✅ Questions 1–100
📘 Based on INC B.Sc Nursing curriculum
🔢 Each question has 4 options with ✅ correct answer
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🧪 Mock Test 2 – Questions 1–100
Medical-Surgical Nursing
1. The normal range of serum sodium is:
A) 120–130 mEq/L
B) 135–145 mEq/L ✅
C) 150–160 mEq/L
D) 125–140 mEq/L
2. Which organ is primarily affected in hepatitis?
A) Kidney
B) Liver ✅
C) Heart
D) Pancreas
3. Which condition is associated with chest pain radiating to the left arm?
A) Stroke
B) Angina pectoris ✅
C) Asthma
D) Peritonitis
4. In case of a fire, the nurse should follow:
A) ABC
B) RACE ✅
C) CPR
D) SOAPE
5. The most common complication of prolonged bed rest:
A) Ulcerative colitis
B) Hypoglycemia
C) Pressure sore ✅
D) Epilepsy
6. The primary treatment for anaphylactic shock:
A) Hydrocortisone
B) Salbutamol
C) Epinephrine ✅
D) Oxygen
7. Post-operative patient is best positioned:
A) Flat on back
B) Semi-Fowler’s ✅
C) Trendelenburg
D) Prone
8. In TB, sputum is best collected:
A) Before meals
B) After meals
C) Early morning ✅
D) Bedtime
9. The most reliable method to confirm NG tube placement:
A) Auscultation
B) X-ray ✅
C) Air bubbling test
D) pH strip only
10. The best site for IM injection in adults:
A) Gluteus maximus ✅
B) Deltoid
C) Forearm
D) Abdominal wall
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Child Health Nursing
11. Fontanelles usually close by:
A) 1 month
B) 6 months
C) 18 months ✅
D) 3 years
12. The first reflex to develop in a newborn:
A) Moro
B) Rooting ✅
C) Grasp
D) Babinski
13. The major cause of neonatal mortality in India:
A) Pneumonia
B) Prematurity ✅
C) Diarrhea
D) Congenital heart defects
14. A newborn’s heart rate is 120 bpm. This is:
A) Bradycardia
B) Normal ✅
C) Tachycardia
D) Critical
15. Signs of dehydration in infants include:
A) Sweating
B) Sunken eyes ✅
C) Hypertension
D) Constipation
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Obstetric & Gynecological Nursing
16. What is Hegar's sign?
A) Softening of cervix
B) Softening of uterine isthmus ✅
C) Breast enlargement
D) Nausea in early pregnancy
17. The average duration of a menstrual cycle:
A) 21 days
B) 28 days ✅
C) 30 days
D) 35 days
18. Iron requirement increases during:
A) Lactation
B) Menopause
C) Pregnancy ✅
D) Adolescence
19. The duration of normal labor is approximately:
A) 2–3 hrs
B) 6–8 hrs
C) 12–16 hrs ✅
D) 20–24 hrs
20. In cephalic presentation, the presenting part is:
A) Shoulder
B) Breech
C) Head ✅
D) Arm
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Mental Health Nursing
21. Hallucinations are:
A) Real perceptions
B) Imaginary perceptions without stimulus ✅
C) Logical thinking
D) Emotional swings
22. In mania, the mood is:
A) Elated ✅
B) Depressed
C) Fearful
D) Indifferent
23. Delusion of persecution is:
A) Belief of being punished
B) Belief that others are plotting against you ✅
C) Repetitive behavior
D) Memory loss
24. ECT is commonly given for:
A) Panic disorder
B) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
C) Severe depression ✅
D) Dementia
25. A patient with schizophrenia often exhibits:
A) Euphoric behavior
B) Compulsive habits
C) Thought disorder ✅
D) Insight
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Community Health Nursing
26. ORS stands for:
A) Oral Respiratory Solution
B) Oral Rehydration Solution ✅
C) Ongoing Rehydration System
D) Oral Rapid Solution
27. Most common vector-borne disease in India:
A) TB
B) Dengue ✅
C) HIV
D) Typhoid
28. Sub-centres in India cover a population of:
A) 500
B) 1000
C) 3000–5000 ✅
D) 10,000
29. ASHA is selected from:
A) Hospital staff
B) Government officers
C) Local village community ✅
D) NGO workers
30. Primary health care was defined by:
A) WHO ✅
B) UNICEF
C) MOHFW
D) ICMR
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Nursing Research & Statistics
