Injury interpretation: practice question

A Forensic Medicine question in the style of the NEET PG paper. Answer it first, then read why the right option is right and why each of the others is wrong.

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Forensic Medicine · Injury interpretation

Sample item

What does a patterned abrasion on skin most often indicate?

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The answer and the reasoning

C. Contact with an object that reproduced its surface pattern

Patterned abrasions may transfer the shape or texture of the impacting object, providing useful forensic information about the mechanism of contact.

Option by option

  • A. A spontaneous allergic eruption

    Allergic rashes do not reproduce object patterns.

  • B. A deep penetrating firearm injury

    Firearm wounds have different entry and exit features.

  • C. Contact with an object that reproduced its surface pattern (correct)

    Correct: the surface pattern can be imprinted by contact.

  • D. An internal natural disease

    Internal disease does not create external contact patterns.

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What is the answer to this Forensic Medicine question?

The best answer is C, Contact with an object that reproduced its surface pattern. Patterned abrasions may transfer the shape or texture of the impacting object, providing useful forensic information about the mechanism of contact.

Why is "A spontaneous allergic eruption" not the answer?

Allergic rashes do not reproduce object patterns.

Why is "A deep penetrating firearm injury" not the answer?

Firearm wounds have different entry and exit features.

Why is "An internal natural disease" not the answer?

Internal disease does not create external contact patterns.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Injury interpretation in Forensic Medicine. The correct option holds because: Correct: the surface pattern can be imprinted by contact.

How hard is this question?

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

How should I study Injury interpretation?

Learn postmortem changes with their timelines, and toxicology as poison, sign, test and antidote. Then use the flashcards and the other Forensic Medicine questions on this site to test what stuck.

Is this a real NEET PG question?

No. It is an original practice item (editorial status: sample, version 1). NextPrep does not publish recalled or leaked questions, and independent faculty review of this item has not been completed yet, so confirm important facts in a standard textbook.