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MH SET 2025: 15 June, Paper II, Forensic Science

  • Date: 15 June 2025
  • Paper code: JUN-39225
  • Series: A
  • Language: Bilingual
  • 20 pages
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                                                            FORENSIC SCIENCE
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                               Forensic Science
                                   Paper II


Time Allowed : 120 Minutes]                                 [Maximum Marks : 200
Note : This paper contains Hundred (100) multiple choice questions. Each question
        carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.

1.   What is the full form of “BEOSP” ?        3.   Statement I : Blood drops that
     (A) Brain Electrical Oscillation               strike a target at an angle less than
         Signature Performance                      90º will create elliptical bloodstains
                                                    and the width and length of an
     (B) Brain Electronic Oscillation
                                                    elliptical bloodstain can be used to
         Signature Profiling
                                                    determine the angle of impact.
     (C) Brain Electrical Oscillation
                                                    Statement II : A mathematical
         Signature Profiling
                                                    relationship exists between the
     (D) Brain Electrical Oscillation               width and length of an elliptical
         Signature Program                          bloodstain.

2.   Which article of the Indian                    (A) Statement I and Statement II
     Constitution provides for “Right to                both are true

     Education” ?                                   (B) Statement I is true, Statement
                                                        II is false
     (A) Article 14
                                                    (C) Statement I is false, Statement
     (B) Article 21A
                                                        II is true
     (C) Article 22
                                                    (D) Statement I and Statement II
     (D) Article 23                                     both are false

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4.   Which of the following standard             7.   The court of magistrate of first class
     deals with information security and              may pass a sentence of imprisonment
     privacy protection ?
                                                      for a term not exceeding :
     (A) ISO/IEC 27001
                                                      (A) One year
     (B) ISO/IEC 17025
     (C) ISO/IEC 9000                                 (B) Three years
     (D) ISO/IEC 14001                                (C) Five years
5.   How many location photographs are
                                                      (D) Seven years
     required (at least) for photo-
     grammetry ?                                 8.   Which section of the Criminal
     (A) 1                                            Procedure Code, 1973 states that a
     (B) 2                                            person cannot be bound to answer
     (C) 3                                            the questions which would have a
     (D) 4                                            tendency to expose him to a criminal
6.   The chain of custody of all evidence
                                                      charge or to a penalty or forfeiture ?
     must include the following details :
     List                                             (A) Section 171
     (i)    Exhibit number                            (B) Section 172 (1)
     (ii) Item description
                                                      (C) Section 161 (1)
     (iii) Location where the item was
           found                                      (D) Section 161 (2)
     (iv) Name and signature of the              9.   An office of the government
          person who collected the                    handwriting expert of Bengal was
          evidence
                                                      established in Kolkata in 1904 which
     (v) Name of the victim
                                                      was shifted in 1906 to which of the
     (vi) Case reference number, FIR,
          Date, Police station                        following places ?
     Codes :                                          (A) Delhi
     (A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)            (B) Mumbai
     (B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi)
                                                      (C) Shimla
     (C) (i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vi)
     (D) (i), (ii), (iii), (v), (vi)                  (D) Chennai

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10. When was the First Chemical                 13. Match the following :
    Examiner’s Laboratory established                           GLC Detector
    in Madras Presidency ?                          (a) Flame Ionization
    (A) 1849                                        (b) Thermal Conductivity
    (B) 1851                                        (c)   Electron Capture

    (C) 1869                                        (d) Thermionic
                                                          Applicable Samples
    (D) 1839
                                                    (i)   Universal detector
11. Which of the following are correct
                                                    (ii) Halogenated compounds
    regarding adsorbents ?
                                                    (iii) Nitrogen and Phosphorus
    (a) Silica is more acidic                             compound
    (b) Alumina is more basic                       (iv) Hydrocarbons
    (c) Silica is good for the separation           Choose the correct answer from the
                                                    options given below :
        of acidic materials
                                                          (a)    (b)   (c)   (d)
    (d) Alumina is good for the
                                                    (A) (iv) (i)       (ii) (iii)
        separation of basic materials
                                                    (B) (i)      (iv) (iii) (ii)
    Choose the correct answer from the
                                                    (C) (ii) (iii) (i)       (iv)
    options given below :
                                                    (D) (iii) (ii)     (iv) (i)
    (A) (a) and (b) only                        14. The Medullary index of hair is :
    (B) (b) and (c) only
                                                          Diameter of hair shaft
    (C) (c) and (d) only                            (A)    Diameter of medulla
    (D) (d) and (a) only
                                                          Circumference of hair shaft
12. Which of the following is a gas-                (B)      Diameter of medulla
    phase ionization technique ?
    (A) Electron impact                                   Diameter of hair shaft
                                                    (C) Circumference of hair shaft
    (B) Fast atom bombardment
    (C) Field Desorption                                 Diameter of medulla
                                                    (D) Diameter of hair shaft
    (D) Laser Desorption

