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1. Conduct money is paid to expert witness with summons from - Civil court
2. Leading questions are permitted during - Cross examination
3. Time limit for cross examination - No time limit
4. Immediate stiffness postmortem occurs in - cadaveric spasm
5. Cadaveric spasm - Occurs immediately after death
6. 1st sign of decomposition in dead body - Green discolouration skin over Lt iliac
fossa
7. Casper’s dictum is for evaluation of - Time since death.
8. Post mortem staining gets fixed after - 6-7hrs
9. Davidson body is useful in - sexing the individuals
10. Davidson’s body is absent in males
11. Dactylography is (Thumb printing sign) - Surest sign of identification
12. Least common type of finger print is - Composite
13. Tattoo is useful in identifying a body which is - Dead
14. Preauricular sulcus is useful in determination of - Sex (Narrow,shallow in males
& Broad,deep in females)
15. Best bone specimen for sex determination is - Pelvis
16. Time limit for exhumation of a dead body in india is - No Limit
17. EDH commonly occurs in - Temporo-parietal region
18. Stellate wound is seen in - Contact wound
19. Teeth bite marks is an example of - Pressure abrasion
20. Abrasion collar is seen in - Bullet injury.
21. Arborescent burning is due to - Lightening
22. White lathery froth is seen in deaths due to - Drowning
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24. Horizontal ligature mark in neck is seen in - Ligature strangulation
25. Maximum congestion is seen in - Strangulation
26. Cutis anserine is seen in - Antemortem drowning
27. Hyoid fracture is most commonly found in - Throttling
28. Female can give consent to sex if she is above - 16yrs
29. Posthumous child - born after death of his father.
30. Superfoetation means - fertilization of 2nd ovum in an already pregnant woman
31. Spalding sign indicates - Dead borne child
32. Spalding sign occurs because of - Maceration
33. Antidote for cyanide - Hydroxyl cobalamine.
34. Arsenic poisoning is confused with - Acute gastro enteritis.
35. Gastric lavage is contra indicated in - Corrosive acid poisoning
36. Cobra snake venom is - Neuro toxic

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 37. Antidote for Opiate poisoning - Naloxone
38. Site for collection of blood in alcohol poisoning - Femoral vein
39. Cholera like action is seen in poisoning with - Ricinus communis
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40. Parasthesia of hands & feet,Mees lines in nails & raindrop pigmentation in
hands,causative toxin - Arsenic
41. Magnesium sulphate lavage is done in poisoning with - Phenol
42. Burtonian line is seen in chronic poisoning of - Lead
43. In Lead poisoning, diagnostic increase in levels of - Corproporphyrin
44. Hypocalcaemia is seen in poisoning of - Oxalic acid
45. Leathery stomach is seen in poisoning of - Phenol
46. Garlic like smell can be detected in - Aluminium phosphide poisoning
47. Death in copper sulphate poisoning occurs due to - Renal failure
48. Criminal responsibility under IPC is not present if age is below - 7yrs
49. Feminine form of impotence is - Frigidity
50. Dipsomania is usually used in context of - Alcohol
51. Ratio between blood ethyl alcohol to urine ethyl alcohol concentration is -
1:1.33
52. Cu sulphate poisoning manifests with - Acute hemolysis
53. Boxer’s attitude is seen in person dying of - Burns
54. Disease causing modification of finger points - Leprosy
55. The Knot in judicial hanging is placed at - Side of the neck
56. Dilated pupils with high body temperature is seen in - Dhatura poisoning
57. Marbling is noticed by - 36hrs

