NEET PG Question 2026 (Papers 1) - Recall Question Set

In a tertiary care hospital radiology setup, which equipment does not require AERB (Atomic Energy Regulatory Board) approval?

What is the most likely diagnosis when a spiculated mass (BI-RADS 5) is seen in the retro-areolar region on mammography?

In a 38-year-old woman with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus, what is the gold-standard investigation for vestibular schwannoma?

In a patient with sudden right-sided hemiplegia, what causes the 'Dense MCA sign' on NCCT brain?

In a healthy young woman with seizures and multiple cystic lesions (6–1.7 cm) on MRI, which organism is responsible?

Fever, headache, neck rigidity, CSF lymphocytosis, basal exudates and hydrocephalus on CECT suggest which diagnosis?

In a 23-year-old woman with severe headache, high BP and a 'string of beads' appearance on CT angiography (fibromuscular dysplasia), what is the most appropriate treatment?

In a hemodynamically stable patient with asymmetric blood pressure in both arms and severe chest pain, what is the most appropriate investigation?

After delivery, a patient develops pelvic pain, thrombophlebitis and sudden dyspnea. What investigation confirms pulmonary embolism?

What is the antidote for a patient with a history of substance abuse, pinpoint pupils, respiratory depression and bradycardia?

According to the MTP amendment, after how many weeks is State Medical Board approval required for termination of pregnancy in substantial fetal anomaly?

At what age does the olecranon process appear and fuse?

An oval entry wound on the chest with an abrasion collar and powder tattooing/stippling without blackening indicates which range of fire?

In an unconscious, severely head-injured unidentified person after a road accident, what should the surgeon do under BNS Section 30?

Which common suicidal poison turns silver nitrate filter paper black in gastric lavage?

Parkinsonism-like symptoms (bradykinesia and rigidity) in a steel/alloy factory worker are caused by toxicity from which metal?

What does the presence of an ossification center in the cut section of the lower end of the femur at autopsy indicate?

What is the most appropriate position for examination of a habitual passive agent in a sodomy case?

A patient with ischemic heart disease for 10 years dies of heart failure. Heavy brown-red lungs are found at autopsy. What is the microscopic finding?

Tarsometatarsal joint diastasis on a foot X-ray indicates which diagnosis?

Which rotator cuff muscle is spared in adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)?

A 23-year-old man has leg pain for 2 months and CT shows a cortical-based central nidus. What is the treatment?

What does the 'Terry Thomas sign' (gap between the scaphoid and lunate) on an AP wrist X-ray indicate?

A child holds the arm in pronation and does not move it after the arm is pulled. What is the actual condition in nursemaid's elbow?

In a family with a boy affected by hemophilia A (older brother affected, sister normal), which relative may also be affected?

What is the drug of choice for severe hyperuricemia in tumor lysis syndrome after chemotherapy and in CKD?

Mucosal bleeding, prolonged aPTT, prolonged bleeding time (BT) and normal PT suggest which disorder?

In aplastic anemia when a stem-cell donor is unavailable, what is the best immunosuppressive therapy?

What is the best stain to demonstrate tissue iron in hemochromatosis/iron overload due to repeated blood transfusions?

Pituitary adenoma and pancreatic cystic neoplasms are part of which syndrome?

In a patient with an HFE gene mutation, what causes increased serum ferritin?

Anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA) are a hallmark marker of which disease?

Why can CD8+ T cells not recognize a tumor when the tumor cell does not express MHC class I molecules?

A lung lesion biopsy shows nuclear molding, a high N:C ratio and crushing artifact (Azzopardi effect). What is the diagnosis?

An infant has leukocoria, strabismus and Flexner-Wintersteiner rosettes on histology. What genetic defect is involved?

A testicular biopsy shows a solid homogeneous mass, Oct 3/4 and CD117 positivity, with fibrous septa containing lymphocytes. What is the diagnosis?

Diarrhea after eating outside food followed by schistocytes, thrombocytopenia and renal failure after E. coli infection suggests what condition?

An 'onion-peeling' appearance on vascular biopsy (hyperplastic arteriosclerosis) is seen in which condition?

After RTA, there is loss of touch/pressure sensation and motor paralysis in the left leg, with loss of pain and temperature sensation on the right. What is the syndrome?

What happens during phase 3 (repolarization) of the cardiac action potential?

What can and cannot be measured by simple spirometry?

What are the different states of voltage-gated sodium channels at RMP, during depolarization and during early repolarization?

After a head injury, a patient has excessive thirst (8 L water/day), dilute urine and low specific gravity (diabetes insipidus). Which hypothalamic nucleus is involved?

Match the skin sensory receptors: onion-shaped, blue, and free nerve endings.

What are the effects of cholera and pertussis toxins on the G-protein pathway?

Which channel is opened by cholera toxin to increase secretion into the intestinal lumen?

What is the mechanism of action of mirabegron used for overactive bladder?

Why can oral contraceptive pills fail in a woman taking the anti-tubercular drug rifampicin?

A patient taking clozapine develops seizures 4 weeks after stopping smoking. What is the reason?

What is the mechanism of action of vericiguat in heart failure?

What is an alternative drug for metronidazole/tinidazole-resistant giardiasis?

Which drug treats morphine-induced constipation in a cancer patient without reducing analgesic effects?

