Free Criminal Law MCQs with Answers

• A. Stab wounds
• B. Lacerated wound
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of above

Explanation: Penetrating and perforating wounds are classifications of stab wounds based on whether the weapon ends within the body or passes through…

• A. Punctured
• B. Stab
• C. Performating
• D. Both A and B

Explanation: Pointed instruments such as knives, daggers, pins, and needles may produce punctured or stab wounds, depending on the weapon and wound…

• A. Simple injuries
• B. Contusion
• C. Punctued wound
• D. Lacerated wound

Explanation: A lacerated wound is produced by blunt force tearing the skin and underlying tissue, leaving irregular, ragged or bruised margins.

• A. Serious injuries
• B. Simple injuries
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of above

Explanation: Bruises, or contusions, are usually classified as simple injuries because they damage tissues without necessarily breaking the skin.

• A. Graze abrasion
• B. Pressure abrasion
• C. Imprint abrasion
• D. Impaad abrasion

Explanation: Pressure abrasion occurs when sustained or heavy pressure crushes the skin against an underlying surface.

• A. Scratch
• B. Graze
• C. Pressure
• D. Impact

Explanation: A scratch is a linear abrasion caused by a pointed or narrow object such as a fingernail, needle or pin.

• A. Simple injury
• B. Wound
• C. Abrasion
• D. None

Explanation: An abrasion is a superficial injury involving the epidermis or epithelial surface, usually caused by friction or scraping.

• A. Mechanical injury
• B. Thermal injury
• C. Chemical injury
• D. None of above

Explanation: Cold causes a thermal injury because it damages tissue through extreme temperature, as in frostbite.

• A. Two
• B. Three
• C. Four
• D. Five

Explanation: The standard medico-legal grouping here has four forms: mechanical, thermal, chemical and electrical injuries.

• A. Injury
• B. Wound
• C. Hurt
• D. None of above

Explanation: In medico-legal usage, injury means harm illegally caused to a person, including harm resulting from violence.

• A. The state
• B. Heirs
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of above

Explanation: In the absence of suspected crime, custody of the deceased generally passes to the heirs, who may arrange burial or cremation.

• A. Determination of cause of death
• B. Determination of age
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of above

Explanation: Ossification examines the development and fusion of bones, especially growth plates, to estimate a person's age.

• A. One to two
• B. Two to Three
• C. Four to five
• D. None of above

Explanation: Under the standard forensic timeline used in these MCQs, maggots become developed on a corpse after about four to five days.

• A. One to two
• B. Two to Three
• C. Two to Four
• D. Three to six

Explanation: The presence of lice on a corpse is used as an approximate indication that death occurred about three to six days earlier.

• A. Asthenia
• B. Asphyxia
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of above

Explanation: Asphyxia describes failure of respiration, particularly where breathing stops before circulation.

• A. Veso shock
• B. Vaso vegal shock
• C. Asthenia
• D. All of above

Explanation: Excessive vagal stimulation can slow or stop the heart and is classically described as vagal or vasovagal shock.

• A. Two
• B. Three
• C. Four
• D. Five

Explanation: Syncope is commonly classified by three broad causes: cardiac, vascular, and nervous or reflex causes.

• A. Two
• B. Three
• C. Four
• D. None of above

Explanation: Forensic medicine traditionally describes three modes of death: coma, syncope, and asphyxia.

• A. Illness
• B. Death
• C. Irregularity
• D. All of above

Explanation: Death is the permanent cessation of the vital functions of the body. Illness is a disease or disorder, while irregularity is not a medical…

• A. White corpuscles
• B. Red corpuscles
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of above

Explanation: Blood contains both red corpuscles, which transport oxygen, and white corpuscles, which help defend against infection.