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 58. Automatism is seen in poisoning with - Barbiturates
59. Rigor mortis is also known as - Death stiffening/cadaveric rigidity
60. Following will determine the species origin of blood - Precipitin test
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61. Child after eating snacks develop dilated pupils,sweating,warm extremities,
coma - Dhatura poisoning
62. Cyanides mainly affect the enzyme - Cytochrome oxidase
63. Chielotic line is - Line on hip bone for sex determination
64. Pinpoint pupils are seen in - Morphine/Barbiturates/OPC
65. Dried semen stains on clothes are identified by - Ultraviolet rays
66. Most common organ affected in blast injury - Lungs
67. Damage caused by bullet depends upon - Velocity
68. Countercoupe injury of the brain is seen at - just opposite to the site of impact
69. Countercoupe injury is MC seen in - moving head collide with stationary object.
70. Onset of rigor mortis is delayed in - Polio/Pneumonia
71. Death in police custody is investigated by - Magistrate
72. Res ipsa loquitur means - Evidence speaks for itself
73. Dying deposition is recorded by - Magistrate
74. Professional secrecy may be divulged - by demand of the court
75. Cephalic index helps in identification of - Race
76. Most common type of finger impression is - Loops
77. Most specific & diagnostic feature of antemortem hanging is - Ligature mark
78. Dirt’s collar is seen in - Fire arm entry wound
79. Bevelling of skull is seen in - Broad end of entry point in bullet injury
80. Kunkel’s test done to demonstrate presence of what in blood - Carbon monoxide.
81. Spermin in semen is detected by - Barberio test
82. Sign indicating death was Antemortem - Weed & Grass in the Hands
83. IPC 377 deals - Unnatural sexual effence
84. Ewing’s postulates refer to - Accidents as a cause by birth
85. Tripod of life means - Circulation,respiration,&Brain function
86. Fatal dose of strychnine is about - 60-100mg
87. Lacerated wound resembles incised wound if it is present in - Forehead/Scalp
88. Which is a spinal poison - Strychnine
89. Fracture ala signature is - Depressed #
90. Burking is - always homicidal
91. Cafe coronary syndrome is - Accidental
92. Gutter fracture is due to - Oblique bullet wound
93. Sweating is not present in - Heat stroke
94. Finger print bureau was 1st established in - India
95. Gastric wash is contraindicated in poisoning of - Sulphuric acid
96. Tail of the wound tells about - Direction of wound
97. Diwali poisoning is due to - Phosphorus
98. Nux vomica contains brucine in - Strychnine

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99. Among 2ry changes in tooth most useful for age determing - Root transparency
100. Transplant of human organs, passed by govt of India in - 1994
101. Cu sulphate poisoning manifests with - Acute hemolysis
102. Postmortem rigidity 1st starts in - Eyelids
103. Sex can be examined in hair root cells in presence of - Barr body
104. Telefono is - Beating of the ears
105. In autopsy preservative used for vitreous is - Fluoride
106. Hydrocution is - drowning in cold water
107. Toxicity of methyl alcohol is due to - Formic acid
108. Falanga - Beating on soles with blunt object
109. MC characteristic of heat rupture - Irregular margin
110. Persons adult age is - 18yrs
111. Defloration means - Loss of virginity
112. EDTA is used in - Arsenic poisoning
113. Tentative cut is a feature of - Suicidal attempt
114. Majority of finger prints among Indians are - Loops
115. Pearsons formula is used for - Stature
116. Disease which permanently alters the finger print is - Leprosy
117. Faint letter mark can be made visible by - Infrared photography
118. Whiplash injury is caused due to - Acute hyperextension of spine
119. Cephalic index of indian population is between - 70-75
120. Study of death in all its aspects is known as - Thanatology
121. Provisional callus forms in fracture of bone by - 7days
122. Motorcyclist’s fracture - Hinge fracture of base of skull

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 123. Lucid interval may be seen in - Insanity
124. Slab wound - Depth is maximum
125. Sexual asphyxia is association with - Masochism
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126. Burking consist of - Smothering & Traumatic asphyxia
127. Benzidine test detects - Haemoglobin
128. Florence test is used for - Semen
129. Medico-legal autopsy requires the permission of - Police
130. Corpus delicti means - Essence of crime
131. Minimum quantity of blood to be preserved for chemical analysis is - 10ml
132. CSF is required to be preserved in - Alcoholic poisoning
133. Ideal place to record body temperature in a dead body is - Rectum
134. Rigor mortis starts in - Heart
135. Rigor mortis occurs first in which voluntary muscles - Muscles of eyelids
136. Postmortem Lividity is aka- Vibices
137. Rigor mortis occurs due to – ATP depletion
138. Moist burn refers to – Scalds
139. Strycgnine Poisoning mimics- Tetanus
140. Minamata disease is due to – Mercury

