Pediatrics Questions

2020-2007

CHANDRA RAYIDI
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CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION TO PEDIATRICS

CHAPTER 2 : GROWTH

10 Marks

1.Enumerate the factors affecting growth & development . How do you

evaluate short stature ? (Aug 14)
10

2.Define growth . Discuss the factors affecting growth . Name the

anthropometric parameters for growth assessment (Feb 12)
2+6+2=10

3.Define growth & development . Discuss the factors which influence growth &
development . Mention the normal milestones achieved by 1 year old infant
(Feb 11)
2+5+3=10

4.Discuus the known causes of Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR) , the

various complications that are anticipated in a full term low birth weight
neonate & steps taken to prevent those complications (Sept 08)
2+6+2=10

5.Describe the evaluation of physical growth & development of children from

birth till 1 year of age (Sept 07)
10

4 Marks

1.Causes of Short Stature (Jan 15)

2.Assessment of appropriate growth in 1 year old (March 09)
3.Definition & Causes of Microcephaly in children (Sept 07)
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2 Marks

1.Immediate & Long term handicaps of Intrauterine Growth Retarded Babies

(Jan 16)
2.Causes of Microcephaly (Feb 12)
3.Causes of Macrocephaly (Aug 11)
4.Causes of Short Stature (Aug 10)
5.Intrauterine Growth Restriction (Sept 09)
6.Disproportionate Short Stature – causes (March 09)
7.Defintion & Causes of Microcephaly (Sept 08)

CHAPTER 3 : DEVELOPMENT

4 Marks

1.Development milestones in a 9 months old child (Jan 14)

2 Marks

1.Language milestones till 4 years of age (Jan 19)

CHAPTER 4 : DEVELOPMENTAL & BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS

4 Marks

1.Pica (Jan 20)

2.Breath Holding Spells (July 17)
3.Breath Holding Spells (Jan 14)
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4.Pica (Aug 13)

2 Marks

1.Breath Holding Spells (Jan 20)

2.Pica (July 19)
3.Breath Holding Spells (July 18)
4.List red flag signs of Autism (Jan 17)
5.List red flag signs of Autism (Jan 15)
6.Thumb Sucking (Aug 14)
7.Thumb Sucking (Feb 13)
8.Pica (Sept 09)
9.Thumb Sucking (March 09)

CHAPTER 5 : ADOLESCENT HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER 6 : FLUID & ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCES

4 Marks

1.Causes of Hyponatremia (July 19)

2.Etiology & Clinical features of Hyperkalemia (Aug 14)
3.Principles in management of Dehydration (Feb 12)
4.Principles in management of Dehydration (Aug 10)
5.3 Causes of Metabolic Acidosis in children & Treatment (Sept 08)

2 Marks

1.Management of Hyperkalemia (July 16)

2.ECG findings in Hyperkalemia (Sept 08)
3.Electrocardiographic changes in Hyperkalemia (Sept 07)
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CHAPTER 7 : NUTRITION

10 Marks

1.(a)List all 4 Criteria to define Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in children as

per World Health Organization (WHO)
(b)Write the eEiology of Malnutrition
(c)Outline the Hospital Management of SAM (Jan 18)
2+3+5=10

2.Describe the Clinical features , Complications & Management of a 2 year old

child with Severe Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) (Feb 13)
4+3+3=10

3.Define PEM . How do you Classify PEM Disorders ? How do you Manage a
case of Kwashiorkor ? (Feb 10)
2+3+5=10

2 Marks

1.Age independent criteria for assessment of PEM in children (Jan 17)

2.Clinical features of Vitamin A deficiency (July 16)
3.Prevention of Malnutrition at family level (Jan 16)
4.Wellcome Classification of PEM (Aug 13)
5.Constant Clinical features of Kwashiorkor (Sept 08)

CHAPTER 8 : MICRONUTRIENTS IN HEALTH

& DISEASE

10 Marks

1.Describe 5 important Nutritional Causes of Growth Retardation . Discuss the

Treatment of Nutritional Rickets (March 08) 4+6=10
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4 Marks

1.Causes of Rickets (Jan 19)

2.Causes , Diagnosis & Treatment of Rickets (Aug 13)
3.Occular Manifestations of Vitamin A Deficiency according to WHO
Classification (Sept 09)
4.Causes , Diagnosis & Treatment of Rickets (Sept 08)
5.Biochemical & Radiological features in Nutritional Rickets (Sept 07)

2 Marks

1.Hypervitaminosis D (Jan 20)

2.X-Ray findings in Scurvy (Jan 19)
3.Hypervitaminosis A (July 17)
4.Vitamin A prophylaxis (Aug 14)
5.Clinincal features of Vitamin A Deficiency (Feb 13)
6.Vitamin A prophylaxis (Feb 12)
7.Clinical features of Vitamin D Deficiency (Aug 11)
8.Hypervitaminosis A (Feb 11)

CHAPTER 9 : NEWBORN INFANTS

10 Marks

1.Describe the Advantages of breast Feeding . What are the Disadvantages of

Artificial Feeding ? (Aug 12)
10

4 Marks

1.Approach to a child with Jaundice (Jan 20)

2.List the Causes of Jaundice in the first week of life & outline important points
to differentiate Physiological from Pathological Jaundice in new born (Jan 18)
3.Clinical features of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Jan 18)
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4. List the Causes of Jaundice in the first week of life & outline important points
to differentiate Physiological from Pathological Jaundice in new born (Jan 16)
5.APGAR Score (Aug 15)
6.Diagnosis & Management of Neonatal Sepsis (Jan 15)
7.Management of Neonatal Jaundice (Feb 13)
8.APGAR Score (Feb 13)
9.What are the Causes of Neonatal Jaundice (Aug 11)
10.Pathological Jaundice of new born (Feb 11)
11.Prevention of Neural Tube Defects (Sept 08)
12.Immunological benefits of Exclusive Breast Feeding (Sept 08)

2 Marks

1.Hind Milk (Jan 20)

2.Prevention of Hypothermia in the new born (July 19)
3.Advantages of Breast Feeding (Jan 18)
4.Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) (Jan 18)
5.Prevention & Treatment of Hypothermia in new born babies (July 17)
6.List all points of good attachment of Breast Feeding (Jan 17)
7.Colostrum (July 16)
8.List Anti-Infective Factors in human milk (Jan 15)
9.Prevention & Treatment of Hypothermia in new born babies (Jan 14)
10.Early Onset Sepsis (Feb 10)
11.Problems in a child with Cleft Palate (March 09)
12.Assymetric Tonic Neck Reflex (April 07)
13.Prevention of Neural Tube Defects (April 07)

CHAPTER 10 : IMMUNIZATION & IMMUNODEFICIENCY

4 Marks

1.Typhoid Vaccine – Types , Dose , Schedule & Age of vaccination (Jan 17)
2.Pneumococcal Vaccine – Types , Indication & Dosage Schedule (Jan 16)
3.Rota Virus Vaccine – Types , Dose , Schedule & Age of vaccination (Aug 15)
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4.Measles Vaccine (Jan 14)

5.DPT Vaccine (Aug 13)
6.Hepatitis B Vaccines (Aug 12)
7.National Immunization Schedule (Feb 12)
8.BCG Immunization (Aug 11)
9.Newer Vaccines (Aug 10)
10.Mantoux Test (Sept 09)
11.Hemophilis influenza type B preventive Vaccines (April 07)

2 Marks

1.MMR (Measles Mumps Rubella) Vaccine (Jan 20)

2.OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine) (July 18)
3.Pneumococcal Vaccine – Types & Dosage Schedule (Jan 18)
4. OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine) (July 17)
5.Bacille Calmette Guerin Vaccine (July 16)
6.Interpretation of Tuberculin test (Jan 15)
7.Tabulate Advantages & Disadvantages of Oral & Inactivated Polio Vaccine
(Jan 15)
8.National Immunization Days (Feb 11)
9.Hib Vaccine (Feb 10)
10.4 Reasons why Poliomyelitis is globally eradicable (Sept 07)

CHAPTER 11 : INFECTIONS & INFESTATIONS

10 Marks

1.Discuss the Differential Diagnosis of Fever with Rash in a 1 year old child
(Jan 20)
5

2.A 2 years old child is brought to the pediatric outpatient department with
history of Fever & Maculopapular Rashes all over the body for last 3 days
(a) List important Causes of above condition
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(b) Briefly write Clinical features , Complications & Prevention of

measles (Jan 15)
4+6=10

4 Marks

1.Complications of Measles (July 19)

2.Clinical features & Complications of Pertussis (July 17)
3.Outline drug treatment of childhood Tuberculosis as per RNTCP (Jan 17)
4.Strategies to reduce mother to child transmission of HIV Infection (Jan 17)
5.Complications of Measles (July 16)
6.Diagnosis & Management of Typhoid Fever (Jan 16)
7.List warning signs of Dengue Fever (Jan 15)
8.Hemophilus influenza pneumonia (Aug 14)
9.Complications of Measles (Sept 09)

