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e8f722e7-50d4-4719-be1b-7653bd9eaf3a | Which of the following is false with regards to bupivacaine | Bupivacaine concentration for epidural anaesthesia is 0.5% | Bupivacaine concentration for spinal anaesthesia is 0.5% | Bupivacaine is used frequently for i.v regional anaesthesia | Bupivacaine is most potent local anaesthetic | 2c | multi | Bupivacaine is contraindicated in Bier’s block or IVRA. | Anaesthesia | null |
66f6d998-ca24-4603-ae1d-217d375d3f69 | Bains' circuit is Mapelson type - circuit - | Type A | Type B | Type D | Type E | 2c | single | Type A - Magills circuit Type C - Water,'s (to and from) circuit Type D - Bain's circuit Type E - Sure's T piece Type F -Jackson-Rees circuit. | Anaesthesia | Anaesthetic equipments |
cacc0a5d-ff7c-472d-a663-4a88cdc038fc | Iris lesion is seen in | Utricaria | Scabies | Lichen planus | Erythema multiformae | 3d | single | Erythema multiforme(EM) is an acute ,self limiting skin disease charecterised by the abrupt onset of symmetrical target lesions. Erythema multiforme is a skin reaction that can be triggered by an infection or some medicines. The classic lesions are iris or target lesions which are less than 3 cm in diameter, rounded an... | Dental | All India exam |
57e22dec-64b3-4f7a-9274-de3621a865c1 | Monro's abscesses are seen in all of the following except: | Psoriasis. | Pemphigus. | Reiter syndrome. | Benign migratory glossitis. | 1b | multi | null | Pathology | null |
5f90e12b-bc3c-4c6c-8b7e-845ad602d3c4 | All are true about thiopentone except – | NaHCO3 is a preservative | Contraindicated in porphyria | Agent of choice in shock | Has cerebroprotective action | 2c | multi | Thiopentone causes hypotension → contraindicated in shock & hypotensive states. | Anaesthesia | null |
8a332a16-8f02-47c4-92f2-d651be084748 | Deposition of calcium in dying tissue is called | Metastatic calcification | Dystrophic calcification | Heterotropic calcification | Normal calcification | 1b | multi | Dystrophic calcification is encountered in areas of necrosis of any type. It is viually inevitable in the atheromas of advanced atherosclerosis, associated with intimal injury in the aoa and large aeries and characterized by the accumulation of lipids Metastatic calcification can occur in normal tissues whenever there ... | Pathology | General pathology |
46171954-5f6e-429a-b883-869c814add1d | The statement“The parietal layer develops gradually, becoming prominent when root formation is complete”Is | FALSE | TRUE | Partially True | Can be completely True or False. | 1b | multi | null | Dental | null |
579c1135-eab6-4927-a139-bad749e23e46 | Heat rupture can be differentiated from incised wound by - | Intact blood vessels & nerves at the floor of the wound | Seen in front of thing | Small in back of thing | Small and multiple | 0a | multi | HEAT RUPTURE: If heat applied is very great skin contracts and heat rupture occurs either before or after death. heat rupture is differentiated from incised wounds by 1. absence of bleeding in the wound and surrounding tissues, since heat coagulates 2. intact vessels and nerves are seen in the floor 3. irregular margin... | Forensic Medicine | Thermal injury |
29671dd8-a42b-401e-a831-ade026608bde | Vitamin K is involved in the post translational modification of | Glutamate | Aspaate | Glycine | GABA | 0a | single | Refer Katzung 11/e p 595 Vitamin K causes gamma carboxylation of glutamate reduces in many clotting factors that result in their activation | Pharmacology | Respiratory system |
0b492117-da6a-4231-ac9d-e03c92b27681 | Double stranded RNA is seen in - | Reovirus | Adenovirus | Parvovirus | Retrovirus | 0a | single | In reoviruses the double stranded RNA is transcribed into mRNA by viral polymerase REF:ANANTHANARAYAN AND PANIKER'S TEXTBOIK OF MICROBIOLOGY 9TH EDITION PAGE NO:433 | Microbiology | Virology |
03f56962-fb05-42fd-af7b-74e673a0cb31 | Which of the following viruses produce disease or sequelae that is/are more severe if the infection occurs at a very young age? | Epstein-Barr virus | Hepatitis B virus | Measles virus | Poliovirus | 1b | single | Infection with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) at bih or a very young age is associated with chronic HBV infection and the development of hepatocellular carcinoma later in life. In fact, infants born to Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive mothers are commonly infected, and approximately 90% become chronic carriers of ... | Microbiology | null |
f64f3300-2a32-4df7-a5f8-6ab724ec9e05 | All of the following are inducers of the microsomal enzyme system except? | Carbamazepine | Phenytoin | Phenobarbitone | Ticlopidine | 3d | multi | . | Pathology | All India exam |
3448a0bd-571b-4200-b357-6868acacec9e | Increased alanine during prolonged fasting represents- | Increased breakdown of muscle proteins | Impaired renal function | Decreased utilization of amino acid from Glucogenesis | Leakage of amino acids from cells due to plasma membrane leakage | 0a | single | During prolonged fasting there is increased gluconeogenesis. Alanine is provided by the muscle is one of the substrates for gluconeogenesis and is called Glucose Alanine cycle. So plasma level of alanine increases in prolonged starvation. | Biochemistry | null |
d382e57b-f281-4ccf-9993-7ef724dd74c6 | X-ray were discovered by - | Roentgen | Madam curie | Becqueral | Houndsfield | 0a | single | (A) (Roentgen) (16 Apley 9th)* X-ray discovered by Roentgen in 1895.X-ray are produced by firing electrons at high speed onto a rotating anode. The resulting beam of X-rays is attenuated by the patient's soft tissues and bones, casting what are effectively, shadows, which are displayed as images on an appropriately sen... | Medicine | Miscellaneous |
e3c42b9e-ddf9-4268-8123-05cb31e58da8 | Serum marker indicating active viral replication in hepatitis-B is: September 2006, March 2013 | HBsAg | HBeAg | HBcAg | HBV DNA | 1b | single | Ans. B: HBeAg, D: HBV DNA The first detectable viral marker for hepatitis-B is HBeAg, followed by hepatitis B, e-antigen (HBeAg) and HBV DNA. Titers may be high during the incubation period, but HBV DNA and HBeAg levels begin to fall at the onset of illness and may be undetectable at the time of peak clinical illness. ... | Pathology | null |
119ea7d4-43f0-4001-876a-ebe7b37744ee | What is true about volume control ventilation: | Lung inflated at constant flow rate | Peak alveolar pressure equal to plateau pressure | There is decelerating flow rate | Plateau pressure fixed | 0a | multi | With volume control ventilation, the inflation volume is preselected, and the lung are inflated at a constant flow rate until desired volume is delivered. | Anaesthesia | Modes of Ventilation |
06277027-48a9-4e9f-b9d5-a20e6513633e | In which of the following intensive management of diabetes needed except - | Autonomic neuropathy causing postural hypotension | Pregnancy | Post kidney transplant in diabetic nephropathy | DM with acute MI | 0a | multi | null | Medicine | null |
ec909278-98e6-48e2-a826-185805cae175 | Most common cataract in a newborn is – | Zonular | Morgagnian | Anterior Polar | Posterior Polar | 0a | single | A most common type of congenital cataract → punctate (blue dot) cataract.
