Free Forensic Identification practice for NEET PG and INI-CET Forensic Medicine, with a written explanation on every question.
10 questions · Free explanations
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Q1 · Fingerprints
NEET PGEasyExplanation
Fingerprints are unique to each individual, including identical twins, and remain permanent throughout life, making them a reliable identification method. The study of fingerprints is dactylography.
Q2 · DNA Profiling
NEET PGMediumExplanation
Forensic DNA profiling analyses short tandem repeats, highly variable regions that differ between individuals. It is used for identification, paternity testing and matching crime-scene samples.
Q3 · Age from Teeth
MediumExplanation
There are 20 deciduous teeth, usually complete by about 2 to 2.5 years, against 32 permanent teeth. Dental eruption patterns are widely used to estimate age in children.
Q4 · Sex Determination
HardExplanation
The female pelvis has a wider subpubic angle above 90 degrees, a rounded or oval pelvic inlet and a broader greater sciatic notch, all adaptations for childbirth. The pelvis is the most reliable bone for sex determination.
Q5 · Stature Estimation
MediumExplanation
The long bones, namely the femur, tibia and humerus, correlate closely with height and are used in regression formulae such as those of Trotter and Gleser to estimate stature from skeletal remains.
Q6 · Skeletal Age
HardExplanation
Radiographs of the wrist and hand are widely used to estimate skeletal age from ossification centres and epiphyseal fusion, since these appear and fuse at fairly predictable ages during growth.
Q7 · Tattoos and Scars
EasyExplanation
Tattoos, scars, moles and birthmarks are individualising features that help establish identity, especially in decomposed or unknown bodies. Scars indicate previous injury or surgery and may date past events.
Q8 · Gustafson's Method
HardExplanation
Gustafson's method estimates adult age from six age-related dental changes: attrition, periodontosis, secondary dentine, cementum apposition, root resorption and root transparency. It is useful once skeletal growth is complete.
Q9 · Superimposition
MediumExplanation
In superimposition, a skull is photographically or video-matched to an antemortem photograph of the suspected individual to confirm or exclude identity, useful when only skeletal remains are available.
Q10 · Precipitin Test
MediumExplanation
The precipitin test determines the species of origin of a bloodstain, human versus animal, using species-specific antisera. Preliminary tests such as benzidine and Kastle-Meyer first confirm that the stain is blood.
Forensic Identification sits within Forensic Medicine, which carries the same syllabus in both exams. This set runs to 10 questions, each tagged Easy, Medium or Hard, 3 of them at Hard, and 2 drawn from previous-year papers.
Answer first, then read the explanation even on the ones you got right — the reasoning is where Forensic Identification marks are actually won, and it is what separates a recalled fact from a question you can solve in a new form. Once the Easy set feels comfortable, filter to Hard to find the gaps Forensic Medicine examiners keep returning to.
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Forensic Identification sits within Forensic Medicine, which appears in the same form in both syllabuses. Forensic pathology and toxicology, an exam-focused subject where a small syllabus reliably returns a fixed number of questions.
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