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Post NameOptometrist Gr II-Health Services
Question Paper Code067/2019/OL
Category Code217/2018
Date of Test4 January 2020
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
All are coats of eyewall except
Answer
B. Tenon's capsule
2
Which layer is most important in maintaining corneal transparency?
Answer
B. Endothelium
3
The cranial nerve which subserves corneal sensation is
Answer
D. Cranial nerve V
4
All of the following ocular muscles except _____ aid in vertical eye movements.
Answer
A. Lateral rectus
5
The major body of tear film is secreted by
Answer
A. lacrimal gland
6
Which bone forms the floor of lacrimal sac?
Answer
B. lacrimal bone
7
All are parts of crystalline lens except:
Answer
D. Endothelium
8
Which is a colour vision test:
Answer
C. Ishihara's test
9
Normal visual acuity is represented as:
Answer
B. 6/6
10
All are grades of Binocular single vision except:
Answer
B. suppression
11
Nystagmus is
Answer
D. a cause for amblyopia
12
Near reflex include all except
Answer
C. cycloplegia
13
Epiphora means
Answer
Question Cancelled
14
Ophthalmia neonatorum is
Answer
B. newborn hyperacute conjunctivitis
15
Fluorescein stain helps to identify:
Answer
D. All of the above
16
Commonest source of toxoplasma infection is:
Answer
A. Cat faeces
17
Which statement is true:
Answer
C. Convergence remain constant throughout life
18
All are involved in ocular mobility except:
Answer
A. Trigeminal nerve
19
KOH smear is diagnostic for:
Answer
A. Fungus
20
Synoptophore is used to measure:
Answer
C. Squint
21
All are advantages of contact lens over spectacles except:
Answer
B. fogging
22
All are features of pathological myopia except:
Answer
A. myopia < 6D
23
Which statement is itrue:
Answer
A. myopia is influenced by sunlight exposure
24
Presbyopia leads to
Answer
A. failure of accommodation
25
Normal convergence is
Answer
A. 8 - 10 cm
26
Most accurate method of intraocular pressure calculation is:
Answer
B. goldmann tonometry
27
Acqueous humor is produced by:
Answer
B. ciliary epithelium
28
Visual acuity is a function of which cell?
Answer
B. Cones
29
In writing prescription, which statement is false:
Answer
A. Age has no importance
30
All are complications of contact lens wear except:
Answer
D. choroiditis
31
_____ principle is used in antireflective coating of spectacles:
Answer
D. none of the above
32
If eyes optical system is compared to a camera, the role of retina is:
Answer
D. film
33
Which statement is false:
Answer
C. Refractive index of cornea is 1.52
34
Ideal size of pin hole is:
Answer
C. 1.2 mm
35
Visual angle is the angle subtended by the physical dimension of the object in visual field at the:
Answer
B. nodal point
36
The visual potential in a case of dense cataract can be predicted by:
Answer
C. both a & b
37
Regarding hypermetropia true statement is:
Answer
C. Manifest hypermetropia includes both facultative and absolute
38
A hypermetropic eye is predisposed to
Answer
D. all of the above
39
Aphakia can be caused by:
Answer
A. Trauma
40
Which refractive error needs correction:
Answer
C. 1.5 D of hypermetropia in a convergent squint
41
Anisometropia is :
Answer
A. Unequal refractive error in two eyes
42
All are disadvantages of aphakia spectacles except:
Answer
A. image minification
43
Convergence is a
Answer
C. both a & b are correct
44
In streak retinoscopy, advantages over conventional method are:
Answer
D. All of the above
45
Scissor reflex is seen in retinoscopy in a case of:
Answer
B. Keratocomus
46
The nasolacrimal duct opens into -
Answer
A. Inferior meatus of nose
47
All of the following are causes of watering from eye except
Answer
B. Sjogren's syndrome
48
Kuhnt - Szymanowski surgery is a procedure used to correct _____
Answer
D. Ectropion
49
Acute membranous conjunctivitis is caused by
Answer
C. Corynebacterium diphtheriae
50
Which of the following is not a feature of spring catarrh
Answer
C. pannus
51
The following are degenerative conditions of conjunctiva except
Answer
A. Phlycten
52
Immobile solid looking hypopyon in a corneal ulcer is most probably caused by
Answer
B. Aspergillus
53
Corneal capacity to which iris is attached is called as -
Answer
C. Adherent leukoma
54
Keratic precipitates on cornea are seen in
Answer
A. Iridocyclitis
55
Phacolytic glaucoma is a complication of -
Answer
D. Hypermature cortical cataract
56
The surgery in which the ocular contents are removed and the scleral cup is left behind is
Answer
C. evisceration
57
The most common intraocular tumors in children less than 5 years
Answer
C. retinoblastoma
58
The condition associated with increased diameter of cornea is
Answer
B. congenital glaucoma
59
All are features of acute congestive glaucoma except
Answer
A. Deep anterior chamber
60
Laser used for doing iridotomy
Answer
D. Nd YAG laser
61
What is Hyphema?
