FPSC Medical Officer Past Papers

Regarding causes of acute sore throat includes all except:

1. acute tonslitis
2. pharyngeal diphtheria
3. acute pharyngitis
4. quinsy

Common site for tracheostomy is:

1. 1st and 2nd tracheal rings
2. 3rd and 4th tracheal rings
3. 5th and 6th tracheal rings
4. just above the 1st tracheal rings
5. just below the cricoid cartilage

When the number of calculated females is expressed as a % of total female present in the village. it is called:

1. frequency
2. ratio
3. rate
4. proportion

The best period of gestation to carry out chorion villous biopsy for prenatal diagnosis is:

1. 8-10 weeks
2. 10-12 weeks
3. 12-14 weeks
4. 14-16 weeks

At the beginning of the forced expiration:

1. lung elastic recoil increases
2. airway resistance decreases
3. intrathoracic airway widen
4. transmural airway pressure remains low
5. O2 pressure increase in airways

Which of the following is a winged insect:

1. lice
2. sand fly
3. flea
4. mite
5. tick

Which of the following statements is true for polio vaccines:

1. salk is an inactivated polio vaccine
2. salk and sabin polio vaccine
3. sabin is a live attenuated vaccine
4. all of these

Regarding nuclear changes in cell injury include:

1. karyolysis
2. enocytosis
3. pinocytosis
4. autophagic vacuoles
5. residual body

Which of the following is the most common & widely distributed air pollutant:

1. sulphur dioxide
2. lead
3. hydrogen sulphide
4. carbon dioxide
5. carbon monoxide

Florescent microscopy is used for the following purpose except:

1. glomerular disease
2. tumours of uncertain origin
3. bullous dermatosis
4. serum auto antibodies