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

                PGIMER,CHANDIGARH

     CHAPTER  DEATH  and POSTMORTEM CHANGES

1. Minimum quantity of blood required to be preserved for chemical analysis (PGI 1993)

    A. 2 ml

    B. 10 ml

    C. 50 ml

    D. 100 ml.

Answer: B, 10 ml.

2. Mummification occurs when (PGI 1993)

    A. High atmospheric temp. is present

    B. Dry air present

    C. Wind is present

    D. All are correct.

Answer:   D. All are correct.

3. The time limit for ordering of exhumation in India is (PGI 1995)

    A. 1 month

    B. 1 year

    C. 10 years

    D. No limit.

Answer: D. No limit.

4. Last organ to be affected in putrefaction (PGI 1995)

    A. Prostate

    B. Uterus

    C. Kidney

    D. Thyroid.

Answer: A. Prostate & B. Uterus.

5. Putrefaction is facilitated by following except (PGI 1997)

    A. Very high temp.

    B. Free air

    C. Damp environment

    D. Shallow grave.

Answer: A. Very high temp.

6. Maggots in rainy day seen within (PGI 1997)

    A. 6 hrs

    B. 1-2 days

    C. 2-4 days

    D. 5-6 days.

Answer: C. 2-4 days.

7. While dispatching blood and urine chemical analysis sodium fluoride is added 

     as preservative in the following concentration (PGI 1997)

     A. 30 mg/10 ml

     B. 40 mg/ 10 ml

     C. 50 mg/ ml.

     D. 100 mg/ 10 ml.

Answer: D. 100 mg/ 10 ml.

8. First internal sign of putrefaction is found (PGI 1998)

    A. Below the liver

    B. In mediastinum

    C. Below the spleen   

    D. In kidney.

Answer: A. Below the liver.

9. Adipocere formation is seen in (PGI 1999)

    A. Dead body exposed to air

    B. Dead body buried in damp, clay soil

    C. Burial dry hot air

    D. Prolonged immersion in water.

Answer: B & D.

10. True statement regarding mummification (PGI 2001)

      A. Time since death

      B. Facial features are preserved

      C. Skin is shrunken, dry and brown

      D. Implies the body was recovered from  a hot and dry place

      E. Modified putrefaction.

Answer: A; B; C; D & E.

11. Adipocere formation is characterised by all except (PGI 2002)

      A. Hydrolysis and hydrogenation of fat

      B. Foul smell

      C. Cheesy odour

      D. Develops in dampy clay soil in whole body.

Answer: C. Cheesy odour.

12. True about adipocere (PGI 2002)

      A. Common in dry and cold climate

      B. Also called saponification

      C. Sweetish smell

      D. Occurs due to gradual hydrolysis and hydrogenation of fats.

Answer: B; C & D.