2 Marks

1.Mention 4 Clinical manifestations of Ascaris lumbricoides infestations

(Jan 14)
2.Treatment of Enteric Fever in children (Aug 13)
3.Complicatons of Diphtheria (Aug 12)
4.Clinical features of Malaria (Aug 11)
5.Neurological complications of Measles (Aug 10)
6.Clinical features of Dengue Fever (Aug 10)
7.Croup (Sept 09)
8.3 Microscopic differences between Plasmodium vivax & falciparum (Sept 07)
9.Neurological complications of Measles (Sept 07)
10.Choice of antibiotics for Treatment of Multidrug Resistant Typhoid Fever
(Sept 07)
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CHAPTER 12 : DISEASES OF GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM &

LIVER

10 Marks

1.A 9 month old infant presents with Acute Watery Diarrhoea . What are the
Causes ? What Complications do you anticipate ? How do you manage a child
with Some Dehydration ? (Sept 09)
2+3+5=10

4 Marks

1.Management of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (July 19)

2.Causes of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia (Jan 19)
3.Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (July 18)
4.Approach to a child with Hematemesis (July 17)
5.Etiology & Clinical features of Acute Viral Hepatitis (July 16)
6.Causes of Hepatosplenomegaly in 8 month old child (Feb 10)
7.Triaging & Management of Diarrhoeal Dehydration (Sept 07)

2 Marks

1.Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) (Jan 19)

2.Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) (July 17)
3.Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) (Aug 15)
4.Mention 4 Causes of Constipation in children (Feb 13)
5.Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) (Aug 12)
6.Carbamazepine (Feb 10)
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CHAPTER 13 : HEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS

10 Marks

1.Enumerate the Causes of Iron Deficiency in childhood . Discuss the

Management & Preventive strategies for Iron Deficiency Anemia in India
(July 16)
10

2.What are the Causes of Anemia in children ? How will you evaluate a child
with Hemolytic Anemia ? (Aug 15)
5+5=10

3.Describe the Causes , Clinical features , Laboratory Investigations &

Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia in children (Jan 14)
2+3+2+3=10

4 Marks

1.Treatment of Acute Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (Jan 20)

2.Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (July 18)
3.Clinical features of Thrombocytopenia (Feb 13)
4.Enumerate the Causes of Anemia in children (Feb 12)
5.Classify Hemolytic Anemias & How do you Manage Hemolytic Anemias
(Aug 11)
6.Discuus the Causes of Thrombocytopenia (Aug 10)
7.Hemophilia A (Sept 09)

2 Marks

1.Peripheral smear in Megaloblastic Anemia (Jan 19)

2.Peripheral blood smear findings of a child with Thalassemia major (Jan 18)
3.Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia (Jan 16)
4.Treatment of Idiopathic (Immune) Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) (Aug 13)
5.Peripheral smear findings in Iron Deficiency Anemia (Aug 10)
6.Peripheral blood smear picture of Nutritional Anemia (March 08)
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CHAPTER 14 : OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

4 Marks

1.Approach to a child with Stridor (July 16)

2 Marks

1.Treatment of Acute Otitis Media (July 18)

CHAPTER 15 : DISORDERS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

10 Marks

1.What are the Causes of wheezing in a child ? How will you Manage a child
with Acute Severe Asthma ? (Jan 16)
5+5=10

4 Marks

1.Etiology & Clinical features of Bronchiolitis (Jan 20)

2.Aerosol therapy in Bronchial Asthma (July 18)
3.Treatment of Acute Exacerbation of Asthma (July 16)
4.Clinical features of Bronchiolitis (Aug 12)
5.Acute Bronchiolitis (Feb 10)
6.Treatment of Acute Bronchial Asthma (March 09)
7.Case Management plan of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) in ARI Control
Programme (April 07)
8.4 Clinical features of childhood Asthma (April 07)
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2 Marks

1.Treatment of a child with Severe Pneumonia (Jan 19)

2.Management of Acute attack of Asthma in children (Jan 14)
3.Clinical features of Bronchiolitis (Aug 13)
4.Name the Complications of Pneumonia (Aug 11)

CHAPTER 16 : DISORDERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

10 Marks

1.Enumerate the Clinical features & Complications of Tetralogy of Fallot .

Discuss the Management of Hypercyanotic Spells (July 18)
3+4+3=10

2.Enumerate the Clinical features & Complications of Tetralogy of Fallot .

Discuss the Management of Hypercyanotic Spells (July 17)
3+4+3=10

4 Marks

1.Management of Cyanotic Spell (July 19)

2.Prevention of Rheumatic Fever (Jan 19)
3.Treatment of Acute Rheumatic Fever with Carditis (July 18)
4.Treatment of Acute Rheumatic Fever (July 17)
5.Secondary prophylaxis of Rheumatic Fever (Jan 16)
6.Clinical features of Congestive Heart Failure in children (Aug 15)
7.Clinical features & Management of Cyanotic Spells in a case of Tetralogy of
Fallot (Jan 15)
8.Clinical features & Complications of Tetralogy of Fallot (Aug 14)
9.Primary & Secondary prophylaxis for prevention of Rheumatic Disease
(Jan 14)
10.Modified Jones Criteria for Rheumatic Fever (Rheumatic Heart Disease)
(Aug 13)
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11.Management of Congestive Cardiac Failure (Aug 12)

12.Tetralogy of Fallot (Feb 11)
13.Cyanotic Spells (Feb 10)
14.Treatment of Patent Ductus Arteriosus (March 09)
15.Secondary Rheumatic Prophylaxis (March 08)
16.Classification of Congenital Cyanotic Heart diseases (March 08)
17.Treatment of Cyanotic Spell in Tetralogy of Fallot (Sept 07)

2 Marks

1.Primary prophylaxis of Rheumatic Fever (Jan 18)

2.Mention 4 prongs in the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure in children
(Jan 14)
3.Management of Cyanotic Spell (Feb 13)
4.Radiological findings in Tetralogy of Fallot’s (Feb 12)
5.Name the Complications of Cyanotic Heart Disease (Aug 10)
6.Modified Jones Criteria (Feb 10)
7.Drug Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies (March 08)

CHAPTER 17 : DISORDERS OF KIDNEY & URINARY TRACT

10 Marks

1.What are the Causes of Proteinuria in a child ? How do you Manage a child
with Nephrotic Syndrome ? (July 19)
4+6=10

4 Marks

1.Complications of Nephrotic Syndrome (Jan 20)

2.Management of Acute Glomerulonephritis (Jan 19)
3.Nocturnal Enuresis (Jan 19)
4.Treatment of freshly diagnosed Nephrotic Syndrome in a child of 15 kg
weight (Jan 18)
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5.Nocturnal Enuresis – Causes & Management (Jan 18)

6.Management of Minimal Lesion Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome (Jan 17)
7.Nocturnal Enuresis (July 16)
8.Causes , Types & Treatment of Enuresis (Aug 15)
9.Management of Acute Renal Failure (Jan 15)
10.Approach to a child with Hematuria (Aug 14)
11.Clinical features & Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in infancy &
childhood (Feb 13)
12.Management of Nephrotic Syndrome (Aug 12)
13.Outline the Management of Nephrotic Syndrome (Aug 11)
14.Management of Acute Glomerulonephritis (Feb 11)
15.How do you Manage Acute Renal Failure (Aug 10)
16.Nocturnal Enuresis (Feb 10)
17.Life threatening Complications of Acute Post-Streptococcal
Glomerulonephritis (March 08)

2 Marks

1.Management of Nephrotic Syndrome (Aug 15)

2.Enumerate Causes of Anasarca (Jan 15)
3.Furosemide (Aug 12)
4.Nocturnal Enuresis (Aug 12)
5.Name the Complications of Renal Failure (Feb 12)
6.Urinary findings in Post-Streptococcal Acute Glomerulonephritis (Feb 12)
7.Nephrotic Syndrome (Feb 10)
8.Causes of Hematuria (Sept 09)
9.Complications of Acute Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis (Sept 08)

CHAPTER 18 : ENDOCRINE & METABOLIC DISORDERS

4 Marks

1.Insulin therapy in a child with Diabetic Ketoacidosis (July 18)

2.Clinical features of Hypothyroidism (Jan 16)
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3.Delayed puberty & its etiology (Jan 16)

4.Investigations & Treatment of a new born with Hypothyroidism (March 09)
5.Investigatons for suspected Neonatal Hypothyroidism (March 08)
6.Principles in Treatment of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (April 07)
7.Treatment of Cretinism or Congenital Hypothyroidism (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Clinical features of Hypothyroidism in infants (July 18)

2.Undescended testis (Aug 15)
3.Congenital Hypothyroidism (Feb 11)

CHAPTER 19 : DISEASES OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

10 Marks

1.What are the Causes of Seizures in a child ? How do you Treat a child with
Status Epilepticus ? (Jan 19)
5+5=10

2.Describe the Clinical features , Diagnosis & Management of Tubercular

Meningitis in children (Aug 13)
10

3.Discuss the various Causes of Convulsions in a 2 day old neonate . Describe

the Investigative workup & Treatment of Neonate Convulsions (March 09)
2+6+2=10

4 Marks

1.Febrile Convulsions (Jan 18)

2.Etiology & Clinical features of Pyogenic Meningitis (July 17)
3.Management algorithm of Neonatal Seizure (Jan 17)
4.Treatment of childhood Pyogenic Meningitis (Aug 14)
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5.Febrile Convulsions (Jan 14)

