FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2017

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE EXAMINATION HALL.
FORENSIC MEDICINE
PAPER-III
FRM/D/17/09/III
Time 3 hours
Max. Marks :100
• Attempt all questions in order.
• Each question carries 10 marks.
• Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
• Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
• Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space
• Answer all the parts of a single question together.
• Start the question to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
• Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. a. Define drug dependence.
b. What are designer drugs?
c. What are body packers syndrome and the post mortem
finding in a case of death due to substance abuse?

2. Discuss briefly the ethical guidelines of Indian Council of
Medical Research for biomedical research on human subject.
10
3. Mention the clinical features, postmortem appearance and
treatment of Aluminum phosphide poisoning.

4. What is embalming? What is the composition of embalming
fluid? Describe the procedure of cavity embalming.

5. Mention the clinical features, postmortem findings in a case of
insulin poisoning. What are the biological samples to be
preserved in postmortem examination?
6+4
6. What is poison information centre? Discuss the steps involved
in establishing a forensic toxicology laboratory.
4+6
7. a. Delirium tremens.
b. Illusion.
c. McNaughten rules.
d. Post mortem caloricity
e. Cadaveric spasm
2x5
8. Describe types of intracranial bleeding and its causes. What is
lucid interval and its medico-legal importance?
6+4
9. Discuss the causes of sudden unnatural natural death.
Describe about the obscure autopsy.
5+5
10. Describe various types of Court of Law in India and their
powers. Describe about the sentence of death by law and its
methods of execution in India abroad.
5+5