MAHA SET 2018 Question Paper 2 Forensic Science

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FORENSIC SCIENCE
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Forensic Science
Paper II
Time Allowed : 75 Minutes] [Maximum Marks : 100

Note : This Paper contains Fifty (50) multiple choice questions. Each question

carries Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.

1. Speed ball is the combination of 4. Pedophile is having anal intercourse
cocaine with :
with :
(A) 6-MAM
(B) DAM (A) Older women
(C) 9-THC
(B) Children
(D) LSD
2. Which drug has become increasingly (C) Homosexual adult
popular as a drug of abuse in the
‘‘clubscene’’ owing to its ability to (D) Hijra
produce psychedelic effect ?
(A) Heroin 5. Among the following which one is

(B) Cocaine the single most useful handwriting
(C) Diazepam
identification characteristics :
(D) Ketamine
3. The most frequently used technique (A) Connectives
to forge signature is :
(B) Spacing
(A) Copy forgery
(B) Traced forgery (C) Line quality
(C) Computer aided forgery
(D) Proejction forgery (D) Pictorial effect

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6. Perfect forgery of long signature 9. AFIS is a :

is :
(A) Method used to determine age
(A) Not possible to accomplish
of a latent print.
perfectly

(B) May be possible in some cases (B) Computer software designed to

(C) Possible in all cases in track fingerprint evidence with

competent hands the chain of custody.

(D) Difficult to accomplish
(C) Computerized system for storing
7. The age determination of handwritten
and retrieving fingerprint
document from handwriting :
records.
(A) is not possible if some
de-capacitating illness affects (D) Computer system programmed

(B) is not possible in all cases to analyze hair.
(C) can be estimated in writings of
10. In accidental cases, when the body
the adolescents
of the victim is brought for autopsy,
(D) may become possible with
future research the autopsy conduct is :

8. Mc Naughten’s rule is : (A) Anatomical autopsy
(A) Section 84
(B) Clinical autopsy
(B) Section 85
(C) Medico-legal autopsy
(C) Section 86

(D) Section 87 (D) Individual autopsy

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11. Dry drowning is defined as : 14. Which of the following parts of foetal
skeleton can provide a better
(A) Drowning in sea water
estimate of sex ?
(B) Drowning in cold water, due to (A) Pelvis
cardiac arrest
(B) Scapula

(C) Drowning of a dehydrated body (C) Femur

(D) Drowning where death is due to (D) Clavicle

laryngospasm 15. ‘‘Bertillonage’’, one of the earliest
techniques of personal identification
12. Shovel-shaped incisors are more
that was developed in the later part
frequently found among : of 19th century was mainly based
on :
(A) American Whites
(A) Photographic comparison
(B) African Negros
(B) Handwriting comparison
(C) Australian Aborigines
(C) Anthropometry
(D) Chinese
(D) Fingerprints

13. What is approximately the number 16. Which of the following methods is
of centers of ossification at birth ? best suited to recover dusty footwear
impressions from a surface ?
(A) 206
(A) Plaster Casting
(B) 450
(B) Wax Casting
(C) 806 (C) Electrostatic Lifting

(D) 600 (D) Sulphur Casting
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17. Hackle marks are present in : 20. In case of tire track, which of

the following is not a class
(A) Paint
characteristic ?
(B) Wood
(A) Wear markings
(C) Steel
(B) Arrangement of Landwidth

(D) Glass (C) Number of Lands

18. Which of the following is an optical (D) Groove pattern

property ?
21. If one of the parents is of O blood

(A) Hardness group, the blood group of the child

cannot be :
(B) Refractive index
(A) AB
(C) Brittleness
(B) A
(D) Density
(C) O
19. Which of the following cast materials
(D) B
is popular to reproduce the striation
22. DNA profiling cannot be carried out
marks ?
from :
(A) Plaster of Paris
(A) Erythrocytes

(B) Sulphur (B) Buccal smear samples

(C) Liquid silicone rubber (C) Semen samples

(D) Dental Plaster of Paris (D) Hair root tissue

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23. Which of the following organs 26. How many CFSLs are working
secrets zinc in large amounts in under Directorate of Forensic
man ? Science Services ?

(A) Seminal vesicles (A) 06

(B) Prostate gland (B) 03

(C) Epididymis (C) 04

(D) Vas deferens (D) 07

24. Which of the following techniques 27. Which of the following Sections of
involves bombarding of non- IPC are concerned with Dowry
radioactive sample with neutrons : Death ?

