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Criminal law identifies offences against the state, persons and property, and explains the requirements of actus reus and mens rea for establishing liability. It also covers stages of crime, abetment, attempt, joint and common intention, general exceptions, criminal responsibility and punishments, distinguishing substantive offences from criminal procedure.
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- A. Exhumation
- B. Medical examination
- C. Post mortem
- D. All of above
Explanation: Exhumation means removing a buried body from the grave for investigation, commonly where poisoning, foul play, or another suspicious cause…
Correct answer: Exhumation- A. Throughout the country
- B. Karachi and Lahore
- C. Only at Islamabad
- D. None of above
Explanation: Pakistan’s coroner-court practice has historically been associated with Karachi and Lahore rather than the whole country.
Correct answer: Karachi and Lahore- A. Jurisprudence
- B. Medicine Jurisprudence
- C. Medical Jurisprudence
- D. All of above
Explanation: Medical jurisprudence applies medical knowledge to legal questions, including injuries, poisoning, identification, and causes of death.
Correct answer: Medical Jurisprudence- A. Somiferous
- B. Feeble
- C. Normal
- D. None of above
Explanation: Opium is classified as a somniferous, or sleep-producing, poison because its principal effects include drowsiness and depression of the…
Correct answer: Somiferous- A. Ostetrician
- B. Ophthalmologist
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: An ophthalmologist is a medical specialist who diagnoses and treats diseases of the eyes.
Correct answer: Ophthalmologist- A. Generally black
- B. Generally Green
- C. Chocolate
- D. None of above
Explanation: Vomited blood is commonly described in forensic medicine as chocolate-coloured or coffee-ground-like because it has been altered by…
Correct answer: Chocolate- A. Bright red
- B. Brownish red
- C. Generally black
- D. Chocolate
Explanation: A fresh bloodstain is bright red, but exposure to air causes progressive darkening; after about 24 hours it is commonly described as…
Correct answer: Brownish red- A. 3
- B. 4
- C. 5
- D. 6
Explanation: Bloodstain examination is conventionally taught through five approaches: visual inspection, microscopy, chemical tests, spectroscopic…
Correct answer: 5- A. Amentia
- B. Dementia
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: Idiocy, imbecility and feeble-mindedness are developmental or congenital forms of mental deficiency grouped under amentia.
Correct answer: Amentia- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 4
- D. None of above
Explanation: The conventional medico-legal classification used in forensic-medicine texts divides insanity into four types.
Correct answer: 4- A. Infanticide
- B. Fanticide
- C. Common death
- D. None of above
Explanation: Infanticide is the unlawful killing of a newly born child, particularly when the death occurs around the time of birth.
Correct answer: Infanticide- A. Sexual intercourse
- B. Sexual perversions
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Sadism, masochism and fetishism are traditionally listed as sexual perversions, now more neutrally discussed as paraphilic interests or…
Correct answer: Sexual perversions- A. III women
- B. Special
- C. Virgin
- D. All of above
Explanation: A woman who has never had sexual intercourse is described as a virgin. “III women” and “special” are not standard terms for this condition.
Correct answer: Virgin- A. In capacity to perform sexual intercourse
- B. Extra power of sexual intercourse
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Impotence means inability or incapacity to perform sexual intercourse, whether because of physical or functional causes.
Correct answer: In capacity to perform sexual intercourse- A. Water
- B. Medicine
- C. Poison
- D. Air
Explanation: Suffocation is asphyxia caused by interference with the entry of air into the lungs, excluding neck compression and drowning.
Correct answer: Air- A. Strangulation
- B. Hanging
- C. Suffocation
- D. Drowning
Explanation: Strangulation occurs when an external force such as a hand or material constricts the neck, without the body’s weight providing the force.
Correct answer: Strangulation- A. Constricting force not being the weight of the body or head
- B. Constricting force being the weight of the body or head
- C. Both A and B
- D. All of above
Explanation: Hanging involves a ligature around the neck where the constricting force is supplied by the weight of the body or head.
Correct answer: Constricting force being the weight of the body or head- A. One
- B. Two
- C. Three
- D. Four
Explanation: The traditional forensic classification identifies four major forms of asphyxial death: suffocation, strangulation, hanging, and drowning.
Correct answer: Four- A. Scald wounds
- B. Burn
- C. Bister
- D. None of above
Explanation: A scald is an injury caused by moist heat, such as boiling or nearly boiling liquid.
Correct answer: Scald wounds- A. Penetrating wound
- B. Performating wound
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: A wound that passes completely through the body or a body part, with an entrance and an exit, is a perforating wound.
Correct answer: Performating wound