WEST BENGAL NURSING COUNCIL

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

5. Fill up the blanks

a) Pregnancy can be diagnosed by ultrasound as early as the 5th week of gestation.

b) Softening and compressibility of the isthmus of the uterus during pregnancy is known as Hegar’s sign.

c) Alteration of the shape of the forecoming head of the fetus during labour is known as Moulding.

d) Placenta is not expelled even 30 minutes after birth of the baby is called Retained placenta.

e) In Polyhydramnios, liquor amnii is more than 2000 mL.

f) Implantation of a fertilized ovum outside the normal uterine cavity is called Ectopic pregnancy.

6. Mark (✓) the most appropriate answer

a) The weight of the pregnant uterus at term is: 1000 gm

b) Wharton’s jelly of the umbilical cord is formed from:  Mesoderm

c) Physiological anaemia occurs during pregnancy due to:  Haemodilution

d) Gestational diabetes mellitus is a result of:  Abnormal carbohydrate tolerance

e) In an atonic uterus, pulling the cord without separation of the placenta causes: Uterine inversion

f) Protrusion of the bladder in the anterior vaginal wall is:  Cystocele

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