6.How do you Manage Febrile convulsions (Feb 12)
7.How do you Manage Status Epilepticus (Aug 11)
8.Spastic Cerebral Palsy (Feb 11)
9.How do you Manage Febrile Convulsions (Aug 10)
10.CSF picture in Acute Bacterial & Tubercular Meningitis (Sept 07)

2 Marks

1.Causes of Hydrocephalus (Jan 20)

2.Preventable Causes of Mental Retardation (July 19)
3.Clinical features of Hydrocephalus (July 19)
4.CSF findings in Tubercular Meningitis (July 18)
5.Causes of Hydrocephalus (July 17)
6.Emergency Management of Febrile Seizure (Jan 17)
7.Complications of Acute Bacterial Meningitis (Jan 16)
8.Management of Status Epilepticus (Aug 15)
9.CSF picture of Tuberculous Meningitis (Aug 15)
10.Causes of Hydrocephalus (Aug 14)
11.Side effects of Steroid Therapy (Aug 14)
12.Management of Neonatal Convulsions (Aug 13)
13.CSF Picture of Pyogenic Meningitis (Feb 13)
14.Cephalhematoma (Aug 12)
15.Pseudoparalysis – causes (March 09)
16.CSF findings in Pyogenic Meningitis (March 09)
17.Preventable Causes of Mental Retardation (Sept 09)
18.Side effects of Steroid Therapy (March 08)
19.Choice of antibiotics in Treatment of childhood Pyogenic Meningitis
(April 07)
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CHAPTER 20 : NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS

4 Marks

1.Differential Diagnosis of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (Aug 12)

2 Marks

1.List all Causes of Acute Flaccid Paralysis in children (Jan 17)

2.Acute Flaccid Paralysis (Sept 09)

CHAPTER 21 : CHILDHOOD MALIGNANCIES

2 Marks

1.Peripheral smear findings in Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (Aug 11)

CHAPTER 22 : RHEUMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS

10 Marks

1.How do you Treat Kawasaki disease ? (Jan 20)

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CHAPTER 23 : GENETIC DISORDERS

4 Marks

1.Down’s Syndrome (Aug 15)

2.Genetic basis of Down’s Syndrome (March 08)

2 Marks

1.Down’s Syndrome (Feb 11)

CHAPTER 24 : INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM

CHAPTER 25 : OPHTHALMIC DISORDERS

CHAPTER 26 : SKIN DISORDERS

2 Marks

1.Treatment of Scabies (March 08)

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CHAPTER 27 : POISONINGS , INJURIES & ACCIDENTS

4 Marks

1.Organophosphorus Poisoning (Aug 13)

2.Kerosene Oil Poisoning (Feb 13)
3.Kerosene Poisoning (Sept 09)

2 Marks

1.Neurotoxic Snake Envenomation (July 19)

CHAPRER 28 : PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE

CHAPTER 29 : IMPORTANT MEDICAL PROCEDURES

CHAPTER 30 : RATIONAL DRUG THERAPY

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CHAPTER 31 : INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF NEONATAL &

CHILDHOOD ILLNESS

10 Marks

1.An one and half year old child is brought to the Emergency Department with
history of loose motion & vomiting for 3 days . His weight is 7kg
(a) Tabulate Signs of Some & Severe Dehydration as per WHO Integrated
Management of Neonatal &Childhood Illness guidelines
(b) Outline Management of Some Dehydration in above child (Jan 17)
5+5=10

CHAPTER 32 : RIGHTS OF CHILDREN

MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS

10 Marks

1.Define Preterm Baby . Discuss the factors affecting Prematurity . Name the
Complications of Prematurity . (Aug 11)
10

2.What are the steps to be implemented in Baby Friendly Hospital to promote

& sustain Breast Feeding ? (April 07)
10

4 Marks

1.Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (July 19)

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2.What are the Causes of Birth Injuries (Feb 12)

3.Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) (Feb 11)
4.National Rural Health Mission (Feb 10)
5.Causes of Acute Respiratory Insufficiency & Management (March 09)

2 Marks

1.Erb’s Palsy (July 16)

2.Birth Injuries (Aug 14)
3.Definition of Low Birth Weight , Small for Date & Preterm Baby (Jan 14)
4.Absence Attacks (Feb 11)
5.4 Causes of Delayed Closure of Fontanelle (March 08)
6.Investigative workup of cord blood at birth in Rh Isoimmunization (April 07)
7.Late Complications of Preterm Children (April 07)
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CHAPTER 1 : INFECTIOUS DISEASES

10 Marks

1.Describe the etiology , clinical features & complications of AIDS . How will
you treat AIDS ? (Jan 20)
2+2+2+4=10

2.Write clinical features , investigations & treatment of Enteric Fever (Jan 19)
3+3+4=10

3.Write the clinical features , complications & management of Falciparum

Malaria (Aug 14)
3+3+4=10

4.Describe clinical features , laboratory investigations & management of

Falciparum Malaria (Feb 13)
3+3+4=10

5. Write clinical features , investigations & management of Enteric Fever

(Feb 12)
3+3+4=10

6.Write pathophysiology , diagnosis & treatment of Cholera (Aug 11)

4+2+4=10

7.Write manifestations , diagnosis & treatment of Cerebral Malaria (Aug 10)

4+3+3=10

8.What is HAART (Highly Active Anti Retroviral Therapy) ? Mention the classes
of drugs & their use in clinical practice (March 09)
3+3+4=10

9.Discuss the lifecycle of Plasmodium falciparum . Discuss the diagnosis &

treatment of Cerebral Malaria (April 07) 4+3+3=10
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4 Marks

1.Complications & treatment of Cerebral Malaria (Jan 20)

2.Amoebiasis (Jan 20)
3.Chickenpox (Jan 20)
4.Genital Herpes simplex (July 19)
5.Chemoprophylaxis for Falciparum Malaria (Jan 19)
6.Complications of Typhoid Fever (July 18)
7.Treatment of Kala-Azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis) (July 18)
8.Clinical features & treatment of Granuloma inguinale (Jan 18)
9.Clinical features & management of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (July 17)
10.Giardiasis (July 17)
11.Clinical features & complications of Mumps (Jan 17)
12.Clinical features & management of Leptospirosis (Jan 17)
13.HIV Counselling (July 16)
14.Treatment of Amoebiasis (Jan 16)
15.HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy) (Jan 16)
16.Clinical features & management of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (Aug 15)
17.Pneumocystis jirovecii (Aug 15)
18.Clinical features & complications of Leptospirosis (Aug 15)
19.Oppurtunistic infections of HIV (Jan 15)
20.Lepra reaction (Jan 15)
21.Congenital syphilis (Jan 15)
22.Cysticercosis (Jan 15)
23.Complications of Typhoid Fever (Aug 14)
24.Treatment of Syphilis (Aug 14)
25.Causative organisms , epidemiology & clinical features of Shigellosis (Jan 14)
26.Clinical features & complications of Mumps (Jan 14)
27.Complications of Dengue Fever (Aug 13)
28.Giardiasis (Aug 13)
29.Diphtheria (Feb 13)
30.Nosocomial infection (Feb 13)
31.Chronic Amoebiasis (Aug 12)
32.Pertussis (Aug 12)
33.Leptospirosis (Aug 12)
34.Oppurtunistic infections of HIV (Aug 12)
35.Food Poisoning (Aug 12)
36.Anthrax (Feb 12)
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37.Anti retroviral drugs (Feb 12)

38.Treatment of Enteric Fever (Aug 11)
39.Type-II Lepra reaction (Aug 11)
40.Pathophysiology of Cholera (Feb 11)
41.Systmeic manifestations of AIDS (Aug 10)
42.Differences between Amoebic dysentery & Bacillary dysentery (Aug 10)
43.Food poisoning (Sept 09)
44.HAART (Sept 09)
45.Botulism (Sept 09)
46.Treatment of Cholera (March 09)
47.Yellow fever vaccine (March 09)
48.Diference between Lepromatous & Non Lepromatous Leprosy (Sept 08)
49.Complications of Falciparum Malaria (March 08)
50.Treatment of Multibacillary Leprosy (March 08)
51.Drug therapy of Amoebic Liver Abscess (Sept 07)
52.Rifampicin (Sept 07)
53.Drug therapy of Kala-Azar (April 07)
54.Imidazoles (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Write about Pulmonary eosinophilia (Jan 20)

2.Hemorrhagic viral fevers (Jan 20)
3.Coomb’s test (July 19)
4.Chloroquine (July 19)
4.Clinical features of Tetanus (July 19)
5.HAART (Highly Active Anti Retroviral Treatment) (Jan 19)
6.Weil-Felix Test (Jan 19)
7.Weil’s disease (July 18)
8.Brucellosis (July 18)
9.Treatment of Filariasis (July 18)
10.Chemoprophylaxis of Malaria (July 17)
11.Opportunistic infections in HIV (July 17)
12.Lymphogranuloma venereum (July 17)
13.Botulism (Jan 17)
14.Complications of Leptospirosis (July 16)
15.Treatment of Filariasis (July 16)
16.Nosocomial Infections (July 16)
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17.Scrub Typhus (July 16)

