All India Institute of Medical Sciences 2002 Post Graduate Diploma Medical - Question Paper

1. When the axial length of the
eyeball is changed by one mm then
the power modifications by
a. two dioptres
b. three dioptres
c. four dioptres
d. one dioptres
2. A patient presented with a red
eye with complaints of pain,
photophobia, and blurring after
trauma to his eye with a
vegetable matter. On
exam the cornea there was
a dendritic ulcer. The corneal
scrapings were taken and
examined, microscopy showed
macrophage like cells. The
corneal scrapings were cultured
over chocolate agar and blood
agar but there was no growth.
But on culturing over 5% nonnutrient
agar with an overlay of
E.coli there were plaque
formations. The likely etiological
agent is
a. Acanthameaba
b. Herpes simplex
c. Adeno virus
d. Candida
3. Horner’s syndrome is best
discussed as having
a. Miosis and Exopthalmos
b. Miosis and ptosis
c. Mydriasis and
enophthalmos
d. Miosis and ptosis
4. In a lesion in the optic radiation
involving the Meyers loop causes
which of the subsequent
a. Homonymous
heminaopia
b. Superior quadrantionopia
c. Central scotoma
d. Bilateral hemianopia
5. In a lesion in which of the
subsequent would lead to
internuclear ophthalmoplegia
a. Lateral lemniscus
b. Medial longitudinal
fasciculus
c. Parapontine reticular
fibres
d. Occipital lobes
6. In a patient with multiple
bilateral nasal polyps with x ray
showing opacity in the Para nasal
sinuses .The treatment consists of
all of the subsequent other than
a. Antihistamines
b. Corticosteroids
c. Amphoterecin B
d. Epinephrine
7. An 18-year-old boy presented
with repeated epistaxis and there
was a mass arising from the
lateral wall of his nose extending
into the nasopharynx. It was
decided to operate him. All of the
subsequent are actual regarding his
management other than
a. Requires adequate
amount of blood to be
transfused
b. A lateral rhinotomy
approach may be used
c. Transpalatal approach
used
d. Trans maxillary approach

8. Which is the best rinsing solution
that can be used in the extra
capsular cataract extraction
a. Ringer lactate
b. Normal saline
c. Balanced salt solution
d. Balanced salt solution
with glutathione
9. The oldest cells in a lens are
current in
a. Anterior capsule
b. Posterior capsule
c. Nucleocortical junction
d. Nucleus
10. A patient presented with a 15
days history of proptosis in his
right eye .His vision was obtained
to be 6/12 in that eye, and he
complained of pain on eye

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