Kerala PSC Previous Years Question Paper & Answer
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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'Assistant Surgeon/ Casuality Medical Officer' And exam conducted in the year 2023. And Question paper code was '159/2023'. Medium of question paper was in Malayalam or English . Booklet Alphacode was 'A'. Answer keys are given at the bottom, but we suggest you to try answering the questions yourself and compare the key along wih to check your performance. Because we would like you to do and practice by yourself.
159/2023
Maximum : 100 marks
Time : 1 hour and 30 minutes
1. Most common cardiac involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) is :
(^) Libman-Sacks endocarditis (B) Coronary arteritis
(C) Mitral regurgitation (D) Pericarditis
2. Which of the following statement regarding malaria is not correct?
(^) In the case of Plasmodium falciparum, even after considerable periods, typical
paroxysm may be absent
(B)_ Sickle cell disease, Thalassemia and G6PD deficiency confer some protection
against death from falciparum malaria
(C) Severe hepatic dysfunction mimicking acute viral hepatitis will never occur in
malaria
(0) Hypoglycaemia is a very common complication of severe malaria
3. Euvolemic hyponatremia is seen in all except :
(A) Hypothyroidism (B) SIADH
(C) Congestive cardiac failure (D) Glucocorticoid deficiency
4. — The following are the risk factors for Hepatocellular carcinoma except :
(A) Aflatoxin
(B) Acute Hepatitis B infection
(C) Hemochromatosis
(D) Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
5. Correct statement regarding Graves’ disease :
(A) More common in males
(B) Less commonly associated with TSH receptor autoantibodies
(C) Aetiology has no genetic component
(D) Radioactive iodine uptake study is characterised by normal or increased uptake
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