This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Mechanical injuries, Subject name: Forensic Medicine
In a firearm injury, there is burning, blacking, tattooing around the wound, along with cherry red colour of the surrounding tissues and is cruciate in shape, the injury is - 
Select and explain. 
A. Close shot entry, B. Close contact exit, C. Contact shot entry, D. Distant shot entry
C: Contact shot entry
Answer: C: Contact shot entry 
Explanation: the synopsis of forensic medicine & toxicology ;Dr k.s narayan reddy ; 28th edition ;pg.no 130 The description of the above injury matches that of a contact shot .