Question 1

• The commonest cause of urticaria in infants

less than six months is?
a. Breast milk allergy
b. Cow’s milk allergy
c. Artificial milk powder allergy
d. Fortified milk allergy
 Answer
• b: Cow’s milk allergy
 Question 2
• Activation of H2 receptors in the skin can lead
to?
a. Itch
b. Flare
c. Weal
d. None of the above
 Answer
• c: Weal

• H2 receptors activation:
– Erythema- increased vasodilation
– Wealing
 Question 3
• Identify the odd one among the four?
a. Tubulin
b. Vimentin
c. Desmin
d. Laminin
 Answer
• a: Tubulin. Globular protein part of keratinocyte
cytoskeleton.
– Rest are intermediate filaments

• Six type of intermediate filaments

– Keratins- epithelial cells
– Vimentin- mesenchymal cells
– GFAP- glial cells
– Neurofilaments- neurones
– Desmin- muscle cells
– Peripherin- peripheral nerves
 Question 4
• Bovine dermal collagen filler Zyplast should
not be used for?
a. Facial rhytides
b. Lip augmentation
c. Glabellar lines
d. Scars
 Answer
• c: Glabellar lines

– Thin skin
– Vascular occlusion and necrosis
 Question 5
• The commonest drug linked to eczematous
drug eruptions is?
a. Diclofenac
b. Carbamazepine
c. Cotrimoxazole
d. Captopril
 Answer
• b: Carbamazepine
 Question 6
• Petaloid, pityriasiform, follicular and flexural
are described as variants of which skin
condition?
a. Pityriasis rosea
b. Pityriasis lichenoides
c. Seborrheic dermatitis
d. Secondary syphilis
 Answer
• c: Seborrheic dermatitis
 Question 7
• The first All India Conference of
Dermatologists and Venereologists was held
in?
a. 1935
b. 1947
c. 1951
d. 1973
 Answer
• b: 1947
 Question 8
• Alitretinoin, an RAR and RXR agonist is
preferentially used to treat?
a. Hand eczema
b. Palmoplantar psoriasis
c. Palmoplantar keratoderma
d. Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis
• a: Hand eczema
 Question 9
• Which of the following is known as the reserve
antibiotic?
a. Vancomycin
b. Linezolid
c. Teicoplanin
d. Quinupristin
 Answer
• b: Linezolid

• Drug that should be used sparingly so that it

will remain effective as a drug of last resort
against potentially intractable infections.
 Question 10
• Invisible mycosis fungoides is characterised by:
a. Pruritus, but no skin lesions.
b. Skin lesions, but no epidermotropism
c. Epidermotropism, but no skin lesions
d. Features of Sezary syndrome
 Answer
• a. Pruritus, but no skin lesions.
 Question 11
• Treatment of choice in aquagenic pruritus is?
a. Monteleukast
b. Doxepin
c. NbUVB
d. Blood letting
 Answer
• c: NbUVB
 Question 12
• CD34, NFATc1, vitamin D receptor and TCF3
are markers for?
a. Merkel cells
b. Hair follicle bulge stem cells
c. Transient amplifying cells of keratinocytes
lineage
d. Langerhan cells
 Answer
• CD34, NFATc1, vitamin D receptor and TCF3
are markers for?
a. Merkel cells
b. Hair follicle bulge stem cells
c. Transient amplifying cells of keratinocytes
lineage
d. Langerhan cells
 Question 13
• The Schobinger classification is used in?
a. Venous ulcers
b. Arteriovenous malformations
c. Varicose veins
d. Lymphatic malformations
 Answer
• The Schobinger classification is used in?
a. Venous ulcers
b. Arteriovenous malformations
c. Varicose veins
d. Lymphatic malformations
 Question 14
• Main source of TNFα in psoriatic lesion is?
a. CD4+ T cells
b. CD8+ T cells
c. Antigen presenting cells
d. Keratinocytes
 Answer
• Main source of TNFα in psoriatic lesion is?
a. CD4+ T cells
b. CD8+ T cells
c. Antigen presenting cells
d. Keratinocytes
 Question 15
• All the following are true about infantile
hemangioma except?
a. Present at birth
b. More common in boys
c. They are the most common paediatric tumours
d. Involutes over years
 Answer
• b: More common in boys

• Females: Males= 3-5: 1

 Question 16
• Which condition is also known as the
Pseudothalidomide syndrome?
a. Adams Oliver Syndrome
b. Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome
c. Robert’s syndrome
d. Rubinstein Taybi syndrome
 Answer
• c: Robert’s syndrome

• craniofacial abnormalities, tetraphocomelia,

growth retardation, sparse silvery blond hair,
mid-facial capillary vascular malformation.
 Question 17
• The equivalent of Auspitz sign in Lichen planus
is:
a. Wickham’s striae
b. Brocq phenomenon
c. Mierowsky phenomenon
d. Olfleck’s phenomenon
 Answer
• b: Brocq phenomenon

• Subepidermal hemorrhage which occurs on

careful scraping of a classical lesion of lichen
planus
• Mierowsky- irreversible darkening of skin
(epidermal melanin) if heated
• Brownish coloration of nails due to subungal
hyperkeratoses: Psoriasis
 Question 18
• The wavelength peak of Q switch Alexandrite
LASER is?
a. 532 nm
b. 585 nm
c. 694 nm
d. 755 nm
 Answer
• d: 755 nm

