WEST BENGAL NURSING COUNCIL

Final General Nursing-Midwifery (3½ years) Examination, December-2010
Subject: Midwifery and Gynaecology (Objective)

5. Fill up the blanks

a) Mechanical stretching of skin during pregnancy leads to pinkish rupture marks called Striae gravidarum.

b) Daily iron requirement during pregnancy is 60 mg.

c) Intermittent painless contractions which the pregnant woman cannot feel are called Braxton Hicks’ contractions.

d) When the mother feels fetal movement for the first time, it is known as Quickening.

e) Relation of the fetal long axis with that of the mother is called Lie.

6. Identify True or False

a) Normal return of reproductive organ to pregravid stage is called subinvolution. — F (It is called involution.)

b) Cervical mucus plug during pregnancy is called operculum. — T

c) Ovulation occurs when progesterone level is high. — F

d) After birth, the baby should be put on the mother’s breast for feeding as early as possible. — T

e) Acute inversion of the uterus results from mismanagement of the 3rd stage of labour. — T

7. Match the Column ‘A’ with Column ‘B’