(A) ICPMS (A) Sect. 302

(B) NAA (B) Sect. 304

(C) AAS (C) Sect. 304A

(D) XBF (D) Sect. 304B

25. Name the reagent formed by mixing 28. Which is the first case in which the
1 ml of formaldehyde solution with defense attempted to rebut the
9 ml of sulfuric acid : State’s scientific evidence ?

(A) Mandelin’s reagent (A) The Jon Benet Ramsey Case

(B) Marqui’s reagent (B) Lafarge Case

(C) Duquenoi’s reagent (C) Ruxton’s Case

(D) Zwikkers reagent (D) Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case

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31. What is the correct sequence of
29. Urea nitrate crystal test is used to
various stages in crime scene
identify :
investigation ?

(A) Semen
(A) Protection and Collection of

(B) Urine evidence

(B) Protection, Recognition,
(C) Sweat
Documentation, Collection and

(D) Saliva Pakaging of evidences

30. Why is it very important to secure (C) Protection, Documentation and

Pakaging of evidence
the crime scene ?
(D) Collection and Pakaging of
(A) To stop police from entering the
evidence
crime scene
32. Which of the following statements

(B) To stop evidence from escaping is not correct ?

(A) Glass is supercooled liquid.
(C) To stop unauthorized personnel
(B) Glass is non-crystalline in
from entering the crime scene
nature.
and in turn, destroying the
(C) Glass is a solid material.
evidence
(D) Glass break with conchoidal
(D) To arrest the suspect fracture.

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33. High explosive have generally 36. ANFO commercial explosive consists

burning rates upwards of : of :

(A) 12,000 ft/sec. (A) Ammonium nitrate + fuel oil

(B) 14,000 ft/sec. (B) Sodium nitrate + fuel oil

(C) 16,000 ft/sec.
(C) Potassium nitrate + fuel oil

(D) 20,000 ft/sec.
(D) Calcium nitrate + fuel oil

34. In test firing, the test pallets are
37. Richochet means :
obtained in :
(A) Tampered bullet
(A) Solid wax
(B) Blunting of the bullet
(B) Rags
(C) Unfired bullet
(C) Cotton wool
(D) Deflection of the bullet
(D) Water
38. Scale patterns of hair was initially
35. AK-47 is a popular rifle because
classified by :
bullet used in it has :

(A) Gettler
(A) Very high velocity

(B) Soft nose and steel and lead core (B) Madea

(C) Easy to handle (C) Suzuki

(D) Steel core (D) Martiz

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39. Most useful physical property of 42. The sequence :

fibers from forensic viewpoint is that Mobile phase delivery system
many manufactured fibers exhibit : pump injector column
detector data processing
(A) Double refraction or
system, is associated with which of
birefringence
the instrumental set up.
(B) Colour
(A) GC
(C) Diameter (B) HPLC
(D) Texture (C) HPTLC

40. Which of the following tests is best (D) CZE
suited for species determination from 43. WCOT, PLOT are example of :
semen stains ?
(A) Chromatographic peak shape
(A) Gel electrophoresis (B) Tubular column
(B) Precipitin test (C) UPLC

(C) Cross over electrophoresis (D) Injection port

(D) Inhibition test 44. In planar chromatography Rf is
calculated by :
41. Fibrinogen and LDH are used for
the identification of : Distance travelled by solvent front
(A) Distance travelled by solute
(A) Saliva
Distance to centre of component spot
(B) Distance to centre of standard spot
(B) Menstrual blood

(C) Semen Distance to centre of standard spot
(C) Distance to centre of component spot
(D) Saliva, semen and menstrual
Distance travelled by solute
blood (D) Distance travelled by solvent front

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45. The transmittance property of ‘‘KBr’’ 48. Coal oil is also known as :
is in the range of :
(A) Petrol
(A) 200 nm to 20000 nm
(B) Diesel
(B) 200 nm to 2000 nm
(C) Gas oil
(C) 800 nm to 10000 nm
(D) Kerosene
(D) 800 nm to 20000 nm
49. 9-THC gives.................colour with
46. Blood group specific antigens are
Duquenois reagent.
found on the surface of :

(A) Erythrocytes (A) Violet

(B) Leucocytes (B) Red

(C) Thrombocytes (C) Pink

(D) Neutrophils (D) Orange

47. Which of the following is involved
50. ‘‘Big four’’ components of biological
in the immune system of human
profile are :
body ?
(A) Race, sex, height, age
(A) Erythrocytes
(B) Race, sex, height, skeleton
(B) Leucocytes

(C) Race, sex, stature, blood groups
(C) Serum

(D) Thrombocytes (D) Teeth, height, race, sex

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