ANAESTHESIA MCQ 2021

Ans:c. Regular respiration to cessation of

RECENT TREND breathing
7. Drug not affecting CSF synthesis & absorption
QUESTIONS: -
a. Ketamine
b. Thiopentone sodium
c. Nitric oxide
1. All true about midazolam except-
d. Halothane
a. Antero-grade amnesia
b. Retrograde amnesia Ans:c.Nitric oxide
c. Tachyphylaxis seen in patients receiving
large doses 8.21 years old spontaneous breathing patient
d. Less Cardiovascular risk in comparison to undergoing incision and drainage under GA,
propofol which is the breathing circuit of choice?
a. Mapleson A
Ans: b.Retrograde amnesia
b. Mapleson B
c. Mapleson E
2. Lithium should be stopped before how many
d. Mapelson F
days before surgery
Ans: a. Mapleson A
a. 1
b. 2
9. An eye surgery was performed using propofol
c. 3
as intravenous agent and succinylcholine as
d. 4
Ans:a.1 muscle relaxant. Recovery from anesthesia was
uneventful. However after 8 hours of surgery,
patient complains of pain in the muscles. Which
3. Signs of successful Stellate block A/E -
of the following is the likely reason for this
a. Nasal stuffiness
b. Guttman sign condition?
a. Propofol
c. Miosis
b. Due to surgery
d. Bradycardia
c. Early mobilization
Ans:d. Bradycardia
d. Succinylcholine
Ans: d. Succinylcholine
4. Most common rib Fracture in CPR are
a. 2-4
10. Bethune and Brechner discovered:
b. 4-6
a. Precordial doppler
c. 3-5
b. Transesophageal echocardiography
d. 5-7
c. Plethysmography
Ans:b.4-6
d. End tidal CO2 monitor
Ans: d. End tidal CO2 monitor
5 .Ventilation mode in head injury is
a. SIMV
11. Which of the following is similar to albumin
b. AMV
c. CMV with molecular weight of 30,000 and not
antigenic?
d. CPAP
a. Dextran
Ans:c.CMV
b. Hydroxyethyl starch (HES)
c. Polygeline
6. Stage of surgical anaesthesia during ether
d. Polyvinylpyrrolidone
administration is -
a. Loss of consciousness Ans: c. Polygeline
b. Failure of circulation
12. Which of the following drug is used in day
c. Regular respiration to cessation of
breathing care surgery ?
a. Ketamine
d. Loss of consciousness to beginning of
b. Propofol
regular respiration
c. Diazepam
d. Sodium thiopental

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Ans: b. Propofol

1. Which is the critical temperature of N20 - MCQ ANESTHESIA

a. 118°C 1.A patient is on regular medications for co-
b. 88°C existing medical problems. Which of the
c. 26°C following drugs may be stopped safely with
d. 36.5°C minimal risk of adverse effects before an
abdominal surgery:
2. Anatomic dead space is increase by all except - a) Statins
a. Atropine b) Beta Blockers
b. Halothane c) ACE inhibitors /ACE Receptor Blockers
c. Massive pleural effusion d) Steroids
d. Inspiration 2. all of the following statements about the effect
of smoking in a chronic smoker scheduled for
3. Dead space is increased by all excepta) elective surgery are true, except:
a. Anticholinergic drugs a) Increased nicotine level may increase
b. Standing sympathetic tone
c. Hyperextension of Neck b) Increased carboxyhaemoglobin levels may
d. Endotracheal intubation shift oxyhaenoglobin curve to right
c) Rediced pulmonary capacity may result
4. The physiological dead space is decreased by - from poor ciliary function and reduced
a. Upright position surfactant
b. Positive pressure ventilation d) Increased risk of infection
c. Neck flexion 3. which of the following anesthetic drugs is
d. Emphysema contraindicated in chronic Renal Failure;
a) Morphine
5.The main controlling agent for respiratory b) Fentanyl
drive is which of the following - c) Pethidine
a. C02 d) Atracurium
b. Oxygen 4. Which of the following statements about Total
c. NO intra venous Anesthesia (TIV A) is true:
d. HB03 a) Causes more renal toxicity
b) Reduces Cerebral Metabolic Rate
ANSWER: c) Risk of malignant Hyperthermia is high
1. D d) Inhibits Hypoxic pulmonary
2. C Vasoconstriction
3. D 5. Thiopentone has cerbroprotective effect
4. C because of:
5. A a) Decreased cerebal metabolism
b) Reduction of vasospasm
c) Calcium channel blockage
d) Free radical removal
6. Which of the following muscle relaxants causes
maximal pain on injection;
a) Succinyl choline
b) Vecuronium
c) Rocuroinum
d) Cistracurium
7. Individual intraoperative awareness is
evaluated by;
a) Pulse oximetry
b) Colour Doppler
c) Bispectral imaging
d) End tidal CO2

