medex quiz prelims

MEDEX QUIZ

Govt.Medical College ,Kottayam24th September 2015

Rules

• A total of 35 questions.• Some questions carry 2 points.• No negative points for an incorrect answer.• Answers can be written in English or in Malayalam.• The answers written should be readable ( Spelling mistakes are not a problem)• Starred questions carry more weightage , in case

of a tie.

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Q1.

• There are many popular myths about how this place in Kerala got its present name.

1. Because this region had a lot of rivers & flowers 2. The most often quoted one is when Raja

Chembakassery travelled to a nearby place through the river flowing through this area ,the people on the banks hailed him in loud noise – from that a name was coined - this over time became the present name of the place.

ANSWER

• Arpookkara ( The Panchayth where Kottayam Medical college is located !!!)

Q2.The pic below is Caduceus ,staff of the Greek God Hermes .It is often incorrectly

regarded as the Doctor’s Symbol.

This is the WHO logo and what is shown with it is the correct doctor’s symbol.What is it called ??

ANSWER

• Staff of Asclepius• (Asclepius is the Greek God of Medicine)

Q3.

The only bone in the human body which does not form any joint with other bones .It only distantly articulates with the neighboring bones by muscles & ligaments.

ANSWER

• Hyoid Bone

Q4.

• Who performed the 1st successful heart transplantation in Kerala ??

• He did this in 2003.• He is an alumnus of Kottayam Medical College

( 1978 batch ) • The nation honoured him with Padmashri Award

in 2011.• He performed the first successful heart

retransplant in the country in 2014.

ANSWER

• Dr Jose Chacko Periyapuram

Q5.

• Words formed by the fusion of 2 other words are called ‘Blend’ or ‘Portmanteau’ words .

• Eg. Electronic + Mail – Email . Breakfast + Lunch – Brunch

Goodbye is a Portmanteau word ,formed by the fusion of ??

ANSWER

• God be with you

Q6.

• What is the dome shaped muscular partition separating the Chest Cavity (containing the Heart & Lungs ) from the Abdominal cavity ??

• It is an important muscle of respiration.

ANSWER

• Thoracic Diaphragm

Q7.

• “I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth”

• Who is the Speaker ?? • The occasion ?? (1 point for each)

ANSWER

• Swami Vivekandan• World Parliament of Religions,Chicago,1893 1893

Q8.

• What is the investigation which uses high frequency sound waves to visualize muscles, tendons, and many internal organs, to capture their size, structure and any pathological lesions ??

• It is relatively inexpensive & portable.• It does not use any ionising radiation - so a

preferred investigation during pregnacy.

ANSWER

• Ultrasonography (USG)

Q9.

• What is the name of the flattened circular organ in the uterus when pregnant ,that nourishes and maintains the foetus through the umbilical cord & gets expelled after birth ??

ANSWER

• Placenta

Q10.ID X

• Amazing Fantastic Incredible A Marvelous Memoir

• In this beautifully illustrated graphic memoir- illustrated by celebrated artist Colleen Doran - X tells the story of his life .

• Amazing Fantastic Incredible documents the life of a man and the legacy of an industry and career.

ANSWER

• Stan Lee

Q11.

• Sweetness, Sourness, Bitterness, and Saltiness – the 4 basic tastes.

• Which is the 5th ??• A pleasant "brothy" or "meaty" taste with a

long lasting, mouthwatering and coating sensation over the tongue .

• Monosodium Glutamate (Ajinomotto) tastes like this.

ANSWER

• Umami

Q12.• ……. is the term used to describe the injuries and pain

sustained from looking down at wireless devices for too long.• The symptoms associated with this condition are neck pain ,

chronic headaches , upper back pain & shoulder pain.• It may lead to early onset of arthritis & the potential for

decreased lung capacity.• Prevention is the key.• Hold your phones at eye level as much as possible. • Take breaks from your phones and laptops throughout the

day

ANSWER

• Text Neck

Q13.

• X is the capital of ancient Khmer civilisation.• The city was buried in the dense dark forests of the

land ,until Henri Mouhot ,a French explorer ,stumbled upon this city in the late 19th century.

• The landmark of the city is Y , one of the greatest of its kind in the world , dedicated to the Hindu God Vishnu.

• The Y also finds a place in the National Flag of the country.

