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1. Mathew Orfila is considered the father of

  1. Forensic Serology
  2. Forensic Toxicology
  3. Forensic Medicine
  4. All of the Above

Answer and Explanation

2. The main cause of death in kerosene burns:

  1. Kerosene vapors
  2. Carbon dioxide
  3. Carbon monoxide poisoning
  4. All of the above

Answer and Explanation

3. Cherry Red discoloration of blood is due to

  1. Hydrogen Sulphide
  2. Methane
  3. Carbon Monoxide
  4. Carbon tetrachloride

Answer and Explanation

4. Proportion of carbon monoxide in air is fatal on overnight exposure:

  1. 10,000 ppm
  2. 4,000 ppm
  3. 2,000 ppm
  4. 1,000 ppm

Answer and Explanation

5. Cheyne Stokes breathing is the abnormal pattern of:

  1. Abnormal water intake
  2. Drinking more than 6litres of water
  3. Abnormal breathing
  4. All of the above

Answer and Explanation

6. The time interval that a drug takes for its concentration to drop to half of its concentration is known as

  1. Sleep life period
  2. Half-life period
  3. LD50
  4. Both (2) and (3)

Answer

7. Which of the following term is used to describe the dose of a drug required to kill 50% population under study?

  1. ED 99
  2. ED 50
  3. LD 50
  4. LD 1

Answer and Explanation

8. Inside the human body cyanide attaches to cytochrome-C oxidase as it has a high affinity for:

  1. Fe3+ ions             
  2. Na+ ions               
  3. Ca2+ ions                  
  4. Mg+ ions     

Answer and Explanation

9. Which polymer is most commonly used for manufacturing food-grade containers?

  1. Polyethylene
  2. Polystyrene
  3. Polyethylene terephthalate
  4. Polyvinyl chloride

Answer and Explanation

10. Match an item in one list with an item in the other:

InstrumentMaterial
(a) Phenol(i) Deliriant
(b) Datura(ii) Cardiac
(c) Calotropis(iii) Irritant
(d) Aconite(iv) Corrosive
 (a)(b)(c)(d)
1.(ii)(iii)(iv)(i)
2.(iv)(i)(iii)(ii)
3.(iii)(ii)(i)(iv)
4.(i)(iv)(ii)(iii)

Answer and Explanation

11. Which of the following is a spinal poison?

  1. Strychnine
  2. Yellow oleander
  3. Aconite
  4. HCN

Answer and Explanation

12. Phosphine is liberated from:

  1. Methyl parathion
  2. Endosulfan
  3. Aluminum phosphide
  4. Ethyl parathion

Answer and Explanation

13. Botulism is a form of:

  1. Volatile poison
  2. Food poisoning
  3. Pesticide
  4. Metallic poisoning

Answer and Explanation

14. Greenish-colored urine is seen in which of the following poisoning?

  1. Nitric acid
  2. Carbolic acid
  3. Sulphuric acid
  4. Hydrochloric acid

Answer and Explanation

15. The presence of black particles in the airways is suggestive of

  1. Chronic smoker
  2. Melanoma of airways
  3. Inhalation of smoke
  4. None of the above

Answer

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