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d) Regional anesthesia
8. Which of the following responses is least 5) Which anaesthetic modality is to be avoided
affected by Ansthesia in sickle cell disease
a) Brainstem Aauditory Evoked response a) General anaesthesia
(BAER) b) Brachial plexus block
b) Visual Evoked Response (VER) c) I.V.Regional Anaesthesia
c) Somatosensory Evoked potential (SSEP) d) Spinal
d) Electroencephalogram (EEG) 6) Spinal anesthesia is given at which of the
9. Which of the following statements about following levels:
Anesthetic Machine is true: a) L1-2
a) Temperature of Desflurance Vaporizer b) L2-4
chamber is 390C c) Midline of thorax
b) Flow – meters (Rotameters0 are d) Below L5 (caudal)
Interchangeable 7) An anesthesia resident was giving spinal
c) Oxygen sensors are placed on the anesthesia when the patient had sudden
expitatory limb of the anesthesia circuit aphonia and loss of consciousness. What
d) All of the above could have happened?
Answer Key a) Total spinal
1) C b) Partial spinal
2) B c) Vaso vagal attack
3) C d) Intra vascular injection
4) B 8) A 40 year old female underwent surgery.
5) A Postperatively she told the anesthetist that
6) C she was aware of preoperative events.
7) C Individual intraoperative awareness is
8) A evaluated by:
9) A a) Pulse oximetry
b) Colour Doppler
c) Bispectral imaging
1) All of the following are example of definite d) End tidal CO2
airways except: 9) Rise in end tidal CO2 during thyroid surgery
a) Nasotracheal tube can be due to all except:
b) Orotracheal tube a) Anaphylaxis
c) Laryngeal mask airway b) Malignant hyperthermia
d) Cricothyroidotomy c) Thyroid storm
2) Which of the following anaesthetic agentsis d) Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
contraindicated in patients with 10) Fire breaks out during laser vocal cord
hypertension? surgery. What is not to be done?
a) Ketamine a) Pouring sterile water
b) Propofol b) Removing endotracheal tube
c) Etomidate c) 100% oxygen after discontinuing anesthetic
d) Diazepam gases
3) Which of the following anaesthetic agentsis d) Treatment with steroid and antibiotics
contraindicated in patients with with Answer Key
hypertension? 1. C
a) Isoflurane 2. A
b) Sevoflurane 3. B
c) Methoxyflurane 4. A
d) Halothane 5. C
4) Ansthetic agent with vasoconstrictor is 6. B
contraindicated in? 7. C
a) Finger block 8. C
b) Spinal block 9. A
c) Epidural block 10. C

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1) A patient with Bilirubin value of 8mg/dl and 1) Sodium bicarbonate when given with local
serum creatinine of 1.9 mg/dl is planned for anaesthetics has which of the following
surgery. What is the muscle relaxant of effect?
choice in this patient a) Increases speed and quality of anaestheisa
a) Vecuronium b) Decreases diffusion of the anaesthetic drug
b) Pancuronium c) Causes rapid elimination of the local
c) Atracurium anaesthetic
d) Rocuronium d) Decreases speed and quality of anaesthesia
2) All of the following statements about 2) The ansthetic drug injected for paravertebral
neuromuscular blockage produced by block is least likely to diffuse to:
succinylcholine are true, Except: a) Epiduaral space
a) No fade on train of four stimulation b) Subarachnoid space
b) Fade on tetanic stimulation c) Intercostals space
c) No post tetanic facilitation d) Superior and inferior paravertebral spaces
d) Train of four ratio>0.4 3) Which of the following is not a sign of
3) A 25 year old overweight female was given successful stellate ganglion block?
Fentanyl pancuronium anesthesia for a) Nasal stuffiness
surgery. After surgery and extubation she b) Guttman sign
was observed to have limited movement of c) Horner’s syndrome
the upper body and chest wall in the recovery d) Bradycardia
room. She was conscious and alert but Answer Key
voluntary respiratory effort was limited. Her 1. A
blood pressure and heart rate were normal. 2. B
The likely diagnosis is: 3. D
a) Incomplete reversal of pancuronium
b) Pulmonary embolism
c) Fentanyl induced chest wall rigidity 1) Train of four fade is a charachteristic feature
d) Respiratory depression of:
4) A 27 year old female was brought to a) Depolarizing block
emergency department for acute abdominal b) Non depolarizing block
pain following which she was shifted to the c) Both depolarizing and non-depolarizing block
operation theatre for laparotomy . A speedy d) Maligment hyperthermia
intubation was performed but after the 2) Which of the following statements about
intubation , breath sounds were observed to propofol is not true?
be decreased on the left side and a high end a) It is contraindicated in porphyria
tidal CO2 was recorded. The likely diagnosis b) It ddoes not trigger malignant hyperthermia
is: c) Commercial preparations contains egg
a) Endotracheal tube blockage d) It is a suitable agent for day care surgery
b) Bronchospasm 3) Which of the following statements about
c) Esophageal intubation inhalation anesthetic agents wrong?
d) Endobronchial intubation a) Sevoflurance is more potent than isoflurance
b) Sevoflurance is less cardiodepressant than
Answer Key isoflurance
c) Desflurance has lower blood –gas partition
1. C coefficient than sevoflurance
2. B d) Sevoflurance has a higher MAC than
3. A isoflurance
4. D Answer Key
1. B
2. A
3. A

