29 - AIIMS MAY 2008 mcqs with answers

1q: Retinitis Pigmentosa is not associated with ?

a. usher syndrome
b. kornzewig syndrome
c. kearns-sayre syndrome
d. marfan syndrome

answer d. marfan syndrome

2q: choroidal neovascularisation is seen in all except ?

a. hypermetropia
b. myopia
c. angioid streaks
d. trauma

answer a. hypermetropia

3q: Pterygium is  ?

a. an inflammatory response
b. a connective tissue degeneration
c. an infection
d. associated with vitamin A deficiency

answer b. connective tissue degeneration

4q: which of the following does not handle free radicals in lens ?

a. vitamin A
b. vitamin C
c. vitamin E
d. catalase

answer a. vitamin A

5q: A mass present in  muscle cone, encapsulated , presentation in the 3rd-4th decade with gradually increasing proptosis . what is the probable diagnosis ?

a. capillary hemangioma
b. cavernous hemangioma
c. dermoid
d. none

answer b. cavernous hemangioma

6q: a 12 year old boy comes into room with left sided head tilt , on correcting that he has right sided hypertropia, which increases on left gaze and tilting the head towards right. which muscle is affected ?

a. right superior oblique
b. left superior oblique
c. right superior rectus
d. left superior rectus

answer a. right superior oblique

7q: diabetic macular edema is due to all except ?

a. disruption of retinal pigment epithelium
b. oxidative stress
c. increased VEGF
d. increased expression of protein kinase 3

answer a. disruption of retinal pigment epithelium

8q: which of the following is true about telecanthus ?

a. increase in intercanthal distance with normal interpupillary distance
b. widely separated medial wall of orbits
c. decrease in the intercanthal distance with normal interpupillary distance
d. none

answer a. increase in intercanthal distance with normal interpupillary distance

9q: which of the following is true about chalazion ?

a. chronic non-specific inflammation
b. lipogranulomatous inflammation
c. dermoid
d. none

answer b. lipogranulomatous inflammation

10q: iridocorneal endothelial syndrome is associated with ?

a. progressive atrophy of iris stroma
b. bilateral symmetrical stromal edema of iris and cornea
c. deposition of collagen in descemet's membrane
d. deposition of glycosaminoglycan in descemet's membrane

answer a. progressive atrophy of iris stroma

11q: equal and opposite innervation is explained by which law ?

a. hering law
b. sherrington law
c. sherring
d. donder

answer b. sherrington law

28 - AIIMS MAY 2007 mcqs with answers

1q: Which of the following is autosomal dominant disorder ?

a. gyrate atrophy
b. best disease
c. lawrence moon biedl syndrome
d. bassen kornweig's disease

answer b. Best disease

2q: Most common causes of blindness in children, in india are all except ?

a. malnutrition
b. opthalmia neonatorum
c. glaucoma
d. congenital dacrocystitis

answer d. congenital dacrocystitis

3q: Hyaluronic acid is found in ?

a. vitreous humor
b. synovial fluid
c. cartilage
d. cornea

answer a. vitreous humor

4q: which of this does not handle the free radicals in lens ?

a. Vitamin A
b. Vitamin C
c. Vitamin E
d. Catalase

answer a. Vitamin A

5q: which of the following are not included in Vision 2020 ?

a. cataract
b. trachoma
c. onchoceriasis
d. epidemic conjunctivitis

answer d. Epidemic conjunctivitis

19 - AIIMS november 2008 opthalmology mcqs with answers

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1q: All of the following are true about horner's syndrome except ?

a. ptosis and miosis in ipsilateral eye
b. heterochromia of the iris
c. anhydrosis of the ipsilateral face
d. apparent exopthalmos

answer d. apparent exopthalmos . it is apparent enopthalmos and not exopthalmos .

2q: which of the following is true about left abducens nerve palsy ?

a. left side adduction weakness
b. diplopia on left gaze
c. ptosis
d. accomodation paralysis

answer b. diplopia on left gaze

3q: refractory index is maximum for ?

a. cornea
b. anterior surface of lens
c. posterior surface of lens
d. centroid of lens

answer d. centroid of lens

4q: inclusion conjunctivitis is caused by ?

a. chlamydia trachomatis
b. chlamydia psittaci
c. gonorrhea
d. herpes

answer a. chlamydia trachomatis