MCQs for Competitive Examinations 1
Select the most appropriate response.
1. What is the primary action of insulin in the body?
- Stimulates the pancreatic beta cells
- Aids in the process of gluconeogenesis
- Enhances the transport of glucose across cell walls
- Decreases the intestinal absorption of glucose
2. The term used to denote loss of appetite
- insomnia
- Anaemia
- Dysphagia
- Anorexia
3. In face presentation the engaging diameter is
- Submentobregmatic
- Occipito frontal
- Mento vertical
- Biparietal damete
4. The digestion of protein is facilitated by
- Trypsin
- Amylase
- secretin
- Lipase
5. The main vector in the transmissionof dengue fever
- Culex mosauito
- Anopheles mosquito
- Aedes aegypti
- Pio mosqquito
6. Anaphylactic reaction after administering penicillin indicates
- an acqquired atopic sensitization
- Antibodies to penicillin developed after earlier use of the drug
- Passive immunity to penicillin allergen
- Developed potent bivalent antibodies when the IV administration was started
7. Sudden severe attack of shivering in which the body temperature rises rapidly to a state of hyperpyrexia
- Swinging fever
- Pyrexia
- Rigor
- Inverse fever
8. An early indication for development of hypocalcemia
- Tingling sensation in the fingers
- Depressed reflexes
- ventricular dysrrhythmias
- Memory changes
9. Length of the female urethra
- 1 cm
- 2 cm
- 4 cm
- 5 cm
10. Patient whose life is threatened and who is comatose is assumed to give what kind of consent for life sustaining treatment.
- Informed
- Implied
- Direct
- Expressed
11. Orthopantomogram is taken to rule out lesion in
- Facial bone
- Maxilla
- Mandible
- Skull
12. ................ plays an important role in good team work
- rules and polices
- communication
- Delegation
- Motivation
13. Translate-rotate tube technology with multiple detectors is used in
- Fourth generation CT scan
- Second generation CT scan
- First generation CT scan
- Third generation CT scan
14. Bombay blood group contains
- Antigen A, B and H
- Antibody B and H
- Antibody A and B, Antigen H
- Antibody A, B and H
15. Premature ventricular contractions are characterized by
- Inverted P waves before the QRS complexes
- QRS complexes which are short and narrow
- Premature beats followed by a compensatory pause
- A P-wave preceding every QRS complex
16. ''Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health and illness''. This definition was given by
- indian Nursing Council, 1948
- International Council of Nurses
- Florence Nightingale, 1858
- American Nurses Association (ANA) 1195
17. The anterior fontanelle in the fetal skull usually closes at
- Birth
- Two months after birth
- One year after birth
- Eighteen months after birth
18. Which of the following conditions is known to have the best response to Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT)?
- Depression with suicidal tendency
- Simple schizophrenia
- Paraoid schizophrenia
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
19. When the amount of amniotic fluid exceeds two liters the condition is called
- Oligohydramnios
- Polyhydramnios
- Bag of waters
- Amnionitis
20. The pacemaker of heart is
- SA node
- AV node
- Bundle of His
- Purkinje fibres