31. Which is a qualitative data collection method?
A) Lab test
B) Survey
C) Interview ✅
D) Biopsy
32. A variable that is manipulated in research:
A) Dependent
B) Independent ✅
C) Confounding
D) Controlled
33. Reliability means:
A) Accuracy
B) Consistency ✅
C) Validity
D) Specificity
34. Mean = Median = Mode in:
A) Skewed distribution
B) Normal distribution ✅
C) Asymmetric data
D) Bimodal curve
35. Which is a graphical representation?
A) Table
B) Pie chart ✅
C) Hypothesis
D) Abstract
Medical-Surgical Nursing (continued)
36. Which of the following is a sign of hypoglycemia?
A) Dry mouth
B) Confusion ✅
C) Slow pulse
D) Hypertension
37. A common complication of hypertension:
A) Cataract
B) Stroke ✅
C) Diabetes
D) Hepatitis
38. The normal range of adult respiratory rate is:
A) 8–14
B) 12–20 ✅
C) 16–26
D) 20–30
39. Most common site of peptic ulcer:
A) Stomach
B) Duodenum ✅
C) Esophagus
D) Colon
40. A patient with COPD is best positioned in:
A) Supine
B) Fowler's ✅
C) Prone
D) Trendelenburg
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Child Health Nursing (continued)
41. A child with severe protein deficiency may develop:
A) Scurvy
B) Marasmus
C) Kwashiorkor ✅
D) Night blindness
42. Primary immunization includes all except:
A) BCG
B) OPV
C) MMR
D) TT in pregnancy ✅
43. A common cause of diarrhea in infants:
A) Virus ✅
B) Fungi
C) Protozoa
D) Worms
44. Vitamin D deficiency in children leads to:
A) Rickets ✅
B) Night blindness
C) Beriberi
D) Scurvy
45. The APGAR score includes all except:
A) Pulse
B) Appearance
C) Blood pressure ✅
D) Grimace
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Obstetric Nursing (continued)
46. Preeclampsia is associated with:
A) Low BP
B) Proteinuria ✅
C) Anemia
D) Polyuria
47. The duration of pregnancy is:
A) 36 weeks
B) 38 weeks
C) 40 weeks ✅
D) 42 weeks
48. Lochia serosa occurs:
A) First 1–2 days
B) Day 3 to 7 ✅
C) Day 10
D) After 4 weeks
49. A normal fetal heart rate is:
A) 60–100 bpm
B) 100–120 bpm
C) 110–160 bpm ✅
D) 170–200 bpm
50. Most common position of fetus during delivery:
A) Breech
B) Transverse
C) LOA (Left occipito-anterior) ✅
D) ROA
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Mental Health Nursing (continued)
51. A patient believes they are a famous person:
A) Delusion of persecution
B) Delusion of grandeur ✅
C) Hallucination
D) Obsession
52. Repetition of words spoken by another person:
A) Echolalia ✅
B) Neologism
C) Perseveration
D) Flight of ideas
53. The best therapy for phobia:
A) Psychoanalysis
B) Behavior therapy ✅
C) ECT
D) Group therapy
54. Schizophrenia is a disorder of:
A) Mood
B) Behavior
C) Thought ✅
D) Personality
55. Lithium is used to treat:
A) Depression
B) Mania ✅
C) Anxiety
D) Psychosis
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Community Health Nursing (continued)
56. The 'cold chain' system is used in:
A) Water purification
B) Drug transport
C) Vaccine storage ✅
D) Disease notification
57. One Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) is appointed for:
A) Every 1000 population ✅
B) Every 5000 population
C) Every 10,000 population
D) Every village
58. Most common mode of transmission of AIDS:
A) Blood transfusion
B) Unprotected sex ✅
C) Sharing food
D) Mosquito bite
59. Vitamin A prophylaxis is given:
A) Weekly
B) Monthly
C) Every 6 months ✅
D) Annually
60. Minimum age for DPT vaccination:
A) At birth
B) 6 weeks ✅
C) 6 months
D) 1 year
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Nursing Research & Statistics (continued)