A most common type of cataract which is clinically (visually) significant → zonular or lamellar cataract. | Ophthalmology | null |
783f7cdc-2d26-4b6e-9274-75c04d9ae75c | Accessory organ which may be found in stomach ? | Spleen | Pancreas | Liver | Kidney | 1b | single | Ans. is 'b' i.e., PancreasEctopic (Accessory) pancreatic tissue may be found in submucosa of :?Stomach Meckel's diveiculumDuodenum Gall bladderSmall intestine (jejunum, ileum) Spleen | Anatomy | null |
ee1798f2-1a64-4c86-9e96-c3ad57bdae91 | True about trisomies is - | Increased maternal age > 35 years | Downs causes MR | Most common trisomy is trisomy 21 | All | 3d | multi | Trisomy 21 or Down syndrome is the most common of the chromosomal disorder.
The most common cause of trisomy and therefore of Down syndrome is meiotic nondisjunction (type II Meiosis error). a Maternal age has a strong influence on the incidence of trisomy 21.
It occurs once in 1550 live births in women under age 20 in... | Medicine | null |
0ad2f7da-05b9-42d0-b93f-bc9b156b4b1e | All of the following therapies may be required in a 1-hour-old infant with severe bih asphyxia except- | Glucose | Dexamethasone | Calcium gluconate | Normal saline | 1b | multi | Ans. is 'b' i.e., Dexamethasone Coicosteroids should not be used' - Paediatrics for doctors - Frankshann & John Vince Management Protocol The management protocol of babies with asphyxia : Oxygen. In the absence of continuous oxygen saturation monitoring, it is reasonable to give nasopharyngeal oxygen (0.5 litre/min) un... | Pediatrics | null |
63893941-cbe4-4eb0-b099-41185abda5a3 | Condyloma acuminatum is caused by ? | HSV | HPV | HIV | VZV | 1b | single | Ans. is 'b' i.e., HPV Was . Was are caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) | Microbiology | null |
900afe1c-ba0c-485e-b0e0-4e99a1cf8c01 | The most common form of PSVT? | Tachycardia originating from the atrium | AV nodal reentry tachycardia | WPW syndrome | Focal atrial tachycardia | 1b | single | Pathologic supraventricular tachycardia A. Tachycardia originating from the atriumDefining feature: tachycardia may continue despite beats that fail to conduct to the ventricles, indicating that the AV node is not paicipating in the tachycardia circuitB. AV nodal reentry tachycardiaDefining feature: paroxysmal regular ... | Medicine | C.V.S |
19ab5337-6b86-4aab-9de6-2eb84f33a1ce | A female having carcinoma cervix stage IIIb. What is the treatment:- | Weheims hysterectomy | Schauta's radical vaginal hysterectomy | Chemotherapy | Intracavitary brachytherapy with external beam radiotherapy | 3d | single | Rx of Cervical cancer NOTE: THERE IS NO ROLE OF SURGERY IN TREATMENT OF STAGE IIB AND ABOVE - Stage I - IIA - Surgical management: Radical Hysterectomy (aka type 3 hysterectomy) - Structures removed in radical hysterectomy are : Uterus, cervix, upper 1/3 - 1/2 of vagina, entire parametrium, uterine aery ligated at its ... | Gynaecology & Obstetrics | Cervical Carcinoma |
67b658f7-a9a0-41e1-8163-6778d231eb2b | The bottle feeding should be discontinued by the age of: | 12 months | 8 months | 18 months | 20 months | 0a | single | Prolonged bottle feeding more than 1 year can lead to ECC. | Dental | null |
8331f967-1fc5-479b-8af9-ae34f153e0de | A 1-year-old girl is brought to the emergency room by her parents who report she has had a fever and diarrhea for 3 days. Her temperature is 38degC (101degF). The CBC shows a normal WBC count and increased hematocrit (48 g/dL). Which of the following is the most likely cause of increased hematocrit in this patient? | Acute phase response | Dehydration | Diabetes insipidus | Malabsorption | 1b | single | Increased hematocrit in this patient reflects hemoconcentration caused by dehydration, secondary to diarrhea. This hematologic condition, termed relative polycythemia, is characterized by decreased plasma volume with a normal red cell mass. When patients suffer from burns, vomiting, excessive sweating, or diarrhea, the... | Pathology | Hemodynamics |
25fc3284-c2ab-43f5-b16a-e5b35d97aad5 | In XLR diseases, a modified inheritance pattern called 'pseudodominance' occurs when | One parent is affected homozygote and another is unaffected homozygote | One parent is unaffected heterozygote and another is affected homozygote | One parent is normal and another is unaffected het- erozygote | Both parents are unaffected | 1b | multi | Ans. b (One parent is unaffected heterozygote and another is affected homozygote). (Fig. Harrison 18th/61/l 1)In most instances of AR inheritance, an affected individual is the offspring of heterozygous parents. In this situation, there is a 25% chance that the offspring will have a normal genotype, a 50% probability o... | Unknown | null |
daa4ca98-15c4-456e-8642-660301bc31cf | In a contaminated, puctured wound of the leg of a non-immune child of 10, which one of the following measures would give the best protection against the development of tetanus - | Active immunization and antibiotics | Active immunization, antibotics and immobilisation | Active immunization, wound excision and primary closure | Active and passive immunization along with antibiotics | 3d | single | null | Medicine | null |
12e8b938-a435-4457-9c8d-9f556b1730d1 | A 2hyr old women who had home delivery 2wks back now presents with complete perineal tear whats the next line of the management | repair immediately | repair after 3wks | repair after 3months | repair after 6 months | 2c | single | complete prineal tear <24HRS= Repair immediately >24HRS - schedule after 3months REF : SHAW GYNECOLOGY | Gynaecology & Obstetrics | All India exam |
