MAHA SET 2018 Question Paper 3 Forensic Science

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Forensic Science
Paper III
Time Allowed : 2½ Hours] [Maximum Marks : 150
Note : This paper contains Seventy Five (75) multiple choice questions. Each
question carries Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.

1. The examination of diatoms from 3. Cherry red colour of blood is seen

bone marrow/water is performed in poisoning with :

most commonly by :
(A) Nitrate

(A) Acid digestion
(B) Cyanide

(B) Sodium sulphate method
(C) Lead

(C) Soluene - 350 method
(D) Sulphite

(D) Both A and C
4. Which of the following measurement

2. Rule of Hasse is applied to of tire track can’t yield information

determine : about the manufacturer ?

(A) Age of foetus (A) Wheel base

(B) Height of adult (B) Front track width

(C) Race of person (C) Type of body built on the chassis

(D) Identification (D) Rear track width

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5. Chemical name of common white 7. What is the major difference

bewteen ordinary and dental
pigment used in paint is :
plaster ?
(A) TiO2
(A) Expansion factor

(B) Al2O 3 (B) Chemical reaction

(C) SnO2 (C) Drying time

(D) Cost
(D) CdS
8. The greater sciatic notch in pelvis
6. Which of the following can be used
of a female human skeleton is :

as casting material ? (A) Much wider than in males

I. Silicon rubber (B) Narrower than in males

(C) Equal in width to males
II. Moulage
(D) Very variable in width
III. Wax
9. Alcohol is rapidly absorbed from
IV. Plaster of Paris stomach, duodenum and small

intestine as it is :
(A) I, II and III
(A) Highly volatile
(B) I and II
(B) Highly lipid soluble

(C) I and III (C) Highly addictive

(D) I, II, III and IV (D) Highly flammable

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10. Name the detector commonly 12. Species of origin of a blood stain can

be detected with the help of :
employed to detect trace

environmental pollutants like (A) Orthotoluidine Test

chlorinated pesticides, herbicides, (B) Precipitin Test

etc. by gas chromatography : (C) Inhibition Test

(A) Electro-chemical detector (D) Elution Test

13. Exfoliated epithelial cells are
(B) Electron capture detector
present in :
(C) Ultraviolet detector
(A) Vaginal secretions
(D) Refractive index detector
(B) Saliva

11. The time taken by the mobile phase
(C) Blood
to pass through the column i.e., from
(D) Tears
injector to detector is not called its :
14. Mitochondrial DNA is inherited from :

(A) Dead time
(A) Father

(B) Void time
(B) Both Father and Mother

(C) Migration time (C) Mother

(D) Hold up time (D) Father and Grandfather

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15. Thermal cycler is an instrument 18. In shotgun ammunition which type

that is used in the : of wads cover more range ?

(A) Detection of blood (A) cushion wad

(B) Amplification of DNA (B) over shot wad

(C) Detection of semen stains (C) under shot wad

(D) Separation of plasma from blood (D) over powder charge

16. Proteins of plant origin which 19. Which is not called the country made

behave like antibodies for blood firearms among the following :

grouping are termed as : (A) Home made firearm

(A) Agglutinogens (B) Pipe guns

(B) Phytoagglutinins (C) Rifled firearms

(C) Antibodies (D) Zip guns

(D) Antigens 20. Assertion (A) : Chocking reduces

17. What is the minimum pressure dispersion of pellets.

required to completely occlude Reason (R) : Constriction of barrel
jugular veins ? at muzzle end occurs in chocking.

(A) 20 kg (A) Both (A) and (R) are true

(B) 2 kg (B) Both (A) and (R) are false

(C) 500 grams (C) (A) is true but (R) is false

(D) 5 kg (D) (A) is false but (R) is true
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21. Among the following techniques 23. The pigment granules that give

colour to the hair are :
which one is not suitable method for
(A) Melanin pigments principally
detecting the gunshot residue ?
found in cortex

(A) NAA (B) Carbon granules principally

found in cortex
(B) AAS
(C) Dark air spaces found in

(C) SEM medulla

(D) Melanin pigment principally
(D) Pyrolysis GC
found in cuticle
22. A type of hair that are fine
24. A condition of human hair that

unmedulated and are generally shed causes the appearance of bonding

along the hair shaft due to the
after six months of gestation are
presence of numerous small
known as : irregular air spaces situated at

intervals in the cortex is :
(A) Verlus hair
(A) Pili annulati
(B) Terminal hair
(B) Monilethrix

(C) Lanugo hair (C) Trichorrchexis invaginata

(D) Pili anulati hair (D) Trichonodosis

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25. Sex can be established by examining
28. The first step in the forensic
hair root cells for the presence of :
examination of fibers for comparison
(A) Barr body

(B) Davidson body is :

(C) Golgi body
(A) Colour only

(D) Medular Index
(B) Diameter only
26. The following are red cell enzymes

except for : (C) Chemical constitution

(A) Phosphoglucomutase
(D) Both colour and diameter
(B) Adrylate kinase

(C) Haptoglobin 29. Spermine is detected in semen by

(D) Peroxidase
which test ?