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 MCQ’s
1. What would be the race of individual if skull 7. Gastric lavage is indicated in all cases of
bone having following feature – rounded acute poisoning ideally because of:
nasal opening, horseshoe shaped palate, A. Fear of aspiration
round orbit & cephalic index above 80: B. Danger of cardiac arrest
A. Negro C. Danger of respiratory arrest
B. Mongol D. Inadequat ventilation
C. European Ans. A
D. Aryans
Ans. B 8. All of the following method used for detect-
ing heavy metals, except:
2. A sample to look for uric crystal (gouty A. Harrison & Gilroy test
tophus) would be submitted to the Patholo- B. Paraffin test
gy laboratory in: C. Neutron activation analysis
A. Formalin D. Atomic adsorption spectroscopy
B. Distilled water Ans. B
C. Alcohol
D. Normal saline 9. The sensation of creping, bugs over the body
Ans. C is a feature of poisoning due to:
A. Cocaine
3. Not a feature of brain death: B. Diazepam
A. Complete apnea C. Barbiturates
B. Absent pupillary reflex D. Brown sugar
C. Absence of deep tendon reflex Ans. A
D. Heart rate unresponsive to atropine
Ans. C 10. Which type of cattle poisoning occurs due to
ingestion of linseed plant:
4. At autopsy, a body is found to have copi- A. Aconite
ous fine leathery froth in mouth & nostrils B. Pilocarpine
which increased on pressure over chest. C. Atropine
Death was likely due to: D. Hydro cyanic acid
A. Epilepsy Ans. D
B. Hanging
C. Drowning 11. A 10 years old child present in casualty with
D. Opium poisoning snake bite since six hours. On examination
Ans. C no systemic signs are found & laboratory
investigation are normal except localized
5. In fire arm injury, entery-wound blackening swelling over the leg < 5 cm. Next step in
is due to: management would be:
A. Flame A. Incision & suction of local swelling
B. Hot gases B. IV antivenom
C. Smoke C. Subcutaneous antivenom at local
D. Deposition from bullet swelling
Ans. D D. Observe the patient for progression of
symptoms wait for antivenom therapy
6. Tentative cut is a feature of: Ans. D
A. Fall from the height
B. Homicidal assault 12. ‘Gold chloride’ test is done in poisoning
C. Accidental injury with:
D. Suicidal attempt A. Heroin
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 C. Cocaine
D. Heavy metals 17. Blackening and tattooing of skin and cloth-
Ans. C ing can be best demonstrated by:
A. Luminol spray.
13. Mummification refers to: B. Infrared photography.
A. Hardening of muscles after death C. Ultraviolet light.
B. Colliquative putrification D. Magnifying lens.
C. Saponification of subcutaneous fat Ans. B
D. Dessication of a dead body
Ans. D 18. Postmortem lividity is unlikely to develop in
a case of:
14. A patient has been allegedly bitten by cobra A. Drowning in well.
snake. The venom in such a bite would be: B. Drowning in a fast flowing river.
A. Musculotoxic C. Postmortem submersion.
B. Vasculotoxic D. Drowning in chlorinated swimming
C. Cardiotoxic pool.
D. Neurotoxic Ans. B
Ans. D 19. The following situations are associated with
rise of temperature after death except :
15. All the following are related to legal respon- A. Burns.
sibility of an insane person except: B. Heat stroke.
A. Mc Naughten’s rule C. Pontine hemorrhage.
B. Durham’s rule D. Septicemia.
C. Curren’s rule Ans. A
D. Rule of nine
Ans. D 20. In prenatal diagnostic technique Act 1994
which one of the following is not a ground
16. In a suspected case of death due to poison- for carrying out prenatal test ?
ing where cadaveric rigidity is lasting lon- A. Pregnant women above 35 years of age.
ger than usual, it may be a case of poisoning B. History of two or more spontaneous
due to: abortion or fetal loss.
A. Lead C. When fetal heart rate is 160 per min at
B. Arsenic fifth and 120 per min at ninth month.
C. Mercury D. History of exposure to potentially
