FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY IMPORTANT EXAM QUESTIONS

This post contains almost all the topics of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology along with their most Important and frequently asked Questions in different Indian university examinations.

This post has been prepared for the benefit of the Medical Forensic science students.

The chapters included are on the basis of syllabus of B.H.M.S. (Degree course) applicable from the academic session 2015-2016, as per the guidelines of Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH).

All the questions are given under their related chapters.

  • FQ: Full Question
  • SFQ: Semi Full Question
  • SN: Short Note

The Forensic medicine part and Toxicology part both are included in this post.

FORENSIC MEDICINE ​

LEGAL PROCEDURE

  1. FQ: Courts in India and its powers
  2. FQ: Describe inquest with its types
  3. FQ: Medical/ Legal evidences with types of evidences
  4. SN: Conduct Money
  5. SN: Coroner’s Inquest
  6. SN: Difference between dying declaration and dying deposition
  7. SN: Dying declaration
  8. SN: Juvenile court
  9. SN: Magistrate Inquest
  10. SN: Medical certificate
  11. SN: Medical evidence
  12. SN: Medical Negligence
  13. SN: Summons/ Subpoena
  14. SN: Supreme court and its powers
  15. SN: Witness

MEDICAL ETHICS AND MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

  1. FQ: Central Council of Homoeopathy- its functions, ethics and committees in detail.
  2. FQ: Consent with its types and medicolegal importance.
  3. SN: Biomedical waste management
  4. SN: Criminal Negligence
  5. SN: Ethical Malpractice
  6. SN: Euthanasia/ Mercy killing
  7. SN: Expressed consent
  8. SN: Hippocratic oath
  9. SN: Jurisprudence
  10. SN: Malingering
  11. SN: Medical council of India
  12. SN: Medical ethics
  13. SN: Medical Negligence
  14. SN: Privileged communication
  15. SN: Professional secrets and confidentiality
  16. SN: Role of forensic science in homoeopathy

IDENTIFICATION AND BONES

  1. FQ: Blood as trace evidence
  2. FQ: Criminal responsibilities of age
  3. FQ: Finger prints- its types, advantages and how to use them for identification?
  4. FQ: Identity- importance of identification on age estimation with medicolegal importance.
  5. FQ: Medicolegal importance of 18 years of age with age certificate
  6. FQ: Various trace evidence and their utility in identification
  7. SFQ/ SN: Kidnapping
  8. SFQ: Tattoo marks
  9. SN: Dactylography
  10. SN: Foot prints with their advantages
  11. SN: Medicolegal importance of Teeth

MEDICAL AUTOPSY

  1. SFQ/ SN: procedure for external exhumation and internal exhumation at autopsy
  2. SN: Exhumation
  3. SN: Post-mortem artefacts
  4. SN: Post-mortem examination
  5. SN: Use of DNA in identification

DEATH AND POST-MORTEM CHANGES AFTER DEATH

  1. FQ: Clinical features of coma, syncope and asphyxia
  2. FQ: Cooling of the dead body and factors affecting it.
  3. FQ: Death- immediate changes after death and what are the tests for nervous death?
  4. FQ: Death- types, sudden and natural causes of death.
  5. SN: Apparent death-modes of death
  6. SN: Cadaveric spasm
  7. SN: Coma
  8. SN: Death certificate
  9. SN: Forensic Entomology
  10. SN: Mummification
  11. SN: Post-mortem bruise with its medicolegal importance
  12. SN: Post-mortem Lividity
  13. SN: Post-mortem staining/ Liver mortis
  14. SN: Rigor mortis
  15. SN: Syncope

FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY

  1. SN: Chromatotherapy
  2. SN: Electrophoresis

INJURIES

MECHANICAL INJURY

  1. FQ: Describe mechanical injuries in detail with its medicolegal importance
  2. SN: Abrasion
  3. SN: Boxer’s injury
  4. SN: Contusion and colour changes
  5. SN: Hesitant wound
  6. SN: Incised wound
  7. SN: Lacerated wound/ Bruise
  8. SN: Stab wound

