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Post NameAssistant Professor Oral Pathology and Microbiology - Medical Education Department
Question Paper Code073/2023/OL
Category Code331/2022
Date of Test8 June 2023
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
"Coup de sabre" appearance is seen in
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B. Parry Romberg Syndrome
2
Capdepont teeth are a characteristic of
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B. Dentinogenesis imperfecta
3
Hecks Disease is caused by
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A. HPV 13 and 32
4
Omphalocoele is associated with
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C. Beckwith Weidman's Syndrome
5
Congenital condylar hypoplasia is seen in all of the following Except
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D. Facial hemiatrophy
6
'Tumor droplets' are found in
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C. Adenamotoid odontogenic tumor
7
The first completely documented case of peripheral Ameloblastoma was described by
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A. Stanley and Krogh
8
Epithelial and mesenchymal components show cytologic features of malignancy in
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C. Odontogenic carcinosarcoma
9
Ackerman's classification is related to
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D. Unicystic Ameloblastoma
10
"Tennis racquet" pattern is observed in the radiographs in
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A. Odontogenic myxoma
11
EWSR-1 mutations are found in approximately 80% of
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B. Clear cell odontogenic carcinoma
12
Sonic hedge hog mutations are implied in the pathogenesis of
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B. Odontogenic keratocyst
13
The most common non-odontogenic cyst among the following is
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B. Nasopalatine duct cyst
14
Ehlers Danlos syndrome is caused due to mutations in collagen
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D. Type I, III, V
15
Non specific mechanism in the pathogenesis of Lichen Planus include all of the following Except
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A. Keratinocyte apoptosis
16
"Cell - with in - a cell" phenomenon is found in
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B. Hereditary benign intra epithelial dyskeratosis
17
Direct immunofluorescence in paraneoplastic pemphigus shows
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B. Positive immunofluorescence - intercellular and basement membrane zone
18
Libman - Sacks endocarditis is associated with
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A. Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus
19
Di George syndrome is associated with
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D. Hypoparathyroidism
20
Loss of fungiform and filiform papillar are seen in
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B. Folic acid deficiency
21
Myasthenia Gravis manifestations include all of the following Except
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C. Dysphonia
22
A 40 year old woman complains of unilateral pain in the orbital and temporal area, watering of eyes and nasal congestion. These symptoms are suggestive of a diagnosis of
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B. Sphenopalatine neuralgia
23
Progeria is an
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A. Autosomal recessive disorder
24
"Mitten like hand" and "Sock feet" are characteristic of
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A. Apert Syndrome
25
Howell - Jolly bodies are found in the peripheral smears of
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C. Sickle cell anemia
26
Streptococcus mutans are:
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C. Facultative anaerobic, catalase negative, gram positive cocci
27
Extracellular polymer found in culture of streptococcus mutans which might contribute to adhesiveness of bacteria:
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A. Lipoteichoic acid
28
The pK value of bicarbonate carbonic acid buffer of oral mucosa is:
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B. 6.1
29
Vesicle with a zone of erythema giving "a dew drop on a rose petal appearance" seen in
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C. Herpes zoster
30
Lesion strongly associated with HIV infections:
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D. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
31
The protective protein absent in patients with xerostomia predisposing to candidiasis:
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D. Histatin
32
Lues maligna is an explosive and widespread form of:
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B. Secondary syphilis
33
Retrograde sialadenitis is known as:
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A. Surgical mumps
34
Localised aggressive periodontitis is primarily associated with:
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D. A. actinomycetemcomitans
35
Drug showing strong association with gingival hyperplasia:
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B. Nifedipine
36
Papillon Lefevre syndrome is associated with loss of function of:
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C. Cathepsin C gene
37
Dysplastic lesion which shows increased progression risk are:
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C. Aneuploid dysplastic lesions
38
The putative pleomorphic adenoma gene has been mapped to chromosomes:
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A. 8q12
39
Keratoacanothoma occurs more commonly
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C. More common in male with fair skin
40
Lisch nodules are seen in:
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D. Neurofibromatosis
41
The granular cells in granular cell tumor are
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B. S100 and NSE positive and GFAP negative
42
The emergence or eruption of odontoma in the oral cavity in attributable to:
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C. Intrinsic enlargement of the lesion
43
The common pattern of distribution and appearance of giant cells in Giant cell tumour of bone is:
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A. Scattered uniformity throughout the lesion and have 40 to 60 nuclei.
