Mrcs-A Jan 2023 Recalls PDF
Mrcs-A Jan 2023 Recalls PDF
Q2. A bullet is shot just at the right side of rectus muscle where it meets the tight costal
margin and went out out at the exact area through the back, organ most likely affected?
A. Pylorus
B. Gallbladder
Q7. Female RA, BA on 10 mg bid steroid and sulbutamole, Rt iliac fossa pain vomiting,
fever, k high, wbcs 15 Na low, BP 80/50, pulse 80 what to do
A. 250 ml colloid and reassess
B. 100 ml prednisolone
C. 1.2 gm iv co-amoxiclav
D. IV 100 mg Hydrocortisone
E. Ca resonium per rectal
Q8. 70 year old male, angina on going upstairs. ECHO(? ecg) was done, what is the most
likely finding?
A. Aortic stenosis
B. Aortic sclerosis
C. Aortic regurgitation
D. Mixed valvular disease
Q9. 8 year old child,became tired and breathless after playing football.brought by mom
harsh continuous murmur under the left clavicle…diagnosis?
A. Coarctation of aorta
B. PDA
C. VSD
D. ASD
Q10. Primigravida 24 years, third trimester, chest tightness, cyanosis, congested neck
veins, her father died at 60 with MI w
A. Aortic dissection
B. Acute massive pulmonary embolism
C. MI
D. Pulmonary infarction
Q12. After anterior resection, 10 days Pt developed shortness of breath, cough, ecg was
normal, what's initial investigation?
A. CT angio
B. CTPA
C. CXR
Q13. After aortic aneurysm repair, pt developed high k, low urine output, high creatinine
A. Measure intracompartmental pressure
B. Give 1 liter of hartmann
C. Insulin k scale
Q14. Child developed sudden scrotal pain 4 hrs back, testis elevated, tender, mother
gave chips.
A. Analgesic, block and manipulation
B. Fasting 3 hours first
C. Immediately exploration under GA
D. Arrange urgent USS
Q15. After aortic aneurysm repair, pt increased ventilatory demand, pulmonary wedge
pressure 20 (N - 8-12), dilated neck vein, low BP, Xray showed bilateral lung opacity
A. ARDS
B. Pulmonary edema due to heart failure
Q16. Post splenectomy blood film at 1 week, what is not seen?
A. Howell Jolly bodies
B. Basophilia
C. Decreased WBC
D. Pitted RBC
E. Target cell
Q19.hit to glass table was mode of injury.. Pretibial flap laceration 6 cm long and 2cm
wide, intact periosteum, unable to be approximated. What is the best management?
A. Oppose wound edges without tension + remaining area cover with SSG
B. Oppose wound edges without tension + allow granulation
C. Excise Flap and repair STSG
D. Eacise flap and repair with flap
Q22. A Mother of 3 children, came with pruritus ani, Tape showed eggs, causative
organism
A. Enterobius vermicularis
B. Entamoeba histolytica
C. ascaris lumbricoides
Q24. Knee injured during football match, can’t continue playing. Immobilized for one
week. After one week, tender swelling 2.5cm above knee medial joint line and excessive
lateral angulation of knee compared to the other one. Which ligament injured?
A. Medial collateral ligament
B. ACL
C. PCL
D. Meniscal
Q25. After cast removal 4 weeks of undisplaced fracture, pt Unable to lift thumb off the
table and patient cant extend IPJ even after stabilizing thumb CM joint.
A. EPL tendon injury
B. PIN nerve palsy
C. Median Nerve and recurrent branch of Median Nerve
Q29. Patient involved in car crash, hits back of driver's seat, leg is shortened and
internally rotated, all motor function of leg lost. Only preserved sensation in medial lower
leg and foot?
A. Posterior hip dislocation
B. Femur shaft fracture
C. Supracondylar femoral fracture
D. Anterior hip dislocation
Q31. After gastric bariatric surgery, has been getting symptoms of sweating, palpitations,
convulsions. What would you suggest the patient do?