THERMAL INJURY

  1. FQ: Burns- causes of death, types and degrees in detail.
  2. SN: Burning- causes of death
  3. SN: Difference between Anti-mortem and Post-mortem burns.
  4. SN: Scalds

FIREARM INJURY

  1. SN: Gunshot wound
  2. SN: Tandem bullet

MEDICOLEGAL IMPORTANCE OF INJURY

  1. SN: Assault
  2. SN: Defence wound
  3. SN: Fabricated wound
  4. SN: Grievous wound

VIOLENT ASPHYXIAL DEATH

  1. FQ: Asphyxia- Types and causes
  2. FQ: Drowning
  3. FQ: Hanging- Define asphyxia death
  4. FQ: Post-mortem findings in strangulation by drowning
  5. SN: Bandola
  6. SN: Causes of death in hanging and asphyxia
  7. SN: Diatoms
  8. SN: Difference between Hanging and Strangulation
  9. SN: Lynching
  10. SN: Mode/ Mechanism of Drowning
  11. SN: Post-mortem of neck region in case of strangulation

FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

  1. SN/SFQ: Criminal responsibility
  2. SN: Amentia/ Mental retardation
  3. SN: Lucid Interval
  4. SN: Schizophrenia
  5. SN: Somnambulism
  6. SN: Testamentary Capacity

VIRGINITY, SEXUAL OFFENENSIES AND PERVERSATIONS

  1. FQ/ SFQ: Define Rape with difference between Will and Consent
  2. FQ/ SFQ: Sex perversion
  3. FQ: 375, IPC-Punishment and examination of victim.
  4. FQ: Classify natural sex offences
  5. FQ: Classify unnatural sex offences
  6. FQ: Sodomy-examination findings of active and passive agents
  7. SN: Bestiality
  8. SN: False virginity
  9. SN: Homosexuality
  10. SN: Imperforated hymen with medicolegal importance
  11. SN: Lesbianism/ Tribadism
  12. SN: True virginity with its medicolegal aspects
  13. SN: Victim of rape

IMPOTENCE, STERILITY AND STERILIZATION

  1. FQ: Impotence and sterility with their medicolegal importance
  2. FQ: Is nullity of marriage is allowed in impotence, fragility and sterility?
  3. FQ: Sterilization-Methods adopted, legal problems in detail.

PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY

  1. FQ: Recent Delivery-Signs, medicolegal importance and post-mortem findings in detail.
  2. SN: Delivery with its medicolegal importance.
  3. SN: Legitimacy
  4. SN: Medicolegal importance of pregnancy
  5. SN: Positive signs of Pregnancy.

ABORTION AND MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY

  1. FQ/SFQ: Abortion- Classification, Criminal abortion in detail.
  2. FQ: Abortion- Classification and justifiable abortion in detail.
  3. SN: Medical termination of pregnancy. Indications for justifiable (therapeutic) abortion.

ASSISTED REPRODUCTION

  1. SN: Artificial insemination
  2. SN: Cloning
  3. SN: Surrogate motherhood

INFANTICIDE

  1. SN/SFQ: Acts of omission in relation to infanticide
  2. SN: Crib death/ Cot death/ SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
  3. SN: Female Feticide
  4. SN: Hydrostatic test

TOXICOLOGY

GENERAL CONSIDERATION

  1. FQ: Classification of poisons, Describe in detail the line of treatment of poisoning cases.
  2. FQ: Diagnosis of poisoning case in living and dead subjects.
  3. FQ: Factors influencing the action of poisons
  4. FQ: Role of toxicology in homoeopathy.
  5. FQ: Sources of poisons. Describe antidotes in detail.
  6. FQ: Treatment of poisoning cases.
  7. SN: Actions of poisons
  8. SN: Antidotes.
  9. SN: Chelating agents
  10. SN: Classification of poisons.
  11. SN: Different types of emetics.
  12. SN: Gastric lavage
  13. SN: Household emetics.
  14. SN: Ideal suicidal and homicidal poisons.
  15. SN: Importance of toxicology in homoeopathy.
  16. SN: Post-mortem findings of chronic poisoning cases.
  17. SN: Routes of administration of poisons.
  18. SN: Stomach tube
  19. SN: Stomach wash-indications and contraindications.
  20. SN: Universal antidotes

