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PAEDIATRICS MOCK TEST 24 Quest. / 20 Min.



1) To differentiate between osmotic and secretory diarrhea it is best to measure :

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   The stool osmolol gap
   The stool and plasma osmolality
   The stool anion gap
   The water content of the stools



2) The best way to gauge the IQ of a child is by looking which development :

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   Gross motor
   Fine motor
   Psychosocial
   Language



3) Narrow anterior fontanelle in children is seen in :

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   Hydrocephalus
   Craniostenosis
   Cleidocranial dysostosis
   Vitamin deficiency rickets



4) The iron content of breast milk in mg/L is :

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   0.1 mg
   0.2 mg
   0.3 mg
   0.4 mg



5) Cleft lip is associated with :

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   Down's syndrome
   Patau's syndrome
   Edward's syndrome
   Turner's syndrome



6) A 7 year old boy presents with 10 day history of fever and dyspnoea, cough. On examination abdominal distention seen and severe splenomegaly present. Diagnosis could be :

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   Infections mononucleosis
   malacia
   Typhoid
   Brucellosis



7) Down syndrome is due to :

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   Triploidy
   Polyploidy
   Tetraploidy
   Aneuploidy



8) Upper body segment and lower body segment ratio becomes 1:1 by the age fo :

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   Four years
   Five years
   Six years
   Seven years



9) A 2-year-old child with minimal cyanosis has a quadruple rhythm, a systolic murmur in the pulmonic area and mid diastolic murmur along the lower left sternal border. An electrocardiogram shows right atrial hypertrophy and a ventricular block pattern in the right chest leads. The child most likely has. :

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   Pulmonic stenosis and a ventricular septal defect(tetralogy of fallot)
   Tricuspid regurgitation and pulmonic stenosis
   Ebstein's anomaly
   An atrioventricular canal



10) Human parvovirus B-19 infection causes each of following except :

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   Roseola
   Erythema infectiosum
   Persistent infection in patients with immunodeficiency
   Transient aplastic anemia



11) Infections with mycoplasma pneumonia can produce each of the following except :

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   Lobar and bronchopneumonia
   Guillain-Barr's syndrome
   Tracheobronchitis
   Glomerulonephritis



12) Fragile X-syndrome is the most common inherited form of mental retardation. Each of the following is suggestive of this syndrome except :

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   Autism
   Micropenis
   Lax joints
   Large testes



13) A 2-year-old patient has microscopic and occasionally gross hematuria. His father has hearing loss and end stage renal disease. The most likely cause of this child's hematuria is :

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   Berger nephropathy
   Alport syndrome
   Goodpasture's disease
   Idiopathic hypercalcimia



14) Thrombocytopenia in the newborn is associated with all the following except :

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   Absence of radii in the infant
   Congenital cytomegalovirus infection
   Maternal ingestion of aspirin
   Perinatal aspiration syndrome



15) Hypertonic type of diarrhoea occurs when child is :

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   Treated with ORT rich in potassium
   Given excess of glucose
   Treated with very diulte ORS
   Treated with fluid containing for too much of sodium



16) Evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid is critical in evaluating children of all ages for possible infection of the central nervous system. Normally the CSF should contain no more than 5 leukocytes and the protein should be 10 to 30 mg/dL. However in newborns the values are different. Which of the following combinations is most typical ?

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   Upto 5 leukocytes, 5000 red cells, and 300 mg/dL of protein
   Upto 5 leukocytes and less than 10mg/dL protein
   Upto 5 leukocytes, 500 red cells, and 100mg/dL of protein
   Zero cells and 100mg/dL protein



17) An infant who sits with only minimal support, attempts to attain a toy beyond reach, and rolls over from the supine to prone position and does not have a pincer grasp is at a developmental level of :

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   4 months
   6 months
   9 months
   One year



18) Late pulmonary cmplications of bronchopulmonary dysplasia include primarily :

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   Large airway disease
   Small airway disease
   Interstitial emphysema
   Decreased total pulmonary resistance



19) Predominant bottle feeding is associated with deficiency of :

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   Vit. A
   Vit. C
   Thiamin
   Vit. D



20) In the newborn period which of the following is the least common sign on meningitis ?

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   Vomiting
   Nuchal rididity
   Jaundice
   Hypothermia



21) When an infant with diarrhoea has lost about 5 to 10 prcent of his body weight over 2 days, all the following may be expected except for :

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   Depressed fontanelle
   Techycardia
   Sunken eyes
   Moribund state



22) A 13-year-old boy is below the 3rd percentile for height (50th percentile for age 9) which of the following would give him the best prognosis for normal adult height ?

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   A bone age of 9 years
   A bone age of 14 years
   A bone age of 16 years
   Being at the 50th percentile for adult



23) During first year of a child's life, all of following increase except :

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   Glomerular fillration rate
   Nephron number
   Tubular reabsorptive capacity
   Tubular secretory capacity



24) A child who is 13 years of age presents with precocious puberty. You will warn the parents about :

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   Sexual derivation towards homosexuality
   Short stature
   Mental retardation
   Tall statures


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