Forensic Medicine MCQs Download Free

41. Putrefaction occurs more rapidly in
a. Water
b. Air
c. Soil
d. Cold-salt water

42. Adipocere starts early in all of following except
a. Face
b. Breast
c. Buttock
d. Chest wall

43. Dehydration / Shriveling of cadaver is called
a. Putrefaction
b. Mummification
c. Saponification

44. Formaldehyde injected for embalming is
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 40%

45. Odour of mummified body is
a. Pungent
b. Putrid
c. Offensive
d. Odorless

46. For embalming chemicals are injected into
a. Femoral artery
b. Abdominal cavity
c. Chest cavity

47. Maggots appear in natural orifices of dead in summer in about
a. 2 – 4 hrs
b. 6 – 8 hrs
c. 8 – 12 hrs
d. 12 – 24 hrs

48. After death all of following show rise in CSF except
a. Lactic acid
b. Amino acid
c. Urea
d. Uric acid

49. After death blood level of following decrease
a. Sodium
b. Potassium
c. Magnesium
d. None

50. Brush burn refers to
a. Electric burn
b. Lightening burn
c. Sliding abrasion
d. Pressure abrasion

51. Wound cause by sickle is
a. Stab wound
b. Incised wound
c. Both

52. Beveling cut refers to
a. Flap wound
b. Overhang margins
c. One margin under mined
d. Irregular margins

53. Cut-throat wound cause death by
a. Air embolism
b. Haemorrhage
c. Tracheobronchial aspiration
d. All of above.

54. Blunt trauma more likely to produce incised like wounds
a. Hand
b. Neck
c. Chest
d. Scalp

55. Fabricated wounds are mostly
a. Abrasions
b. Incised wounds
c. Contusions
d. Lacerations

56. Diastatic fracture refers to fracture through
a. Outer table
b. Inner table
c. Sutural line
d. None

57. In Contrecoup impact lesion is present
a. At site of impact
b. At a site opposite to impact
c. At a site tangential to impact

58. Extradural haemorrhage commonly occurs from rupture of
a. Superior sagittal sinus
b. Middle meningeal artery
c. Dural sinus
d. None of above.

59. Common cause of death in Extradural haemmorhage is
a. Haemorrhagic shock
b. Respiratory failure
c. Cardiac failure
d. Neurogenic shock

60. Rupture of berry aneurysm commonly produces
a. Subarachnoid bleed
b. Intracerebral sued
c. Subdural bleed