• Identify X & Y. (1 point for each)

ANSWER

• X – Angor (present day Cambodia)• Y – Angor wat

Q14.• On May 28th 2015,the Oxford Union conducted a debate ,the

motion for the debate being : “This House Believes Britain Owes Reparations to her Former Colonies” and X , along with eminent speakers from Ghana and Jamaica, spoke in favour of it.

• X’ s speech was widely appreciated in India because of the preciseness with which he illustrate how and why colonial rule exploited the subcontinent, and how violence and racism were the order of those days.It went viral in the social medias.

• “It’s a bit rich to oppress, enslave, kill, torture, maim people for 200 years and then celebrate the fact that they are democratic at the end of it. We were denied democracy, so we had to snatch it, seize it from you,”

• “The Sun couldn’t set on the British empire, because even God couldn’t trust the English in the dark.”

ANSWER

• Shashi Tharoor

Q15.• ……….. is an infection caused by the Corynebacterium .• It is a completely vaccine preventable disease.• The incidence of the disease was very low – but it is re

emerging due to inadequate immunisation.• In the northern districts of Kerala,this disease was recently

reported and a 12 year old child died in Malapuram and many are under observation.

• The Orthodox Muslims oppose the administration of vaccines to children there and there is an alarming increase in the number of unimmunised children in those parts of the state.

ANSWER

• Diphtheria

Q16.The Missing ones ?? (2 points )???

No Batsman Country Opposition Venue Date

1. Rameez Raja Pakistan England Karachi, Pakistan

20 November 1987

2. Mohinder Amarnath India Sri Lanka Ahmedabad,

IndiaOctober 1989

3. Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan India Peshawar,

Pakistan6 February 2006

4. Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan South Africa Durban,

South Africa21 March 2013

5. Anwar Ali Pakistan South AfricaPort Elizabeth, South Africa

27 November 2013

6. ?? ?? Australia Lord’s, England

5 September 2015

ANSWER

• Ben Stokes , England• Obstructing the Field in ODIs

Q17.• …….. mainly affects children under 5 years of age.• There is no cure for this disease , it can only be prevented.

The vaccine, given multiple times, can protect a child for life.• In 2014, only 3 countries (Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan)

remain endemic for the disease , down from more than 125 in 1988.

• On 27 March 2014, the WHO South-East Asia Region was certified free of this disease , meaning that transmission of the virus has been interrupted in this bloc of 11 countries stretching from Indonesia to India.

• Identify the disease.

ANSWER• Polio

Polio

Q18.• The Company X asked Oglivy & Mather to create a series

of 30 advertisements which could be aired each day during the IPL Season 2 (held in South Africa).

• Rajiv Rao (National Creative Director of Ogilvy & Mather) who was the brain behind the name Y (the name of the characters in the ad) & the story lines said , “we wanted to make real people look as animated as possible".

• The ads were shot in South Africa and were a hit among the Indian audience

• The Company received the first People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) 2009 Glitterbox Award, for replacing their ads with more humane alternatives.

• Name the Company X and their Ad Y

ANSWERX – Vodafone (previously Hutch)Y - Zoozoo

Q19.• ………… is a strategy to ensure cure from

Tuberculosis by providing the most effective medicine & confirming that it is taken.

• It is the only strategy against tuberculosis which has been documented to be effective worldwide on a programme basis.

ANSWER

• DOTS

Q20.

• On 30th July 2015 , something happened in India after 2 long years .

• The next day ,the Commission dealing this submitted a report to the Government advising its termination ,with a few exceptions, citing the example in 140 other nations.

• What is being talked about here ??

ANSWER

• Judicial Haging / Capital Punishment

Q21.

• This is a pouch like organ where bile is stored & concentrated .

• Occassionally ,stones form in this organ and can result in inflammation and may need its surgical removal.

• Name the organ.

ANSWER

• Gall Bladder

Q22.• Primarily eaten as a tea-time snack, X is one of the oldest brand

names in India.• For decades, the product was instantly recognized by its iconic

white and yellow wax paper wrapper. The image on the wrapper is also very popular (even a recent controversy about it as well !!)

• There was a time when the dominance of the company was threatened by rival brands which targeted kids.

• But when the company sponsored a children's television show (one of the most popular and longest-running television series for Indian children ) , it literally rescued the brand.