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Answer Key
1) which one of the following is not an amide 1. B
linked local anaesthetic: 2. C
a) lignocaine 3. C
b) procaine 4. A
c) bupivacaine 5. B
d) dibucaine 6. A
2) A young boy undergoes eye surgery under 7. B
day case anesthesia with succinyl choline and
propofol and after 8 hours he starts walking
and develops muscle pain. What is the likely 1) A patient is on regular medications for co-
cause? existing medical problems. Which of the
a) Early mobilization following drugs may be stopped safely with
b) Due to the effects of eye surgery minimal risk of adverse effects before an
c) Succinyl choline abdominal surgery:
d) Propofol a) Statins
3) An elderly male on ventricular has received b) Beta Blockers
Atracurium infusion for 3 days. He now c) ACE inhibitors /ACE Receptor Blockers
develops epileptic fits. Probable cause for his d) Steroids
epilepsy is: 2) all of the following statements about the effect
a) Allergy to drug of smoking in a chronic smoker scheduled for
b) Accumulation of Atracurium elective surgery are true, except:
c) Accumulation of Laudanosine a) increased nicotine level may increase
d) Ventilator sympathetic tone
4) Which of the following opioids is not given b) increased carboxyhaemoglobin levels may
intrathecally shift oxyhaenoglobin curve to Right
a) Remifentanil c) rediced pulmonary capacity may result from
b) Morphine poor ciliary function and reduced surfactant
c) Sufentanil d) increased risk of infection
d) Fentanyl 3) which of the following anesthetic drugs is
5) Centrineuaxial (spinal and epidural) contraindicated in chronic Renal Failure;
anaesthesia is not contraindicated in- a) morphine
a) Platelets <80,000 b) Fentanyl
b) Patient on aspirin c) Pethidine
c) Patient on oral anticoagulants d) Atracurium
d) Raised intracranial pressure 4) Which of the following statements about
6) Which of the following is not used in Total intra venous Anesthesia (TIV A) is
controlling heart rate introperatively. true:
a) Propanolol /Metoprolol a) Causes more renal toxicity
b) Verapamil b) Reduces Cerebral Metabolic Rate
c) Esmolol c) Risk of malignant Hyperthermia is high
d) Procainamide d) Inhibits Hypoxic pulmonary Vasoconstriction
7) A non ventilated preterm baby in incubator is 5) Thiopentone has cerbroprotective effect
under observation. Which is the best way to because of:
monitor the baby’s breathing and detect a) Decreased cerebal metabolism
apnea? b) Reduction of vasospasm
a) Capnography c) Calcium channel blockage
b) Impedence pulmonometry d) Free radical removal
c) Chest movement monitoring 6) Which of the following muscle relaxants
d) Infrared End Tidal CO2mesurement causes maximal pain on injection;
a) Succinyl choline
b) Vecuronium
c) Rocuroinum

