DHA Exam Question Answers 2021

On request of nursing candidates appearing for the DHA Examination 2021, we have published the following model questions with answers and explanations. Earlier, we published many DHA Exam Previous Question Papers and Model Question Answers on our nursing study material websites: www.nursingwork.in and www.nursingwrittentestquestions.blogspot.com. You may also refer to ESIC Staff Nurse Exam, AIIMS, RRB Staff Nurse Exam, and MOH Question Papers available on our website for exam preparation.

DHA Question No. 1: Which of the following is not a characteristic of true labor?

• (a) Contractions occur regularly and become stronger
• (b) Cervical dilation and effacement occurs
• (c) Activities like walking relieves pain
• (d) Fetus begins to descend

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Answer: C

Explanation: In true labor, contractions are regular and increase in strength, cervical changes occur, and the fetus begins to descend. Pain is not relieved by activities like walking, which is a characteristic of false labor.

DHA Question No. 2: Fetal heart rate accelerations of at least 15 beats/minute for at least 15 seconds may be due to all of the following except

• (a) Uteroplacental insufficiency
• (b) Uterine contractions
• (c) Mild cord compression
• (d) Movement of fetus

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Answer: A

Explanation: Fetal heart rate accelerations are generally a sign of fetal well-being. They are caused by fetal movement, mild cord compression, or uterine contractions. Uteroplacental insufficiency usually causes decelerations, not accelerations.

DHA Question No. 3: During labor, the mother feels something coming out of the vagina, and examination detects a compressed umbilical cord. What is the immediate nursing intervention?

• (a) Relieve the pressure on the cord
• (b) Check FHR
• (c) Place the client in knee chest position
• (d) Prepare for emergency CS

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Answer: A

Explanation: Immediate relief of pressure on the umbilical cord is critical to restore fetal oxygenation. This can be done manually, with the mother repositioned if necessary. Checking FHR and preparing for emergency CS come after relieving cord compression.

DHA Question No. 4: After delivery, the uterus cannot be palpated abdominally by

• (a) 5 days
• (b) 6 days
• (c) 8 days
• (d) 10 days

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Answer: D

Explanation: After childbirth, the uterus gradually involutes and typically cannot be palpated abdominally by the 10th day postpartum.

DHA Question No. 5: Total number of muscles in human body

• (a) 206
• (b) 309
• (c) 96
• (d) 639

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Answer: D

Explanation: The human body contains approximately 639 skeletal muscles which facilitate movement, posture, and organ function.

DHA Question No. 6: Which of the following is the commonest type of hallucination?

• (a) Visual hallucination
• (b) Auditory hallucination
• (c) Tactile hallucination
• (d) Imperative hallucination

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Answer: B

Explanation: Auditory hallucinations are the most common type and often occur in conditions such as schizophrenia, where patients hear voices that others do not.

DHA Question No. 7: Persistent repetition of words beyond their relevance is known as

• (a) Perseveration
• (b) Verberation
• (c) Clang association
• (d) Mutism

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Answer: A

Explanation: Perseveration is the repetition of a particular response (word, phrase, gesture) despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, commonly observed in brain injury or psychiatric disorders.

DHA Question No. 8: Which of the following is not a disorder of consciousness?

• (a) Stupor
• (b) Confusion
• (c) Delirium
• (d) Incoherence

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Answer: D

Explanation: Incoherence is a symptom of disorganized speech, not a disorder of consciousness. Stupor, confusion, and delirium affect consciousness.

DHA Question No. 9: DPT vaccine is administered through

• (a) Intradermal
• (b) Intramuscular
• (c) Subcutaneous
• (d) Oral

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Answer: B

Explanation: The DPT vaccine is administered intramuscularly, usually in the anterolateral thigh in infants or the deltoid in older children.

DHA Question No. 10: Total number of deaths of infants occurring during the period from 28th week of pregnancy to 7 days after birth per 1000 total births in a year is called

• (a) Infant mortality rate
• (b) Neonatal mortality rate
• (c) Perinatal mortality rate
• (d) Maternal mortality rate

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Answer: C

Explanation: Perinatal mortality rate includes deaths from the 28th week of pregnancy up to 7 days after birth, per 1000 total births.

DHA Question No. 11: Which of the following is a third generation intrauterine device?

• (a) Lipper loop
• (b) Copper-T
• (c) DMPA
• (d) Progestasert

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Answer: D

Explanation: Progestasert is a hormone-releasing intrauterine device and considered a third-generation IUD.

DHA Question No. 12: Integrated Child Development Scheme was launched in

• (a) 1973
• (b) 1974
• (c) 1975
• (d) 1976

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Answer: C

Explanation: The Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) was launched in India in 1975 to provide food, preschool education, and primary healthcare to children under 6 years of age and their mothers.

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