18.Prion diseases (Jan 16)
19.Tertiary Syphilis (Jan 16)
20.Giardiasis (Aug 15)
21.Ascariasis (Aug 15)
22.Treatment of Vivax Malaria (Jan 15)
23.Clinical features of Leptospirosis (Aug 14)
24.Mention the drugs & side effects of Protease Inhibitors (PIs) (Jan 14)
25.Treatment of Brucellosis (Aug 13)
26.Extra intestinal Amoebiasis (Feb 13)
27.Treatment of Cholera (Feb 13)
28.Gastro intestinal complication of AIDS (Feb 13)
29.Larva migrans (Aug 12)
30.Resistant Malaria (Feb 12)
31.Lepra reaction (Feb 12)
32.Treatment of Gonorrhoea (Aug 11)
33.Tetany (Aug 11)
34.Symptoms of Dengue Fever (Aug 11)
35.Diagnosis of Leptospirosis (Feb 11)
36.Tetanus toxoid & its significance (Feb 11)
37.Typhoid vaccine (Aug 10)
38.Mumps (Aug 10)
39.Dapsone (Sept 09)
40.Giardiasis (March 09)
41.Tetany (Sept 08)
42.Reactions in Leprosy (Sept 08)
43.Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (Sept 08)
44.Etiology & clinical presentation in Leptospirosis (March 08)
45.Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia (March 08)
46.Brugia malayii (Sept 07)
47.Quinine (Sept 07)
48.Itching around anus (Sept 07)
49.Fluconazole (Sept 07)
50.Bubo (Sept 07)
51.Cutaneous lesion in Anthrax (April 07)
52.Chloroquine (April 07)
53.Yellow fever vaccine (April 07)
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CHAPTER 2 : DISEASES OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

10 Marks

1.Write the causes , clinical features & treatment of Acute Lobar Pneumonia
(Jan 19)
3+3+4=10

2.Write causes , clinical features & management of Pneumothorax (Jan 18)

10

3.Write etiology , pathogenesis , clinical features of Bronchial Asthma &

management of Acute Severe Asthma (Jan 17)
2+2+3+3=10

4.Enumerate the causes of Suppurative Lung disease . Discuss the clinical

features & management of Empyema Thoracis (July 16)
3+3+4=10

5.Write the etiology , pathogenesis & clinical features of Bronchial Asthma .

Add a note on management of Acute Severe Asthma (Aug 15)
2+2+3+3=10

6.Mention etiology , clinical features & management of Lung Abscess (Jan 15)
3+3+4=10

7.Write the causes , clinical features & management of Bronchiectasis (Aug 14)
3+3+4=10

8.Write the clinical features , complications & management of Bronchial

Asthma (Jan 14)
3+2+5=10

9.Write diagnosis & management of Bronchial Asthma (Aug 11)

5+5=10
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10.Discuss the clinical features , laboratory investigations & management of

Pleural Effusion (Sept 09)
3+3+4=10

11.Write the clinical signs of fibrosis (pleural & parenchymal) & cavity in the
lung . Write in detail the drug treatment of Pulmonary TB . Mention the
adverse reactions of major drugs (April 07)
2+2+4+2=10

4 Marks

1.Bronchial asthma (Jan 20)

2.Hemoptysis (July 19)
3.Investigations & management of Pleural Effusion (Jan 16)
4.Cystic Fibrosis (Aug 13)
5.Status Asthmaticus (Feb 13)
6.Bronchiectasis (Feb 13)
7.Pneumothorax (Aug 12)
8.DOTS Regimen (Aug 11)
9.Community acquired Pneumonia (Feb 11)
10.Pleural Effusion (Feb 11)
11.Role of steroids in management of Asthma (Feb 11)
12.MDR TB (Aug 10)
13.Pulmonary Function Tests (Sept 09)
14.Lung lesions in retro viral infection (March 09)
15.Pulmonary function test in Bronchial Asthma (March 09)
16.Management of Acute Severe Asthma (March 08)
17.Histology of Tuberculoma (Sept 07)

2 Marks

1.Name 2 Pulmonary Function Tests (Jan 20)

2.Name 2 Occupational Lung Diseases (Jan 20)
3.FEV 1 (July 19)
4.Pleural Fluid Analysis in Synpneumonic Effusion (Jan 19)
5.Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteopathy (July 18)
6.Pneumoconiosis (July 18)
7.Pleural Fluid Analysis in Malignant Pleural Effusion (July 18)
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8.Pleurodesis (Jan 18)

9.Sweat Chloride Test (July 17)
10.Clinical features of Bronchiectasis (July 17)
11.Mention causes of Hemoptysis (July 17)
12.Adult vaccines in COPD (Jan 16)
13.Paraneoplastic manifestations of Lung cancer (Jan 16)
14.Pleural Fluid Analysis in Tubercular Pleural Effusion (Aug 14)
15.Mention the causes of Hemoptysis (Aug 13)
16.Pulmonary Function Tests (Feb 12)
17.Mention types of Pneumothorax (Feb 12)
18.Enumerate different Occupational Lung Diseases (Aug 11)
19.Interstitial Lung Disease (Feb 11)
20.Peak Flow Rate & its significance (Aug 10)
21.RNTCP (Sept 09)
22.Mantoux test (March 09)
23.MDR TB (Sept 08)
24.Etiology of Community acquired Pneumonia (March 08)
25.Vital capacity (Sept 07)
26.Tension Pneumothorax (April 07)
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CHAPTER 3 : DISEASES OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

10 Marks

1.What are the causes of Hypertension ? Describe in detail about the clinical
signs & symptoms , complications & management of Hypertension (Jan 20)
3+2+2+3=10

2.Describe the etiology , clinical features & management of Congestive Cardiac

Failure (July 19)
10

3.Write clinical features , diagnosis & treatment of Infective Endocarditis

(July 18)
3+3+4=10

4.Discuss the causes ,signs & symptoms , treatment & complications of Acute
Myocardial Infarction (Jan 18)
10

5.Write etiology , clinical features & management of Congestive Cardiac Failure

(July 17)
3+3+4=10

6.Discuss the diagnosis & treatment of Infective Endocarditis . Add a note on

prevention of Infective Endocarditis (Jan 17)
5+3+2=10

7.Clinical features & management of Acute Rheumatic Fever . Mention briefly

Rheumatic Fever prophylaxis (July 16)
4+3+3=10

8.Write various causes , organ manifestations & treatment of Hypertension

(Aug 15)
3+3+4=10
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9.Write the risk factors , clinical features & management of Angina Pectoris
(Jan 15)
3+3+4=10

10.Write the etiology , clinical features , complications & management of

Infective Endocarditis (Jan 14)
3+3+2+2=10

11.Write the clinical features , complications & management of Acute

Myocardial Infarction (Aug 13)
3+3+4=10

12.Discuss the etiology , clinical features & management of Congestive Cardiac

Failure (Feb 13)
3+3+4=10

13.Discuss the clinical features , laboratory investigations & management of

Acute Myocardial Infarction (Aug 12)
3+3+4=10

14.Write syndromes , signs & management of Mitral Stenosis (Feb 11)

10

15.Enumerate various causes , end organ manifestations & treatment of

Hypertension (Aug 10)
3+3+4=10

16.Discuss the diagnosis & prophylaxis of Infective Endocarditis (Sept 09)

5+5=10

17.Draw a diagram of Conducting System of Heart . Write the various Atrio-

Ventricular (AV) blocks . Draw illustrative Electro cardiograms (March 09)
3+3+4=10

18.Discuss the etiology , clinical features & management of Congestive Heart

Failure (Sept 08)
3+3+4=10
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19.Describe diagnostic criteria , clinical features , laboratory investigations &

management of Acute Rheumatic Fever (March 08)
2+2+2+4=10

20.Classify Cardiomyopathy . What are the clinical features of each type ?

Outline the treatment (April 07)
2+2+2+2+2=10

4 Marks

1.P-R Interval (July 19)

2.Atrial Fibrillation (Jan 19)
3.Treatment of Digitalis toxicity (Jan 19)
4.Pre-Excitation syndromes (July 18)
5.Fallot’s Tetralogy (July 18)
6.Acute Pericarditis (Jan 18)
7.Treatment of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (Jan 18)
8.Atrial Fibrillation treatment (July 17)
9.Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) (July 16)
10.TEE (Trans Esophageal Echocardiography) (July 16)
11.Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction (Jan 16)
12.Tetralogy of Fallot (Aug 15)
13.Pericarditis (Jan 15)
14.Complete Heart Block (Aug 14)
15.Left Ventricular Failure (Aug 14)
16.Atrial Fibrillation (Jan 14)
17.Arrythmias in Myocardial Infarction (Feb 12)
18.Ventricular Ectopics (Aug 11)
19.DC Cardioversion (Aug 11)
20.Treatment of Mitral Stenosis (Aug 10)
21.Secondary Hypertension (Sept 08)
22.Serum markers in Acute Myocardial Infarction (March 08)
23.Target organ damage in Hypertension (March 08)
24.Medical closure of PDA (Patent Ductus Arteriosus) (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Cardiomyopathy (Jan 20)

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2.Name 2 congenital heart diseases (Jan 20)

