Drowning
- Previous year questions on Drowning 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.
- 8 live questions in Drowning.
- Forensic Medicine is worth about 10 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 27 Aug 2026.
Q1.Emphysema aquosum is seen in:
- AWet drowning✓ Correct answer
- BDry drowning
- CImmersion syndrome
- DSecondary drowning
Q2.Which of the following is not true about fresh water drowning ?
- AHyperkalemia
- BHypovolemia✓ Correct answer
- CHemolysis
- DVentricular fibrillation
Q3.Hydrocution is:
- AElectrocution in water
- BDry drowning
- CDrowning in cold water✓ Correct answer
- DPostmoem immersion
Q4.You are performing the autopsy on a person suspected to have had hydrocution. Which of the following could be the cause of death?
- AThe high voltage passing through the body causes cardiac arrest
- BVagal stimulation causes cardiac arrest and death✓ Correct answer
- CHemodilution and arrhythmia causes death
- DNone of the above
Q5.Most common feature indicative of Antemortem drowing:
- AWasherwomen feet
- BPugilistic attitude
- CClenched fist✓ Correct answer
- DCyanosis
Q6.Feature indicative of anti-mortem drowning is -
- ACutis anserina
- BRigor mortis
- CWasherwomans feet
- DGrass and weeds grasped in the hand✓ Correct answer
Q7.Which is not diagnostic of antemoem drowning?
- AWater in the small intestine
- BEmphysema aquosum
- CMud in the upper airways✓ Correct answer
- DHaemorrhage in the middle ear
Q8.A typical arrest due to drowning is :
- ACardiac arrest due to drowning
- BLaryngospasm due to drowning
- CDrowning in unconscious state
- DAll of the above✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: A. Wet drowning; Q2: B. Hypovolemia; Q3: C. Drowning in cold water; Q4: B. Vagal stimulation causes cardiac arrest and death; Q5: C. Clenched fist; Q6: D. Grass and weeds grasped in the hand; Q7: C. Mud in the upper airways; Q8: D. All of the above.
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