17 - AIIMS november 2008 forensic mcqs with answers

1q: What is falanga?

answer beating on the soles of foot with a blunt object

2q:. hydrocution refers to?

a. Drowning in cold water
b. Electrocution in water
c. Post mortem immersion
d. Immersion in boiling water

answer a . drowning in cold water

3q: which of the following is not a constituent of embalming fluid?

a. Phenol
b. Ethanaol
c. formalin
d. Glycerine

answer b. ethanol

4q: Thanatology is study of?

answer death in all its aspects

5q: a man working as a pest killer comes to opd with pain abdomen and garlic odour in breath with transverse lines on nails. posoning is due to?

a. Lead
b. arsenic
c. mercury
d. Cadmium

answer b . arsenic. Garlic odour and aldrich mees lines typically point to the diagnosis of arsenic poisoining .

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16 - paraphilias - part 7

• Other paraphilias

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• Autogynephilia describes a man's propensity to be sexually aroused by thoughts or images of himself as a woman (with female attributes).
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• Asphyxiophilia or hypoxyphilia is when a patient uses hypoxia to achieve sexual excitement; this can be complicated by autoerotic asphyxiation.
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• Video voyeurs derive sexual gratification from videos, usually of women doing natural acts or women involved in sexual activity.
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• Infantophilia is a new subcategory of pedophilia in which the victims are younger than 5 years.