A. Advice to Eat regular small meals
B. Supplement meals with glucose will solve the symotoms
C. Assure the pt it’s normal post operative course
D. Vagotomy causing gastric relaxation
Q32. Histological appearance of osteoporosis
A. Increased activity of Osteoclasts
B. Decreased calcified bone compared to total bone volume
C. One option with break in trabecula something
D. Decrase mineralization of the bone
Q33. Patients fell onto chin, reduced mouth opening, Jaws are not aligned like they used
to, Preauricular tenderness. Which part of mandible fracture
A. Mandibular condyle
B. Ramus
C. Body
D. Coronoid process
E. Angle of the mandible
Q34. Patient 6 months post tooth extraction, pus, multiple sinuses and yellow granules
A. Actinomycosis
Q35. Teeth extracted, pt develops numbness of gum, chin and [lower lip. Which nerve
traversing through the body of mandible is responsible
A. Inferior alveolar nerve
B. Lingual
C. Facial
D. Mental
Q36. Patient underwent Colonoscopy under conscious sedation. In the ward, the pt is
unresponsive and the nurse informs you that the respiratory rate is slow. You examine
the patient and he is sleeping. Despite the dark room, his pupils are constricted. Which
drug used in the procedure is responsible
A. Fentanyl
B. Midazolam
C. Naloxone
D. Thiopentone
E. Propofol
Q38. Gardener, has thorn stuck in arm, photo given of surrounding cellulitis and
lymphangitis 2 days later. causative organism
A. Strep pyogenes
B. Staph aureus
C. E. Coli
Q39. Cause of discitis in a child
A. Staph aureus
B. Kingella
Q40. Young athlete patient with single rib fracture. He has pain but vitals are stable.
Management:
A. Analgesia and discharge
B. Admission and observation
C. Bupivacaine 5%
Q41. Old Patient attended A&E with history of falling in the pavement of a pub. He
admits that he was drunk but this never happened before. It’s unclear if he lost
consciousness or not. He lives alone. He has a small cut by eye otherwise normal on
examination. Management:
A. Discharge with advice and be accompanied
B. Admit for observation
C. CT head within 1 hr (immediate)
D. CT head within 8 hrs (urgent)
Q42. What would prompt you to do an urgent CT scanning under the NICE guidelines?
A. A single episode of vomiting
B. GCS 14
C. Retroauricular hematoma
Q56. Patient with diabetes presenting with oliguria, hematuria. There is slough in urine.
Diagnosis?
A. Acute tubular necrosis
B. Bilateral renal papillary necrosis
C. Nephrocalcinosis
D. Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
E. Amyloidosis
Q57. Temporal bone fracture after high velocity accident, patient has otorrhea. Damage
to which structure causes CSF to leak externally?
A. Internal auditory meatus
B. Tympanic membrane
C. Tegmen tympani
D. Secondary tympanic membrane
E. Eustachian tube
Q58. Planned surgery in 8 weeks, has anaemia. Which form of iron replacement?
A. Oral iron
B. IV iron
Q59. 3% burn in forearm with crusting, dry and loss of sensation, management post
debridement?
A. Split thickness skin graft
B. Full thickness skin graft
C. Occlusive dressing
Q60. 6 week Hx of unilateral breast pain, 8/10 severity, not related to menstrual cycle,
management?
A. Reassure and discharge
B. USS
C. Mammogram
Q61. Acutely swollen and painful knee. No hemarthrosis, Apyrexial and WCC normal.
Definitive diagnosis by?