MEDICOLEGAL CONSIDERATION OF TOXICOLOGY

  1. SN: Cosmetic act
  2. SN: Drug and Cosmetic act
  3. SN: Duties of medical practitioner while examining the poisoning case.
  4. SN: Preservation of viscera

CORROSIVE AGENTS

  1. FQ: Carbolic acid and oxalic acid poisoning
  2. FQ: Hydrochloric acid poisoning
  3. SN: Oxalic acid poisoning
  4. SN: Sulphuric acid poisoning
  5. SN: Treatment of corrosive poisoning.
  6. SN: Vitriolage/ Vitriol throwing

INORGANIC IRRITANTS: NON-METALIC POISONS

  1. SN: Difference between white and red phosphorus
  2. SN: Phossy jaw/ Glass jaw

INORGANIC IRRITANTS: METALIC POISONS

  1. FQ: Arsenic-An ideal homicidal poison. Explain.
  2. SN: BAL
  3. SN: Mercurial erethism
  4. SN: Treatment of lead poisoning

ORGANIC IRRITANTS: CHEMICAL POISONS

  1. FQ: Organophosphorus compounds/ Tik-20.
  2. SN: D.D.T./ Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
  3. SN: Prophylaxis against organophosphorus compounds and halogenated compounds
  4. SN: Smoke

VEGETABLE IRRITANTS

  1. SN: ABRUS PRECTORIUS
  2. SN: Ergotism
  3. SN: Plumbago/ Plumbagin
  4. SN: Ricinus communis

ANIMAL IRRITANTS

  1. FQ: Different poisonous and non-poisonous snakes with post-mortem findings of their bites.
  2. FQ: Treatment of Cobra snake bite poisoning
  3. FQ: Treatment of Viper snake bite poisoning
  4. FQ: Viper snakebite poisoning
  5. SN: Elapid poisoning
  6. SN: Scorpion bite poisoning
  7. SN: Treatment of snake bite poisoning case

CARDIAC POISONS

  1. FQ: Cyanide poisoning/ Hydrocyanic acid poisoning
  2. SN: Cardiac poisons
  3. SN: Digitalis poisoning
  4. SN: Post mortem findings of Cyanide poisoning

ASPHXIANTS

  1. FQ: Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning
  2. SN: Carbon dioxide poisoning

SPINAL POISONS

  1. FQ: Signs, symptoms, treatment and post-mortem findings of Strychnine poisoning/ Nux Vomica poisoning.
  2. SN: Difference between Strychnine poisoning and Tetanus.
  3. SN: Opisthotonus

CEREBRAL POISONS

NARCOTICS/SEMNIFEROUS POISONS

  1. FQ: Opium poisoning
  2. SN: Heroin
  3. SN: Stupefying agents

INEBRIANT POISONS

  1. FQ: Ethyl alcohol poisoning
  2. FQ: Methyl alcohol poisoning with post mortem appearance.
  3. SN: Alcoholic confusional insanity
  4. SN: Alcoholism
  5. SN: Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
  6. SN: What is drunkardness? How will you diagnose a case of drunkardness?

DELIRIANT POISONS

  1. FQ: Datura poisoning-medicolegal importance, fatal dose and treatment with post mortem findings.

HYPNOTICS

  1. SN: Barbiturate poisoning

CEREBRAL STIMULANTS

  1. SN: Cocaine poisoning
  2. FQ: Kerosene poisoning

HALLUCINOGENTS

  1. FQ: Cannabis Indica
  2. SN: L.S.D.-25

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