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15. Which of the following technique is          18. ‘Mulling’ technique is associated
    used in assays for small molecules               with which instrument ?
    where only a single epitope is
                                                     (A) AES
    present on the antigen ?
                                                     (B) AAS
     (A) Double antibody sandwich
                                                     (C) U.V. visible spectrometry
         ELISA
     (B) Triple antibody sandwich                    (D) IR spectrometry
         ELISA                                   19. Which of the following diodes, used
     (C) Competitive ELISA                           in LED as a source in UV-visible
                                                     spectroscopy, produces maximum
     (D) Dissociation enhanced lanthanide
                                                     wavelength ?
         fluorescence immunoassay
                                                     (A) Gallium Nitride
16. Which of the following crystal, used
    as dispersing element in X-ray                   (B) Gallium Phosphide
    monochromators, has the highest                  (C) Gallium Arsenic Phosphide
    interplanar distance ?
                                                     (D) Gallium Aluminium Arsenide
     (A) Topaz
                                                 20. Which of the following are off-axis
     (B) Lithium Fluoride                            aberration ?
     (C) Sodium Chloride                             (a) Spherical aberration
     (D) Ammonium           dihydrogen               (b) Chromatic aberration
         phosphate
                                                     (c) Coma
17. Generally, XRF is used for the
                                                     (d) Field curvature
    qualitative identification of elements
    having atomic numbers greater                    Choose the correct answer from the
    than :                                           options given below :
     (A) 2                                           (A) (a) and (c) only
     (B) 4                                           (B) (b) and (d) only
     (C) 6                                           (C) (c) and (d) only
     (D) 8                                           (D) (a) and (b) only

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21. Corpora-basal index is used to              25. Christmas tree stain is used for the
    determine :
                                                    identification of :
    (A) Sex
    (B) Age                                         (A) Sperm cells

    (C) Race                                        (B) Salivary cells
    (D) Stature
                                                    (C) Erythrocytes
22. Optimum temperature of DNA
    polymerase of Taq polymerase is :               (D) Epithelial cells

    (A) 54ºC                                    26. The modified version of the organic
    (B) 37ºC                                        extraction method that separates
    (C) 25ºC
                                                    epithelial and sperm cells from
    (D) 72ºC
                                                    vaginal swab is :
23. ‘Star activity’ affects the result of
    RFLP. Star activity refers to :                 (A) Differential extraction
    (A) Matching jump curve                         (B) Microwave assisted extraction
    (B) Deviation of specificity of
                                                    (C) Reflux extraction
        cleavage site of restriction
        enzyme                                      (D) Soxhet extraction
    (C) Condition where large amount
        of restriction enzyme is used           27. The polymorphic markers on mito-

    (D) Separation based on molecular               chondrial DNA can be useful in :
        weight
                                                    (A) Species identification
24. Which of the following translation
    method uses radioisotope labelled               (B) Race recognition
    probes ?
                                                    (C) Paternity testing
    (A) miRNA translation
                                                    (D) Identifying       a   victim   by
    (B) Nick translation
                                                         comparing samples of maternal
    (C) Sanger sequencing
    (D) mtRNA translation                                relative DNA

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28. FUT3 gene name belongs to which          32. In 1859, who isolated cocaine as the
    of the following blood group                 active ingredient of the plant ?
    system ?
                                                 (A) Vassili von Anrep
    (A) Lewis
                                                 (B) Karl Koller
    (B) Kell
    (C) Duffy                                    (C) Albert Niemann