A. Aspiration and send for MCS
B. XR
C. Arthroscopy
Q66. Structure most as risk when preparing tibia with saw during knee replacement
A. Popliteal artery
B. Tibial nerve
Q68. 11 day old premature born baby with bile stained vomiting, abdominal distension,
blood with stool
A. Duodenal atresia
B. Necrotising enterocolitis
Q71. 6 months old boy with 24 hrs history of abdomen distension, pyrexial, screaming,
vomiting bile stained, small amount of blood and mucus on P/R/E
A. Intussusception
B. Meckel diverticulum
Q72. 2 day old baby, vomiting and abdomen distention, passed mucus plug. Palpable
bowel loops on right side
A. Hirschprung disease
B. Meconium ileus
Q73. Which nerve passing from the upper lateral side of Psoas Major if compressed by
an abscess will cause pain on antero-lateral thigh.
A. lateral cutaneous thigh
B. femoral
C. obturator
Q80. Lung function tests (several questions) - Sept 22 showing restrictive pattern
A. Pulmonary fibrosis
B. COPD
Q84. Elderly man, has referred back pain to legs, improves on pushing trolley uphill
A. Lumbar canal stenosis
B. Lumbar disc prolapse
Q85. Carpometacarpal joint of thumb type
A. Ellipsoid
B. Hinge
C. Condyloid
D. Plane
E. Saddle
Q88. Old lady presents with sensorineural hearing loss. cerebellopontine angle lesion.
Tumor arising from which nerve
A. Vestibulocochlear nerve
B. Facial nerve
C. Trigeminal
Q90. Wants find out how long it takes for the letter from hospital to get to referring doctor.
A. Audit of standard
B. Audit of process
Q91. Patient comes back with a positive FIT test. 7% positive predictive value means?
A. 7% will get cancer
B. 93% of the positive test will get cancer
C. 7% of the patients who test positive have cancer
Q93. 70 years old woman with extensive ovarian cancer, 5.5 cm aneurysm of external iliac
artery. Management:
A. Best medical treatment
B. Endoscopic stent
C. Open repair
D. Surveillance
Q94. Physiological release of aldosterone?
A. ADH
B. Angiotensinogen II
Q95. Patient with anemia and autoimmune thyroiditis with atrophic fundus, endoscopy
normal. Size of RBC?
A. Normal
B. Small and Pale
C. Large oval
D. Sickle shaped
Q96. Positive anterior drawer test in knee injury, which ligament injured?
A. Anterior cruciate
B. Posterior cruciate
Q100. Sudden onset L forearm pain and superiorly displaced mitral valve leaflets during
systole on echo
A. Brachial artery embolism
B. Axillary artery thrombosis
C. Polyarteritis nodosa
Q102. Laceration 3cm from wrist joint, reduced wrist flexion, ?damaged structures (one
was FCR?)
Q103. Reduced sensation over ulnar border of hand along with clawing of 4th 5th finger
?level of nerve lesion
A. Elbow
B. Wrist
C. Spine
Q104. Left skewed gaussian distribution, how is the mean related to the median?
A. The same
B. Unrelated
C. Left of the mean
D. Right to mean
Q109. 45 female with discrete nodules showing dense fibrous tissue with no
microcalcification, Diagnosis?
A. Fibrocystic
B. Malignancy
Q114. Smoker, peripheral lung mass with ground glass opacity...histo confirm malignancy
What variety?
A. SCC
B. Small
C. Adenocarcinoma
Q116. Patient with heartburn and food sticking in throat, occasional difficulty drinking. No
chest pain.
A. Achalasia
B. Stricture
C. Webs
D. Pharyngeal pouch
Q118.Previously treated for infection with pus at urethral meatus. 4 years later poor flow
and increased frequency.
A. Urethral stricture
Q119. One with bleeding and unconscious, raised PT and APTT? (Sept 22)
A. Malory Weiss
B. Varices
Q121. 8mm ureteric stone at ureterovesical junction. Pyrexial 38.9 with dilation .
A. cystoscopy and JJ stent
B. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy
C. Conservative management
Q123. Patient with recently diagnosed pancreatitis who suffered from seizures. Muscle
weakness, hyperreflexia. ECG shows prolonged QT?? and T-wave inversion, which
electrolyte?
