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1. After death due to Asphyxia left side of the heart is :

  1. Empty
  2. Congested
  3. Cyanosed
  4. Both (1) and (2)

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2. Excess of CO2 in blood will:

  1. Stimulate respiratory center
  2. Depress respiratory center
  3. Alternately stimulate and depress the respiratory center
  4. No effect on respiratory center

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3. The hydrostatic test for live birth depends on changes in the specific gravity of:

  1. Liver
  2. Heart
  3. Lungs
  4. Kidney

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4. Match the following:

List-IList-II
(a) Constriction of the neck by the bodyweight through the ligature(i) Drowning
(b) Constriction of the neck by hand(ii) Hanging
(c) Submerger of face in the water(iii) Throttling
(d) Inhalation of poisonous gasses(iv) Poisoning
(a)(b)(c)(d)
1.(iii)(ii)(i)(iv)
2.(ii)(iii)(i)(iv)
3.(iii)(ii)(iv)(i)
4.(iv)(i)(ii)(iii)

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5. Presence of froth and weeds in airways is suggestive of

  1. Post-mortem drowning
  2. Ante-mortem drowning
  3. Head injury
  4. None of the above

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6. The ligature mark in asphyxial death is a

  1. Split laceration
  2. Grazed abrasion
  3. Patterned abrasion
  4. Stretch laceration

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7. Assertion (A) : Bloodless dissection of neck structures is recommended in deaths due to strangulation.

Reason (R): It allows identifying and excluding post-mortem artifacts.

  1. (A) is correct but (R) is wrong
  2. Both (A) and (R) are correct
  3. (A) is incorrect but (R) is correct
  4. (A) and (R) are incorrect

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8. Match the following:

List-IList-II
(a) Asphyxial death caused by suspension of the body by a ligature encircling the neck(i) Drowning
(b) Asphyxial death caused by constriction of the neck by a ligature without suspending the body(ii) Smothering
(c) Asphyxial death caused due to aspiration of fluid into air-passage(iii) Strangulation
(d) Asphyxial death caused by closing the external respiratory orifices(iv) Hanging
 (a)(b)(c)(d)
1.(iv)(iii)(ii)(i)
2.(i)(iii)(ii)(iv)
3.(iv)(iii)(i)(ii)
4.(iv)(i)(ii)(iii)

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9. In which asphyxial death is the tongue protruded?

  1. Burking
  2. Traumatic asphyxia
  3. Choking
  4. None of the above

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10. In which of the following asphyxial deaths, there is no pressure over the neck structures?

  1. Hanging
  2. Ligature strangulation
  3. Gagging
  4. Throttling

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11. Match the following

List-I (Type of asphyxia)List-II (Method/Mechanism)
(a) Burking (i) Seed getting inside Trachea
(b) Cafe’ coronary(ii) Pushing of cloth in mouth
(c) Gagging  (iii) Traumatic asphyxia + smothering
(d) Choking (iv) Sudden death due to impaction of food in windpipe
 (a)(b)(c)(d)
1.(i)(iii)(ii)(iv)
2.(iii)(iv)(ii)(i)
3.(ii)(iii)(iv)(i)
4.(iv)(iii)(ii)(i)

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12. Tardieu’s spots are most commonly associated with

  1. Asphyxia
  2. Still-borns
  3. Death due to firearms
  4. Putrefaction

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13. Fatal hypoxia occurs when oxygen saturation of arterial blood drops to

  1. 90 mm Hg
  2. 70 mm Hg
  3. 20 mm Hg
  4. 2 mm Hg

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14. Compression of the body within a narrow space resulting in asphyxia is known as

  1. Choking
  2. Bansdola
  3. Burking
  4. Wedging

Answer and Explanation

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