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d) Cistracurium d) Halothane
7) Individual intraoperative awareness is 4) Ansthetic agent with vasoconstrictor is
evaluated by; contraindicated in?
a) Pulse oximetry a) Finger block
b) Colour Doppler b) Spinal block
c) Bispectral imaging c) Epidural block
d) End tidal CO2 d) Regional anesthesia
8) Which of the following responses is least 5) Which anaesthetic modality is to be avoided
affected by Ansthesia in sickle cell disease
a) Brainstem Aauditory Evoked response a) General anaesthesia
(BAER) b) Brachial plexus block
b) Visual Evoked Response (VER) c) I.V.Regional Anaesthesia
c) Somatosensory Evoked potential (SSEP) d) Spinal
d) Electroencephalogram (EEG) 6) Spinal anesthesia is given at which of the
9) Which of the following statements about following levels:
Anesthetic Machine is true: a) L1-2
a) Temperature of Desflurance Vaporizer b) L2-4
chamber is 390C c) Midline of thorax
b) Flow – meters (Rotameters0 are d) Below L5 (caudal)
Interchangeable 7) An anesthesia resident was giving spinal
c) Oxygen sensors are placed on the expitatory anesthesia when the patient had sudden
limb of the anesthesia circuit aphonia and loss of consciousness. What
d) All of the above could have happened?
Answer Key a) Total spinal
1. C b) Partial spinal
2. B c) Vaso vagal attack
3. C d) Intra vascular injection
4. B 8) A 40 year old female underwent surgery.
5. A Postperatively she told the anesthetist that
6. C she was aware of preoperative events.
7. C Individual intraoperative awareness is
8. A evaluated by:
9. A a) Pulse oximetry
b) Colour Doppler
c) Bispectral imaging
1) All of the following are example of definite d) End tidal CO2
airways except: 9) Rise in end tidal CO2 during thyroid surgery
a) Nasotracheal tube can be due to all except:
b) Orotracheal tube a) Anaphylaxis
c) Laryngeal mask airway b) Malignant hyperthermia
d) Cricothyroidotomy c) Thyroid storm
2) Which of the following anaesthetic agentsis d) Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
contraindicated in patients with 10) Fire breaks out during laser vocal cord
hypertension? surgery. What is not to be done?
a) Ketamine a) Pouring sterile water
b) Propofol b) Removing endotracheal tube
c) Etomidate c) 100% oxygen after discontinuing anesthetic
d) Diazepam gases
3) Which of the following anaesthetic agentsis d) Treatment with steroid and antibiotics
contraindicated in patients with with
hypertension?
a) Isoflurane
b) Sevoflurane
c) Methoxyflurane

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d) Endobronchial intubation
Answer Key Answer Key
1. C 1. C
2. A 2. B
3. B 3. A
4. A 4. D
5. C
6. B 1) Sodium bicarbonate when given with local
7. C anaesthetics has which of the following
8. C effect?
9. A a) Increases speed and quality of anaestheisa
10. C b) Decreases diffusion of the anaesthetic drug
c) Causes rapid elimination of the local
1) A patient with Bilirubin value of 8mg/dl and anaesthetic
serum creatinine of 1.9 mg/dl is planned for d) Decreases speed and quality of anaesthesia
surgery. What is the muscle relaxant of 2) The ansthetic drug injected for paravertebral
choice in this patient block is least likely to diffuse to:
a) Vecuronium a) Epiduaral space
b) Pancuronium b) Subarachnoid space
c) Atracurium c) Intercostals space
d) Rocuronium d) Superior and inferior paravertebral spaces
2) All of the following statements about 3) Which of the following is not a sign of
neuromuscular blockage produced by successful stellate ganglion block?
succinylcholine are true, Except: a) Nasal stuffiness
a) No fade on train of four stimulation b) Guttman sign
b) Fade on tetanic stimulation c) Horner’s syndrome
c) No post tetanic facilitation d) Bradycardia
d) Train of four ratio>0.4 Answer Key
3) A 25 year old overweight female was given 1. A
Fentanyl pancuronium anesthesia for 2. B
surgery. After surgery and extubation she 3. D
was observed to have limited movement of
the upper body and chest wall in the recovery 1) Train of four fade is a charachteristic feature
room. She was conscious and alert but of:
voluntary respiratory effort was limited. Her a) Depolarizing block
blood pressure and heart rate were normal. b) Non depolarizing block
The likely diagnosis is: c) Both depolarizing and non-depolarizing block
a) Incomplete reversal of pancuronium d) Maligment hyperthermia
b) Pulmonary embolism 2) Which of the following statements about
c) Fentanyl induced chest wall rigidity propofol is not true?
d) Respiratory depression a) It is contraindicated in porphyria
4) A 27 year old female was brought to b) It ddoes not trigger malignant hyperthermia
emergency department for acute abdominal c) Commercial preparations contains egg
pain following which she was shifted to the d) It is a suitable agent for day care surgery
operation theatre for laparotomy . A speedy 3) Which of the following statements about
intubation was performed but after the inhalation anesthetic agents wrong?
intubation , breath sounds were observed to a) Sevoflurance is more potent than isoflurance
be decreased on the left side and a high end b) Sevoflurance is less cardiodepressant than
tidal CO2 was recorded. The likely diagnosis isoflurance
is: c) Desflurance has lower blood –gas partition
a) Endotracheal tube blockage coefficient than sevoflurance
b) Bronchospasm
c) Esophageal intubation