3.Atrial Fibrillation (Jan 20)
4.Name 4 ‘B’ Blocker drugs (July 19)
5.Treatment of Acute Rheumatic Fever (Jan 19)
6.Signs of Constrictive Pericarditis (Jan 19)
7.Wenckebach’s phenomenon (Jan 18)
8.Risk factors for Atherosclerosis (July 17)
9.Jones criteria for Rheumatic Fever (Jan 17)
10.Management of Acute Pulmonary Edema (July 16)
11.Secondary Hypertension (Jan 16)
12.Causes of Atrial Fibrillation (Jan 15)
13.Syncope (Jan 15)
14.Supraventricular Tachycardia (Aug 14)
15.Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction (Aug 14)
16.Clinical features of Marfan’s syndrome (Jan 14)
17.Mention Calcium Channel Blockers with doses (Aug 13)
18.Mention the causes of Secondary Hypertension (Aug 13)
19.Pulsus paradoxus (Feb 13)
20.Collapsing pulse (Aug 12)
21.Beta Blockers (Feb 12)
22.Differences between Atrial Flutter & Atrial Fibrillation (Aug 11)
23.CCF (Congestive Cardiac Failure) (Aug 11)
24.TOF (Tetralogy of Fallot) (Feb 11)
25.Enumerate principles of treatment of Acute MI (Myocardial Infarction)
(Feb 11)
26.Infective Endocarditis prophylaxis (Aug 10)
27.Atrial Flutter (Aug 10)
28.Angiotensin receptor blockade (March 09)
29.Beta Blockers (Sept 08)
30.Digitalis (March 08)
31.Fallots Tetralogy (March 08)
32.Cor pulmonale (March 08)
33.ECG in Ventricular Ectopic beat (April 07)
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CHAPTER 4 : DISEASES OF GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM

10 Marks

1.Describe the causes , clinical features & management of Acid Peptic disease
(Aug 12)
3+3+4=10

4 Marks

1.Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Jan 17)

2.Causes & complications of Chronic Pancreatitis (Jan 16)
3.Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (Aug 15)
4.Ulcerative colitis (Aug 15)
5.Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Jan 15)
6.Etiology , clinical features & treatment of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (Jan 14)
7.Reflux oesophagitis (Aug 13)
8.Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Feb 12)
9.Management of Acute Pancreatitis (Aug 10)
10.Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Sept 09)
11.Ulcerative colitis (Sept 08)
12.Gastro oesophageal reflex (Sept 07)

2 Marks

1.Colonoscopy (July 19)

2.Plummer-Vinson syndrome (Jan 19)
3.Whipple’s disease (Jan 19)
4.Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) (July 18)
5.Management of H. pylori infection (Jan 18)
6.Complications of Ulcerative colitis (Jan 18)
7.Diagnosis of Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy (Jan 18)
8.Treatment of Peptic Ulcer (July 17)
9.Clinical features of Whipple’s disease (July 17)
10.Complications of Acute Pancreatitis (Jan 17)
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11.Clinical features of Plummer-Vinson syndrome (Jan 17)

12.Pancreas divisum (July 16)
13.Colonoscopy (July 16)
14.Complications of Peptic Ulcer disease (Jan 16)
15.Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Aug 14)
16.Mention 2 contraindications & 2 complications of Upper Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy (Jan 14)
17.Mention 4 important clinical features of Whipple’s disease (Jan 14)
18.Mention 4 Proton Pump Inhibitors with dosage (Jan 14)
19.Carcino Embryonic Antigen (CEA) (Jan 14)
20.Mention the complications of Pancreatitis (Aug 13)
21.Mention the classes of drugs used in the treatment of Peptic Ulcer (Aug 13)
22. Etiology of Tropical Sprue (Feb 13)
23.Mention Proton Pump Inhibitors with dosage (Aug 12)
24.Treatment of Peptic Ulcer (Feb 11)
25.Helicobacter pylori (Sept 09)
26.Proton Pump Inhibitors (Sept 08)
27.Prokinetic drugs (March 08)
28.Causes of Malena (Sept 07)
29.Oesophageal stricture (April 07)
30.Drug treatment of Oesophageal Varices (April 07)
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CHAPTER 5 : DISEASES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM

10 Marks

1.Classify Motor Neuron Diseases . Discuss the clinical features , investigations

& management of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (July 19)
10

2.Write the etiology , clinical features , investigations & treatment of Acute

Pyogenic Meningitis (Jan 19)
2+2+2+4=10

3.Enumerate involuntary movements . Discuss clinical features & treatment of

Parkinson’s disease (July 18)
2+4+4=10

4.Discuss the clinical features , laboratory investigations of Pyogenic Meningitis

(Jan 18)
10

5.Write the clinical features , complications & management of Tuberculous

Meningitis (July 17)
3+3+4=10

6.Discuss the clinical features , laboratory investigations & management of

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (Jan 17)
3+3+4=10

7. Enumerate involuntary movements . Discuss clinical features & treatment of

Parkinson’s disease (July 16)
2+4+4=10

8.Write clinical features & management of Migraine (Aug 15)

5+5=10
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9.Classify Motor Neuron Diseases . Discuss the clinical features , investigations

& management of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Jan 15)
2+3+2+3=10

10.Write the causative agents , clinical features , investigations & management

of Pyogenic Meningitis (Aug 14)
2+2+2+4=10

11.Write the pathology , clinical features & management of Parkinson’s disease

(Jan 14)
2+4+4=10

12.Mention the clinical features , complication & treatment of Tuberculous

Meningitis (Aug 13)
3+3+4=10

13.Describe the causes , clinical features & management of Parkinson’s disease

(Aug 12)
3+3+4=10

14.Describe the clinical features , investigations & management of Pyogenic

Meningitis (Feb 12)
3+3+4=10

15.Mention the differences in findings between Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) &
Lower Motor Neuron (LMN) lesion . Write the principles of treatment of Stroke
(Aug 11)
5+5=10

16.Enumerate causes of Meningitis . Write diagnosis & treatment of Pyogenic

Meningitis (Feb 11)
10

17.Discuss the clinical features , laboratory investigations & management of

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (Sept 09)
3+3+4=10

18.Describe the clinical features & management of Parkinsonism (Sept 08)

5+5=10
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19.Discuss the clinical features , laboratory investigations & management of

Pyogenic Meningitis (March 08)
3+3+4=10

20.What are the risk factors in developing Intracerebral hemorrhage ? Describe

the clinical features , diagnosis & treatment of Subarachnoid hemorrhage (Sept
07)
2+3+2+3=10

21.How do you clinically localize the anatomical level of lesion in spinal cord
diseases ? What are the clinical features of intermedullary lesion at C4 C5 C6
(cervical level 4,5,6) ? (Sept 07)
5+5=10

4 Marks

1.Parkinsonism (Jan 20)

2.Encephalitis (Jan 20)
3.CSF in Pyogenic Meningitis (July 19)
4.Tabes dorsalis (July 18)
5.Treatment of Neurocysticercosis (Jan 18)
6.Complications of Stroke (July 17)
7.Motor Neuron Disease (MND) (Jan 17)
8.Diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis (Jan 16)
9.Jacksonian Epilepsy (Aug 13)
10.Myasthenia Gravis – clinical features & investigations (Aug 13)
11.Motor Neuron Disease (MND) (Feb 13)
12.Progressive Bulbar Palsy (Feb 13)
13.Viral Encephalitis (Aug 12)
14.Migraine (Feb 12)
15.Treatment of Parkinsonism (Aug 11)
16.Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia (Feb 11)
17.Chorea (Feb 11)
18.Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Feb 11)
19.Pseudotumour cerebri (Aug 10)
20.Lumbar puncture (Sept 09)
21.Management of Migraine (Sept 09)
22.CSF in Tuberculous Meningitis (March 09)
23.Post herpetic Neuralgia (March 09)
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24.Sensory deficit in Syringomyelia (March 09)

25.Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Sept 08)
26.CNS Manifestations of Tuberculosis (Sept 08)
27.Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (March 08)
28.Management of Status Epilepticus (March 08)
29.Spino Cerebellar Degeneration (April 07)
30.Complex Partial Seizure (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Myasthenia Gravis (Jan 20)

2.Coma (Jan 20)
3.Name 4 signs of Meningeal irritation (July 19)
4.Diagnosis of Brain death (Jan 19)
5.Treatment of Status Epilepticus (July 18)
6.Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis (July 18)
7.Causes of Dementia in elderly (July 17)
8.Syndenham’s chorea (July 17)
9.Complex Partial Seizures (Jan 17)
10.Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) (Jan 17)
11.Risk factors for Ischemic Stroke (July 16)
12.Diagnosis of Brain death (Jan 16)
13.Hemifacial Spasm (Jan 16)
14.Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia (Aug 15)
15.Asterixis (Aug 15)
16.Causes of Dementia (Aug 15)
17.Subarachnoid hemorrhage (Jan 15)
18.Guillian Barre Syndrome (Jan 15)
19.Todd’s Paralysis (Aug 14)
20.Different causes of Parkinsonism (Aug 14)
21.Name 4 recent drugs used in Migraine (Jan 14)
22.Syndenham’s chorea (Aug 13)
23.Transient Ischemic Attack (Aug 13)
24.Raised Intracranial Tension (ICT) (Feb 13)
25.Bell’s Palsy (Aug 12)
26.Lower Motor Neuron lesion (Aug 12)
27.Causes of Dementia (Feb 12)
28.Trigeminal Neuralgia (Feb 12)
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29.Classification of Epilepsy (Aug 11)

