Q168: Blood specimen for neonatal thyroid screening is obtained on ?
A) Cord blood
B) 24 hours after birth
C) 48 hours after birth
D) 72 hours after birth
Answer: A) Cord blood
Q169: A child with recurrent urinary tract
infections is most likely to show ?
A) Posterior urethral valves
B) Vesicoureteric reflux
C) Neurogenic bladder
D) Renal and ureteric calculi
Answer: B) Vesicoureteric reflux
Q170: The appropriate approach to a neonate
presenting with vaginal bleeding on day 4 of life is ?
A) Administration of Vitamin K
B) Investigation for bleeding disorder
C) No specific therapy
D) Administration of 10 ml/kg of fresh frozen plasma over 4
hours
Answer: C) No specific therapy
Q171: Which one of the following drugs is used for
fetal therapy of congenital adrenal hyperplasia ?
A) Hydrocortisone
B) Prednisolone
C) Fludrocortisone
D) Dexamethasone
Answer: D) Dexamethasone
Q172: The coagulation profile in a 13-year old girl
with Menorrhagia having von Willebrands disease is ?
A) Isolated prolonged PTT with a normal PT
B) Isolated prolonged PT with a normal PTT
C) Prolongation of both PT and PTT
D) Prolongation of thrombin time
Answer: A) Isolated prolonged PTT with a normal PT
Q173: All of the following are true about
manifestations of vitamin E deficiency, except ?
A) Hemolytic anemia
B) Posterior column abnormalities
C) Cerebellar ataxia
D) Autonomic dysfunction
Answer: D) Autonomic dysfunction
Q174: All of the following statements are true about
Congenital Rubella except ?
A) It is diagnosed when the infant has IgM antibodies at
birth
B) It is diagnosed when IgG antibodies persist for more than
6 months
C) Most common congenital defects are deafness, cardiac
malformations and catarct
D) Infection after 16 weeks of gestation results in major
congenital defects
Answer: D) Infection after 16 weeks of gestation results in major
congenital defects
Q176: All of the following therapies may be required
in a 1-hour-old infant with severe birth asphyxia except ?
A) Glucose
B) Dexamethasone
C) Calcium gluconate
D) Normal Saline
Answer: B) Dexamethasone
Q177: The most common cause of renal scarring in a 3
year old child is ?
A) Trauma
B) Tuberculosis
C) Vesicuureteral reflux induced pyelonephritis
D) Interstitial nephritis
Answer: C) Vesicuureteral reflux induced pyelonephritis
Q178: Which one of the following is the common cause
of congenital hydrocephalus is ?
A) Craniosynostosis
B) Intra uterine meningitis
C) Aqueductal stenosis
D) Malformations of great vein of Galen
Answer: C) Aqueductal stenosis
Q179: In a child, non-functioning kidney is best
diagnosed by ?
A) Ultrasonography
B) IVU
C) DTPA renogram
D) Creatinine clearance
Answer: C) DTPA renogram
Q180: The most common malignant neoplasm of infancy
is ?
A) Malignant teratoma
B) Neuroblastoma
C) Wilm's tumor
D) Hepatoblastoma
Answer: B) Neuroblastoma
Q181: The most common presentation of a child with
Wilm's tumor is ?
A) An asymptomatic abdominal mass
B) Haematuria
C) Hypertension
D) Hemoptysis due to pulmonary secondary
Answer: A) An asymptomatic abdominal mass
Q182: Eisenmenger syndrome is characterized by all
except ?
A) Return of left ventricle & right ventricle to normal
size
B) Pulmonary veins not distended
C) Pruning of peripheral pulmonary arteries
D) Dilatation of central pulmonary arteries
Answer: A) Return of left ventricle & right ventricle to
normal size
Q183: The most common site of leak in CSF
rhinorrhoea is ?
A) Sphenoid sinus
B) Frontal sinus
C) Cribriform plate
D) Tegmen tympani
Answer: C) Cribriform plate
Q184: Which of the following is the most common
renal cystic disease in infants is ?
A) Polycystic Kidney
B) Simple renal cyst
C) Unilateral renal dysplasia
D) Calyceal cyst
Answer: C) Unilateral renal dysplasia
Q185: The most common type of total anomalous
pulmonary venous connection is ?
A) Supracardiac
B) Infracardiac
C) Mixed
D) Cardiac
Answer: A) Supracardiac
Q186: Diagnosis of beta Thalassemia is established
by ?
A) NESTROFT Test
B) HbA1 C estimation
C) Hb electrophoresis
D) Target cells in peripheral smear
Answer: C) Hb electrophoresis