5cb09b22-97b5-43b1-a48c-bbb0b3c04202 | Osmolality of plasma in a normal adult: September 2005, March 2012, September 2012 | 320-330 mOsm/L | 300-310 mOsm/ L | 280-290 mOsm/ L | 260-270 mOsm/ L | 2c | single | Ans. C: 280-290 mOsm/L Plasma osmolality is a measure of the concentration of substances such as sodium, chloride, potassium, urea, glucose, and other ions in blood Osmolal concencentration of plasma is 290 mOsm/L Osmolality of blood increases with dehydration and decreases with overhydration. In normal people, increas... | Physiology | null |
352841d1-85db-4066-9d6a-f454f3080ecd | Post gonococcal stricture urethra is most commonly situated in the - | Bulbar Urethra | Penoscrotal Jn. | Distal pa of spongy urethra | Just distal to external meatus | 0a | single | Ans. is 'a' i.e., Bulbar Urethra | Surgery | null |
052307d8-6d76-41e3-89dd-21c19906d6c7 | Not a second messenger: | cAMP | cGMP | Ca | None | 3d | multi | None | Biochemistry | null |
43bd3f7a-8ad1-4e31-95ae-1068263fd406 | Conduction in which type of nerve fibres is blocked maximally by pressure | C fibres | A- alpha fibres | A - Beta | A- gamma | 1b | multi | The velocity of conduction through a nerve fiber is directly proportional to the thickness of the axon.
Thickest and fastest is A fibers. Among A fibers, the thickest is Aα. Hence the maximum affected by pressure will be Aα. | Physiology | null |
0139045a-6eac-4daa-8373-26abb85259a9 | How long does it take for incipient caries to develop into clinically evident smooth surface caries? | 9 ± 6 months | 2 + 6 months | 18 + 6 months | 24 ± 6 months | 2c | multi | null | Dental | null |
90135651-e561-4789-b144-39c740f1f834 | Clozapine is used in: | Depression | Resistant schizophrenia | Mania | Delirium | 1b | single | Ans: b (Resistant schizophrenia) Ref: Katzung, 10th ed, p. 457Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic. It has weak D2 blocking action and produces few extrapyramidal side effects.lt inhibits 5-HT, receptor.The main adverse effects are agranulocytosis and other blood dyscrasias. It reduces seizure threshold. It is reserv... | Psychiatry | Treatment |
62ef9384-16ef-455c-bcf7-a693c33060d6 | Most sensitive and specific marker for MI is? | Troponin | Cytokeratin | Myoglobin | CPK-MM | 0a | single | Ref: Harrison 20th edition, P 384Cardiac specific markers of myocardial damage include quantitative determination of CK-MB, Troponin I and Troponin T. Troponins can become elevated by 3 hours. The circulating values remain elevated up to a week. | Pathology | C.V.S |
f7033ab3-d74a-422e-ba6c-3c498d4da0c3 | Human development index includes A/E : | Crude death rate | Education | Life expectancy at birth | GDP | 0a | single | Ans. is 'a' i.e. Crude Death Rate Human development index : includesLongevity (Life expectancy at birth)knowledge (adult literacy rate and mean years of schooling)Income (reveal GDP per capita in purchasing power parity in US Dollars).* HDI values ranges between 0 to 1. the HDI value for a country shows the distance th... | Social & Preventive Medicine | Concept of Health and Disease |
94566a9e-828c-4005-9a50-0b14c2413cac | T/t used for lower ureteric stone is: | Endoscopic removal | Diuretics | Drug dissolution | Laser | 0a | single | Answer is A (Endoscopic removal): Stones in the lower pa of ureter within 5-6 cm of ureteric orifice (that are small in size) are best managed by Ureteroscopic (Endoscopic) removal. | Medicine | null |
a1953f4e-e132-4bdb-962c-d60818fb79dc | Spot the diagnosis | Lead poisoning | Macrocytic anemia | Howell-Jolly bodies | Heinz bodies | 0a | single | Ref: Harsh Mohan, Textbook of Pathology, 7th ed. pg. 236The image shows basophilic stippling of red blood cells. The causes are:Mnemonic: LUNATIC* Lead poisoning* Unstable hemoglobin* Nucleotidase deficiency* Anemia due to B12 deficiency* Thalassemia* Infections* CirrhosisThe closest answer Pappenheimer bodies are baso... | Pathology | Blood |
c06a3024-15ec-449c-acc8-6640e16b977f | Prophylactic cranial irradiation is indicated in the treatment of all of the following, except: | Small cell Ca of lung | ALL | Hodgkin's lymphoma | NHL | 2c | multi | All malignancies except hodgkin's lymphoma given in the question show discrimination CSF pathway and therefore require prophylactic Craniospinal irradiation. Ref: Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 15th Edition, Page 2449 | Radiology | null |
9a0c22ae-b1c4-4977-8372-0df38e32cd61 | Thermophile bacteria grow at - | 20deg C | 20-40deg C | 40-60deg C | 60-8CTC | 3d | single | Ans. is 'd' i.e., 60-80deg C Temperature requirement of bacteriao Bacteria vary in their requirements of temprature for growth.Psvchrophilic bacteria grow best at temperature below 20degCThermophilic bacteria grow best between 55-80degCMesophilic bacteria grow best between 25-40degC | Microbiology | Morphology and Physiology of Bacteria |
2fcbbf9f-ea2e-4600-a83e-d7ff0dba700a | FAST is used for: | Fast assessment of major visceral injuries | To look for free intraperitoneal fluid at specific sites | Fast assessment by CT scan to detect intraabdominal injuries | Quick clinical assessment to decide about laprotomy | 1b | single | null | Surgery | null |
