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VI. MASTER OF PHYSIOTHERAPY



VI
Name of the course
Prior Qualification
Duration / No. of seats
Tentative Programme

Master of Physiotherapy




1. Candidate holding a Bachelor degree in Physical Therapy from a recognized University in India or a Foreign University with at least 10 + 2 + 4 years of educational patters and a minimum
of 6 months internship..


2. However, since 4 years course and 6 months Internship was not existing before 1998, candidates who have qualified and completed the internship before 31 December 1998 shall be eligible for this course if they have at least 10 + 2 + 3 years of educational pattern and 6 months of internship.
Two years / 5 seats
Entrance exam: First week of November



Admissions: First week of January


Entrance examination for admission to Master of Physiotherapy (MPT) : sample of MCQ questions



Please note the following with regard to the question paper and questions

The question paper will be in English language only
Question paper consisting of multiple choice questions will composed of 60 questions
Each question is followed by four alternatives and candidate has to choose one best among the four alternatives
There will be no negative marks for the wrong answer
Answers must be marked on separate OMR answer-sheets by darkening the appropriate ovals with HB pencil
A question can be illustrative with schematic diagram or a figure


There shall be a separate paper for each course in the entrance test consisting of

multiple choice (objective) questions (MCQs) as described below.



1.
Master of Physiotherapy(MPT)
:
Speciality related MCQs (Approximately 50%) : Basic and clinical sciences, biomechanics, physiotherapy techniques, critical care and rehabilitation.

General MCQs (Approximately 50%): General clinical sciences (general medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology), electrotherapy, exercise therapy, first-aid, resuscitation, social & preventive medicine, radiology, sociology, and psychology.


Total No. of MCQs
:
60 MCQs


Time allotment
:
60 minutes
1. In the following diagram, the weight required to balance the 'sea saw' is


A) 5 Kg

B) 10 Kg

C) 20 Kg

D) 2.5 Kg



2. All of the following are the examples for tertiary prevention except

A) early institution of physiotherapy in polio affected individuals

B) artificial limb placement in a limb amputated individual

C) pulse polio vaccination programme

D) hydrotherapy in spinal cord injury patients

Examples of MPT-Orthopedics



1. Shown below are schematic diagrams of posture curves of spine that represent normal and abnormal curves (curve 1, curve 2, and curve 3). The curves 1, 2 and 3 correctly correspond to which one of the following respectively


A) lordosis, kyphosis, & sway back

B) sway back, kyphosis, & lordosis

C) kyphosis, sway back & lordosis

D) sway back, lordosis, & kyphosis



2 A deformity in the right hip is masked by exaggerated lordosis as shown

in Figure 1. The deformity is unmasked by flexion of normal opposite i.e. left hip as shown in Figure 2.


The deformity in the right hip is

(A) fixed flexion

(B) fixed abduction

(C) fixed internal rotation

(D) fixed adduction





3. An adult male patient presented with 6-week old injury to the knee. Clinically, there was an excessive gliding of tibia over the femur in posterior direction. The most probable clinical diagnosis is

A) anterior cruciate ligament tear

B) medial collateral ligament tear

C) posterior cruciate ligament tear

D) medial meniscus tear


1 In the diagram shown below, the individual is attempting to pinch a paper between the thumb and the fingers. Weakness of a muscle "A" in the right thumb results in flexion due to the overaction of a muscle "B". The muscles "A" and "B" respectively are


(A) flexor pollicis longus and flexor pollicis brevis

(B) abductor pollicis longus and flexor pollicis longus

(C) adductor pollicis and flexor pollicis longus

(D) extensor digitorum and flex





2. Which nerve injury causes sensory loss in the shaded area in the figure given below:


(A) ulnar nerve

(B) dorsal cutaneous nerve of the forearm

(C) radial nerve

(D) median nerve







1 Given below is the schematic representation of chest wall movement in a patient who is in respiratory distress after sustaining polytrauma in a road traffic accident.


The condition is most likely to result from which one of the following conditions

(A) diaphragmatic rupture

(B) hemopneumothorax

(C) multiple fracture ribs with flail segment

(D) fat embolism.







2. Which one of the following modes of mechanical ventilation shown below depicts mechanical breath triggered by patient's inspiratory effort




(A) mode 1

(B) mode 2

(C) mode 3

(D) mode 4

Examples of General Questions
Examples of MPT-Orthopedics
Examples of MPT-Neuro Sciences
Examples of MPT-Cardiac Sciences