• Name X & the show.

ANSWER

• Parle G • Shaktimaan

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ANSWER

• Vayilla Kunnilappan

Q24.

• The yellowish discolouration of skin,sclera and mucous membranes is termed as “Jaundice”.

• The discolouration occurs due to increasing concentrations of a pigment in blood.

• This pigment is a product of Hemoglobin metabolism.

• Name the pigment.

ANSWER

• Bilirubin

Q25.

Listen to the Audio Fox Productions – 20th century Fox

Q26.Expand KAAPAThe pic on the right is that of Mohammad Nisham who was charged under the KAAPA for nurdering a Security Guard. .

ANSWER

• KAAPA - Kerala Anti Social Activities Prevention Act

Q27.

• “Death shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the King”

• Tell me where this was written.• Who was the leader of the team that

disturbed the King’s peace ??• (1 point for each)

ANSWER

• King Tut’s Tomb• Howard Carter

Q28.THEY ??

ANSWER

• Female Aedes Mosquito

Q29.• ……… is one of the most widely used medications in the

world with an estimated 40,000 tonnes of it being consumed each year.

• The chemical name of the drug is acetylsalicylic acid.• It used to treat pain, fever, and inflammation .• It is also used long-term, at low doses, to help prevent heart

attacks, strokes, and blood clot formation in people at high risk of developing blood clots

• It is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system.

ANSWER

• Aspirin

Q30.This is a doodle honouring MF Hussain,”The Picasso of India” that appeared on September 17th,2015.

Name the 4 leaders portrayed in this controversial painting of MF Hussain (2

points)

ANSWER

• Einstein• Gandhiji• Mao Zedong• Hitler

Q31.An excerpt from the Preface of a treatise by a French Physician

In 1816, I was consulted by a young woman laboring under general symptoms of diseased heart, and in whose case percussion and the application of the hand were of little avail on account of the great degree of fatness. The other method just mentioned [direct auscultation] being rendered inadmissible by the age and sex of the patient, I happened to recollect a simple and well-known fact in acoustics, ... the great distinctness with which we hear the scratch of a pin at one end of a piece of wood on applying our ear to the other. Immediately, on this suggestion, I rolled a quire of paper into a kind of cylinder and applied one end of it to the region of the heart and the other to my ear, and was not a little surprised and pleased to find that I could thereby perceive the action of the heart in a manner much more clear and distinct than I had ever been able to do by the immediate application of my ear.

ANSWER

• Rene Laennac• (Inventor of Stethescope)

Q32.

• …….. is a dicotyledonous angiosperm, a plant species and commonly known as the suicide tree .

• It is a species native to India and other parts of southern Asia, growing preferentially in coastal salt swamps and in marshy areas .

• Its fruit, when still green, looks like a small mango, with a green fibrous shell.

• It yields a potent poison that has been used for suicide and murder.

• Name the plant.

ANSWER

• Odollum Tree

Q33.• ……. is a genetic disorder - It is the most common chromosomal

abnormality in humans.• It is named after John Langdon ……, the British doctor who fully

described the syndrome in 1866.• It is typically associated with physical growth delays,

characteristic facial features, and mild to moderate intellectual disability.

• Due to his perception that children with ……. shared facial similarities with those of Mongolian, John used the term 'mongoloid'. While the term mongoloid continued to be used until the early 1970s, it is now considered unacceptable and is no longer in common use.

• The World Health Organization (WHO) dropped the term in 1965 after a request by the Mongolian delegate.

ANSWER

• Down Syndrome

Q34.

• The pic (next slide) shows dilated veins over the abdomen ,appearing to radiate from the umbilicus.

• This clinical sign is seen in Chronic Liver Disease.

• The name of the sign is …….. ,because it resembles the body part of an infamous Mythological Character.

.

ANSWER

• Caput Medusae( Head of Medusa)

Q35.• X is the Spanish term for sauce .• There is a form of dance in the West by the same name.• There is a form of music ,again popular in the West,by the

same name.• There is a Portugese clothing company by the same

name,popular for their Jeans.• X is a palindrome when written in Malayalam.• X became familiar among Keralites as it featured in a

recent Malayalm Film.• X is ??

ANSWER

• Salsa • (in KunjiRamayanam)

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