ee16bdaf-efd5-4675-8a6c-6f0ca45135a6 | Drug which inhibits GPIIb/IIIa and is platelet anti Aggregatory: | Clopidogrel | Enoxaparin | Fondaparinux | Tirofiban | 3d | single | Ans. D. TirofibanGP IIb/IIIA are the fibrogen activator receptor. On stimulating they activates the aggregation of platelets. Abciximab and tirofiban are the drugs which block these receptors and inhibit the platelet aggregation. | Pharmacology | Hematology |
b5319c83-f130-4625-92f1-3f0a823a719f | Furcation involvement with no radio graphic evidence is | Grade II | Advanced grade II | Grade I | Early grade III | 2c | single | null | Dental | null |
8ebf2e32-41c9-409f-aad6-ac9414ede114 | Provision of integrated preventive, curative and promotional health services are part of | Comprehensive health care system | Primary healthcare system | Universal healthcare | Basic health care | 0a | single | null | Dental | null |
821f41f3-7bae-4c7d-87c7-2b1f86daa915 | Feto maternal transfusion is detected by: | Kleihauer test | Spectrophotometry | Benzidine test | None of the above | 0a | multi | Kleihauer-Betke test may be performed on maternal blood to assess the amount of fetomaternal bleed.The maternal blood is subjected to an acid solution.Acid will elute the adult hemoglobin,but not the fetal hemoglobin from the red cells.Hence fetal red cells appear dark red,adult red cells appear pale(ghost cells). TEXT... | Gynaecology & Obstetrics | Medical, surgical and gynaecological illness complicating pregnancy |
0da9c048-54e3-4ba3-b2cd-9d9772115d1b | Which of the following tubes is used in surgery for cleft palate | Flexometallic tube | RAE tube | Robert shaw double lumen tube | None | 1b | multi | RAE tube is used for surgery of cleft palate. | Anaesthesia | null |
a237c2a6-d3c9-4a76-ad41-b0cc7fe2a909 | All of the following are composite muscles except? | Pectineus | Rectus femoris | Adductor magnus | Biceps femoris | 1b | multi | null | Anatomy | null |
25d17943-885a-4d0e-841f-147ed7a05d3a | A 72-year-old woman has had difficulty with vision in her right eye for 3 months. She also has pain in the right upper chest. The findings on physical examination include unilateral enophthalmos, miosis, anhidrosis, and ptosis on the right side of her face. A chest radiograph shows right upper lobe opacification and bo... | Bronchopneumonia | Bronchiectasis | Bronchogenic carcinoma | Sarcoidosis | 2c | single | Horner syndrome is a result of sympathetic autonomic nerve involvement by invasive pulmonary carcinoma. Such a neoplasm in this location with these associated findings is called a Pancoast tumor. Infectious processes such as pneumonia are unlikely to impinge on structures outside the lung. Bronchiectasis destroys bronc... | Pathology | Respiration |
5533127c-9b47-4d0b-b5cd-0c37686097a1 | Which of the following is used to show the base of the skull, sphenoid sinus, position and orientation of the condyles, and fractures of the zygomatic arch? | The TMJ surgery | Submentovertex projection | Reverse-Towne projection | The facial profile survey | 1b | single | null | Radiology | null |
e6368577-0cf2-425b-8f33-9c2e8df7e8e5 | Most common cause of bone malignancy - | Secondaries | Osteosarcoma | Ewing's sarcoma | Osteoclastoma | 0a | single | OSTEOLYTIC SECONDARIES Tumor cells produce growtl factors that stimulate bone destruction i.e. RANK &;igen& Osteoclasts are activated and break down bone Osteoblasts cannot build bone back fast enough Decreased bone density and strength: high risk for fracture OSTEOBLASTIC SECONDARIES Osteoblasts are stimulated by tumo... | Orthopaedics | Tumors |
aa8d52cd-8e0e-465e-a3eb-6ff53c981edc | CrPC sec. 61-69 deals with | Coroner inquest | Summons | Police inquest | Magistrate inquest | 1b | single | Summons/Subpoena is a document compelling the attendance of a witness in a cou of law, under penalty, on a paicular day, time and place for the purpose of giving evidence. Code of Criminal Procedure, from section 61 to 69 deals with the topic of summons. Ref: Krishnan vij Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology; 5... | Forensic Medicine | Medico legal procedures |
df199f3c-7a70-4dd4-99d5-58dc107df534 | Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) was taken to prevent morbidity and moality from all except: | Malaria | Malnutrition | Otitis media | Neonatal tetanus | 3d | multi | INTERGRATED MANAGEMENT OF CHILDHOOD ILLNESS (IMCI): IMCI is a 'strategy for reducing morbidity and moality associated with major causes of childhood illness' Curative component includes management of: Diarrhoea Measles (&otitis media) Pneumonia Malaria Malnutrition | Social & Preventive Medicine | Paediatric Care in RCH: BW, BL, PEM, Breast Feeding |
ae770a4f-0b05-4619-9d4d-467fd9764ba3 | Oroya fever is caused by: | B. bacilliformis | B. henselae | B. quintana | B. elizabethae | 0a | single | Ans: a. B. bacilliformis Baonellosis, or Carrion's disease, is caused by B. bacilliformisBaonellosis, or Carrion's disease, is caused by B. bacilliformis. The disease is characterized by two distinct phases:an acute febrile hematic phase, known as Oroya fever; andan eruptive phase manifested by cutaneous lesions, known... | Microbiology | null |
9e6679da-326f-4161-9229-fc34cbef61bd | A 30 year old male presented with insidious onset of diarrhea, steatorrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss, migratory large joint ahropathy, fever and dementia. The most probable diagnosis is: | Chronic calcific pancreatitis | Whipple's disease | Tropical sprue | Celiac sprue | 1b | single | Whipple's disease is a chronic multisystem disease caused by tropheryma whipplei bacteria. Dementia is a late symptom. Diagnosed by PAS positive macrophages in small intestinal biopsy. DOC is double strength trimethoprim / sulfamethoxazole. Ref: Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine, 18th Edition, Page 2479 | Medicine | null |
