09/09/2025
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📘 Section 3 – Ocular Diseases & Optometry in Practice (Q.41–60)
41. Vitamin A deficiency primarily causes –
A) Cataract
B) Xerophthalmia & night blindness ✅
C) Glaucoma
D) Optic neuritis
42. Bitot’s spots are seen in –
A) Trachoma
B) Vitamin A deficiency ✅
C) Conjunctivitis
D) Keratoconus
43. The most common cause of blindness in India is –
A) Glaucoma
B) Cataract ✅
C) Refractive error
D) Corneal opacity
44. Night blindness is commonly due to –
A) Glaucoma
B) Optic neuritis
C) Retinitis pigmentosa or Vitamin A deficiency ✅
D) Cataract
45. Hutchinson’s triad is seen in –
A) Congenital syphilis ✅
B) Vitamin A deficiency
C) Measles
D) Tuberculosis
46. Kayser-Fleischer ring is seen in –
A) Diabetes mellitus
B) Hypertension
C) Wilson’s disease ✅
D) Vitamin A deficiency
47. Krukenberg’s spindle is seen in –
A) Pigmentary glaucoma ✅
B) Cataract
C) Retinitis pigmentosa
D) Corneal ulcer
48. Chalazion is –
A) Acute infection of meibomian gland
B) Chronic lipogranulomatous inflammation of meibomian gland ✅
C) Conjunctival cyst
D) Lacrimal sac infection
49. Hordeolum externum is –
A) Chalazion
B) Stye (infection of Zeis/Moll gland) ✅
C) Meibomian cyst
D) Lacrimal abscess
50. Pterygium is –
A) Corneal ulcer
B) Triangular fibrovascular growth from conjunctiva onto cornea ✅
C) Pinguecula
D) Corneal scar
51. Most common cause of corneal ulcer in India is –
A) Bacterial infection
B) Viral infection
C) Fungal infection ✅
D) Parasitic infection
52. Dendritic ulcer is typical of –
A) Fungal keratitis
B) Herpes simplex keratitis ✅
C) Trachoma
D) Vitamin A deficiency
53. Wilson’s disease affects which part of eye –
A) Retina
B) Cornea (Kayser-Fleischer ring) ✅
C) Lens
D) Optic nerve
54. Buphthalmos is seen in –
A) Congenital cataract
B) Congenital glaucoma ✅
C) Retinoblastoma
D) Aphakia
55. Leukocoria (white reflex) is seen in –
A) Retinitis pigmentosa
B) Retinoblastoma ✅
C) Glaucoma
D) Chalazion
56. Marcus Gunn pupil indicates –
A) Myopia
B) Hypermetropia
C) Optic nerve lesion (afferent defect) ✅
D) Cataract
57. Cotton wool spots in fundus are due to –
A) Retinal ischemia / hypertension ✅
B) Vitreous hemorrhage
C) Retinitis pigmentosa
D) Cataract
58. Dot & blot hemorrhages in retina are seen in –
A) Hypertensive retinopathy
B) Diabetic retinopathy ✅
C) Retinitis pigmentosa
D) Glaucoma
59. Flame-shaped hemorrhages in retina are seen in –
A) Hypertensive retinopathy ✅
B) Diabetic retinopathy
C) Retinitis pigmentosa
D) Vitamin A deficiency
60. Cherry red spot in macula is seen in –
A) Retinitis pigmentosa
B) Central retinal artery occlusion ✅
C) Central retinal vein occlusion
D) Optic neuritis
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