PGIMER, Chandigarh, chapter DEATH and POSTMORTEM CHANGES, FMT Questions

                PGIMER, CHANDIGARH

        Chapter DEATH and POSTMORTEM CHANGES

1. Rigor mortis first start in (PGI 1992)

    A. Upper eyelids                B. Lower eyelids

    C. Lower limbs                  D. Fingers

Answer: A; Upper eyelids.

2. Cadaveric spasm (PGI 1994)

     A. Instant in onset

     B. Confined to a small group of muscle

     C. Occurs only in voluntary muscles

     D. Indicates that the person was active at the time

     E. All of the above.

Answer: E. All of the above.

3. Cadaveric spasm (PGI 1994)

    A. Immediate after death

    B. After 2 hours of death

    C. Affects voluntary muscles

    D. Affects involuntary muscle.

Answer: A. Immediate after death & C. Affects voluntary muscles.

4. Rigor mortis develops ......... after death (PGI 1997)

    A. 1/2-1 hrs

    B. 1-2 hrs

    C. 3-6 hrs

    D. 12 hrs.

Answer: B. 1-2 hrs.

5. Rigor mortis in winter season in Northern India lasts for (PGI 1997)

    A. 24-48 hr

    B. > 24 hr

    C. 2-3 days

    D. >3 days.

Answer: A. 24-48 hr.

6. Rigor mortis start in (PGI 1998)

    A. Eyelids

    B. Heart

    C. Voluntary muscles

    D. Limbs

Answer: B. Heart.

7. True about cadaveric spasm (PGI 2000)

    A. Develops immediately after death

    B. May develop hours after death

    C. Develops only in facial muscles

    D. Involves individual/small group of muscles.

Answer: A. Develops immediately after death &  D. Involves individual/small group of muscles.

8. Rigor mortis first seen in (PGI 2004)

    A. Myocardium

    B. Upper eye lid

    C. Lower eye lid

    D. Jaw

    E. Leg.

Answer: A. Myocardium.

9. True about rigor mortis (PGI 2004)

    A. First appear in chin

    B. It last 18-36 hours in summer

    C. Seen immediately after death

    D. It disappears in sequence as it appears

    E. It last 24-48 hrs in winter.

Answer: B, D & E.

10. All of the following statements about cadaveric spasm are false except (PGI Dec 2005)

     A. Occurs spontaneous after death

     B. Occurs after 6 hrs

     C. Occurs after burns

     D. Occurs after all death

     E. Affect all muscles of body.

Answer: A. Occurs spontaneous after death.

11. Which of the following simulates Rigor mortis (PGI Dec 2006)

      A. Heat stiffening

      B. Cold stiffening

      C. Strychnine

      D. Tetanus

      E. Putrefaction.

Answer: A, B & E.

12. Immediate stiffness postmortem occurs in (PGI Nov 2009)

      A. Cadveric rigidity

      B. Cadaveric spasm

      C. Rigor mortis

      D. Algor mortis.

Answer: B. Cadaveric spasm.