    (D) MNS                                      (D) Sigmund Freud

29. How many antigens are present in         33. Which of the following is an example
    Diego blood group system ?                   of carbamates ?
    (A) 25                                       (A) Malathion
    (B) 02
                                                 (B) Parathion
    (C) 49
                                                 (C) DDT
    (D) 21
                                                 (D) Baygon
30. What do you mean by the term
    Teratospermia ?                          34. During World War II, Ricin      was
    (A) Low sperm                                given the code name :
    (B) No sperm                                 (A) Compound Ric
    (C) Sperm     with      abnormal             (B) Compound C
        morphology
                                                 (C) Compound R
    (D) Immobile and dead sperms
                                                 (D) Compound W
31. Candyflipping refers to :
    (A) Excessive consumption of LSD         35. Dille Koppanyi test is used for the
                                                 preliminary examination of :
    (B) Intentional combination of
        ethanol and benzodiapines                (A) Amphetamines
    (C) Intentional combination of LSD           (B) LSD
        and Cocaine
                                                 (C) Marijuana
    (D) Intentional combination of LSD
        and ecstasy                              (D) Barbiturate

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36. Which of the following drug is             39. Match the following :
    commonly known as “Krokodil” ?                 List I (Vegetable Poison)
    (A) Rohypnol                                   (a) Nux Vomica
    (B) Desomorphine                               (b) Opium
    (C) Codeine
                                                   (c)   Dhatura
    (D) Cannabis
                                                   (d) Abrus Precatorius
37. Which of the following is an example
                                                   List II (Active Principles)
    of opium alkaloids ?
                                                   (i)   Papaverine
    (a) Morphine
                                                   (ii) Abrin
    (b) Codeine
                                                   (iii) Brucine
    (c) Thebaine
                                                   (iv) Atropine
    (d) Cannibinol
                                                   Codes :
    Choose the correct answer from the
    options given below :                                (a)   (b)   (c)   (d)

    (A) (a), (b) and (c) only                      (A) (ii) (i)      (iv) (iii)

    (B) (b), (c) and (d) only                      (B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

    (C) (c), (d) and (a) only                      (C) (iii) (i)     (iv) (ii)

    (D) (a), (b) and (d) only                      (D) (ii) (iv) (i)       (iii)

38. Which of the following screening           40. The club drug mephedrone was
    tests is recommended for organo-               included in the NDPS Act 1985 in
    phosphorous compounds ?                        the year :

    (A) Marquis test                               (A) 2011

    (B) Ammonium Molybdate test                    (B) 2013

    (C) Froehde’s test                             (C) 2015

    (D) Husemann’s test                            (D) 2007

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41. An instability caused by the               44. Which of the following are serial
    eccentricity or imbalance of the               number restoration methods ?

    bullet in flight is known as :                 List
                                                   (i)    Chemical etching
    (A) Bullet Bushing
                                                   (ii) Electrolytic chemical etching
    (B) Bullet Upset                               (iii) Magnetic particle inspection
    (C) Bullet Yaw                                 (iv) Light and alternate light
                                                        sources
    (D) Bullet Splash
                                                   (v) Overstamping
42. The ring-like space between the top
                                                   Codes :
    of the primer and the primer pocket
                                                   (A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
    or battery cup in the base of the
                                                   (B) (i), (ii), (iii), (v)
    cartridge is known as :                        (C) (i), (ii), (v)
    (A) Percussion Cap                             (D) (ii), (iv), (v)

    (B) Annulus                                45. Singeing is found in which type of
                                                   firing ?
    (C) Anvil
                                                   (A) Near-contact range firing
    (D) Ullage                                     (B) Mid-range firing
43. In ammunition, which of the                    (C) Long distance firing
    following denotes a numerical term             (D) Intermediate-range firing
    included in a cartridge name to            46. Which of the following is caused by
                                                   the carbonaceous material in the
    indicate     the   nominal   bullet
                                                   discharge residues mainly resulting
    diameter ?                                     from incomplete combustion of the
    (A) Canting                                    propellant ?
                                                   (A) Scorching
    (B) Caliber
                                                   (B) Dustring
    (C) Cannelure                                  (C) Blackening
    (D) Bushing                                    (D) Tattooing

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47. What is the full form of NIBIN ?              51. Which of the following is an element
     (A) National Integrated Ballistic                of fire tetrahedron which is not
         Information Network                          present in fire triangle ?