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d) Sevoflurance has a higher MAC than c) Chest movement monitoring
isoflurance d) Infrared End Tidal CO2mesurement
Answer Key Answer Key
1. B 1. B
2. A 2. C
3. A 3. C
4. A
1) which one of the following is not an amide 5. B
linked local anaesthetic: 6. A
a) lignocaine 7. B
b) procaine
c) bupivacaine
d) dibucaine 1) Infant circuit for anaesthesia-
2) A young boy undergoes eye surgery under a) Bains circuit
day case anesthesia with succinyl choline and b) Magill circuit
propofol and after 8 hours he starts walking c) Ayres t piece
and develops muscle pain. What is the likely d) Water’s circuit
cause? 2) True about ketamine-
a) Early mobilization a) Bronchodilator
b) Due to the effects of eye surgery b) Depressed airway reflexes
c) Succinyl choline c) Causes hypotension
d) Propofol d) Decreases ICT
3) An elderly male on ventricular has received 3) DISS is used for-
Atracurium infusion for 3 days. He now a) Correct application of cylinder to
develops epileptic fits. Probable cause for his anaesthesia machine
epilepsy is: b) To provide analgesia
a) Allergy to drug c) To moniter BP
b) Accumulation of Atracurium d) To moniter CVP
c) Accumulation of Laudanosine
d) Ventilator Answer Key
4) Which of the following opioids is not given 1. C
intrathecally 2. A
a) Remifentanil 3. A
b) Morphine
c) Sufentanil 1) Which can replace N2O as O2 carrier
d) Fentanyl a) Argon
5) Centrineuaxial (spinal and epidural) b) Xenon
anaesthesia is not contraindicated in- c) Helium
a) Platelets <80,000 d) None
b) Patient on aspirin 2) Succinylocholine is used with caution in all
c) Patient on oral anticoagulants except:
d) Raised intracranial pressure a) Myasthenia gravis
6) Which of the following is not used in b) Burns
controlling heart rate introperatively. c) Crush injury
a) Propanolol /Metoprolol d) Tachycardia
b) Verapamil 3) Which is the critical temperature of N2O-
c) Esmolol a) -1180C
d) Procainamide b) -880C
7) A non ventilated preterm baby in incubator is c) -260C
under observation. Which is the best way to d) -36.50C
monitor the baby’s breathing and detect
apnea?
a) Capnography
b) Impedence pulmonometry

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3. A

Answer Key
1. C 1) Cocaine was first used as local anaesthetic by-
2. D a) Carl kollar
3. D b) Holmer wells
c) Morton
d) None
1) Drug used to prolong action of LA in 2) True about N2O-
hypertensive pts- a) Good muscle relaxant
a) Clonidine b) Low potency and good analgesia
b) Felypressin c) High potency and poor analgesia
c) Dexmeditomidate d) None
d) Noradrenalin 3) Inducing agent of choice in asthma-
2) Addition of epinephrine to lignocaine- a) Thiopentone
a) Increases distribution of LA b) Methhexitone
b) Decreases absorption of LA c) Ketamine
c) Decreases duration of LA d) Propofol
d) Increases metabolism of LA
3) Most reliable indicator to prevent Answer key
oesophageal intubation- 1. A
a) Oxygen saturation on pulse oximeter 2. B
b) Measurement of CO2 in exhaled air 3. C
(Etco2)
c) Direct visualization of passing tube beneath
vocal cords 1) Agent causing malignant hyperthermia-
d) Ausculatio over chest a) Succinyl choline
b) Dantrolene
Answer Key c) Gallamine
1. B d) Ketamine
2. B 2) True about N2O
3. B a) Good muscle relaxant
b) Low potency and good analgesia
c) High potency and poor analgesia
1) Dept of anaesthesia can be best assessed by- d) None
a) Pulse oximeter 3) Dept of anaesthesia can be best assessed by-
b) End- tidal pCO2 a) Pulse oximeter
c) Acid blood gas analysis b) End –tidal pCO2
d) Bispectral index c) Acid blood gas analysis
2) Local anaesthetic with maximum ionized d) Bispectral index
form at physiological pH-
a) Lignocaine Answer key
b) Etidocaine 1. A
c) Bupivacaine 2. B
d) Chloroprocaine 3. D
3) Agent with sortest acting period
a) Procaine
b) Lignocaine 1) In newborn, chest compression should be
c) Bupivacaine started if heart rate is:
d) Dibucaine a) <120/min.
b) <100/min
Answer Key c) <80/min
1. D d) <60/min
2. D