Answer
B. Blood in anterior chamber
62
Rosette cataract is seen in -
Answer
C. Trauma to the eye
63
Causes of painless, sudden defective vision include all of the following except
Answer
B. Senile cataract
64
Which of the following is a treatment option for proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Answer
C. Pan retinal photocoagulation
65
Protrusion of eyeball abnormally is called
Answer
B. Proptosis
66
Which of the following a cause for restrictive strabismus
Answer
D. Duane's retraction syndrome
67
Which of the following is a law governing ocular movements
Answer
B. Herring's law
68
The yoke muscle of right medial rectus is
Answer
C. Left lateral rectus
69
Maddox wing is used for -
Answer
B. Assessing squint for near
70
Which of the following is not true for paralytic squint?
Answer
A. Primary & secondary deviations are equal
71
Angle between visual axis and pupillary line
Answer
D. Angle Kappa
72
Configuration of rays refracted through a toric surface is called
Answer
C. sturms conoid
73
Convex cylinder at 180Β° axis is
Answer
A. Against the rule astigmatism
74
Vanishing optotype test is used in
Answer
B. Cardiff visual acuity cards
75
Pelli Robson chart is iused to test -
Answer
D. Contrast sunsitivity
76
The amount of hypermetropia corrected by the inherent ciliary tone of the patient
Answer
A. Latent hypermetropia
77
Total diopteric power of the eye in Aphakia
Answer
C. + 44 D
78
Jack in the box phenomenon is seen in _____
Answer
D. Aphakia corrected by spectacles
79
Posterior staphyloma is seen in which condition?
Answer
A. Pathological Myopia
80
Positional Myopia occurs due to
Answer
B. Anterior subluxation of lens
81
If there is no movement of red reflex with a plane mirror retinoscope at 1 m distance, at the start of retinoscopy, it indicates _____
Answer
C. Myopia of 1 Dioptre
82
Which of the following has only mydriatic effect and does not produce cycloplegia?
Answer
B. phenylephrine
83
The Scheiner's principle is used in _____
Answer
D. Auto refractometer
84
Which of the following test requires a red green goggles?
Answer
B. FRIEND test
85
Anomaly of binocular vision in which ocular images are unequal in size or shape or both.
Answer
D. Aniseikonia
86
Near point of accommodation can be measured using
Answer
C. RAF rule
87
All of the following are causes of spasm of accommodation except
Answer
B. Atropine
88
Sphincter pupillae muscle is supplied by which cranial nerve?
Answer
D. Oculomotor
89
Pulsating mires in kiratometry is seen in
Answer
B. Keratoconus
90
Which of the following is a field expander used as low vision aid?
Answer
A. Fresnel prism
91
According to international classification of diseases, 'Blindness' refers to vision _____
Answer
C. Less than 3/60 in better eye
92
Convergence angle is measured in
Answer
C. Metre angle
93
LASIK is a procedure used to correct
Answer
D. All of the above
94
Magnification of image in direct ophthalmoscope
Answer
D. 14 x
95
A 1.0 D error in corneal power (Keratometry reading) can result in _____ postoperative refractive error during 10 L power calculation
Answer
Question Cancelled
96
Most common organism involved in corneal ulcer associated with contact lens use in
Answer
A. Pseudomonas
97
Characteristics of a good A scan ultrasound reading are all except (during biometry)
Answer
C. Vitreous cavity produces medium to tall echoes
98
Soft contact lens is made up of
Answer
C. Hydrogel
99
The two dimensional map of a progressive lens representing the distribution of power of astigmatism
Answer
C. Contour plot
100
For measuring angle of deviation in esotropia, what direction is the prism kept in?
Answer
A. Base out

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