895f4932-6852-4dba-9106-0a31e8b63545 | End tracheostomy is performed in patients undergoing surgery for | Laryngectomy | Laryngofissure surgery | Oropharyngeal growth | Obstructive sleep apnea with stridor | 0a | single | Answer: a) Laryngectomy (DHINGRA 6th ED, P-316)TRACHEOSTOMY* Emergency tracheostomy* Elective or tranquil tracheostomy* Permanent tracheostomy* Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy* Mini tracheostomy (cricothyroidotomy)Emergency tracheostomy* It is employed when airway obstruction is complete or almost complete and t... | ENT | Larynx |
68b42e90-199d-4be5-a9b9-211d58715a97 | Maximum "Endocapillary Proliferation" is seen in: | Membranous glomerulonephritis | Mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis | Focal segmental glomerulonephritis | Post streptococcal | 3d | single | Post streptococcal | Pathology | null |
cc2b1c4f-d4a2-460e-bade-38746a3e081a | Regarding adhesive intestinal obstruction, TRUE is ? | Avoid surgery for initial 48-72 hours | Never operate | Operate after minimum 10 days of conservative treatment | Immediate operation | 0a | multi | Ans. is 'a' i.e., Avoid surgery for initial 48-72 hours There are three main measures in the tit of acute intestinal obstruction. These are 1) Gastro intestinal drainage (Nasogastric suction) 2) Fluid and electrolyte replacement 3) Surgery for relief of obstruction The first two steps are always necessary prior to the ... | Surgery | null |
a2097f97-a39a-48e7-8edd-2a930720aad0 | PGE2 cause all except - | Water retention | Uterine contraction | Flushing | Diuresis | 0a | multi | Ans. is 'a' i.e.. Water retention o Prostaglandins and thromboxanes are synthesised from arachidonic acid cobtained from membrane phospholipids due to action of phospholipase A2, rate limiting enzyme. A summary of the actions of major prostaglandins, prostacyclin and thromboxane Organ Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2a) Prostagla... | Pharmacology | Prostaglandins |
fcc9b6fe-5204-45db-9028-77df21026641 | A middle aged woman presented to the OPD with dull abdominal pain for 6 months. CT scan of pelvis showed a 7cm mass involving left ovary with irregular calcifications. The right fallopian tube & ovary are excised. What is the likely diagnosis? | Mucinous cystadenoma | Choriocarcinoma | Dysgerminoma | Mature cystic teratoma | 3d | multi | . | Pathology | General pathology |
643995c8-253d-4fce-95b6-f29a98f59381 | Hypovitaminosis D causes – | Zonular cataract | Blue – Dot cataract | Rosette cataract | Cupuliform cataract | 0a | single | Hypocalcaemia (Hypoparathyroidism, hypovitaminosis D) causes zonular (lamellar) cataract. | Ophthalmology | null |
a504fbed-692b-49d9-96dd-aa78868d5dad | A 30 years old man presents with cramping gluteal pain after walking 500 meters. Which is the vessel involved? | Aerial disease with aoo-iliac involvement | Aerial disease with femoral aery involvement | Femoral venous insufficiency | Saphenous venous insufficiency | 0a | single | Aoo-iliac disease - Tissue distal to aery occlusion becomes ischemic - as this aery supplies muscles - causes Intermittent claudication like Buttock, thigh, calf claudication andLeriche syndrome - Erectile dysfunction - Impotence | Surgery | NEET Jan 2020 |
1707f3c0-400e-427e-b96d-4ec03a1f0f55 | Slit shaped nipple seen in | Duct ectasia | Duct pappiloma | Paget's disease | CA breast | 0a | single | Answer- A. Duct ectasiaDuct ectasia is dilatation of lactiferous ducts associated with periductal inflammation.Chronic inflammation and scarring will lead to indrawing and slit-shaped inversion of the nipple.If secondary infection supervenes, a mammary duct fistula can also develop. | Surgery | null |
4c26706a-35d8-46d7-a836-ceeefb5fe066 | A 27-yrs-old librarian has been worried that the small lymph nodes she can palpate in her groin are a sign of lymphoma. She also worries about developing laryngeal cancer due to the second-hand smoke she is exposed to at home. For a diagnosis of hypochondriasis, her symptoms should have been present for at least what p... | 1 month | 3 month | 6 months | 1 year | 2c | multi | Hypochondriasis is defined by DSM-IV as a persistent fear, despite medical reassurance, that one has a serious physical illness. The patient's beliefs are based on misinterpretation of benign bodily symptoms. The belief is not of delusional propoions, and the condition must persist for 6 months for this diagnosis to be... | Psychiatry | null |
4c1cdb26-fcf3-40ba-85b1-309c3453b402 | Post-exposure immunization is done for | Measles | Polio | Rabies | Chicken pox | 0a | single | *MMR vaccine if administrate within 72 hours of exposure or immunoglobulin if administrate within 6 days of exposure provide some protection or modify the clinical course of disease. Measles vaccine Prepared in chick embryo cell line Thermolabile Injected subcutaneously Indication: Under national immunisation schedule ... | Microbiology | Virology |
611c0b23-7d07-427e-95e3-e36fcbfcc71e | In which of the following conditions the lead pipe appearance of the colon on a barium enema is seen? | Amoebiasis | Ulcerative colitis | Tuberculosis of the colon | Crohn's involvement of the colon | 1b | single | Ans. Ulcerative colitis | Radiology | null |
