional position.
  245. Consumer protection act protects the interests of the consumer.
  246. Types of consent include express, implied, oral, written and informed.
  247. Age of an individual is determined by general physical development, development of secondary sexual characters, radiological and dental examination.
  248. Sex of a person is determined by anatomical sexual characters, sex chromatin, sex chromosomes, skeletal bones.
  249. Manner of death means homicide, suicide, accident, natural.
  250. Corpus delicti means the body of crime and crime scene.
  251. Rigor mortis and hypostasis are postmortem findings of signs of death.
  252. Indian penal code tells about offences and punishments.
  253. Criminal procedure code provides for courts, procedures of courts, mechanism for punishments and duties of police.
  254. Poison is any substance that has ill effects on living body.
  255. Psychosis is a mental illness characterized by withdrawal from reality.
  256. Neurosis is an emotional or intellectual disorder in the form of anxiety, depression or hysteria.
  257. Medical jurisprudence is legal aspects of medical practice and legal responsibilities of doctor.
  258. Latin phrase for “the thing speaks for itself” is Res ipsa loquitur.
  259. Warning notice is issued by State Medical Council.
  260. Assisting unqualified persons while treating patients is called covering.
  261. In Indian Medical Council Act, recognized medical degrees offered by Indian Universities are included in first schedule.
  262. Fee splitting is also called dichotomy.
  263. The cephalic index is used to calculate race.
  264. The principle of dissection of heart is along the flow of blood.
  265. Rise in body temperature after death is called postmortem caloricity.
  266. Casper’s dictum is related to putrefaction.
  267. Gettler’s test is done to estimate chloride content in heart.
  268. Mugging is a type of homicidal strangulation.
  269. Tailing of wound indicates direction.
  270. Black eye results from fracture of anterior cranial fossa.
  271. Mother inflicting harm against her child in an attempt to gain sympathy and frequent medical attention is Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy.
  272. Following are seen in ‘Hydragyrism’ EXCEPT Danbury tremors.
  273. Neurotransmitter inhibited by strychnos nux vomica is glycine.
  274. Amyl nitrite is an antidote used for poisoning with cyanide.
  275. Mc Naughten rule is incorporated in Indian Law under IPC 84.
  276. False sense of perception without any external stimulus is called hallucination.
  277. Juvenile is the person below the age of 18 years.
  278. In India, inquest in a case of death in police custody is conducted by a magistrate.
  279. The defence witness is cross-examined by public prosecutor.
  280. The authority which takes action in cases of professional misconduct is State Medical Council.
  281. The most reliable for identification of a person is finger prints.
  282. Fixation of postmortem staining occurs in six hours.
  283. Histo toxic anoxia is caused by cyanide.
  284. Giving willful false evidence is called perjury.
  285. Café coronary is choking.
  286. Punch Drunk syndrome is related to head injury.
  287. Montgomery’s tubercles are observed on breast.
  288. Xantho proteic reaction is associated with nitric acid.
  289. Strychnos nux vomica is a spinal poison.
  290. Gastric Lavage is done in adults using Ewald’s tube.
  291. Activated charcoal is mechanical antidote.
  292. Sec.84 of Indian Penal Code follows Mc. Naughten Rule.
  293. One of these describes the punishment for professional misconduct: Penal Erasure.
  294. To prove a charge of negligence, all of these ingredients should be proved EXCEPT credentials of the doctor.
  295. Warning notice is issued by the State Medical Council.
  296. Conduct money is the money paid by the court to the witness doctor.
  297. Post mortem caloricity is seen in all EXCEPT hypothermia.
  298. Forensic entomology helps to determine all of these EXCEPT cause of death.
  299. The first external sign of the putrefaction is greenish discolouration of the right flank over the caecum.
  300. Peeling of the skin from the hand or foot like a glove or stocking is seen in all EXCEPT burning.
  301. Death in café coronary is due to choking.
  302. In starvation death, all the organs are shrunken on internal examination EXCEPT gall bladder which is increased in size.
  303. A bruise tells us about all these EXCEPT cause of injury.
  304. One of these is a perception disorder: hallucination.
  305. All these poisons belong to a particular group EXCEPT phosphorus.
  306. All are chelating agents EXCEPT nalorphine.
  307. Red velvet like stomach is seen in poisoning due to arsenic.
  308. All of these causes constriction of the pupils EXCEPT Dhatura.
  309. The competent person to record a dying declaration is a magistrate.
  310. Cephalic index of skull indicates race.
  311. Earliest external sign of decomposition is seen over the right iliac region.
  312. Postmortem caloricity is seen in strychnine poisoning.
  313. Postmortem staining will be cherry red in colour in carbon monoxide poisoning.
  314. Abrasion may be mistaken for nappy rash.
  315. Cyanosis is caused by excess of reduced haemoglobin.
  316. The most reliable sign of death due to antemortem hanging is dribbling of saliva from the angle of mouth.
  317. The most sensitive test for detection of blood is the spectroscopic test.
  318. Delusion is a disorder of thought.
  319. The moral principle which guides a Registered Medical Practitioner is medical ethics.
  320. The doctor can divulge professional secrets in case of infectious disease.
  321. Product liability means manufacturer’s liability.
  322. Deep preauricular sulcus in ilium signifies a multiparous woman.
  323. Defense wound is found on a victim while protecting from an assailant’s weapon.
  324. Crocodile burn is seen in electrical burns.
  325. Roadside poison is datura.