27. Nuclear DNA can usually be found
(A) Fluorescence test
in :

(A) Shed hair (B) ELISA test

(B) Pulled hair
(C) Barberio test
(C) Cut hair

(D) Singed hair (D) Agglutination inhibition test

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32. Match an item in one list with an
30. A petroleum product having a lower
item in the other :
carbon limit of C1 and an upper
List I List II

carbon limit of C4 is known as : (a) Chocking (i) Abrasion

collar
(A) Aviation fuel
(b) Dum-dum (ii) Dispersion of
(B) Gasoline
bullet pollets

(C) Lubricating oil (c) Rifling (iii) Keyhole

wound
(D) Refinery gas
(d) Richochet (iv) Greater

31. Corrosiveness of gasoline is caused bullet wounding

effect
due to the presence of :
Codes :
(A) Sulfur
(a) (b) (c) (d)

(B) Water (A) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

(B) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(C) Chloride
(C) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

(D) Lead (D) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

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33. The terminal ballistics is concerned
35. Double base smokeless powder
with :
contains :
(A) the destructive effect on the
target (A) Potassium chlorate and arsenic

(B) the damage suffered by the
sulphide
projectile

(C) the angle of incidence at which (B) Nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine

the projectile hits
(C) Nitrocellulose and potassium
(D) the determination of the
terminal or remaining velocity chlorate

of the projectile
(D) Nitroglycerine and potassium
34. ‘‘DRUGFIRE’’ system is associated
with : chloride

(A) Database of firing pin and
36. Which of the following are not useful
primer impression on spent
cartridges for DNA analysis ?

(B) Recovery of cartridge and bullet
(A) Vaginal cells
(C) Capture and rapidly compare
bullet stria (B) Buccal mucosal cells

(D) Searching of bullets or cartridges
(C) Spermatozoa
using the same computer

system (D) Erythrocytes

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37. PAN test is related to : 40. The half life of chlorpyrifos is

(A) Urine approximately :

(B) Saliva
(A) 12 hrs

(C) Semen
(B) 24 hrs
(D) Bile
(C) 48 hrs
38. Hyoscine is an ester of an organic

acid known as ‘‘tropic acid’’ with a (D) 72 hrs

complex organic base called :
41. Blood doping including the use of

(A) Atropine
autologous, homologous or

(B) Oxime
heterologous blood or red blood cell

(C) Tropine products of any origin falls under :

(D) Scopine
(A) Enhancement of oxygen
39. With cyanogen bromide, nicotine
transfer
gives..................colour.
(B) Chemical and physical
(A) Orange
manupulation
(B) Blue

(C) Green (C) Gean doping

(D) Black (D) Anabolic doping

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42. Match the following : 43. Match the following :

Name of Main (i) UV spectro- (a) Hollow

reagents constituents photometer cathode

(i) Gibbs (a) Ammonium (ii) Chromato- (b) Adsorption

vanadate graphy

(iii) NMR (c) Magnetic
(ii) Van Urk (b) Vanillin
field
(iii) Duquenois (c) p-dimethyl-
(iv) AAS (d) Absorption
aminobenzal-
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
dehyde
(A) (b) (d) (c) (a)
(iv) Mandelins (d) 2, 6-dichloro-
(B) (d) (b) (c) (a)
quinone-4-
(C) (d) (b) (a) (c)
chloroimide
(D) (b) (d) (a) (c)
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
44. Dying declaration comes under :

(A) (c) (a) (b) ( d)
(A) Section 32 IPC

(B) (d ) (c) (b) (a) (B) Section 32 IEA

(C) (d ) (c) (a) (b) (C) Section 60 IEA

(D) (b) (a) (c) ( d) (D) Section 293 CrPC

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45. Grievous injury is punishable under
48. The power of amnesty for Capital
which of the following sections of

IPC ? Punishment is vested with :

(A) Sec. 354
(A) Supreme Court
(B) Sec. 320

(C) Sec. 321 (B) High Court

(D) Sec. 402
(C) The Governor
46. Frye standard or ‘‘General Acceptance’’

test comes into force in the year :
(D) The President
(A) 1953
49. What is a secondary crime scene ?
(B) 1973

(C) 1993
(A) Place where actually crime has
(D) 1923
taken place
47. Certain repetitive pattern of a

criminal’s way of Committing crime
(B) Place of conspiracy
is called as :