D. Copper teratogenic drugs.
Ans. B Ans. C
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21. Perjury means giving willful false evidence B. Quetlet’s rule
by a witness while under oath, the witness is C. Petty’s principle
liable to be prosecuted for perjury and the D. None of the above
imprisonment may extend to seven years. Ans. A
This falls under which section of IPC?
A. 190 of Indian Penal Code. 28. A patient of head injury, has no relatives
B. 191 of Indian Penal Code. and requires urgent cranial decompres-
C. 192 of Indian Penal Code sion; Doctor should:
D. 193 of Indian Penal code. A. Operate without formal consent
Ans. D B. Take police consent
C. Wait for relatives to take consent
22. The most reliable criteria in Gustafson’s D. Take magistrate consent
method of identification is: Ans. A
A. Cementum apposition.
B. Transparency of root. 29. A boy attempts suicide. He is brought to a
C. Attrition. private doctor and he is successfully cured.
D. Root resorption. Doctor should:
Ans. B A. Inform police
B. Not required to inform police
23. Gettler’s test is done for death by: C. Report to magistrate
A. Drowning D. Refer to a psychiatrist
B. Hanging Ans. B
C. Bums
D. Phophorus poisoning 30. In a firearm injury, there is burning, black-
Ans. A ening, toattooing around the wound, along
with cherry red colour of the surrounding
24. Feature indicative of antimortem drowning tissues and is cruciate in shape, the injury
is: is:
A. Cutis anserina A. Close shot entry.
B. Rigor mortis B. Close contact exit.
C. Washer woman’s feet C. Contact shot entry.
D. Grass and weeds grasped in the hand D. Distant shot entry.
Ans. D Ans. C
25. A boy has 20 permanent teeth and 8 tempo- 31. In methyl alcohol poisoning there is CNS de-
rary teeth. His age is likely to be: pression cardiac depression and optic nerve
A. 9 years atrophy. These effects are produced due to:
B. 10 years A. Formaldehyde and formic acid.
C. 11 years B. Acetaldehyde.
D. 12 years C. Pyridine.
Ans. C D. Acetie acid.
Ans. A
26. A patient has sensation of bugs crawling all
over his body. This may be effect of: 32. In chronic arsenic poisoning the following
A. Cocaine samples can be sent for laboratory exam-
B. Alcohol ination except:
C. Cannabis A. Nail clippings.
D. Benzodiazepines B. Hair samples.
Ans. A C. Bone biopsy.
D. Blood sample.
27. A person comes in contact with other. This Ans. D
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33. Which of the following statements is not B. Transparency of root.
correct regarding diatom? C. Attrition.
A. Diatoms are aquatic unicellular plant. D. Root resorption.
B. Diatoms has an extracellular coat Ans. B
composed of magnesium.
C. Acid diagestion technique is used to 37. The minimum age at which an individual is
extract diatoms. responsible for his criminal act is:
D. Presence of diatoms in the femoral A. 7 years.
bone marrow is an indication of B. 12 years.
antemartem inhalation of water. C. 16 years.
Ans. B D. 21 years.
Ans. A
34. In India, magistrate inquest is done in the
following cases except: 38. The most reliable method of identification
A. Exhumation cases. of an individual is:
B. Dowry deaths within 5 years of A. Dactylography.
marriage. B. Scars.
C. Murder cases. C. Anthropometry.
D. Death of a person in police custody. D. Handwriting.
Ans. C Ans. A

35. At autopsy, the cyanide poisoning case will 39. The most common pattern of finger print is:
show the following features, except: A. Arch.
A. Characteristic bitter lemon smell. B. Loop.
B. Congested organs. C. Whorl.
C. The skin may be pinkish or cherry red D. Composite.
in colour. Ans. B
D. Erosion and haemorrhages in
oesophagus and stomach.
Ans. A

36. The most reliable criteria in Gustafson’s

method of identification is:
A. Cementum apposition.

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