Immediate stiffness postmoem occurs in -: (A) Cadaveric rigidity, (B) Cadaveric spasm, (C) Rigor mois, (D) Algor mois
Answer is B. Immediate rigor occurs in cadaveric spasm which is contraction of muscles during life which become stiff and rigid immediately after death. Dr. Narayana Reddys Synopsis of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 27 th edition pg. 81.