61. Which of the following is a primary source of data?
A) Textbook
B) Research article
C) Interview ✅
D) Newspaper
62. Which scale is used in attitude measurement?
A) Ratio scale
B) Nominal scale
C) Likert scale ✅
D) Ordinal scale
63. A hypothesis is:
A) Conclusion
B) Assumption
C) Prediction ✅
D) Summary
64. The middle value in an ordered data set is:
A) Mean
B) Median ✅
C) Mode
D) Range
65. Pie chart represents:
A) Text
B) Comparison
C) Proportion ✅
D) Sequence
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Fundamentals of Nursing
66. The normal pulse rate in adults is:
A) 40–60 bpm
B) 60–100 bpm ✅
C) 90–120 bpm
D) 120–140 bpm
67. The angle for intradermal injection is:
A) 15° ✅
B) 30°
C) 45°
D) 90°
68. A bed with high side rails is used for:
A) Cardiac patient
B) Fall-risk patient ✅
C) Bedridden patient
D) Postnatal patient
69. Normal range of body temperature in °F:
A) 95.4–96.8
B) 98.6–99.6 ✅
C) 100–101.2
D) 97–98
70. Disinfection means:
A) Killing all organisms
B) Destroying pathogens ✅
C) Sterilizing tools
D) Removing dirt
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Nutrition
71. Richest source of Vitamin C:
A) Banana
B) Orange ✅
C) Milk
D) Rice
72. Iron-rich food includes:
A) Egg white
B) Apple
C) Green leafy vegetables ✅
D) Butter
73. Kwashiorkor is due to:
A) Fat deficiency
B) Carbohydrate deficiency
C) Protein deficiency ✅
D) Vitamin deficiency
74. Daily protein requirement of an adult female is:
A) 30 g
B) 45 g ✅
C) 60 g
D) 75 g
75. Which vitamin helps in blood clotting?
A) Vitamin A
B) Vitamin B
C) Vitamin K ✅
D) Vitamin D
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Microbiology & Infection Control
76. Causative agent of tuberculosis:
A) Mycobacterium leprae
B) Mycobacterium tuberculosis ✅
C) Staphylococcus
D) Streptococcus
77. Autoclaving is done at:
A) 100°C
B) 121°C ✅
C) 150°C
D) 180°C
78. A carrier is:
A) A symptomatic person
B) One who spreads disease without symptoms ✅
C) Disease resistant person
D) A vaccinated person
79. A nosocomial infection is:
A) Genetic
B) Hospital-acquired ✅
C) Vector-borne
D) From animals
80. Standard precaution includes:
A) Personal hygiene
B) Isolation
C) Universal precautions ✅
D) Housekeeping only
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Miscellaneous – Final Review
81. CPR stands for:
A) Cardiac Pulse Rate
B) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ✅
C) Critical Patient Recovery
D) Cardiac Pump Rescue
82. First aid for bleeding includes:
A) Applying cold compress
B) Elevating limb ✅
C) Using hot water
D) Tying loosely
83. Bio-medical waste yellow bag is used for:
A) Sharp waste
B) Human anatomical waste ✅
C) Plastic waste
D) Glass waste
84. The universal color code for oxygen cylinder:
A) Red
B) Green ✅
C) Blue
D) Yellow
85. Burn patient requires dressing with:
A) Dry gauze
B) Betadine
C) Silver sulfadiazine ✅
D) Glycerin
86. Informed consent is taken:
A) Before surgery ✅
B) After surgery
C) In emergency only
D) During examination
87. Normal hemoglobin in adult women:
A) 10–11 g/dL
B) 11.5–13.5 g/dL ✅
C) 14–16 g/dL
D) 8–10 g/dL
88. Primary source of energy in diet:
A) Proteins
B) Fats
C) Carbohydrates ✅
D) Vitamins
89. Long bone fracture immobilization is done using:
A) Bandage
B) Tourniquet
C) Splint ✅
D) Cotton roll
90. The first priority in nursing process:
A) Evaluation
B) Implementation
C) Assessment ✅
D) Planning
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Pharmacology
91. Antibiotics are used to treat:
A) Fungal infections
B) Bacterial infections ✅
C) Viral infections
D) Autoimmune diseases
92. Drug used in angina:
A) Digoxin
B) Nitroglycerin ✅
C) Lasix
D) Atropine
93. Insulin is given:
A) Intramuscularly
B) Orally
C) Subcutaneously ✅
D) Intravenously
94. Side effect of aminoglycosides:
A) Ototoxicity ✅
B) Hypoglycemia
C) Constipation
D) Tinnitus
95. Safe site for IM injection in infants:
A) Gluteus
B) Deltoid
C) Vastus lateralis ✅
D) Forearm
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General Knowledge & Nursing Laws
96. Founder of modern nursing:
A) Clara Barton
B) Mother Teresa
C) Florence Nightingale ✅
D) Marie Curie
97. First nursing school in India was started in:
A) Mumbai
B) Kolkata ✅
C) Delhi
D) Chennai
98. The nursing act in India is governed by:
A) Indian Medical Act
B) INC Act ✅
C) Government Law
D) Hospital Management Act
99. Ethical principle of “do no harm”:
A) Autonomy
B) Justice
C) Non-maleficence ✅
D) Beneficence
100. Record keeping is important for:
A) Time pass
B) Legal proof ✅
C) Patient fear
D) Storage only
