In a completely charred body at autopsy, medical officer can say that the burns are antemortem if he can find -: (A) Soot in respiratory passage, (B) Cyanosis of finger nails, (C) Congestion of kidney, (D) Pale internal organs
Answer is A. One of the most important characteristic of antemortenri burns is, the finding of 'Soot and carbon particles' in larynx, trachea and may be in lungs.