396ecdab-dfef-40c4-ace8-f4fb57367ef7 | Epoophoron is a remnant of | Wolffian duct | Mullerian duct | Gubernaculum | None | 0a | multi | Human embryology Inderbir Singh's; Tenth edition; Pg 315 We have seen that most of the mesonephric tubules disappear. Some persist to form the vasa deferentia. Other mesonephric tubules persist to form some vestigial structures that are seen near the testes Epoophron: This consists of a longitudinal duct running parall... | Anatomy | General anatomy |
ed7fa3a7-9745-4f54-bb30-f61784574b8f | Triad following massive blood transfusion includes: March 2012 | Acidosis, hypehermia, hyperkalemia | Acidosis, hypothermia, hyperkalemia | Alkalosis, hypothermia, hyperkalemia | Alkalosis, hypehermia, hyperkalemia | 2c | single | Ans: C i.e. Alkalosis, hypothermia, hyperkalemia The complications usually seen with massive blood transfusion are: i) hyperkalemia, ii) Hypocalcemia, iii) Hyperammonemia, iv) Hypothermia, v) Metabolic alkalosis, vi) Dilutional coagulopathies, DIC & vii) ARDS. | Surgery | null |
4e5313db-d176-4750-b149-c7bec4364fc1 | Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia is seen in | Rotor syndrome | Dubin-Johnson syndrome | Gilbe syndrome | Bile duct obstruction | 2c | single | Classification of jaundice A. Predominantly unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia 1. increased production of bilirubin Hemolytic anemias Resorption of blood from intestinal hemorrhages(eg: gi bleeding, hematomas) Ineffective erythropoiesis 2. Reduced hepatic intake Drug that interfere with the membrane carrier systems Diffus... | Pathology | G.I.T |
04feebb1-60ae-4ad7-8b50-c10168b4e493 | Sappey's line denotes a line - | Encircling the neck at C6 veebra level | Encircling the trunk just above the umbilicus | Encircling the salpigian tubes | None of the above | 1b | multi | Ans. is 'b' i.e., Encircling the trunk..... Sappey's line defines a horizontal line around the waist extending from the umbilicus, along the iliac crests over to Ll. Lymphatic drainage of the skin above this line is to the axillary lymph nodes and below this line to the inguinal. | Surgery | null |
fcf25fe9-eff7-4d73-8655-3ce439b4e4a6 | Which of the following is characteristically not associated with the development of interstitial lung disease ? | Organic dusts | Inorganic dusts | Toxic gases e.g. chlorine, sulphur dioxide | Inhalation of tobacco smoke | 3d | multi | Ref: Textbook of pathology (Harsh Mohan) 6th edition, page No.483 BRONCHIAL ASTHMA Asthma is a disease of airways that is characterised by increased responsiveness of the tracheobronchial tree to a variety of stimuli resulting in widespread spasmodic narrowing of the air passages which may be relieved spontaneously or ... | Pathology | Respiratory system |
1436051e-1da7-4b88-aa16-e5ae92435172 | Which nephritogenic antigen is detected in subepithelial humps of PSGN? | Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin B | Nephritis associated plasmin receptor | M antigen | P antigen | 0a | single | RF: Type II HSR PSGN: Type III HSR | Medicine | Nephrotic and Nephritic syndrome |
6cd8eea4-e9d2-4c6c-96b1-e0f8b5d83450 | The most common type of intussuception is | Multiple | Colocolic | Ileoileal | Ileoilecolic | 3d | single | .It is telescoping or invagination of one poion (segment) of bowel into the adjacent segment. Types 1. Antegrade--Most common. 2. Retrograde--Rare (jejunogastric in gastrojejunostomy stoma). In elderly intussusception: * Colocolic is most common type * Apex is formed usually by growth * No role of hydrostatic reduction... | Surgery | G.I.T |
5b645940-1862-40b5-82cf-3729d8effd04 | A 34-year-old man presents to OPD with gynecomastia and erectile dysfunction. Physical examination reveals a palpable, non-tender testicular mass within the body of testis. His serum testosterone and estradiol levels were elevated. What is the most likely diagnosis? | Leydig cell tumour | Granulosa cell tumour | Spermatocytic tumour | Yolk sac tumour | 0a | single | Leydig Cell Tumor Sex-cord stromal type of testicular tumor Age- usually at 5-10 years of age or in middle adulthood (30-60 years). Tumors of Leydig cells may secrete androgens, estrogens and coicosteroids. In males , testicular swelling is the most common presenting feature. Children usually present with precocious pu... | Pathology | Testicular Tumors |
9399c7a6-6707-452c-bfc8-9389968ed54b | Which of the following organism is the most common cause of acute meningitis in an AIDS patient? | Streptococcus pneumoniae | Streptococcus agalactiae | Cryptococcus neoformans | Listeria monocytogenes | 2c | single | Oppounistic infections of the CNS generally occur in HIV infected patients with CD4 counts below 200. Most common organism that causes acute meningitis in an AIDS patients is Cyptococcus neoformans. Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated budding yeast that is found worldwide in soil and on dried pigeon dung. Infect... | Microbiology | null |
517ed9a4-788e-43f7-985c-1412a8fcb3bc | This patient presented with chest pain. What is the diagnosis? | Acute pulmonary embolism | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | Ascending aortic aneurysm | Coarctation of the aorta | 2c | single | Answer C. Ascending aortic aneurysmA widened mediastinum is visible on chest radiography. The patient was diagnosed with a 9.5-cm ascending aortic aneurysm. | Medicine | C.V.S. |