     (B) National Integrated Ballistic                (A) Fuel
         Identification Network                       (B) Heat
     (C) National Institute of Ballistic              (C) Oxygen
         Identification Network
                                                      (D) Uninhibited chain reaction
     (D) National Integrated Ballistic
                                                  52. What is the fundamental principle
         Investigation Network
                                                      of photogrammetry ?
48. The term ‘Vierling’ and ‘Drilling’ are
                                                      (A) Interference
    associated with :
     (A) LMG                                          (B) Resection

     (B) MMG                                          (C) Triangulation

     (C) Shotgun                                      (D) Intersection principle

     (D) Grenade Launcher                         53. Who invented the negative-positive
                                                      process in photography ?
49. Ratchet mechanism is associated
    with which type of firearm ?                      (A) Roger Bacon

     (A) Shotgun                                      (B) Al-Haitham
     (B) Airgun                                       (C) Louis Jacques Mande Deguerre
     (C) Revolver                                     (D) William Henry Fox Talbot
     (D) Pistol                                   54. What is Pyrolysis ?
50. In modified Griess test, the positive             (A) The decomposition of solid
    result is indicated by :                               organic matter by heat
     (A) Green-blue colour                            (B) Evaporation of combustible
     (B) Dark blue colour                                  liquids at low temperature
     (C) Orange red colour                            (C) The red glow of hot charcoal
     (D) Dark green colour                            (D) Burning of cigarette

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55. Which of the following phenomenon             58. What is the unit for API Gravity ?
    does not require any medium to
                                                      (A) m/s
    transfer heat ?

    (A) Conduction                                    (B) Degree

    (B) Convection                                    (C) kg/m2

    (C) Radiation                                     (D) cm3
    (D) Bloating
                                                  59. Which of the following is a friction
56. Deflagration is referred as :
                                                      and impact sensitive explosive that
    (A) An extremely rapid oxidation
                                                      is extremely potent when confined
         reaction accompanied by violent
                                                      in a container such as a pipe ?
         disruptive effect, high-speed
         shock wave                                   (A) TATP

    (B) A very rapid oxidation reaction               (B) RDX
         accompanied by the generation
                                                      (C) PETN
         of low intensity pressure wave
         that can disrupt the surroundings            (D) ANFO

    (C) Removing the safety fuse of the           60. A small opening that controls the
         explosives
                                                      amount of light to take picture is
    (D) Expansion of gases
                                                      called as :
57. N-nitration compound include :
                                                      (A) Aperture
    (A) Nitrocellulose
                                                      (B) Shutter
    (B) Nitroglycerine

    (C) Picric acid                                   (C) Exposure

    (D) Nitroguanidine                                (D) Depth of field

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61. The common shapes of crystalline              64. Setting time of cement is determined
    pigments are :                                    using :
     (a) Spherical
                                                      (A) Berner apparatus
     (b) Cubic
                                                      (B) Bunsen apparatus
     (c) Rectangular
     (d) Needle-shaped                                (C) Vicat apparatus
     Choose the correct answer from the               (D) Burden apparatus
     options given below :
                                                  65. Density for which of the following
     (A) (a), (b) and (c) only
                                                      liquid is the maximum ?
     (B) (a), (b) and (d) only
                                                      (A) Xylene
     (C) (a), (c) and (d) only
     (D) (b), (c) and (d) only                        (B) Nitrobenzene
62. Rootkit is an example of :                        (C) Bromobenzene
     (A) Virus                                        (D) Bromoform
     (B) DOS attack
                                                  66. The hairs formed in the embryo as
     (C) Logic bombs
                                                      the first product of follicular
     (D) Trojan
                                                      development is better known as :
63. Which of the following are formats
    (extension) of forensic images of hard            (A) Vellus hairs
    drives ?                                          (B) Lanugo hairs
     (a) EO1
                                                      (C) Terminal hairs
     (b) AD1
     (c) OO1                                          (D) Fuzz hairs

     (d) FI1                                      67. Which of the following glass is also
     Choose the correct answer from the               used in bulletproof screens ?
     options given below :
                                                      (A) Laminated glass
     (A) (a), (b) and (c) only
                                                      (B) Tempered glass
     (B) (a), (b) and (d) only
     (C) (a), (c) and (d) only                        (C) Crown glass
     (D) (b), (c) and (d) only                        (D) Slit glass