30.Mention the types of Motor Neuron Disease (MND) (Aug 11)
31.Treatment of Migraine (Feb 11)
32.Treatment of Neurocysticercosis (Feb 11)
33.Bell’s Palsy (Aug 10)
34.Bell’s Palsy (Sept 09)
35.Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Sept 09)
36.Etiology of Dementia (Sept 09)
37.Mini Mental Examination (March 09)
38.Operative treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia (March 09)
39.Computerised Tomography in Stroke (Sept 08)
40.Cluster headache (Sept 08)
41.Etiology of Stroke in young (Sept 08)
42.Newer Anti-Epileptics (Sept 08)
43.Trigeminal Neuralgia (March 08)
44.Xanthochromia in CSF Fluid (Sept 07)
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CHAPTER 6 : DISEASES OF BLOOD

10 Marks

1.Describe the etiopathogenesis , clinical features , diagnosis & treatment of

Megaloblastic Anemia (July 19)
10

2.Write the clinical features , cytogenic & chromosomal abnormalities &

management of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (July 18)
3+3+4=10

3.Discuss causes , clinical features & management of Megaloblastic Anemia

(Jan 18)
10

4.Describe the clinical features , laboratory investigations & management of

Megaloblastic Anemia (Feb 13)
3+3+4=10

5.Write causes , diagnosis & treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia (Feb 11)
4+3+3=10

6.Write the clinical features , diagnosis & management of Hodgkin’s

Lymphoma (Aug 10)
4+3+3=10

7.Describe clinical features , laboratory investigations & management of

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (Sept 08)
3+3+4=10

8.Discuss the clinical features , laboratory investigations & management of

Megaloblastic Anemia (March 08)
3+3+4=10
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9.What are the indications of Bone marrow transplantation ? Write the

technique . What are the immediate & late complications ? (Sept 07)
2+3+2+3=10

10.Outline the Blood Coagulation Cascade . Write the etiology , clinical features
& treatment of Hemophiles (April 07)
3+2+3+2=10

4 Marks

1.Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (Jan 20)

2.Causes of Polycythemia (July 18)
3.Hemophilia (July 17)
4.Complications of Blood Transfusion (Jan 17)
5.Usefulness of Reticulocyte count (July 16)
6.Treatment of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (July 16)
7.Causes of Polycythemia (Jan 16)
8.Sickle cell Anemia (Aug 15)
9.Polycythemia rubra vera (Aug 15)
10.Clinical features & investigations of Megaloblastic Anemia (Jan 14)
11.Glucose-6-Phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (Aug 13)
12.Acute Leukemia (Aug 12)
13.Polycythemia (Aug 12)
14.Hemolytic Anemia (Feb 12)
15.Treatment of Acute Leukemia (Feb 12)
16.Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia (Aug 11)
17.Peripheral smear in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (Feb 11)
18.Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (Aug 10)
19.Laboratory features of Acute Intravascular Hemolysis (March 09)
20.Graft versus Host reaction (March 09)
21.Laboratory tests for RBC Hemolysis (Sept 07)

2 Marks

1.Clinical features of B12 deficiency (Jan 20)

2.Warfarin (July 19)
3.Name 4 Anti Platelet drugs (July 19)
4.Sickle cell Anemia (Jan 19)
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5.Serum Ferritin (Jan 18)

6.Indications for Bone Marrow Transplantation (July 17)
7.Indications of Bone marrow aspiration study (July 16)
8.Traetment of ITP (Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura) (Jan 16)
9.Multiple myeloma (Aug 15)
10.Thalessemia minor (Jan 15)
11.Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia (Aug 14)
12.Drug induced Purpura (Aug 12)
13.Multiple myeloma (Aug 11)
14.Thrombocytopenia (Feb 11)
15.Microcytic Hypochromic Anemia (Sept 09)
16.Multiple myeloma (Sept 08)
17.Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (March 08)
18.Absorption of Cyanocobalamine (Sept 07)
19.Hypersplenism (Sept 07)
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CHAPTER 7 : DISEASES OF LIVER & BILIARY SYSTEM

10 Marks

1.Mention the etiology , clinical features & management of Acute Viral

Hepatitis (Aug 13)
3+3+4=10

2.Describe clinical features , laboratory investigations & management of

Cirrhosis of Liver (Feb 13)
3+3+4=10

4 Marks

1.Mention 4 Liver Function Tests (July 19)

2.Liver Function Tests (July 18)
3.Treatment of Acute Fulminant Hepatitis (Jan 18)
4.Extra hepatic complications of Hepatitis C (July 17)
5.Gynecomastia & its causes (July 16)
6.Hepatitis C (Aug 15)
7.Liver Function Tests (Aug 14)
8.Etiology , clinical features & differential diagnosis of Hepatic Encephalopathy
(Jan 14)
9.Chronic Active Hepatitis (Feb 12)
10.Hepatitis B vaccines (Sept 09)
11.Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy (Sept 08)
12.Liver Function Tests (March 08)

2 Marks

1.Write about Alcoholic Hepatitis (Jan 20)

2.Viral markers of Hepatitis B (July 19)
3.Signs of Hepatocellular insufficiency (Jan 19)
4.Viral markers in Chronic Hepatitis (July 18)
5.Mention the complications of Portal Hypertension (Jan 18)
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6.Prevention of Hepatitis B (Jan 17)

7.Management of Cholelithiasis (Jan 17)
8.Indications for Liver biopsy (July 16)
9.Clinical features of Portal Hypertension (July 16)
10.Complications of Hepatitis B (Jan 16)
11.Complications of Cirrhosis (Jan 15)
12.Causes of Chronic Hepatitis (Jan 15)
13.Signs of Hepatocellular Failure (Aug 14)
14.Mention 4 complications of Portal Hypertension (Jan 14)
15.Causes & treatment of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) (Jan 14)
16.Indications for Liver transplantation (Aug 12)
17.Causes of Portal Hypertension (Feb 12)
18.Peritoneal fluid analysis in Cirrhosis of Liver (Aug 11)
19.Signs of Hepatic Encephalopathy (Aug 11)
20.Liver transplantation (Feb 11)
21.Pathopysiology of Ascites (Aug 10)
22.Liver function tests in Acute Hepatitis (Aug 10)
23.Pathogenesis of Ascites (Sept 09)
24.Alkaline Phosphatase (March 09)
25.Management of Acute Variceal bleeding (March 08)
26.Serum Alkaline Phosphatase (Sept 07)
27.Urobilinogen (Sept 07)
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CHAPTER 8 : DISEASES OF KIDNEY & URINARY TRACT

10 Marks

1.Write the etiology , clinical features , complications & management of Acute

Glomerulonephritis (July 17)
1+3+3+3=10

2.Write causes , clinical features & management of Chronic Renal Failure

(Jan 16)
3+3+4=10

3.Write etiology , clinical features & management of Nephrotic Syndrome

(Aug 13)
3+3+4=10

4.Describe the causes , clinical features & management of Chronic Renal

Failure (Aug 12)
3+3+4=10

5.Discuss the etiology , clinical features , laboratory investigations &

management of Nephrotic Syndrome (Feb 12)
3+2+2+3=10

6.Write the symptoms , diagnosis & treatment of Nephrotic Syndrome (Feb 11)
10

7.Discuss the etiology , clinical features , laboratory investigations &

management of Acute Renal Failure (Sept 09)
2+2+2+4=10

8.Draw a diagram of Nephron . List the diuretics used in clinical sites & their
anatomical sites of action (March 09)
3+3+4=10
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9.Discuss the clinical features , laboratory investigations & manifestations of

Nephrotic Syndrome (Sept 08)
3+3+4=10

4 Marks

1.Nephrotic Syndrome (Jan 20)

2.Indications for Hemodialysis (July 19)
3.Treatment of Acute Proliferative Glomerulonephritis (Jan 19)
4.Renal Function Tests (RFT) (Jan 19)
5.Essentials for diagnosis of Nephrotic Syndrome (July 18)
6.Treatment of Acute Renal Failure (July 18)
7.Treatment of Acute Pyelonephritis (Jan 18)
8.Complications of Nephrotic Syndrome (Jan 17)
9.Lupus nephritis (July 16)
10.IgA Nephropathy (Aug 15)
11.Renovascular Hypertension (Jan 15)
12.Urinary Tract Infection in males (Jan 15)
13.Hemodialysis (Jan 15)
14.Treatment of Acute Post Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis (Aug 14)
15.Etiopathogenesis , clinical features & investigations of Polycystic Kidney
Disease (Jan 14)
16.Management of Pyelonephritis (Aug 11)
17.Causes of Acute Renal Failure (Aug 11)
18.Urinary Tract Infection in males (Aug 10)
19.Forced Alkaline Diuresis (March 09)
20.Indications of Dialysis (March 08)
21.Renal handling of Uric Acid (Sept 07)
22.Microproteinuria (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Write about Acute Renal Failure (Jan 20)

2.Name 4 Nephrotoxic drugs (July 19)
3.Causes of Hematuria (July 19)
4.Causes of Hematuria (Jan 18)
5.Mention the causes of Acute Renal Failure (Jan 17)
6.Microalbuminaria (July 16)
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7.Causes of Acute Renal Failure (Aug 15)