In the arachidonic acid pathway, identify Drug A (phospholipase A2 inhibitor) and Drug B (COX inhibitor).

What is the main mechanism by which spironolactone causes gynecomastia?

Which opioid is used in day-care surgery and is rapidly metabolized by plasma/tissue esterases?

Which growth hormone receptor antagonist is used in octreotide-resistant acromegaly?

What is the drug of choice for hemodynamically stable supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT)?

What is the main treatment for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)?

What is the mechanism of N-acetylcysteine when used as a cough syrup?

Hematuria, hypertension, low GFR and glomerular hypercellularity 2 weeks after a throat infection suggest what diagnosis?

A 2-year-old child fed mainly kanji/rice has MUAC <11.5 cm and bilateral pedal edema (kwashiorkor). What is the appropriate management?

A 5-day-old newborn has jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, blueberry muffin rash, chorioretinitis and hearing loss. What is the diagnosis?

A 10-year-old child has poor growth, polyuria, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis and hypercalciuria (Bartter syndrome). Which part of the nephron is affected?

In a child with VSD, what causes the mid-diastolic murmur in addition to the pansystolic murmur?

A 9-year-old boy (brother also affected) has low phosphate, normal calcium, normal PTH and renal phosphate reabsorption <80%. What is the diagnosis?

What is the treatment for an asymptomatic patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in a 4-year-old child?

A patient has tall stature, arachnodactyly, hypermobility, ectopia lentis (upward lens dislocation) and aortic dissection. What is the diagnosis?

A 'raindrop-like' rash (or fir-tree pattern) appears on the trunk after streptococcal throat infection. What is the diagnosis?

In a farmer with a fungal infection of the toenail caused by Trichophyton rubrum, what type of transmission is involved?

Which statement about leprosy is correct?

Recurrent painful oral and scarring genital ulcers (orogenital aphthous ulcers) suggest which disease?

After trekking in the mountains, a patient has a tick bite and an annular target lesion (erythema chronicum migrans, Lyme disease). What is the treatment?

A sterile pustular rash appears immediately after taking penicillin (drug reaction). What is the diagnosis?

Hypopigmented macules on the back with a 'spaghetti and meatball' (banana-grape) appearance on KOH scraping indicate what condition?

In a patient with 95% vitiligo, which depigmenting agent is used to remove the remaining 5% of normal skin color?

What is an absolute contraindication to spinal anesthesia?

What does a sudden increase in ETCO2 during CPR indicate?

What is the case fatality rate (CFR) when there are 40 deaths among 800 cases?

A study examines the relationship between dietary fat/meat intake and colon cancer/heart disease across 41 countries. What type of study is this?

If risk is 70/7000 in the exposed group and 3/3000 in the non-exposed group, what is the attributable risk proportion?

Which scheduling technique is used for uncertain task durations and timing while constructing a new tertiary hospital?

Black eschar with a history of mite bite suggests which disease?

Which strain is used in the mumps vaccine?

For a single room of 184 square feet occupied by parents and two children (9 years 10 months and 10 months), how is overcrowding assessed?

When a population enters stage 4 of the demographic cycle, what is the main focus of health services?

Match biomedical waste categories: placenta, IV tubing, syringe needles and metallic items.

In disaster triage, what color code is assigned to an ambulatory patient who can walk?

What is the current WHO definition of XDR-TB?

Which chemical is used for high-level disinfection of a gastroscope/bronchoscope?

What is the cause of Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningitis + adrenal hemorrhage)?

What is the main mechanism of diphtheria toxin?

Which enrichment medium is used for early diagnosis of Corynebacterium diphtheriae?

Which culture medium is used to confirm bloody diarrhea due to STEC/EHEC in school children?

An immunocompromised patient has prolonged watery diarrhea and 4–6 micron round acid-fast oocysts in stool. What is the organism?

What is the most common cause of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis (red eye + subconjunctival hemorrhage)?

A child has vision loss in one eye since childhood due to strabismus (6/6 vs 6/60). What is the diagnosis?

A corneal ulcer with feathery margins develops after vegetative trauma from sugarcane/farm waste. What is the likely cause?

What causes anterior chamber bleeding (Amsler sign) in Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis?

A patient with giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis) has inferior altitudinal hemianopia and a pale disc. What is the diagnosis?

Which drug is used to break posterior synechiae in anterior uveitis?

In Benedikt syndrome, with ipsilateral third-nerve palsy and involuntary movements on the opposite side, which nucleus is damaged?

A patient develops high-output cardiac failure and peripheral neuropathy (wet beriberi) after bariatric surgery. What is the diagnostic test?

Three weeks after diarrhea, a patient develops ascending symmetrical motor weakness with intact sensation and albuminocytologic dissociation in CSF. What is the diagnosis?

In a young hypertensive patient with hypokalemia, after confirming primary hyperaldosteronism, what investigation is used for lateralization?

From which embryonic part do the kidney and ureter (genitourinary system) develop?

What are the main actions of the gluteus maximus muscle?

After ligation of the superior thyroid artery, a patient cannot sing in a high pitch. What is the likely nerve injury?

After an injury to the posterior triangle of the neck, a patient cannot raise the arm above the head (abduction >90°). Which nerve is injured?

If the left anterior descending artery (LAD) is blocked, which part of the interventricular septum is affected?