Determination of Sex, Race and Stature
- Previous year questions on Determination of Sex, Race and Stature for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Forensic Medicine section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 20 live questions in Determination of Sex, Race and Stature.
- 1 of 20 questions carries a verified exam year: 2017.
- Forensic Medicine is worth about 10 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 31 Aug 2026.
Q1.Stature of an unknown person can be found out from long bones, by applying all the following formulas except
- ATrotter and Glesser
- BKarl Pearson
- CHaase✓ Correct answer
- DDupeuis and Hadden
Q2.For determination of sex, smear is taken from
- ABuccal mucosa✓ Correct answer
- BVagina
- CSkin
- DNose
Q3.Cephalic index 75- 80 is seen in
- AIndians✓ Correct answer
- BEuropeans
- CChinese
- DMongolians
Q4.ashleys rule is
- Asex determination using teeth
- Bage determination using sterum
- Csex determination using sternum✓ Correct answer
- Dage determination using teeth
Q5.Race of an individual can be found out by
- AIschiopubic index
- BCorporo Basal index
- CCephalic index✓ Correct answer
- DMedullary index
Q6.Sex differentiation from hair can be made by
- ALength colour and texture
- BCoico medullary ratio
- CEpithelial cells of hair follicle✓ Correct answer
- DScale type
Q7.Which of the following is not true regarding teeth features and ethnicity?
- AUpper third molar is most commonly absent in Mongolians
- BCarabelli cusps are seen in Caucasians
- CNegros have wide molar cusps and deep, shovel shaped cusps in incisors✓ Correct answer
- DProminent lingual ridge and labial ridge is seen in Mongolians
Q8.After a building collapse, among remnants, a person's length of humerus is 24.5 cm. What is the predicted height of this person?
- A90 cm
- B110 cm
- C130 cm✓ Correct answer
- D146 cm
Q9.What would be the race of an individual if his skull bone is having features such as rounded nasal opening, horseshoe shaped palate, round orbit and cephalic index above 80?
- ANegro
- BAryans
- CMongols✓ Correct answer
- DEuropean
Q10.The usefulness of the long bones in stature estimation is
- AFemur > tibia > humerus > radius✓ Correct answer
- BTibia > femur > humerus > radius
- CFemur > Humerus > tibia > radius
- DTibia > humerus > femur > radius
Answer key
Q1: C. Haase; Q2: A. Buccal mucosa; Q3: A. Indians; Q4: C. sex determination using sternum; Q5: C. Cephalic index; Q6: C. Epithelial cells of hair follicle; Q7: C. Negros have wide molar cusps and deep, shovel shaped cusps in incisors; Q8: C. 130 cm; Q9: C. Mongols; Q10: A. Femur > tibia > humerus > radius.
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