df77a283-968d-4bee-a46c-503204b2dafb | Fatty acids are the main source of energy for | Muscles | Heart | Liver | RBC | 1b | single | Fed state Preferred fuel
Starvation preferred fuel
RBC
Glucose
Glucose
Heart
Fatty acids
Ketone bodies
Brain
Glucose
Ketone bodies
Liver
Glucose
Fatty acids / protein
Muscle
Glucose
Fatty acids
Adipose tissue
Glucose
Fatty acids. | Biochemistry | null |
ede34bce-a372-4e69-9299-1b08ddfa120b | Steroid is contraindicated in - | Herpetic keratitis | Atopic dermatitis | Fungal corneal ulcer | Exposure Keratitis | 2c | single | Steroids overwhelm the fungal infection,it also causes immunosuppression. Ref khurana 6/e p243 | Ophthalmology | Cornea and sclera |
fefbbb9f-3f10-46ce-8c94-5e6d377db87f | Concerning normal expiration during resting conditions: | Expiration is generated by the expiratory muscles | Alveolar pressure is less than atmospheric pressure | Intrapleural pressure gradually falls (becomes more negative) during the expiration | Flow velocity of the gas (in cm/sec) in the large airways exceeds that in the terminal bronchioles | 3d | multi | The velocity of the gas in the large airways exceeds that in the terminal bronchioles because the latter have a very large combined cross-sectional area. The other choices are incorrect: Under resting conditions, expiration is passive it is associated with an alveolar pressure that exceeds atmospheric pressure intraple... | Physiology | Respiratory System Pa 1 |
0be58ffb-50af-41c1-b0a3-a7912c9cbc7c | Shoest acting non depolarising muscle relaxant | Succinylcholine | Rapacuronium | Atracurium | Pancuronium | 1b | single | Refer Miller's anesthesia 5/e p 892 Among the given options Rapacuronium IA the shoest acting drug Rapacuronium has been withdrawn from the market because it produces intense bronchospasm in a significant number of patients Mivacurium is shoest acting NDMR | Pharmacology | Anesthesia |
3e2783b0-3ef8-423b-8b55-72b90f1f427a | Cretinism is - | Dispropoionate dwarfism | Sho stature with long trunk | Sho stature with sho trunk | Long stature with long trunk | 0a | single | Ans. is 'a' i.e., Dispropoionate dwarfism Note - Patient has sho stature with sho limbs. | Pediatrics | null |
459e06ea-07be-439b-8973-c3a6c8449889 | Commonest cause of lung abscess: | Aspiration | Hematogenous spread from distant site | Direct contact | Lymphatic spread | 0a | single | Lung Abscess Lung abscess refers to a microbial infection of the lung that results in necrosis of the pulmonary parenchyma MC cause of primary lung abscess: Anaerobic bacteria Etiology of anaerobic lung abscess: Aspiration | Surgery | Thorax And Mediastinum |
0f72e1af-9e98-45af-86bd-37e2aa1e3ea1 | Amount of bile produced (ml/ day): September 2012 | 100 - 500 | 500 -1000 | 1000 -1500 | 1500 - 2000 | 1b | single | Ans. B i.e. 500 - 1000 | Physiology | null |
30a12f31-4c50-4bae-9d54-8fa7b1b07186 | Spermatogenesis | Starts at birth | Maximum in 37degC | Occurs in seminiferous tubules | Time required for a spermatogonium to develop into mature spermatozoan is 6 weeks | 2c | single | i.e. (Occurs in seminiferous tubules): (11-12-IBS-Embryology 8th)Spermatozoa are formed in the walls of the seminiferous tubules of the testesSPERMATOGENESIS - formation of gametes (spermatozoa) takes only during the reproductive periods which begins at the age of puberty (12 to 16 years) and continue even though old a... | Anatomy | Embryology |
9550e307-07a6-45d5-bce6-b1f2147d2e0e | All of the following statements about clonidine are true EXCEPT | It is an alpha adrenergic agonist | It can cause dry mouth as an adverse effect | Prazosin completely antagonizes its action | It inhibits sympathetic outflow. | 2c | multi | Clonidine is a central sympatholytic. It is an agonist to alpha2 receptors. But prazosin is a selective alpha1 blocker selective alpha 2 blocker is yohimbine Clonidine can cause dryness of mouth, nose, and eyes due to central sympatholytic action. (REF. ESSENTIALS OF MEDICAL PHARMACOLOGY K.D TRIPATHI-6th edition. Page ... | Pharmacology | Cardiovascular system |
6d983206-297f-42b4-9509-aba979b95f97 | Virulence factor of the group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus is | Protein M | Protein T | Protein R | Lipotechoic acid | 0a | single | The virulence factors of group A streptococcus or Streptococcus pyogenes: 1. Capsule 2. Carbohydrate antigen 3. Protein antigen M, T, R proteins 4. Pili M protein - acts as virulence factor by inhibiting phagocytosis. Heat and acid stable but susceptible to tryptic digestion. Antibody to M proteins promote phagocytosis... | Microbiology | Bacteriology |
c0fee16f-b436-47b8-8b7e-63945e310fd8 | Ideal contraceptive for a couple living in different cities meeting only occasionally : | Barrier method | IUCD | OCP | DMPA | 0a | multi | The advantages of condom are: 1 they are easily available 2 safe and inexpensive 3 easy to use 4 no side effects 5 light ,compact and disposable 6 provides protection not only against pregnancy but also against STD PARKS TEXTBOOK OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE 23 rd EDITION PAGE NO 494 | Gynaecology & Obstetrics | Contraception |