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68. Match the following :                    71. Statement I : Mass and tension of
                 Colourants                      vocal folds are more important than
    (a) Copper                                   length in determining fundamental
                                                 frequency.
    (b) Nickel
                                                 Statement II : Lengthening of
    (c) Manganese
                                                 folds makes them less massive and
    (d) Antimony Sulphide
                                                 more tense, causing fundamental
                Glass Colour                     frequency to fall.
    (i)   Red
                                                 (A) Both Statement I           and
    (ii) Purple                                      Statement II are true
    (iii) Yellow
                                                 (B) Statement I is true but
    (iv) Blue                                        Statement II is false
    Codes :                                      (C) Statement I is false but
          (a)    (b)   (c)   (d)                     Statement II is true
    (A) (i)      (iii) (ii) (iv)                 (D) Both Statement I           and
    (B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)                          Statement II are false
    (C) (iv) (ii)      (iii) (i)             72. Statement I : Different inflation of
    (D) (i)      (iv) (iii) (ii)                 tyres will lead to different
69. The pennate diatoms which possess            appearance of the skid marks.
    a raphe is known as :                        Statement II : The appearance of
    (A) Fragilariineae                           each skid mark pattern is special.
    (B) Bacillariineae                           (A) Both Statement I           and
    (C) Rhizosoleniineae                             Statement II are true
    (D) Biddulphiineae                           (B) Statement I is true but
70. Diatom is basically a :                          Statement II is false
    (A) Bacteria                                 (C) Statement I is false but
    (B) Protozoa                                     Statement II is true
    (C) Microalgae                               (D) Both Statement I           and
    (D) Virus                                        Statement II are false

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73. Which of the following is used for
                                                76. Which of the following algorithms
    the development of footwear
    impression in blood ?                           are used for appearance-based face
    (a) Coomassie Blue                              recognition techniques ?
    (b) Fuchsin Acid
                                                    (a) Principal component analysis
    (c) Hungarian Black
    (d) Patent Red                                  (b) Linear discriminant analysis
    Choose the correct answer from the
                                                    (c)   Independent       component
    options given below :
    (A) (a) and (b) only                                  analysis

    (B) (b) and (c) only                            (d) Local binary pattern analysis
    (C) (c) and (d) only
                                                    Choose the correct answer from the
    (D) (d) and (a) only
74. Which of the following lifters is               options given below :
    commonly chosen when a latent
                                                    (A) (a), (b) and (c) only
    impression is on a fragile surface ?
    (A) Lifting sheets                              (B) (a), (b) and (d) only
    (B) Rubber gelatin lifters
                                                    (C) (a), (c) and (d) only
    (C) Transparent type lifters
    (D) Hinge lifters                               (D) (b), (c) and (d) only
75. In case of amputation of one finger,        77. Which of the following is a popular
    the following print is considered in
    classification :                                face detection algorithm ?

    (A) Index finger of other hand                  (A) Adaboost
    (B) Thumb impression of other
        hand                                        (B) Haar-wavelet

    (C) Corresponding finger of the                 (C) Roberts
        other hand
                                                    (D) Viola-Jones
    (D) Next finger of the same hand

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78. Thermogram is captured under                 81. An individual when tries to imitate
    which of the following spectral range            handwriting of another person, the
                                                     handwriting is known as :
    for biometric purposes ?
                                                     (A) Copied handwriting
    (A) 0.1–0.2 µm
                                                     (B) Disguised handwriting
    (B) 0.2–0.4 µm
                                                     (C) Traced forgery
    (C) 0.4–0.7 µm                                   (D) Simulated forgery
    (D) 0.9–1.7 µm                               82. In “elite” typewriters, the spacing
                                                     per 100 characters is :
79. Admissibility of a voice sample
                                                     (A) 254 mm
    recorded in a micro-SD card copied
    from phone memory is under which                 (B) 225 mm

    of the following sections of Indian              (C) 212 mm

    Evidence Act ?                                   (D) 185 mm
                                                 83. The deliberate departure from one’s
    (A) 65B
                                                     own natural writing habit is known
    (B) 79A                                          as :
    (C) 83A                                          (A) Simulated Handwriting

    (D) 104B                                         (B) Disguised Handwriting
                                                     (C) Personal Handwriting
80. Which of the following surface is the
    lowest automobile-tire coefficient of            (D) Abnormal Handwriting

    friction ?                                   84. Individuality of Handwriting was
                                                     statistically validated by :
    (A) Dry asphalt
                                                     (A) Osborn
    (B) Wet asphalt
                                                     (B) Hilton
    (C) Mud                                          (C) Harrison
    (D) Ice                                          (D) Srihari