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2) Which of the following skeletal muscle 3) Pin code index N2O is-
relaxants undergo Hoffman’s elimination? a) 1,6
a) Atracurium b) 2,5
b) Succinylcholine c) 2,6
c) Mivacurium d) 3,5
d) Vecuronium
3) Which anaesthetic agent is neither
metabolized by liver nor by kidney- 1) Local anaesthesia acts by-
a) Atracurium a) Na+ channel inhibition
b) Vecuronium b) Ca++ channel inhibition
c) Pancuronium c) Mg++ channel inhibition
d) Rocuronium d) K+ channel inhibition
2) Which of the following drugs produces
Answer Key dissociative anaesthesia-
1. D a) Ketamine
2. A b) Propofol
3. A c) Thiopentone
d) Enflurane
NBE 3) True about N2O
1) Which cant be given by Epidural anaesthesia- a) Good muscle relaxant
a) Morphine b) Low potency and good analgesia
b) Remifentanil c) High potency and poor analgesia
c) Alfentanil d) None
d) Fentanyl Answer Key
2) Which of the following drugs is 1. A
contraindicated in a patient with raised 2. A
intracranial pressure? 3. B
a) Thiopentone
b) Propofol
c) Midazolam 1) Dibucain number refers to-
d) Ketamine a) Ach cholinesterase activity derangement
3) Ayre’s T-piece is which type of circuit- b) Potency of muscle relaxants
a) Type A c) Potency of general anaesthetics
b) Type B d) None
c) Type E 2) True about N2O
d) Type D a) Good muscle relaxant
Answer Key b) Low potency and good analgesia
1. B c) High potency and poor analgesia
2. D d) None
3. C 3) Inducing agent of choice in DIC-
a) Thiopentone
b) Ketamine
1) Which does not cause malignant c) Methohexitone
hyperthermia- d) Propofol
a) Isoflurance Answer Key
b) Desflurane 1. A
c) N2O 2. B
d) Enflurane 3. B
2) Muscle relaxant used in renal failure-
a) Ketamine
b) Atracurium
c) Pancuronium
d) Fentanyl

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3) Ratio of O2:N2O in Entonox is-
1) Levels of ether anesthesia were demonstrated a) 50:50
by whom- b) 60:40
a) Morton c) 40:60
b) Guedel d) 25:75
c) Thompson Answer Key
d) None 1. A
2) Which of the following is a sympathomimetic- 2. B
a) Propofol 3. A
b) Etomidate
c) Ketamine 1) EMLA constituent is-
d) N2O a) Lidocaine +Cocaine
3) MAC stands for- b) Lidocaine +Prilocaine
a) Minimum alveolar concentration c) Lidocaine+ Bupivacaine
b) Minimal analgesic concentration d) Bupivacaine + Prilocaine
c) Minimal anaesthetic concentration 2) Bupivacaine toxicity causes-
d) Maximum alveolar concentration a) Renal toxicity
Answer key b) Pulmonary toxicity
1. B c) Cardiotoxicity
2. C d) None
3. A 3) All of the following are effective topically
except-\
a) Procaine
1) All are stages of anaesthesia except- b) Cocaine
a) Analgesia c) Lidocaine
b) Allodynia d) Amethocaine
c) Delirium Answer Key
d) Surgical anesthesia 1. B
2) Fast induction and recovery is seen in- 2. C
a) Methoxyflurane 3. A
b) Ether
c) Halothane 1) Which of the following anesthesia is safe in
d) N2o heart failure-
3) Pin code index N2O is- a) Etomidate
a) 1,6 b) Propofol
b) 2,5 c) Thiopentone
c) 2,6 d) Ketamine
d) 3,5 2) For prevention of headache suring spinal
Answer Key anaesthesia-
1. B a) Diluted solution of local anaesthetic should
2. D be used
3. D b) Preloading with crystalloids
c) Finer I.P. needle should be used
1) All are true about halothane except- d) Head end should be elevated
a) Tachycardia 3) True about midazolam as inducing agent –
b) Hepatitis a) Increase in BP
c) Bronchodilatation b) Does not produce pain an IV injection
d) Uterine relaxation c) Increase cerebal oxygen consumption
2) Contraindicated in head injury- d) Increase peripheral vascular resistance
a) Halothane Answer Key
b) Ketamine 1. A
c) N2O 2. C
d) Propofol 3. B

