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A dead body is found to have marks like branching of a tree on the front of the chest. The most likely cause of death could be due to:

ALightning injury

BRoad traffic accident

CInjuries due to bomb blast

DFirearm

2

Diagnostic of antemortem drowning:

AEmphysema aquosum

BPaltaufs hemorrhage

CWater in esophagus

DPresence of foreign material in clenched hands

3

Which postmortem finding is suggestive of hanging?

AFracture of the cervical vertebra

BLigature mark above thyroid

CPresence of petechial hemorrhages in the eyes

DFracture of the hyoid bone

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