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85. An ambidextrous individual is the          89. The measuring parameters for the
    one :                                          determination of the age of ink based
                                                   on extractability are :
    (A) A person who writes with feet
        only                                       (a) R-ratio

    (B) A person who writes with left              (b) Dye ratio
        hand only                                  (c)   Percent sublimation
    (C) A person who writes with both              (d) Percent extraction
        hands with equal fluency
                                                   Choose the correct answer from the
    (D) A person who is a disguiser                options given below :
86. Cryptography is a science of :
                                                   (A) (a), (b) and (c) only
    (A) Script writing
                                                   (B) (a), (c) and (d) only
    (B) Chemicals library
                                                   (C) (a), (b) and (d) only
    (C) Encoding and decoding
                                                   (D) (b), (c) and (d) only
    (D) Way to encrypt and decrypt only
                                               90. A fraudulent signature in which
87. A document entirely written and                there was no apparent attempt at
    signed by the same person is better            simulation or imitation is known
    known as :                                     as :
    (A) Holograph                                  (A) Guided signature
    (B) Genuine document                           (B) Abnormal signature
    (C) Pil crow                                   (C) Spurious signature
    (D) Recto document                             (D) Fraudulently genuine signature
88. Among the following which type of          91. Minnesota criteria of the moment of
    writing forgery is least liable to             death is based on death of which of
    detection.                                     the following ?
    (A) Random forgery                             (A) Brain
    (B) Traced forgery                             (B) Heart
    (C) Freehand forgery                           (C) Lungs
    (D) Lifted forgery                             (D) Brain stem

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92. The method used for the collection          94. Statement I : Human bones do not
                                                    display sexual dimorphism.
    of CSF on intact body before autopsy
                                                    Statement II : In pelvis, sexual
    is known as :
                                                    dimorphism is present since fetal
    (A) Lumbar puncture                             life.

    (B) Sacral puncture                             (A) Both        Statement       I   and
                                                            Statement II are true
    (C) Thoracic puncture
                                                    (B) Statement I is true but
    (D) Coccygeal puncture                                  Statement II is false
93. In photographic superimposition                 (C) Statement I is false but
    technique, small photograph is                          Statement II is true

    enlarged to exact life size by which            (D) Both        Statement       I   and
                                                            Statement II are false
    of the following techniques ?
                                                95. The stature from fragmentary
    (a) From an object in picture                   remains of bones can be estimated
    (b) From interpupillary distance                by :
                                                    (A) Steele’s formula
    (c) From image registration
                                                    (B) Smith and Fidde’s formula
    (d) From intrapupillary distance
                                                    (C) Multiplication factor
    Choose the correct answer from the              (D) McKern and Steele’s formula
    options given below :                       96. Which of the following offence is a
                                                    type of sexual perversion ?
    (A) (a) and (b) only
                                                    (A) Sodomy
    (B) (b) and (c) only
                                                    (B) Buccal coitus
    (C) (c) and (d) only                            (C) Tribadism

    (D) (d) and (a) only                            (D) Sadism

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97. Match the following :                       98. Space between two teeth is known

      Age of Hymenal Tears                          as :

    (a) Immediate after the act                     (A) Diastema

    (b) 3-4 days                                    (B) Periodontosis

    (c) 7 days                                      (C) Prosthesis

    (d) Several months                              (D) Denture

     Characteristic of hymen                    99. Surgical wounds produced by doctors
    (i)   V-shaped                                  during treatment are known as :

    (ii) Edges of tear are congested and            (A) Offence wounds
          swollen
                                                    (B) Iatrogenic wounds
    (iii) Hymen margin are red, sharp
                                                    (C) Fabricated wounds
          and bleed on touch
                                                    (D) Defence wounds
    (iv) Complete healing but torn parts
          not united                            100. The characteristic attitude adopted

    Choose the correct answer from the              by the body after severe burns,

    options given below :                           which cause heat coagulation of

                                                    muscle protein is known as :
          (a)   (b)   (c)   (d)

    (A) (iii) (ii)    (i)   (iv)                    (A) Sikken attitude

    (B) (iii) (ii)    (iv) (i)                      (B) Conative attitude

    (C) (ii) (iii) (i)      (iv)                    (C) Affective attitude

    (D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)                         (D) Pugilistic attitude

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Source: Savitribai Phule Pune University. Question paper published by Savitribai Phule Pune University.