44
Goldenhar syndrome is also known as:
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D. Oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia
45
Cluster of lightly basophilic particles present in association with plasmocytic infiltrate in a periapical granuloma are called:
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B. Pyronin bodies
46
A syndrome associated with gingival fibromatosis:
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A. Costello syndrome
47
Downward extension of retropharyngeal space infection will result in:
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B. Mediastinitis
48
Most susceptible permanent tooth for dental caries:
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C. Mandibular first molar
49
In enamel caries the dark zone shows a pore volume of:
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A. 2-4%
50
Osteocalcin expression by odontoblasts is higher in:
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A. Reversible pulpitis
51
Which of the following is not a tumour suppressor gene
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C. RAS
52
Loss of which of the following protein is implicated in aiding metastasis of tumour cells
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B. Cadherins
53
All of the following viruses have been implicated in causation of hemato lymphoid neoplasm except
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B. CMV
54
Angiogenesis is stimulated by all of the following except
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C. P53
55
Burkitt lymphoma is positive for
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C. CD20
56
"Popcorn cells" are seen in which variant of Hodgkins disease?
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C. Lymphocyte predominant
57
Caspase in dependent programmed cell death is
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B. Necroptosis
58
All are markers for malignant melanoma except
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B. SOX11
59
A simple bacterial test for mutagenic carcinogens is
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B. Ames test
60
Spindle cell carcinoma is a variant of
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C. Squamous cell carcinoma
61
Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma commonly occurs in
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A. Parotid gland
62
E7 protein of high risk HPV affects the following protein there by promotes carcinogenesis
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D. RB
63
The precancerous lesion with highest malignant potential is
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D. PVL
64
Storiform pattern of fibrous tissue is found in
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B. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
65
Most common soft tissue sarcoma of children is
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C. Rhabdomyosarcoma
66
Vascular tumour with histopathologic features intermediate between haemangioma and angiosarcoma is
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B. Hemangioendothelioma
67
Which stain is used to stain the smooth muscle in leiomyoma?
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C. Masson trichrome
68
The most common and serious complication of Neurofibromatosis is
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D. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour
69
The variants of Kaposi sarcoma are all except
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A. Pleomorphic
70
Inraosseous Mucoepidermoid carcinoma is believed to arise from
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C. Epithelial lining of Odontogenic cysts
71
The colour of Interpol Postmortem Odontograms
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C. Pink
72
Which of the following is not a method of age estimation in children and adolescents?
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C. Gustafson's method
73
Impression material of choice for bite mark analysis?
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D. Light body elastomeric impression material
74
Continually erupting incisors with diastema between incisors and molars is feature of
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C. Rat family
75
The science concerned with relationship between human beings, machines and equipments they use and their working environment is called
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A. Ergonomics
76
The image formed by the Objective lens of the microscope
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B. Real image
77
The ability of an objective to resolve detail is indicated by its
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C. Numerical aperture
78
The property of some substances and crystals to produce plane polarised light by differential absorption is called
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D. Dichroism
79
________ is cross-linking interface.
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C. Gluderaldehyde
80
Formalin is ________.
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A. an aqueous solution containing 37-40% formaldehyde
81
The correct order of steps in the stages of tissue processing is
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A. Fixation-Dehydration-Cleaning-Infiltration-Embedding
82
________ is used exclusively as the embedding medium for electron microscopy.
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B. Resin
83
The concept of Tissue Microscopy was first introduced by
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C. Battifora
84
The specimen is held stationary and the knife slides across the top of the specimen during sectioning in
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C. Base sledge Microtome
85
Best freezing technique for frozen section preparation is
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C. Isopentane and Liquid Nitrogen
86
_______ is a type of Hematoxyline that undergoes natural ripening.
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A. Ehrlich's Hematoxyline
87
Universal stain for cytological preparation
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C. Papanicolaou stain
88
Fetal Collagen is
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D. Type III collagen
89
In Van Gieson staining technique collagen takes _______ colour.
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C. Red
90
The staining technique used to differentiate neutral mucin from acidic mucin
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D. Combined Alcien blue-PAS technique
91
The microscopic technique used for demonstrating amyloid is -
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C. Polarized
92
Protein block is added in Immunohistochemistry to
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C. Block background staining
93
Immuno fluorescence test was first described by
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A. Coons
94
For Immuno fluorescence biopsy tissue should be transported to laboratory in
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B. Michel transport medium at pH 7
95
Most common secondary fixative used for electron microscopy?
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A. Osmium Tetroxide 1%
96
The special stain used for the demonstrations of both DNA and RNA
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B. Methyl Green-pyronin test
97
The small round cell tumor which shows Desmin+, Myo Di+, CD44+, CK–, CD45–
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D. Rhabdomyosarcoma
98
Which of the following is not a Iron Hematoxyline solution
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D. Ehrlich's Hematoxyline
99
________ is not technique for demonstration of Melanin.
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D. Perls Prussian blue reaction
100
Microscopic slide specification for routine histology work
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A. 76 Ɨ 25 mm slide of 1.0 - 1.2 mm thickness

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