• 1. Question
All of the following are the causes of relative polycythemia except:
• 1. Dehydration
• 2. Dengue haemorrhagic fever
• 3. Gaisbock syndrome
• 4. High altitude
• 2. Question
Lumbar sympathectomy is of value in the management of:
• 1. Intermittent claudication
• 2. Distal ischaemia affecting the skin of the toes
• 3. Arteriovenous Fistula
• 4. Back pain
• 3. Question
A blood stained discharge from the nipple indicates one of the following:
• 1. Breast abscess
• 2. Duct Papilloma
• 3. Fibroadenoma
• 4. Fat Necrosis of Breast
• 4. Question
‘Endemic Disease` means that a disease:
• 1. ls constantly present in a given population group
• 2. Exhibits seasonal pattem
• 3. Is prevalent among animals
• 4. Occurs clearly in excess of normal expectancy
• 5. Question
In which one of the following head and neck cancer, perineural invasion is most commonly seen?
• 1. Basal Cell Adenoma
• 2. Adenocarcinoma
• 3. Squamous cell carcinoma
• 4. Adenoid cystic carcinoma
• 6. Question
In which of the following conditions Splenectomy is not useful?
• 1. Herediatary spherocytosis
• 2. Porphyria
• 3. Sickle cell disease with large spleen
• 4. Thalassemia
• 7. Question
Infant mortality does not include:
• 1. Early neonatal mortality
• 2. Perinatal mortality
• 3. Late neonatal mortality
• 4. Post neonatal mortality
• 8. Question
In India, magistrate inquest is done in the following cases except:
• 1. Dowry deaths within 5 years of marriage
• 2. Death of a person in police custody
• 3. Exhumation cases
• 4. Murder cases
• 9. Question
The most reliable method of identification of an individual is:
• 1. Anthropometry
• 2. Dactylography
• 3. Scars
• 4. Handwriting
• 10. Question
Which one of the following is true of adrenal suppression due to steroid therapy?
• 1. It should be expected in anyone receiving > 5mg Prednisolone daily
• 2. It is not associated with atrophy of the adrenal glands
• 3. Following cessation, the stress response normalizes after 8 weeks
• 4. It does not occur in patients receiving inhaled steroids
• 11. Question
Which one of the following is a good index of the severity of an acute disease?
• 1. Case fatality rate
• 2. Cause specific death rate
• 3. Five year survivial
• 4. Standardized mortality ratio
• 12. Question
Palpable purpura could occur in the following conditions, except:
• 1. Thrombocytopenia
• 2. Small-vessel vasculitis
• 3. Gonococcal infection
• 4. Acute meningococcemia
• 13. Question
The minimum age at which an individual is responsible for his criminal act is:
• 1. 7 years
• 2. 12 years
• 3. 16 years
• 4. 21 years
• 14. Question
All of the following hormones have cell surface receptors except:
• 1. Insulin
• 2. Growth Hormone
• 3. Thyroxine
• 4. Adrenaline
• 15. Question
A highly ionized drug:
• 1. Is excreted mainly by the kidney
• 2. Can cross the placental barrier easily
• 3. ls well absorbed from the intestine
• 4. Accumulates in the cellular lipids