HPSSC Ophthalmic Officer Exam – 20 MCQs
1. Visible light splits into following number of colours when passed through a prism
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
2. Image formed by plane mirror is
B) Erect
C) Side to side lateralised
D) All of these
3. Image formed by a convex mirror is
A) Virtual & Erect
B) Real & Inverted
C) Real & Magnified
D) Virtual & Magnified
4. When rays of light pass through a prism, it is
A) Refracted towards its base
B) Refracted towards its apex
C) Reflected towards its base
D) Reflected towards its apex
5. Anterior surface of cornea behaves like
A) Convex lens
B) Concave lens
C) Convex mirror
D) Concave mirror
6. Which of the following is not the axis of the eye?
A) Optical Axis
B) Linear Axis
C) Visual Axis
D) Fixation Axis
7. By direct ophthalmoscope, fundus magnification is about
A) 10 times
B) 15 times
C) 5 times
D) 3 times
8. Which of the drug is not a cycloplegic?
A) Atropine
B) Phenylephrine
C) Tropicamyde
D) Cyclopentolate
9. Which of the following is not a refractive error?
A) Myopia
B) Presbyopia
C) Hypermetropia
D) Astigmatism
10. The distance of macula from optic disk is (DD-Disk Diameter)
A) 1 DD
B) 2 DD
C) 3 DD
D) 4 DD
11. Towards the point of reversal in retinoscopy, which is not true?
A) The movement of the reflex becomes faster
B) The reflex becomes brighter
C) The nodal point of the observer tends to coincide with the far point of the subject
D) The far point of the observer tends to coincide with the far point of the subject
12. The examination of the anterior segment of eye most appropriately done by
A) Diffused illumination
B) Focal illumination by focusing a beam of light
C) Using a slit lamp biomicroscope
D) All of these
13. Distant direct ophthalmoscopy is done
A) To examine the retina
B) To localize the opacities in media
C) With the help of concave mirror of focal length 25 cm
D) All of these
14. With plane mirror retinoscopy two band shadows move in the fashion of a scissor in
A) Hypermetropia
B) Myopia more than one diopter
C) Keratoconus
D) Astigmatism
15. For subjective verification of refraction which is not true?
A) Post cycloplegic test should be done
B) Cross cylinder should be used
C) Keratometric readings should be taken
D) Duochrome test is helpful
16. Normal Blind Spot is
A) Circular
B) Vertically oval
C) Horizontally oval
D) None of these
17. Colour vision is not tested by
A) Ishihara charts
B) Holmgren’s coloured wools
C) Duochrome test
D) Edrigreen lantern
18. In Snellen’s distant test types the letters subtend at an angle of (at fixed distance)
A) 1 minute
B) 2 minutes
C) 4 minutes
D) 5 minutes
19. Which of the following statement is wrong?
A) Keratomalacia is a preventable disease of infants suffering from malnutrition
B) Keratomalacia is caused by combined deficiency of vitamin A and proteins
C) Vitamin D and protein deficiency caused Keratomalacia
D) Treatment of Keratomalacia consists of high doses of Vitamin A and local treatment like corneal ulcer
20. Keratoconus is best treated by
A) Spherical lens
B) Contact lens
C) Optical iridectomy
D) Cylindrical lens
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