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1. Fracture of a terminal phalanx of a little finger is a:
- Simple injury
- Dangerous injury
- Grievous injury
- Serious injury
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (3) Grievous injury
2. Blackening and Tattooing of skin and clothing can be best demonstrated by:
- Luminol spray
- Infrared photography
- Ultraviolet light
- Magnifying lens
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (2) IR photography
Explanation: With IR photography, both blackenings on both skin and clothing can be detected.
Reference: APC Essentials of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Anil Aggrawal.
3. Assertion (A): Multiple fractures of a bone are grievously hurt.
Reason (R): Because it is mentioned in sec. 320 I.P.C.
- Both (A) and (R) are true
- Both are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
- (A) is true but (R) is false
- (A) is false but (R) is true
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (1) Both (A) and (R) are true
4. Which of the following is not a grievous hurt under Indian law?
- Cutting off artificially constructed male genitalia.
- Clitoridectomy
- Retinal detachment
- Bleeding of 200 ml
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (4) Bleeding of 200 ml
Explanation: Cliteridectomy: the partial or complete amputation of the female genitalia.
5. Which of the following wounds/injuries does not amount to grievous hurt?
- Permanent loss of hearing
- Fracture of a bone
- Black eye (Racoon eye)
- Permanent disfiguration of face
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (3) Black eye (Racoon eye)
6. Grievous hurt as mentioned in Indian Law comprises all except
- Emasculation
- Complete shaving of scalp hair
- Fracture or dislocation of bone or tooth
- Any hurt which endangers life
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (2) Complete shaving of scalp hair
Explanation:
Section 320 of IPC states Grievous hurt.
-> Emasculation: removal of male sex organs (both the penis and the testicles)
7. Iatrogenic injuries are
- Produced by self
- Produced during defense
- Produced by doctors
- Produced by unqualified quacks
Answer
Answer: (3) Produced by doctors
8. The wound made by a surgeon is known as
- Incised wound
- Iatrogenic wound
- Offensive wound
- Defense wound
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (2) Iatrogenic wound
Explanation:
-> Therapeutic or iatrogenic wounds are produced by doctors during treatment.
9. Assertion (A): Injury penetrating the dermal layer, through dermal papillae, would result in ridges not being regenerated.
Reason (R): Injury penetrating to the epidermal layer would repair themselves as they were prior to the injury.
- Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
- Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
- (A) is true but (R) is false
- (A) is false but (R) is true
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (2) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Correct Explanation: Cells in the epidermis are constantly replacing, healing, and shedding themselves. But in the deeper layer i.e. dermis (dermal layer), the cellular turnover does not happen and they do not replace themselves. That’s the reason why scars developed instead of regenerating fingerprints. And this is also the same reason why tattoo dyes remain still thought life.
10. In which of the following injuries foreign bodies are not found?
- Grazed abrasion
- Chop wound
- Lacerated wound
- Contusions
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (4) Contusions
Explanation: A contusion is internal bleeding due to the leaking blood from an injured capillary or blood vessels. They are also called hematoma, which refers to any collection of blood outside of a blood vessel.
11. The following factors do not influence in the formation of a bruise:
- Force used
- Sex of a person
- Age of a person
- Color of a person
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (4) Color of a person
Explanation: Formation of bruise may vary due to
-> Force Used
-> Sex of a person: Female has less muscle mass as compared to males
-> Age
and the formation of a bruise doesn’t depend upon the color of the person.
12. Match an item in one list with an item in the other:
Instrument | Material |
(a) Circular bruise | (i) Thorn |
(b) Perforating Injury | (ii) Cane |
(c) Scratch | (iii) Cricket ball |
(d) Tramline contusion | (iv) Sword |
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
1. | (i) | (ii) | (iv) | (iii) |
2. | (ii) | (i) | (iii) | (iv) |
3. | (iv) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) |
4. | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
Answer and Explanation
Answer: Right answer is (4)
Explanation: -> Circular bruises can be caused due to trauma by hitting the ball (about 90 degrees).
-> Perforating Injury enters the body and passes deep in the tissue and exit out (by a sword).
-> Scratch is not a deep but elongated injury that usually injures the top layer of the skin and does not penetrate the lower skin tissues.
-> Tramline contusion is the linear contusion (or single line contributions) usually seen in beating by cylindrical substances like cane used by old ages.
13. The color of a two-day-old bloodstain is:
- Brown
- Blue
- Red
- Yellow
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (1) Brown
Explanation: The color of a two-day-old bloodstain is brown because it loses all of its oxygen.
14. The wound is passing through and through of the body is called:
- Incised
- Lacerated
- Stab
- Perforated
Answer and Explanation
Answer: (4) Perforated
Explanation: Those injuries that are caused by the objects entering the body and passing all the way through it out called a perforating injury. Here, both entry and exit wounds are seen.
15. Match
List-I | List-II |
---|---|
(a) Injuries Suicidal | (I) Fatal wounds on chest, abdomen, head and would not include non-fatal defense wound |
(b) Homicidal | (II) Received by victims mostly on hands |
(c) Defense | (III) Hesitation cut |
(d) Self-inflected | (IV) Caused by self |
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:
(1) | (A-I) | (B-II) | (C-IV) | (D-III) |
(2) | (A-III) | (B-I) | (C-II) | (D-IV) |
(3) | (A-II) | (B-III) | (C-I) | (D-IV) |
(4) | (A-IV) | (B-II) | (C-I) | (D-III) |
Answer
Answer: (2) (A-III), (B-I), (C-II), (D-IV)
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