8.Significant bacteriuria (Jan 15)
9.Mention indications for Dialysis (Aug 14)
10.Mention the causes of Acute Renal Failure (Jan 14)
11.Mention the recent drugs used in the treatment of Urinary Tract Infection
(Aug 13)
12.Clinical features of Acute Nephritis (Feb 13)
13.Drug induced Nephropathy (Feb 13)
14.Polycystic Kidney (Feb 12)
15.Mention Nephrotoxic drugs (Feb 12)
16.Urine microscopy in Acute Renal Failure (Aug 10)
17.Serum Uric Acid (March 09)
18.Endocrine functions of kidney (Sept 07)
19.Microscopic deposits in urine (April 07)
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CHAPTER 9 : ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES MELLITUS

10 Marks

1.Write about the clinical features and management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis

(Jan 20)
4+6=10

2.Write the clinical features & investigations of Hypothyroidism (July 16)

4+6=10

3.Write the etiology , clinical features , investigations & management of

Thyrotoxicosis (Aug 15)
2+3+3+2=10

4.Write the clinical features & management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (Jan 15)
10

5.Write the clinical features , complications & management of Grave’s disease

(Jan 14)
3+3+4=10

6.Discuss the clinical features , laboratory investigations & management of

Thyrotoxicosis (March 08)
3+3+4=10

4 Marks

1.Addison’s disease(Jan 20)

2.Hypoglycemia (Jan 20)
3.Treatment of Hyperthyroidism (July 19)
4.Diabetes Insipidus (July 19)
5.Oral Hypoglycemic Agents (OHA) (Jan 19)
6.Treatment of Myxedema (July 18)
7.Human Insulins (July 18)
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8.Clinical features of Addison’s disease (Jan 18)

9.Clinical features & medical management of Acromegaly (July 17)
10.Management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (July 17)
11.Cushing syndrome (Jan 17)
12.Treatment of Myxedema coma (Jan 16)
13.Pheochromocytoma (Jan 15)
14.Treatment of Hypercalcemia (Aug 14)
15.Insulin therapy (Aug 14)
16.Clinical features & investigations of Hypothyroidism (Aug 13)
17.Cushing syndrome (Feb 13)
18.Myxedema (Aug 12)
19.Oral Anti Diabetic drugs (Aug 11)
20.Hirsutism (Feb 11)
21.Non ketotic hyperosmolar coma in Diabetes Mellitus (Aug 10)
22.Insulin resistance (Sept 09)
23.Clinical features of Myxedema coma (Sept 08)
24.Newer Insulin Delivery Devices (March 08)
25.Acarbose (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Syndrome X (July 19)

2.Signs of Addison’s disease (Jan 19)
3.Signs of Myxedema (Jan 19)
4.Screening urinary test for Pheochromocytoma (Jan 19)
5. Hung-up Reflex (July 18)
6.Mention acute complications of Diabetic Mellitus (Jan 18)
7.Clinical features of Hypocalcemia (Jan 16)
8.Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar state (Aug 15)
9.Clinical features of Hypoglycemia (Jan 15)
10.Sheehan’s syndrome (Jan 15)
11.Pretibial myxedema (Aug 14)
12.Addisonian crisis (Aug 14)
13.Clinical features of Acromegaly (Aug 13)
14.Clinical features of Hyperparathyroidism (Feb 13)
15.Neurological complications of Diabetes Mellitus (Aug 12)
16.Clinical features of Addison’s disease (Feb 12)
17.Hypoglycemia (Feb 12)
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18.Clinical features of Myxedema (Aug 11)

19.TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) (Feb 11)
20.Role of genetics in Diabetes Mellitus (Feb 11)
21.Hyperparathyroidism (Sept 09)
22.Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) (March 09)
23.Clinical features of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (Sept 08)
24.Metformin (March 08)
25.Serum cortisol (April 07)
26.Hirsutism (April 07)
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CHAPTER 10 : DISEASES OF IMMUNE SYSTEM , CONNECTIVE

TISSUE & JOINTS

10 Marks

1.Write the etiopathogenesis , clinical features & management of Gout (Jan 20)
3+4+3=10

2.Write the articular & extra articular clinical manifestations of Rheumatoid

Arthritis (July 17)
5+5=10

3.Write the causes , diagnosis & management of Osteoporosis (Jan 17)

3+3+4=10

4.Write the etiopathogenesis , clinical features & management of Gout (Jan 16)
3+4+3=10

5.What are the articular & extra articular clinical manifestations of Rheumatoid
Arthritis ? (Feb 12)
5+5=10

4 Marks

1.Sjogren’s syndrome (July 19)

2.Clinical features & treatment of Acute Gouty Arthritis (Jan 19)
3.Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (Jan 19)
4.Investigations of Osteoporosis (Jan 18)
5.Diagnostic criteria of SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) (Jan 18)
6.Treatment of Paget’s disease (July 16)
7.SLE Investigations (July 16)
8.Clinical features of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) (Jan 16)
9.Pathogenesis & clinical features of Rheumatoid Arthritis (Aug 14)
10.Treatment of SLE (Aug 14)
11.Etiology ,pathogenesis & clinical features of Rheumatoid Arthritis (Aug 13)
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12.SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) (Feb 13)

13.Ankylosing spondylitis (Feb 13)
14.Osteomalacia (Aug 12)
15.Gout (Feb 12)
16.Treatment of Osteoporosis (Aug 11)
17.Treatment of SLE (Feb 11)
18.Diagnostic criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis (Sept 09)
19.Disease modifying Anti Rheumatoid drugs (Sept 08)
20.Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (March 08)
21.Ainhum (Sept 07)
22.Diagnostic criteria in Rheumatoid Arthritis (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Write about Osteoporosis (Jan 20)

2.Complications of Gout (July 18)
3.Diagnosis of Gout (Jan 17)
4.Complications of Gout (July 16)
5.Osteoporosis (Aug 15)
6.Mention 4 extra articular manifestations of Rheumatoid Arthritis (Aug 15)
7.Complications of Seronegative Arthritis (Jan 15)
8.Anti Nuclear Antibody (Aug 14)
9.Pseudogout (Jan 14)
10.Treatment of Acute Gouty Arthritis (Aug 13)
11.Drugs used in treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (Aug 12)
12.Rheumatoid factor (Aug 11)
13.Methotrexate : its role in Rheumatoid Arthritis (Feb 11)
14.Treatment of Gout (Aug 10)
15.Enumerate systemic manifestations of SLE (Aug 10)
16.Polymyositis (Aug 10)
17.Nodal Osteoarthritis (Sept 09)
18.Osteoarthritis (March 09)
19.Ankylosing spondylitis (Sept 08)
20.Rheumatoid Arthritis (March 08)
21.Medical management of Gout (March 08)
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CHAPTER 11 : NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS

10 Marks

1.Write the clinical features , diagnosis , complications & management of

Obesity (Jan 16)
2+2+2+4=10

2.Define bone density . How is it measured ? What are the clinical features &
treatment of Osteoporosis ? (Sept 07)
2+3+2+3=10

4 Marks

1.Vitamin-D (Jan 17)

2.Marasmic Kwashiorkor (July 16)
3.Vitamin-D (Feb 13)
4.Hazards of Obesity (Aug 10)
5.Pellagra (Aug 10)

2 Marks

1.Niacin (Vitamin-B3) (July 19)

2.Beri-Beri (Jan 19)
3.Rickets (July 18)
4.Bitot’s spots (Jan 18)
5.Vitamin-C deficiency clinical features (Jan 18)
6.Selenium deficiency (July 17)
7.Causes of Obesity (Jan 17)
8.Mention 4 complications of Obesity (Aug 15)
9.Sources & deficiency manifestations of Vitamin-A (Aug 15)
10.Scurvy (Jan 15)
11.Folic Acid Deficiency (Aug 14)
12.Clinical features of Vitamin-C deficiency (Jan 14)
13.Mention 4 complications of Obesity (Jan 14)
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14.Vitamin-Niacin (Aug 13)

15.Vitamin-K (Aug 12)
16.Vitamin-C (Feb 12)
17.Obesity (Aug 11)
18.Vitamin-K (Aug 11)
19.Enumerate functions of Vitamin-B6 (Aug 10)
20.Hazards of Obesity (Sept 09)
21.Selenium (March 09)
22.Vitamin-A (March 09)
23.Obesity (Sept 08)
24.Thiamine deficiency (March 08)
25.Cholecalciferol (Sept 07)
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CHAPTER 12 : PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

4 Marks

1.Substance Abuse (Jan 20)

2.Tricyclic Antidepressants (July 19)
3.Conversion disorder (July 19)
4.Anxiety Neurosis (July 17)
5.Schizophrenia (Jan 17)
6.Bipolar disorder (July 16)
7.Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Aug 15)
8.Bipolar disorder (Maniac Depression) (Jan 15)
9.Obsessive Compulsive Neurosis (Jan 14)
10.Anxiety Neurosis (Aug 13)
11.Schizophrenia (Feb 13)
12.Obsessive Compulsive Neurosis (Feb 12)
13.Depression (Feb 11)

2 Marks

1.Atypical Neuroleptics (Jan 20)

2.Give 2 causes of Delirium (July 19)
3.Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (Jan 19)
4.Somatization disorders (Jan 19)
5.Tardive Dyskinesia (July 18)
6.Melancholia (July 18)
7.Obsessive Compulsive Neurosis (Jan 18)
8.Atypical Neuroleptics (Jan 18)
9.Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (July 17)
10.Side effects of Antipsychotic drugs (Jan 17)
11.Narcolepsy (Jan 16)
12.Anxiety Neurosis (Jan 16)
13.Schizophrenia (Aug 14)
14.Anxiety Neurosis (Aug 12)
15.Antidepressants (Aug 11)
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16.Schizophrenia (Aug 10)

