medical jurisprudence MCQs

Practise focused medical jurisprudence questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

medical jurisprudence Mcqs
1. The excessive stimulation of the vagus nerve resulting in stoppage of heart is called?
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A. All of above

B. Asthenia

C. Veso shock

D. Vaso vegal shock
2. Specialist of internal organs of body is called ________________?
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A. Interest

B. Obstetrician

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

3. A police officer ________ order for exhumation?
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A. Cannot

B. Can

C. Both A and B

D. Depends upon nature of case

4. A dying deposition recorded by Magistrate in presence of accused needs to be cross-examined by______________?
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A. Accused

B. Magistrate

C. Complainant

D. Police Officer

5. The accused has________ to produce witnesses, cross-examinery witnesses either himself or through his counsel before Coroner Court?
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A. Right

B. Discretion

C. Duty

D. None of above

6. The injury which affect superficial epithelial layer of the skin only is called_____________?
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A. Simple injury

B. Wound

C. Abrasion

D. None

7. Frame work of human body is called______________?
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A. Skelton

B. Body

C. Structure

D. None of above

8. Excessive loss of blood as a result of injury to a large blood vessel or blood vessel of internal organ resulting in sever anemia is called______________?
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A. Haermorrhage

B. Asphyxia

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

9. When respiratory system of body stops functioning first is called_____________?
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A. Asthenia

B. Asphyxia

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

10. Dissolution of the natural continuity of any tissue of the body is known as_______________?
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A. Hurt

B. Injury

C. Wound

D. All of above

11. The stoppge of brain functioning is called_______________?
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A. None of above

B. Toxin

C. Coma

D. Tardier

12. The enclosing part of human head to brain is called_______________?
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A. Parietal bone

B. None of above

C. Carnium

D. Spinal Cord

13. Third cause of syncope is known as____________?
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A. Asthenia

B. Coma

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

14. Hanging is a condition where there is constriction of the neck due to a ligature around the neck and_____________?
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A. Constricting force not being the weight of the body or head

B. Constricting force being the weight of the body or head

C. Both A and B

D. All of above

15. Medical certificate for insanity mans________________?
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A. Nature of illness

B. The Certificate of unsoundness

C. None of above

D. The certificate of illness

16. The blood vessels which convey blood away from heart called_______________?
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A. Arteries

B. Capillaries

C. Both (a) and (b)

D. None of above

17. The Skelton is divided into________________ main parts?
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A. 5

B. 4

C. 3

D. 2

18. A police officer___________ order for exhumation?
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A. Cannot

B. Can

C. Both A and B

D. Depends upon nature of case

19. Paediatrician is a specialist________________?
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A. None of above

B. New born babies

C. Teen agers

D. Childs

20. Maggots or larvae are produced in dead body within______________ hours?
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A. Three to six

B. Eight to twenty four

C. None of above

D. Two to four

21. The colour of blood stain within 24 hours is____________?
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A. Chocolate

B. Bright red

C. Generally black

D. Brownish red
22. The trunk of human body consist of ______________ part?
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A. Three

B. Two

C. Five

D. Four

23. The human brain is divided in __________ main parts?
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A. 3

B. 5

C. 4

D. 2

24. A statement of dying person on oath before Magistrate in presence of the accused is called______________?
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A. Dying declaration

B. Dying deposition

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

25. A violent death where the constricting force on the neck is from outside by some material or hand, the constricting force is not the weight of the body is called________________?
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A. Suffocation

B. Drowning

C. Hanging

D. Strangulation
26. An injury resulting from penis, finger needle lead is____________ type of abrasion?
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A. Pressure

B. Scratch

C. Graze

D. Impact

27. Sadism, masochism, fetichism are kinds of_______________?
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A. Sexual intercourse

B. Sexual perversions

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

28. The adult spine consist of_________ bones?
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A. 16

B. 36

C. 8

D. 26

29. The Skelton is divided into________ main parts?
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A. 3

B. 5

C. 4

D. 2

30. An injury caused by sharp cutting instrument resulting in clean cut wound is called?
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A. Incised wound

B. Bruise

C. Lacerated wound

D. None of above

31. The branch of medicine which treats the application of the principle and knowledge of medicine to the purposes of law is called ________________?
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A. Medical Jurisprudence

B. Medicine Jurisprudence

C. All of above

D. Jurisprudence

32. _________ covers human body?
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A. Flesh

B. Skin

C. Bones

D. None of above

33. Dying declaration has_______________?
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A. No importance and legal value

B. Great importance and legal value

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

34. The maggot develop in dead body into __________ days of death?
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A. Two to Three

B. Four to five

C. One to two

D. None of above

35. The time between the examination and death is called_____________?
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A. Late time

B. Calculated period

C. Post-mortem interval

D. None of above

36. A medical practitioner witness__________ to take oath before recording evidence?
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A. Not need

B. All of above

C. Needs

D. Have discretion

37. A statement given by the patient at the time of death who die of some unlawful acts and stated circumstances of his injuries etc is called_______________?
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A. Dying report

B. Special statement

C. Dying declaration

D. None of above

38. A document sent by a Court to compel a witness to attend the Court on a given time place along with his reports is called______________?
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A. Notice

B. None of above

C. Subpoena

D. Warrant

39. In post-mortem _____________ organs of body are examined?
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A. External

B. Internal

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

40. There are______________ causes of syncope?
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A. Three

B. Four

C. Five

D. Two

41. Opium is __________ type of poison?
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A. Normal

B. Feeble

C. None of above

D. Somiferous
42. Thorax contains________________?
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A. Lungs

B. Heart

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

43. The pupa convert into adult in_____________ days in dead body?
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A. Four to five

B. Seven to ten

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

44. The post-mortem of a dead body is conducted for the purpose to_____________?
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A. Determine cause of death

B. Determine age

C. Both (a) and (b)

D. None of above

45. A medical witness recorded his statement orally it will called_________________?
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A. Oral evidence

B. Documentary evidence

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

46. Ossification test is used for_____________?
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A. Determination of cause of death

B. Determination of age

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

47. The mode of death in which heart stop functioning first is called____________?
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A. Asphxia

B. Syncope

C. None of above

D. Coma

48. There is_________ between dying declaration and dying deposition?
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A. Difference

B. No difference

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

49. Autopsis are performed on exhumed bodies in________________?
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A. Civil Cases

B. Criminal Cases

C. Both A and B

D. None of above

50. The inner part of human ear is called________________?
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A. Inner ear

B. Tympanum

C. None of above

D. Labyrinth