• 532- Potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) laser

• 585- PDL
• 694- Ruby
Question 19: Identify condition?
 Identify the condition?
a. Lupus vulgaris
b. Paget’s disease
c. Bowen’s disease
d. Superficial BCC
 Question 20
• Efalizumab disrupts the interaction between
which of the following adhesion molecules?
a. LFA- 3 & ICAM- 1
b. LFA- 1 & ICAM- 1
c. LFA- 3 & CD2
d. LFA- 1 & CD2
 Answer
• Efalizumab disrupts the interaction between
which of the following adhesion molecules?
a. LFA- 3 & ICAM- 1
b. LFA- 1 & ICAM- 1
c. LFA- 3 & CD2
d. LFA- 1 & CD2
 Question 21
• The Journal with the highest impact factor in
Dermatology is?
a. Archives of Dermatology
b. British Journal of Dermatology
c. Journal of Investigative Dermatology
d. Journal of American Academy of Dermatology
 Answer
• The Journal with the highest impact factor in
Dermatology is?
a. Arch of Dermatology- 2.011
b. BJD- 4.351
c. Journal of Investigative Dermatology- 6. 270
d. JAAD- 4.274
 Question 22
• Rosenau depression is a characteristic nail
pitting found in?
a. Renal failure
b. Reiter’s disease
c. Diabetes
d. Syphilis
 Answer
• Rosenau depression is a characteristic nail
pitting found in?
a. Renal failure
b. Reiter’s disease
c. Diabetes
d. Syphilis
 Question 23
• Lues maligna is?
a. Ulcerated syphilitic nodule
b. Satellite lesions surrounding central papular
syphilid
c. Occurrence of secondary chancre at site of
previous primary chancre
d. Arteritis seen in tertiary syphilis
 Answer
• Lues maligna is?
a. Ulcerated syphilitic nodule
b. Satellite lesions surrounding central papular
syphilid
c. Occurrence of secondary chancre at site of
previous primary chancre
d. Arteritis seen in tertiary syphilis
 Question 24
• Tram track appearance on CT Scan of the head
is seen in?
a. Sturge Weber syndrome
b. Von Hippel Lindau disease
c. Neurofibromatosis
d. Tuberous sclerosis
 Answer
• Tram track appearance on CT Scan of the head
is seen in?
a. Sturge Weber syndrome
b. Von Hippel Lindau disease
c. Neurofibromatosis
d. Tuberous sclerosis
 Question 25
• Erythema nodosum is a prototype of?
a. Septal panniculitis with vasculitis
b. Septal panniculitis without vasculitis
c. Lobular panniculitis with vasculitis
d. Lobular panniculitis without vasculitis
 Answer
• Erythema nodosum is a prototype of?
a. Septal panniculitis with vasculitis
b. Septal panniculitis without vasculitis
c. Lobular panniculitis with vasculitis
d. Lobular panniculitis without vasculitis
Question 26
• This histopathological photomicrograph is
classical of ?
a. Darier’s disease
b.Grover’s disease
c. Hailey Hailey disease
d.Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis
 Question 27
• The most common HPV type causing cervical
cancers is?
a. HPV- 16
b. HPV- 18
c. HPV- 31
d. HPV- 33
 Answer
• The most common HPV type causing cervical
cancers is?
a. HPV- 16
b. HPV- 18
c. HPV- 31
d. HPV- 33
 Question 28
• Which of the following is not part of the cell
wall core of M leprae?
a. Peptidoglycan
b. Mycolic acids
c. Pthiocerol dimycocerosate
d. Arabinan
 Answer
• Which of the following is not part of the cell
wall core of M leprae?
a. Peptidoglycan
b. Mycolic acids
c. Pthiocerol dimycocerosate
d. Arabinan
 Question 29
• Wartberg’s sign in Leprosy is due to weakness
of?
a. Palmar interossei
b. Dorsal interossei
c. Abductor digiti minimi
d. Abductor pollicis brevis
 Answer
• Wartberg’s sign in Leprosy is due to weakness
of?
a. Palmar interossei
b. Dorsal interossei
c. Abductor digiti minimi
d. Abductor pollicis brevis
 Question 30
• All the following are true for reversal reactions
except?
a. Usually occurs within 6 months of release
from treatment
b. Comonest in LL Leprosy
c. Few new skin lesions may occur
d. Responds well to steroids
 Answer
• All the following are true for reversal reactions
except?
a. Usually occurs within 6 months of release
from treatment
b. Comonest in LL Leprosy
c. Few new skin lesions may occur
d. Responds well to steroids
Extra questions
 Question 1
• Sandwitch sign is seen in?
a. Dermatophytes
b. Tinea versicolor
c. Candidiasis
d. Deep mycosis
 Answer 2
• Deficiency of the enzyme Ferrochelatase leads
to?
a. Porphyria cutanea tarda
b. Acute intermittent porphyria
c. Erythropoietic protoporphyria
d. Variegate porphyria
 Answer 3
• Approximately what percentage of patients
having xanthelasma are hyperlipidemic?
a. 7%
b. 25%
c. 50%
d. 93%
 Answer 4
• HPV genes with oncogenic potential are?
a. E4, E5
b. E5, E6
c. E6,E7
d. E7, E8
 Answer 5
• The Foshay test is an intradermal test to
identify?
a. Scarlet fever
b. Bartonellosis
c. Anthrax
d. Histoplasmosis