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d) Chlorprocaine
3) All are true about halothane exept-
1) Local anaesthetic in wound /ulcer a) Tachycardia
management- b) Hepatitis
a) Prilocaine c) Bronchodilatation
b) Chlorprocaine d) Uterine relaxation
c) Benzocaine Answer Key
d) Bupivacaine 1. D
2) During rapid induction of anesthesia – 2. A
a) Sellick’s maneuver is not required 3. A
b) Pre-oxygenation is mandatory
c) Suxamethonium is contraindicated 1) All are contraindications of spinal
d) Patient is mechanically ventilated before anaesthesia Except-
endotracheal intubation a) Bleeding disorder
3) All are features of difficult airway except- b) Raised intracranial tension
a) Miller’s sign c) Hypertension
b) Micrognathia with macroglossia d) Infection at injection site
c) TMJ ankylosis 2) The drug for OPD analgesia is-
d) Increased thyromental distance a) Morphine
Answer Key b) Pethidine
1. C c) Fentanyl
2. A d) Alfentanil
3. D 3) MAC of desflurane is-
a) 1.15
1) Benefit of ketamine- b) 2
a) Causes decrease in BP c) 4
b) Good analgesic action d) 6
c) Decrease ICT Answer Key
d) Decrease IOT 1. C
2) Local anaesthesia causing 2. D
methemoglobinemia- 3. D
a) Procaine
b) Prilocaine 1) Reduced hemoglobin absorb light in which
c) Etodicaine wavelength?
d) Ropivacaine a) 660 nm
3) Local anaesthetic with prolonged action- b) 940 nm
a) Procaine c) 320 nm
b) Cocaine d) 440 nm
c) Lidocaine 2) Hallucination is seen with?
d) Dibucaine a) Propofol
Answer key b) Sevoflurance
1. B c) Ketamine
2. B d) Isoflurance
3. D 3) Fatality rate with halothane hepatitis is?
a) 10-20%
1) Maximum concentration for epidural block: b) 20-40%
a) Bupivacaine c) 30-70%
b) Lidocaine d) 80-89%
c) Ropivacaine 4) American Society of Anesthesiologists’
d) Chlorprocaine classification of physical status of patient is
2) Vasoconstricator L.A.is- done for?
a) Cocaine a) Pre operative risk assessment
b) Procaine b) Post operative risk assessment
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d) Assessment of organ donor 8) In renal disease muscle relaxant that can be
5) Succinylcholine causes? given is?
a) Severe hyperkalemia a) Doxacurium
b) Paraplegia b) Pancuronium
c) Liver failure c) Vencuronium
d) Renal failure d) Gallium
9) Fastest onset skeletal muscle relaxation is?
Answer key a) Vecuronium
1. A b) Rocuronium
2. C c) Mevacurium
3. B d) Atracurium
4. A Answer Key
5. A 1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
1) Mendelson’s syndrome is due to? 5. D
a) Hypersensitivity reaction to ansthetic agent 6. C
b) Gastric aspiration 7. C
c) Faculty intubation 8. C
d) Asphyxia due too tracheal stenosis 9. B
2) Anaesthetic agent not metabolized by body
is?
a) N20 1) Which is most important and decisive factor
b) Gallamine in
c) Sevofluorane CPR?
d) Halothane a) O2 inhalation
3) Highly protein bound intravenous anesthetic b) Endotracheal intubation
agent is? c) Injection epinephrine
a) Etomidate d) Defibrillation
b) Barbiturates Answer is (D)
c) Propofol
d) Ketamine
4) Compression depth in CPR in Adults is? 1) Skeletal muscle relaxant of choice in liver
a) 1 inch and renal disease is?
b) 2 inch a) Mivacurium
c) 3 inch b) Atracurium
d) 4 inch c) Gallium
5) True about laryngeal mask airway is? d) Vecuronium
a) Prevents aspiration 2) In spinal anesthesia the drug is deposited
b) Used in oral surgeries between?
c) Used in laryngeal surgeries a) Pia and arachnoid
d) Maintains airway b) Dura and arachnoid
6) Lignocaine is used as/ c) Dura and vertebrae
a) 0.5%jelly, 1% injection d) Into spinal cord
b) 1% jelly, 2% injection 3) In spinal anesthesia which fibers are affected
c) 2% jelly, 4% injection earliest?
d) 4% jelly, 5% ijection a) Sensory
7) PIN index of nitrous oxide is? b) Motor
a) 1-5 c) Sympathetic preganglionic
b) 2-5 d) Vibration
c) 3-5
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4) Complications of epidural anesthesia are all 2) Effect of cocaine on blood vessels is?
EXCEPT: a) Vasoconstrictor
a) Headache b) Vasodilator
b) Hypotension c) Vasoineffective
c) DIC d) First constrict then dilates
d) Epidural hematoma 3) All statements are true about skeletal muscle
5) Which of the following intravenous induction relaxants EXCEPT:
agent is most suitable for day care surgery? a) Mivacurium is hydrolyzed by plasma
a) Morphine cholinesterase
b) Ketamine b) Rocuronium is largely excreted unchanged in
c) Propofol urine
d) Diazepam c) Pancuronium blocks the uptake of nor-
6) Receptor responsible for malignant epinephrine
hyperthermia is? d) Atracurium is degraded by Hoffman’s
a) Nicotinic receptor elimination
b) Ryanodine receptor 4) Hoffman degradation is seen in which muscle
c) Muscarinic receptor relaxant?
d) None a) Atracurium
7) Concentration of adrenaline used with b) Succinylcholine
Lidocaine is? c) Gallamine
a) 1:200 d) Pancuronium
b) 1:2000 5) Gallamine is dexcreted mainly through?
c) 1:20000 a) Bile
d) 1:200000 b) Liver
8) All are amides EXCEPT; c) Kidney
a) Lignocaine d) Pseudocholinesterase
b) Procaine 6) Local anesthetic that is not used topically is?
c) Prilocaine a) Lignocaine
d) Etidocaine b) Dibucaine
9) All are related to difficult intubation c) Tetracaine
EXCEPT: d) Bupivacaine
a) Miller’s sign 7) Dose of lignocaine for spinal anesthesia is?
b) TMJ ankylosis a) 0.5%
c) Increased thyromental distance b) 2.5%
d) Micrognathia c) 4%
Answer Key d) 5%
1. B 8) Bone marrow depression is caused by?
2. A a) Halothane
3. C b) Ketamine
4. C c) N2o
5. C d) Isoflurane
6. B 9) Which muscle is most resistant to
7. D neuromuscular blockage?
8. B a) Diaphragm
9. C b) Ocular
c) Adductor pollicis
d) Intercostals muscles
10) For foreign body causing sudden
1) Anesthetic of choice for status asthmaticus is? chocking, most appropriate first line of
a) Ketamine management is?
b) Thiopentone a) Tracheostomy
c) Ether b) Heimlich maneuver
d) N2o c) Airway insertion
d) Laryngoscopy