A. Calcium
B. Sodium
C. Potassium
Q124. Pt who just underwent TURP presents with confusion. (Long story after that) What
is the cause of confusion?
A. Sodium
B. Calcium
C. Potassium
Q125. Metastatic breast carcinoma with chest pain, nausea, vomiting. Treatment?
A. Ondansetron
B. Radiotherapy
C. Nsaid
D. Paracetamol
Q129. Trauma + Relative afferent defect + proptosis, tense eyeball, ophthalmoplegia, what
next?
A. CT Facial bone
B. Dexa
C. Lat canthotomy
Q135. Le fort III fracture, pharyngeal haemorrhage, falling SATS, best option for definitive
airway?
A. Surgical cricothyroidotomy
B. Needle cricothyroidotomy
C. Tracheostomy
D. Orotracheal intubation
Q136. Homonymous hemianopia, MRI will show the lesion in?
A. Meyers loop of optic radiation
B. Optic nerve
C. Optic chiasm
D. Optic tract
Q137. Penis fracture and spread to lower abdomen, which fascia rupture allowed the
spread of the blood?
A. Dartos fascia
B. Scarpa’s fascia
C. Camper’s fascia
D. Bucks fascia
E. Colles
A. I
Q145.Rast skin prick test(igE)
Q151.Ant. Triangle swelling below hyoid moves with swallowing with sinus rhythm
A. Thyroid nodule
B. Toxic goitre
C. Branchial cyst
Q156.Mild claw of 4 n 5th finger, tingling sensation, wrist abduction ok but fingers both
abduction, adduction lost with medial aspect of forearm sensation lost also dorsal 5th
finger sensation loss
A. Elbow arthritis
B. Cervical rib
C. Cut at wrist
D. Axillary mass
Q161. A patient has Crohn's, term ileal resection done and left with 250cm of small
bowel,type of nutrition
A. Tpn
B. Enteral feed
C. IV fluid
D. Gastrostomy tube
Q163.A child undergoing tonsillectomy and physically fit. What bloods to be done prior
procedure
A. FBC
B. Coagulation screen
C. Renal profile
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
Q187. Why should you remove thyroglossal cyst? Recurrent inflammation/ high risk of
malignant change
Q188. Trauma to leg, bruising at knee but no haemarthrosis, cold and pale, fem pulse
present - knee dislocation
Supracondylar femur fracture
Q189. Asthmatic on 15mg prednisolone for emergency orif tibia, how to increase dose?
Double dose on day of surgery + next 2-3 days
DOuble dose on the day + 1 month
Q197. weight loss and jaundice most likely cause - head of pancreas Ca
Q201. 3 questions asked about the imaging modality in a breast of young female (US)
Q202. A man found on the floor with blood on the carpet.. (oesophageal varices)
Q206. An old patient came with abdominal pain and has an obvious epigastric pulsating
mass… what to do next:
A. Immediate CT
B. Immediately transfer to ER
C. Other options that I can't remeber
(idk the correct answer but chose immediate CT cuz I thought the pnt has
contained hematoma so we have time for CT to plan the surgery before operation..
that's my personal opinion)
Q208. Stab on right side of chest just below manubrio sternum sngle , what is injured?
A. R atrium
Q209. Cause of varicocoele, blockage in which vessel?
A. Gonadal vein
Q221. Patient has multiple polyps in colon, his mother has endometrial cancer, his aunt
has ovarian cancer, what's most likely diagnosis?
A. Lynch syndrome
Q223. Patient with IBD, associated with all of the following, except?
A. Pyoderma gangrenosum
B. Arthritis
C. Bronchiectasis
228.a person hit in a precordial region . He is concious but having raised jvp and narrow
pulse type of shock
A hypovolemic shock
B obstructive shock
C neurogenic shock
232 a person has stab just right to angle of louis which structure not damaging aged
A right vagus
B Right pleura
C thoracic duct
D brachiocephalic vein