379671a7-fcf0-4b71-8675-54ec9d0c3dd0 | Obligate intracellular parasite among the following is | Naegleria fowleri | Acanthamoeba | Toxoplasma | Balamuthia | 2c | single | Obligate intracellular parasites cannot reproduce outside their host cell, meaning that the parasite's reproduction is entirely reliant on intracellular resources. Toxoplasma,Cryptosporidium Bacteria-chlamydia ,Rickettsia | Microbiology | parasitology |
e76b7c6e-348c-4b4a-a505-34dc9d708600 | Fetal hea can be detected earliest with trans-vaginal sonography at (from the last menstrual period) : | 35 days | 38 days | 53 days | 46 days | 3d | single | 46 days | Gynaecology & Obstetrics | null |
ab585561-0b84-47b4-a2bf-7b546a3ffaef | What is the clearance of a substance, if its concentration in plasma is 10 mg%, concentration in urine is 100 mg % and urine flow is 2 ml/min ? | 0.02 ml/min. | 0.2 ml/min | 2 ml/min | 20 ml/min. | 3d | single | Ans. is 'd' i.e., 20 ml/min. | Pharmacology | null |
e0e5e2b7-32fc-4762-8317-3f61f4d72701 | Which of the following is a minor criteria for diagnosis of Rheumatic fever (RP) according to modified Jones criteria – | ASO titre | Past history of Rheumatic fever | Fever | Subcutaneous nodules | 2c | single | Fever is a minor criteria | Pediatrics | null |
4f4ebfaf-0a18-4ed9-b5a1-41b9f86741fc | In a normal ECG which lead does it represent? | aVL | aVR | V1 | V6 | 1b | single | The aVR is often neglected lead. It is an unipolar lead facing the right superior surface. As all the depolarization are going away from lead aVR, all waves are negative in aVR (P, QRS, T) in normal sinus rhythm. | Medicine | ECG and Arrhythmias 1 |
87a212d0-ce24-406a-9a0c-a8c94570ebeb | Which among the following is true statement regarding breast cancer metastasis? | Metastases occur after breast cancers acquire their own NEW blood supply. | Batson plexus facilitates metastasis to the lung. | Natural killer cells have no role in breast cancer immunosurveillance. | 20 % of women who develop breast carcinoma metastases will do so within 60 months of treatment. | 0a | multi | Metastases occur after breast cancers acquire their own blood supply.(neovascularization). Thereafter, cancer cells may be shed directly into the systemic venous blood to seed the pulmonary circulation the axillary and intercostal veins or the veebral column Batson plexus of veins, which courses the length of the veebr... | Surgery | Breast |
b72bf6d5-3726-49f9-b4a8-e1b2644152fe | One of the following rules explains about the grinding of certain cusps to produce balance in lateral movements: | Ante's rule | Bull rule | Wolfs rule | Cieszynski's rule | 1b | single | null | Dental | null |
ea23123c-f239-4e3f-a24f-91c661458bc6 | A 70 yrs pt. is refusing for angiography but he has an episode of chest pain on walking upstairs not progressed for last 4 year what shall be done in this patienta) Aspirin lowdose givenb) Nitroglycerine sublingual before walking upstairsc) Continue exercise even after chest paind) Stop exercise if chest pains | ab | a | ad | bc | 0a | multi | null | Medicine | null |
f18019de-1c8b-40c8-91e6-a60d43404b24 | Maximum cell size in bacterial cell growth cycle? | Lag phase | Log phase | End of plateau phase | Early stage of decline | 0a | single | Ans. is 'a' i.e., Lag phase The various phases of growth curve are associated with morphological and physiological alterations of the cells. | Microbiology | null |
fe9eb926-eacb-4487-ad10-594e3d349a4b | Irradiation can be used to sterilize A/E ? | Bone graft | Suture | Aificial tissue graft | Bronchoscope | 3d | single | Ans. is 'd' i.e., Bronchoscope Endoscops are sterilized by chemical methods :? i) Rigid endoscope ---> Autoclave ii) Flexible endoscope --> Glutaraldehyde Bone & tissue graft, and cat gut suture are sterilized by ionizing radiation ('y - rays) | Microbiology | null |
8e718c27-9fec-4fc4-b624-15db0f89a44a | On chronic use Linezolid leads to which of the following ? | Thrombocytopenia | Deranged LFT | Nephrotoxicity | Ototoxicity | 0a | single | Linezolid is Oxazolidinone. MOA: It inhibits protein synthesis by preventing formation of the ribosome complex that initiates protein synthesis by binding to 23S ribosomal RNA of the 50S subunit. It is active against Gram positive organisms including Staphylococci, Streptococci, Enterococci, Gram positive Anaerobic coc... | Pharmacology | Protein Synthesis Inhibitors |
2b23af86-f86a-4f85-bcb0-1a943c1586e6 | The following acute respiratory response to ascent to high altitude, there is normalization of blood pH. The mechanism is | Increased erythropoesis leads to increased buffering by hemoglobin | Increased excretion of HCO3 - by the kidneys | Increased levels of 2, 3--DPG | Retention of bicarbonate by the kidneys | 3d | single | The lung response to acute altitude exposure is mainly hyperventilation which, together with elevated hea rate, aims at achieving an adequate supply of oxygen to the tissues. At rest, ventilation increases by firstly increasing the tidal volume, at least up to 3500 m. Ref: guyton and hall textbook of medical physiology... | Physiology | Respiratory system |
4f9e76c0-0a6c-4d95-973a-28e44d8d0054 | Poikilocytosis is due to difference in: | Size | Shape | Number | Width | 1b | single | Ans: b (Shape) Ref: Harshmohan,ed, p. 336Increase variation in shape of red cell is termed as poikilocytosis. Poikilocytes are produced in various types of abnormal erythropoesis.Eg:Megaloblastic anaemiaIron deficiency anaemiaThalassaemia. MyelosclerosisMicroangiopathic haemolytic anaemiaVariation in size is anisocytos... | Pathology | Blood |
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