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Answer Key
1. A 1) Most cardio toxic local anaesthetic is?
2. A a) Lignocaine
3. B b) Bupivacaine
4. A c) Prilocaine
5. C d) Procaine
6. D 2) Anesthesia of choice for induction of
7. D anesthesia in children is?
8. C a) Desflurane
9. A b) Halothane
10. B c) Sevoflurance
d) Isoflurane
1) Increased intracranial tension is seen with: 3) Anesthesia of choice for induction in day care
a) Ketamine surgery is?
b) Thiopentone a) Propofol
c) Halothane b) Ketamine
d) Propofol c) Halothane
2) Which of the following intravenous induction d) Pancuronium
agent is most suitable for day care surgery? 4) Agent causing malignant hyperthermia?
a) Morphine a) Succinylcholine
b) Ketamine b) N2O
c) Propofol c) Ether
d) Diazepam d) Verapamil
3) Color of oxygen cylinder is: 5) Fixed oxygen delivery device is?
a) Black with white color a) Venturi mask
b) Blue with white color b) Nasal cannula
c) Yellow with white color c) Nasal mask
d) White d) Non brathing mask
4) Mendelson’s syndrome is due to? 6) Foley’s catheter of size 16 F means?
a) Hypersensitivity reaction to anesthetic agent a) 16mm diameter at the tip
b) Gastric aspiration b) 16 mm inner diameter
c) Faulty intubation c) 16 mm outer diameter
d) Asphyxia due to tracheal stenosis d) 16 mm circumference
5) During rapid sequence intubation in a child 7) Mapelson circuit used in chidren is?
after taking brief history and clinical a) Mapelson A
examination next step is: b) Mapelson D
a) Administer oxygen c) Mapelson C
b) IV anesthetic Diazepam /Ketamine d) Ayers T tube
c) Preanaesthetic medication with atropine and Answer Key
lignocaine 1. B
d) Analgesic injection with Fentanyl 2. C
6) Skeletal muscle relaxant of choice in liver and 3. A
renal disease is? 4. A
a) Mivacurium 5. A
b) Atracurium 6. D
c) Gallium 7. D
d) Vecuronium
Answer Key
1. A
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. A
6. B

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IMAGE BASED: 5. The diagram shows---
1. What is the gauge of blue i.v
canula?(DIAGRAM-1)

6. What is this?
2. ORANGE venti mask deliver how much
concentration of oxygen?

7. What is this?

3. This cylinder contains---

8. Identify the device

4. Who is this scientist?

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9. What is the pin index of this gas? 13. Identify the device

14. Identify the device

10. Identify the device

15. Identify the device

11. Identify the devic

16. Identify the device

12. Identify the device

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ANSWER: 5) First public demonstration of ether
1) 22G anesthesia was given by MortonQ in 1846 on
Oct. 16th
6) Guedel airways

7) Oxygen flow meter

8) Tracheostomy mask
9) 2,5
2) 31%

3) Nitrous oxide

10) Ambu bag (Artificial Manual Breathing

Unit)
11) Nasal canula
12) Simple facemask (variable flow)
13) Reservoir Mask (Non-rebreathe Mask)
14) Laryngoscope
15) ET tube
16) LMA
4)
First public William Thomas
demonstration of ether Green (WTG)
anesthesia was given MortonQ in 1846 on
by Oct. 16th

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