ESIC Staff Nurse Exam Previous Question Paper- Question No. 1 to 50

ESIC Published Notifications for Recruitment of 1500+ Staff Nurses in ESIC Hospitals all over India. The Written Examination (125 Marks - Multiple choice objective type paper)- I. 100 Questions (100 marks) will be based on Technical professional/ Subject/Post & II. 25 (25 Marks) Questions on Aptitude / General Awareness / General intelligence / Arithmetic Ability. Going through Previous Question Papers is important to succeed in the Examination. Earlier Many Question Papers published at www.nursingwork.in and https://nursingwrittentestquestions.blogspot.com Refer the Question answers given in the above websites for securing eligible Marks in the Examination. Here we published 1- 50 Questions, remaining Questions will be followed with the given link below

 1. Electro cardiagram is :

1. Recording of peristalsis
2. Recording of brain wave activety
3. Recording of heart activity
4. None of the above

2. The average of 8 numbers is 14. The average of 6 of these numbers is 16.. What is the average of the remaining 2 numbers ?

1. 12
2. 6
3. 8
4. 10

3. A coin placed at the bottom of a container appears to rise as the container is slowly filled with water. This is due to “

1. Deflection of Light
2. Polarisation of Light
3. Refraction of Light
4. Reflection of Light

4. 13 chairs and 5 tables were bought for rs 8280. if the average cost of the table will be rs 1227. What is the average cost of a chair ?

1. rs 175
2. rs 165
3. rs 2145
4. None of these

Directions: ( Question Nos. 5 and 6 ) Two words are given in the following questions with a blank in between. Salect a word form the choices given which is most relevant to the two other words.

5. Matchstick (____) rifle:

1. round
2. war
3. fire
4. hunter

6. Clock (_____) fire :

1. surprise
2. time
3. alarm
4. burn

Direction for Question NO. 7 & 8. There are six children Anuj, Shiva, Krishna, Deva, Vinod and Bharti Playing football. Anuj and vinod are brothers. Bharti is the sister of Vinod Krishana is only son of Anuj’s uncle. Shiva and Deva are daughters of the only brother of Krishana’s father.

7. How is krishana related to Bharti ?

1. Cousin
2. Son
3. Brother
4. Uncle

8. How many male players are There ?

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

Directions for Q. No. 9 & 10. A set of inter relationship diagrams are given below. Select the deagram which represent the relationship best in the questions given.

9. Animals, Camel, Giraffe :

1. A
2. D
3. H
4. E

10. Uneducated people, poor people, unemployed people:

1. E
2. B
3. D
4. H

Directions for 11 and 12. What will come next in the series.

11. CXDW, EVFU, GTHS, IRJQ ……………….. :

1. KPLO
2. KPMO
3. KPNO
4. None of these

12. 4, 16, 32, 128, 256 …………… :

1. 512
2. 768
3. 1034
4. 1024

Directions for 13 and 14 : Each face of a cube has a different colour. its top face is painted BLACK. BLUE is between RED and Yellow, GREEN is between BLACK and WHITE. WHITE is between YELLOW and RED.

13. Which colour is at the bottom:

1. Red
2. white
3. black
4. yellow

14. ‘Suma’ is shorter than ‘Uma’, ‘Neha’ is taller than ‘Suma’, ‘Sudha’, ‘Sudha’ is taller than ‘Uma’, but shorter than ‘Hema’. ‘Uma is taller than ‘Neha’. Who is the tallest among them ?

1. Uma
2. Sudha
3. Neha
4. Hema

15. Which country gives Magsaysay awards ?

1. China
2. The Philippines
3. India
4. Britain

16. The correct sequence of the Indian Civilian “Padma” Awards, starting from the Lowest to highest is :

1. Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, Bharat Ratna
2. Padma shri, Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan
3. Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Bharat Ratna
4. Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri

17. Indian player Deepika Kumari who claimed her maiden World cup in Antalaya recently, belongs to which game:

1. Athletics
2. Billiards & Snooker
3. Squash
4. Archery

18. One – Fourth of a number exceeds one-seventh of itself by 24. The number is:

1. 324
2. 224
3. 124
4. None of these

19. 1 dioptre of power of a lens:

1. Whose focal length is 1 meter
2. Whose focal length is 0.01 meter
3. Whose focal length is 10 meters
4. Whose focal length is 100 meters

20. Match the correct election symbols of political parties and identify the mismatched one :

1. Indian National Congress – Hand
2. Nationalist Congress party – Clock
3. Communist Party of India – Ears of corn and Sickle
4. Bhartiya Janta Party – Lotus

21. Which vitamin is called Alpha-tecopherol:

1. Vitamin K
2. Vitamin A
3. Vitamin B
4. Vitamin E

22. Blood pressure is measured by:

1. Nanometer
2. Sphygmomanometer
3. Barometer
4. Calorimeter

23. Which part of body is affected in typhoid:

1. Liver
2. Lungs
3. Intestines
4. Pancreas

24. Alpha-Keratin is protein present in:

1. Blood
2. Wool
3. Eggs
4. Skin

25. By increasing its speed by 8% a bus can reach 15 minutes early. What is the normal time taken by the bus to reach its destination:

