Forensic Medicine Frequently asked questions and answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Ans: D

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

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

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

Forensic Medicine Multiple choice Questions and Answers for all compitative exams

31. Cadaveric spasm commonly seen in
a. Legs
b. Hands
c. Neck muscles
d. Involuntary muscles
Ans: B

32. Heat stiffening occurs when body exposed to temperature
a. 450C
b. 550C
c. 650C
d. 750C
Ans: C

33. Chief agent for bacterial putrefaction is
a. E.coli
b. B. fragilis
c. C.welchii
d. Staph aureus
Ans: C

34. Postmortem hemolysis due to bacterial enzyme
a. Lecithinase
b. Phospholipase
c. Streptokinase
d. Hyaluronidase
Ans: A

35. First external sign of putrefaction of body lying in air is around
a. Umbilicus
b. Rt iliac fossa
c. Lt iliac fossa
d. Chest wall
Ans: B

36. Greenish colour earliest sign of putrefaction due to
a. Hb
b. Meta Hb
c. SulphmetHb
d. CarboxyHb
Ans: C

37. Combustible gas of autolysis is
a. Nitrogen dioxide
b. Hydrogen sulphide
c. Methane
d. Carbon dioxide
Ans: B

38. Postmortem luminescence due to
a. Photobacterium fischeri
b. Armillaria mellea
Ans: A

39. First internal organ to putrefy is
a. Heart
b. Brain
c. Larynx / trachea
d. Kidney
Ans: C

40. Last organ to putrefy
a. Uterus / prostate
b. Testes
c. Ovary
d. Adrenals
Ans: A

forensic medicine examiner interview questions and answers

21. Tache noire refers to
a. Postmortem staining
b. Flaccidity of eyeball
c. Wrinkled dusty sclera
d. Maggot growth
Ans: C

22. Rectal temperature does not appreciably fall till what time after death
a. 15-30 mts
b. 30-60 mts
c. 60-90 mts
d. none of the above
Ans: B

23. Postmortem caloricity seen in poisoning from.
a. Arsenic
b. Strychnine
c. Cyanide
d. Organophosphorus
Ans: B

24. Postmortem lividity well developed with in
a. 2 hrs
b. 4 hrs
c. 6 hrs
d. 8 hrs
Ans: B

25. Fixation of postmortem staining occurs in
a. 2 hrs
b. 4 hrs
c. 6 hrs
d. 8 hrs
Ans: C

26. Rigor mortis starts when muscle ATP is reduced below
a. 50%
b. 5%
c. 15%
d. 5%
Ans: C

27. Rigor mortis first evident in
a. Intestine
b. Myocardium
c. Interstitial muscle
d. Eyelids
Ans: D

28. Cutis anserina of rigor mortis due to stiffness of
a. Erector pilorum
b. Biceps
c. Cremaster
d. Diaphragm
Ans: A

29. Rigor mortis does not occur in fetus less than
a. 9 mth
b. 7 mth
c. 6 mth
d. 8 mth
Ans: B

30. In India rigor mortis lasts for
a. 12-24 hrs
b. 24 –48 hrs
c. 36-72 hrs
d. 48-96 hrs
Ans: B

80 TOP Forensic Medicine objective type questions and answers

11. Child brain attains mature size and wt at about
a. 3 yrs
b. 5 yrs
c. 7 yrs
d. 9 yrs
Ans:

12. Time limit for exhumation in India is
a. 2 yrs
b. 5 yrs
c. 7 yrs
d. no time limit
Ans: D

13. For transplantation cornea can be removed from dead upto
a. 6 hrs
b. 12 hrs
c. 18 hrs
d. 24 hrs
Ans: A

14. Exhumation done under order by
a. Police officer
b. Superintendent police
c. First class magistrate
Ans: C

15. Diagnosis of brain death dependent upon all except
a. Dilated/fixed pupil
b. No spontaneous breathing
c. Flat EEG
d. Cessation of cardiac contraction.
Ans: D

16. After stoppage of circulation muscles can live upto
a. 10 mts
b. 30 mts
c. 3 hrs
d. 6 hrs
Ans: B

17. Anoxic anoxia produced by all except
a. Drowning
b. Fire accidents
c. Cyanide poisoning
d. Strangulation
Ans: C

18. Tardieu spots in hanging are common at all the following sites except
a. Scalp
b. Eyebrow
c. Chest wall
d. Face
Ans: C

19. Tardieu’s spot
a. Septicemia
b. Endocarditis
c. Meningococcemia
d. All of the above
Ans: D

20. Earliest sign of death is
a. loss of skin elasticity
b. Corneal clouding
c. Cooling of body
d. Postmortem lividity
Ans: A

Forensic Medicine viva questions and answers pdf

1. Most common pattern finger print is
a. Whorls
b. Loops
c. Composite
d. Arches
Ans: B

2. Dactylography introduced in India by
a. William Herschel
b. Frances Galton
c. Locard
Ans: A

3. Poroscopy is
a. Counting pores of sweat glands
b. Counting pores of sebaceous glands
c. Counting number of ridges
Ans: A

4. Tattoo marks destroyed, their presence can be inferred from presence of pigment in
a. Deep dermis
b. Subcutaneous tissue
c. Lymph nodes Regional
Ans: C

5. Blush discolouration of neck of tooth due to
a. Cyanosis
b. Bismuth
c. Copper
d. Nicotine
Ans: D

6. Suspected air embolism body cavity to be opened first is
a. Brain
b. Thorax
c. Abdomen
d. PelvisAns:
Ans: B

7. “Under taker’s fracture” due to falling of head (Backward) occurs at
a. L5S1
b. T12L1
c. C6L7
d. C1-C2
Ans: C

8. Most fixed part of intestine is
a. Duodenum
b. Jejunum
c. Colon
d. Ileum
Ans: A

9. After death blood usually remains fluid except in
a. Pneumonia
b. Septicemia
c. CO poisoning
d. Hypofibrinogenemia
Ans: A

10. “Nutmeg liver” refers to
a. Amoebic hepatitis
b. Pyogenic abscess
c. Chronic venous congestion
d. Portal cirrhosis
Ans: 

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