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Past Questions — 2022

MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

Sec 44 IPC defines:

A) Injury
B) Hurt
C) Grievous hurt
D) Assault
Section 44 IPC defines injury as any harm illegally caused to any person in body, mind, reputation or property.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

25 = ? % of 125

A) 1/5
B) 5
C) 20
D) 31.25
25/125=0.20=20%.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

In a randomized controlled trial, the essential purpose of randomization is:

A) To produce double blinding
B) To decrease the follow- up period
C) To decrease the sample size
D) To eliminate the selection bias
Randomization distributes confounders equally and eliminates selection bias between groups.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

Fracture-a-la signature is:

A) Gutter fracture
B) Depressed fracture
C) Ring fracture
D) Sutural separation
Fracture-a-la signature is a depressed fracture of skull shaped by weapon like axe head, leaving signature pattern.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

There are two taps in a tank. One tap fills that tank in 10 hours and the other empties it in 8 hours. If both the taps are opened simultaneously, in how many hours will the tank be completely filled?

A) 10 hours
B) 13 hours
C) 18 hours
D) will never fill up completely
Fill rate 1/10 and empty rate 1/8 per hour, net -1/40 per hour, so outflow dominates and tank never fills.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

According to ‘rule of 9’, perineum burns constitute:

A) 1% burns
B) 9% burns
C) 18% burns
D) 27% burns
Rule of nines assigns 1% to perineum/genitalia, 9% to head, 9% each arm.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

Chandler’s index is used for:

A) Ankylostoma duodenale
B) Ascaris lumbricoides
C) Strongyloides
D) Trichuris trichiura
Chandler index = average hookworm eggs per gram stool, quantifying endemicity of Ancylostoma duodenale/Necator.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

Sentinel surveillance for HIV under National AIDS Control program is used for all except:

A) Estimation of total infection in community
B) Estimation of total cases in hospitals
C) Estimation of trend of the disease
D) Classification of districts
Sentinel surveillance under NACP monitors HIV prevalence trends and geographical classification, not counting total hospital cases.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

The current national programme for control of iodine deficiency disorder is:

A) National Goitre Control Programme
B) National Iodine Deficiency Management Programme
C) National Program to Control Iodine Disorders
D) National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Programme
National Goitre Control Programme launched in 1962 was renamed as National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme in 1992.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

The dose of Vit-A supplement administered in “Prevention of nutritional blindness in children programme” is:

A) 25,000 IU/ml
B) 1 lakh IU/ml
C) 3 lakh IU/ml
D) 5 lakh IU/ml
Under National Programme for Prevention of Nutritional Blindness, 1 lakh IU at 9 months, then 2 lakh IU 6-monthly; single dose option listed as 1 lakh IU/ml.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

Cysticercoses Cellulosae is caused by infection with:

A) Taenia saginata
B) Taenia solium
C) Echinococcus granulosus
D) Diphyllobothrium latum
Cysticercosis cellulosae is larval stage of Taenia solium ingested via pork or fecal-oral autoinfection.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

Barr body is not seen in:

A) Turner syndrome
B) Klinefelter syndrome
C) Down’s syndrome
D) Marfan’s syndrome
Barr body absent in Turner 45,XO; present in Klinefelter 47,XXY and normal females including Down and Marfan females.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

In RNTCP, the schedule for sputum examination for category I patients is:

A) 2, 3 and 5 months
B) 2, 4 and 6 months
C) 1, 3 and 5 months
D) 2, 5 and 7 months
Under old RNTCP Category I (new cases) sputum follow-up was at 2, 4 and 6 months; Category II at 3,5,8 months.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

Cobras belong to:

A) Viperidae
B) Elapidae
C) Colubriadae
D) Crotalidae
Cobras including Naja naja belong to Elapidae family of neurotoxic snakes.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

Opium is derived from:

A) Leaf
B) Root
C) Poppy seed
D) Unripe capsule
Opium is obtained from dried latex of unripe capsule of Papaver somniferum.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

The most reliable dental change used in Gustafson’s method for age estimation is:

A) Attrition
B) Cementum
C) Secondary dentin deposition
D) Transparency of root
In Gustafson's age estimation, transparency of root is most reliable, followed by cementum apposition and attrition.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

A patient is called obese as per WHO classification if BMI is:

A) > 20
B) > 25
C) > 30
D) > 40
WHO defines obesity as BMI ≥30 kg/m2; overweight ≥25.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

Incidence of TB in a community measured by:

A) Tuberculin test +
B) Sputum culture
C) Mantoux test +
D) Sputum smear +
Community TB disease incidence is measured by sputum smear positive rate reflecting infectious cases.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

Bansdola is a form of strangulation by:

A) Ligature
B) Hands
C) Wooden sticks
D) Bend of elbow
Bansdola is strangulation by compressing neck between two bamboo sticks or wooden sticks tied with rope.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

Under National Program for Control of Blindness, District blindness control society is headed by:

A) District program manager
B) District eye surgeon
C) District collector
D) District health officer
District Blindness Control Society under NPCB is chaired by District Collector, with District Program Manager as member secretary.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

True about rigor mortis are all, except:

A) Seen immediately after death
B) It last 18–36 h in summer
C) It disappears in the sequence as it appears
D) It last 24–48 h in winter
Rigor mortis appears 2-6 hours after death, lasts 18-36h summer and 24-48h winter, disappears in order of appearance.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

Most common cause of stroke in India is:

A) Cerebral thrombosis
B) Cerebral embolism
C) Cerebral hemorrhage
D) Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Ischemic stroke is most common type in India and worldwide; cerebral thrombosis is the leading subtype.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

Pap smear test for detection of carcinoma of cervix is which level of prevention?

A) Primordial
B) Primary
C) Secondary
D) Tertiary
Pap smear detects preclinical disease early, which is secondary prevention through screening.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

All of the following are non-modifiable risk factors for Diabetes Mellitus except is:

A) Ethnicity
B) Age
C) Sex
D) Dietary habits
Dietary habits are modifiable; ethnicity, age, sex and genetics are non-modifiable diabetes risk factors.
MHMS • 2022 • Technical Subject Paper-III

All of the following are micronutrient deficiency disorders except:

A) Iron deficiency anemia
B) Pellagra
C) Beri-beri
D) Protein Energy Malnutrition
Iron deficiency, pellagra and beri-beri are micronutrient deficiencies; protein energy malnutrition is macronutrient deficiency.