1. 2½ hrs.
2. 3-3/8 hrs.
3. 3-5/8 hrs.
4. None of these

26. The average marks obtained by 20 students is 45. The average of first ten is 50 and of last 9 is 40. What are the marks obtained by the 11th student:

1. 40
2. 30
3. 0
4. 45

27.  if the side of a cube is decreased by 10% the percentage decrease in the volume of the cube is :

1. 19%
2. 72.9%
3. 10%
4. 27.1%

28. A man can row with the stream at 6 Km/hr. and against the stream at 4 Km/hr. Find the speed of the current :

1. 1 Km
2. 5 Km
3. 4 Km
4. 2 Km

29. Out of 1/3, 1/5, 4/23 and 2/11, the smallest number is :

1. 1/5
2. 1/3
3. 2/11
4. 4/23

30.  In a stock  clearance sale. Bata Shoe Company announces 20% discount. If The discounted price of a pair of shoes is RS. 1520/, find its original price :

1. Rs 1950
2. Rs 1800
3. Rs 1900
4. Rs 2000

31. The patient anziety during the preoperative period would decrease by which of the following nursing actions:

1. Encouraging sleep
2. Reassuring the patient that the surgical staff are competent professional
3. Spending time listening to the patient and answering questiosns
4. Expaining all procedures thoroughly

32. The mean mark obtained by 7 students in a group is 226. if the marks obtained by 6 of them are 340, 180, 260, 56, 275 and 307 respectively. find the marks obtained by the sevenths student:

1. 164
2. 226
3. 340
4. Cannot be determined

33. Glycosylated haemoglobin is determined to diagnose:

1. Diabetes mellitus
2. Gout
3. Hypothyroidism
4. All the above

34. Serum lipase level increases in:

1. Acute pancreatitis
2. Diabetes mellitus
3. Paget’s disease
4. Gaucher’s disease

35. Which of the following clinical features alert the nurse to lithium toxicity ?

1. Increasingly agitated behavior
2. Marked increased food intake
3. Sudden increase in blood pressure
4. Anorexia with nausea and vomiting

36. Sources of folic acid are :

1. Banana
2. Carrots
3. Spinach
4. Papaya

37. Which of the following hormones is not produced by placenta:

1. Progesterone
2. Testosterone
3. Estrogen
4. Human chronic gonadotropin

38. A multigravida 32 years old lady, admitted at  30 weeks with bleeding per vagina, which of the action the nurse should first do for her:

1. Provide perineal pads
2. Take consent for cesarean section
3. Perfoam pervaginal examination
4. Check the fetal heart rate and maternal blood pressure

39. Digoxin is administered intravenously to the patient as drug acts to:

1. Decrease electrical conductivity to heart
2. Dilate coronary arteries
3. Increase myocardial contractility
4. Decrease cardiac dysrrhythmias

40. A Patient has undergone mitral valve replacement having persistent bleeding from surgical incision in the early postoperative period, which drug will be administered:

1. Quinidine Sulphate
2. Protamine sulfate
3. Vitamin-C
4. Warfarin Sodium

41. A nurse assess the patients respiratory status. Which of the following symptoms be an early indicator of hypoxia in an unconscious patient:

1. Restlessness
2. Cyanosis
3. Decreased respiration
4. Hypotension

42. Episiotomy is best done and commonly practiced in:

1. Laterally
2. Mediolaterally
3. Medially
4. J shaped

43. Which of the following would most likely be a major nursing diagnosis for a patient with acute pancreatitis ?

1. Impaired swallowing
2. Ineffective airway clearance
3. Fluid volume excess
4. Altered nutrition less than body requirements

44. The nurse is assessing the colostomy of a patient who has had an abdominal perineal resection for a bowel tumor. Which of the following assessment indicate that the colostomy is beginning to function?

1. The patient ability to tolerate foods
2. Absent bowel sounds
3. The passage of flatus
4. Bloody drainage from the colostomy

45. The nurse evaluates the adequacy of the neonates oxygen by monitoring:

1. Arterial blood gas levels
2. Cyanosis of hands and feet
3. Pulse rate continuously
4. The percentage of oxygen received

46. A patient received codeine sulphate for severe back pain, which of the following obsevation must be done by the nurse:

1. Monitor bowel activity
2. Monitor fluid balance
3. Monitor peripheral pulses
4. Monitor for hypertension

47. A patient progress form pre-eclampsia to eclampsia, the nurse’s  first action should be to :

1. Administer magnesium sulphate intravenously
2. Administer oxygen by face mask
3. Clear and maintain an open airway
4. Assess the blood pressure and fetal heart rate

48. The immediate nursing action where patient has cardiac arrest:

1. Put him on ventilation
2. Begin O2 therapy
3. Begin mouth to mouth resp.
4. O2 not be given till doctor arrives

49. Cholecystography is performed to :

1. Detect conditions of the stomach
2. Detect obstruction in the duodenum
3. Diagnose stones in the gall bladder
4. None of these

50. Retention of abnormal amount of fluid in the body is due to :

1. Potassium
2. Sodium
3. Chloride
4. Calcium

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