(A) Signature crime (C) Meeting place before crime

(B) Modus-operandi
(D) Site where subsequent criminal
(C) Probability crime

(D) Corpus-delicti activity take place

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50. Which of the undermentioned 52. In a gas chromatograph :

factors causes non-linearity of Boer- (i) FID uses an oxygen rich flame

Lambert law at high concentration ? (ii) FPD uses a hydrogen rich flame

(A) (i) is correct (ii) is wrong
(A) Dissociation of analytes in
(B) (i) is wrong (ii) is correct
solution
(C) (i) and (ii) both are correct
(B) Analyte turning to be
(D) (i) and (ii) both are wrong
fluorescence in nature
53. Capillary electrophoresis is an
(C) Electrostatic interaction example of HVE where the applied
voltage is not more than :
between species reducing
(A) 10 kV
absorption
(B) 15 kV
(D) Reaction between analyte and
(C) 30 kV
the solvent
(D) 60 kV
51. In capillary electrophoresis we 54. Potassium ferricyanide reagents is
measure the...............of analyte. used for the detection of which
compound of urine ?
(A) Retention time
(A) Creatinine
(B) Migration time
(B) Ammonia

(C) Electrophoretic time (C) Urea

(D) Anodic time (D) THG

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55. Match the following : 56. Munsell chart is used to study :

List-I List-II (A) Density of soil

(B) Refractive index of soil
(a) Gloss I. Complex
(C) Particle size of soil
mixture of
(D) Colour of soil
diverse range
57. Which of the following statements
of particles is not true ?

(b) Soil II. In the form of (A) Better indirect physical match
would be obtained more easily
chip
with larger piece of wood
(c) Paint III. Two surfaces
(B) In indirect physical match,
come in contact even if one or both of the
fracture surfaces had been
with force
damaged, surface markings and
(d) Tool- IV. Quite brittle and surface contours will be relied
upon
marks easily broken
(C) In an indirect physical match,
(a) (b) (c) ( d)
if an exact fit were obtained, it
(A) I II III IV would be documented photo-
graphically.
(B) I III II IV
(D) Indirect physical match can be
(C) III II I IV
achieved even if external

(D) IV I II III dimensions do not match.

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60. Which of the following statements
58. Direct physical fit or Jigsaw fit can’t
is not correct in relation to estimation

be attained unless article has been : of stature from long bones using

regression formulae ?
(A) Broken into pieces
(A) Most recently developed

formulae should be used
(B) Torn into pieces

(B) The bone should be measured

(C) Cut into pieces as prescribed by the author of

a formula
(D) Not separated into pieces
(C) The regression formulae are

different for males and females
59. In which of the following bones does

(D) We should mix formulae
the ossification centre appear first ?
developed by different authors

61. Which of the following sutures of
(A) Talus
skull closes the last ?

(B) Pisiform (A) Metopic suture

(B) Sagittal suture
(C) Trapezoid
(C) Squamous suture

(D) Cuboid (D) Coronal suture

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62. Internal epicanthic fold is most 64. Ted Bundy, an American serial

killer, was convicted on the basis of
frequently found on the eyes among
which type of forensic evidence ?
the :
(A) Latent fingerprints

(A) Mongoloids
(B) DNA profile

(B) Negroids (C) Bite marks

(C) Caucasoids (D) Blood evidence

65. A properly certified photocopy is
(D) Negroids as well as caucasoids
admissible in court only :
63. Which of the following is not a part
(A) If the original is lost, stolen or
of Gustafson’s technique of age
destroyed and not available

estimation from individual teeth ?
(B) The public prosecutor vouches

(A) Taurodontism safe its authenticity

(C) The judge has seen the original
(B) Attrition
before
(C) Root transparency
(D) If the person tenders the copy

(D) Secondary dentine apposition on oath

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66. Pica type is : 69. The commonest constitutents of ink

(A) Twelve characters to the inch are :

(B) Rarely encountered in India (A) Iron, magnesium and calcium

(C) The same height as elite (B) Iron and phenol

(D) Ten characters to the inch (C) Tannic acid, gallic acid and

67. Anonymous letter is : ferrous salt with phenol

(A) An unsigned letter (D) Ferrous salts and usage of some

(B) Contains no obvious clue to the dyes

identity of the writer 70. Photocopied document can be

(C) City is unknown from where it connected specifically with a

has come from photocopier with the analysis of :

(D) Written by illiterate person (A) Toner analysis and defect marks

68. Bank notes are printed at all places on the drum

except : (B) Defect marks present on the

(A) Nashik, Maharashtra drum of photocopier

(B) Guntur, AP (C) Only toner used in photocopier

(C) Salboni, WB (D) The font type used to prepare

(D) Dewas, MP the document

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71. The handwriting of an individual
74. Post-mortem staining in a dead body
may change with :
appears on :
(A) Neurological

(B) Temperature (A) Sides of the body

(C) Humidity
(B) Upper parts
(D) Place

(C) Dependent parts
72. Mummification refers to :

(A) Hardening of muscle after (D) Middle parts
death

75. The large, averted and irregular size
(B) Colliquative putrefaction

(C) Saponification of sub-cutaneous of wound is suggestive of :

fat
(A) Lacerated wound by blunt
(D) Desiccation of a dead body

object
73. Hyoid fracture is common in :

(A) Hanging (B) Exit wound

(B) Strangulation
(C) Stab wound
(C) Throttling

(D) Chocking (D) Entry wound of gun

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