17.Behaviour therapy (March 09)
18.Electroconvulsive therapy (Sept 08)
19.Paranoid schizophrenia (March 08)
20.Lithium (April 07)
21.Delerium tremens (April 07)
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CHAPTER 13 : FLUID & ELECTROLYTE DISORDERS

4 Marks

1.Treatment of Hyperkalemia (Jan 19)

2 Marks

1.Treatment of Hyperkalemia (July 17)

2. SIADH (Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH Secretion) (July 17)
3.Urine Spot Sodium Test (Sept 07)
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CHAPTER 14 : ONCOLOGY

4 Marks

1.Oncogenes (Jan 19)

2.Oncogenes (Jan 16)

2 Marks

1.Mention 4 oncological emergencies (Jan 18)

2.Acute & late side effects of Radiotherapy (Aug 15)
3.Adverse effects of Chemotherapy (Aug 13)
4.Tumour markers (Aug 12)
5.Radiation hazards (Sept 09)
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CHAPTER 15 : GENETIC DISORDERS

10 Marks

1.Describe the features of Autosomal Dominant , Autosomal Recessive , X-

linked & Non-Germ line Inheritances
Write diseases that are transmitted in above pattern (Jan 16)
2+2+2+2+2=10

2.What is Autosomal dominant recessive & Sex Linked Inheritances ? Write

diseases transmitted in above patterns (March 09)
1+1+2+2+2+2=10

4 Marks

1.Genetic Counselling (Jan 17)

2.Frailty syndrome (July 16)
3.Genetic Counselling (Jan 14)
4.Y chromosome linked Inheritance (Sept 07)
5.Polymerase Chain Reaction (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Mention 4 causes of Transient Incontinence of Urine in old age (Jan 18)

2.Antioxidants (July 16)
3.HLA System (Jan 16)
4.Prevention of Falls in elderly (Jan 16)
5.Tumour Suppressor Genes (Jan 15)
6.Define Frailty . Write the difference between Frailty & Disability (Aug 14)
7.Mention 4 causes of Transient Incontinence of Urine in old age (Jan 14)
8.Mention Autosomal Recessive disorders (Feb 12)
9.Antioxidants (Sept 09)
10.Human Leukocyte Antigen (Sept 08)
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CHAPTER 16 : DISEASES OF SKIN

4 Marks

1.Bullous eruption of skin (Jan 19)

2.Treatment of Vitiligo (July 18)
3.Scabies (Jan 18)
4.Treatment of Psoriasis (July 17)
5.Acne vulgaris (Jan 16)
6.Lichen planus (Aug 15)
7.Vitiligo (Aug 14)
8.Scabies (Jan 14)
9.Atopic Eczema (Aug 13)
10.Pemphigus (March 09)

2 Marks

1.Factors causing flare-ups of Psoriasis (Jan 17)

2.Allergic contact Eczema (Jan 17)
3.Bowen’s disease (July 16)
4.Molluscum contagiosum (Jan 15)
5.Mention the provoking factors in Erythema Nodosum (Aug 13)
6.Types of Psoriasis (Feb 13)
7.Complications of Scabies (Feb 13)
8.Hypopigmented patch (Aug 12)
9.Scabies (Aug 10)
10.Psoriasis (Sept 09)
11.Scabies (March 08)
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CHAPTER 17 : POISONING , VENOMOUS BITES &

ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASES

10 Marks

1.Describe the mode of action , clinical features , diagnosis & management of

Organophosphorus Poisoning (July 19)
10

2.Write the clinical features & management of Barbiturate Poisoning (Jan 19)
5+5=10

3.Write the clinical features & treatment of Lead Poisoning (July 18)
5+5=10

4.Write clinical features & management of Cyanide Poisoning (Aug 14)

5+5=10

5.Write symptoms , signs & principles of management of Organophosphorus

Poisoning (Aug 11)
3+4+3=10

4 Marks

1.Heat Stroke (Jan 19)

2.Management of Organophosphorus Compound Poisoning (Jan 18)
3.General management of Poisoned patient (July 17)
4.Clinical features & management of Arsenic Poisoning (Jan 17)
5.Paracetamol Poisoning (Jan 16)
6.Hyperpyrexia (Aug 14)
7.General management of Poisoned patient (Aug 13)
8.Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning (Aug 12)
9.Chealting Agents (Feb 12)
10.Barbiturate Poisoning (Feb 12)
11.Treatment of Vasculotoxic Snake bite (Feb 11)
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12.Lead Poisoning (Aug 10)

13.Management of Barbiturate Poisoning (Sept 09)
14.Management of Snake bite (Sept 09)
15.Management of Organophosphorus Poisoning (Sept 08)
16.Poisonous Snake bite (Sept 08)
17.General principles in management of Poisoning (March 08)’
18.Complications of Copper Sulphate Poisoning (Sept 07)
19.Aluminium Phosphide (Sept 07)
20.Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning (April 07)
21.Anti Snake venom (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Heat Stroke (Jan 20)

2.Treatment of Salicylate overdose (July 19)
3.Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning (July 18)
4.Cholinesterase reactivators (Jan 17)
5.Anti Snake venom (July 16)
6.Chelating Agents (Jan 16)
7.Clinical features of Organophosphorus Poisoning (Aug 15)
8.Clinical features & treatment of Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning (Jan 15)
9.Mention signs & symptoms of Carbon monoxide Poisoning (Jan 14)
10.Drug therapy of Organophosphorus compound Poisoning (Feb 13)
11.Mention 4 Chelating agents & their uses (Feb 13)
12.Treatment of Snake bite (Feb 13)
13.Signs & symptoms of Lead Poisoning (Aug 12)
14.Treatment of Snake bite (Feb 12)
15.Heat Stroke (Aug 11)
16.Paracetamol overdose (Feb 11)
17.Chelating agents (Sept 09)
18.Heat Stroke (Sept 09)
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CHAPTER 18 : EMERGENCY MEDICINE & CRITICAL CARE

10 Marks

1.Enumerate salient differences between different types of Respiratory Failure.

Mention in brief the treatment principle (Aug 10)
7+3=10

4 Marks

1.ARDS (Jan 20)

2.ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) (Feb 13)
3.Mechanical Ventilators (March 09)
4.ARDS (Sept 08)
5.Classify Respiratory Failure . What are the clinical signs of Respiratory Failure
(April 07)

2 Marks

1.Mention & define types of Respiratory Failure (Aug 12)

2.Type-I Respiratory Failure (March 09)
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MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS

4 Marks

1.Clinical features & management of Anaphylaxis (Jan 17)

2.Clinical features & management of Anaphylaxis (Jan 14)
3.Total Parenteral Nutrition (Sept 08)
4.Tuning Fork Tests (Sept 07)
5.Adult immunization (Sept 07)
6.Azoospermia (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Name 2 Immuno suppressive drugs (Jan 20)

2.Monoclonal Antibodies (Jan 17)
3.Monoclonal Antibodies (Aug 15)
4.Type-I Anaphylactic reaction (Aug 15)
5.Mention 4 cytokines (Aug 13)
6.Mention 4 Immuno suppressive drugs (Feb 13)
7.Mention therapeutic uses of Immunoglobulins (Feb 13)
8.Cytokines (Aug 12)
9.Hypersenitivity reaction (Feb 12)
10.Type-III Hypersensitivity reaction (Aug 10)
11.Interleukins (March 09)
12.Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) (March 09)
13.Type-I Anaphylactic reaction (March 09)
14.Differentiate between kidney swelling spleen & (L) splenic flexure colon
mass (April 07)
15.Principles of Ultrasonography (April 07)
16.Ulcer over Penis (April 07)
Obstetrics Questions
2020-2007

CHANDRA RAYIDI
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SECTION 1 : ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY

 The Pelvis
 Genital Organs
 Physiology of Ovulation & Menstruation
 Fertilisation of Ovum & Development of Embryo

4 Marks

1.Lower Uterine Segment & its clinical importance (July 19)

2.Functions of Placenta (Aug 10)
3.Lower Uterine Segment & its significance (Aug 10)
4.Hydramnios (March 08)
5.Polyhydramnios (Oct 07)

2 Marks

1.Causes of Polyhydramnios (Jan 19)

2.Causes of Polyhydramnios (July 17)
3.Mention functions of Placenta (Jan 15)
4.Maternal complications of Hydramnios (Aug 13)
5.Diagonal Conjugate (Aug 13)
6.Causes of Polyhydramnios (Feb 13)
7.Diagonal Conjugate (Aug 12)
8.Vasa previa (Aug 12)
9.Functions of Placenta (Aug 11)
10.Oligohydramnios (Feb 11)
11.Placenta succenturiata (Aug 10)
12.Oligohydramnios (Sept 08)
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SECTION 2 : PHYSIOLOGY OF PREGNANCY

 Maternal Changes During Pregnancy

 Diagnosis of Pregnancy
 The Fetus in Normal Pregnancy
 Prenatal Care
 Drugs in Pregnancy
 Antepartum Fetal Surveillance Tests of Fetal Well-being

10 Marks

1.Mrs Y aged 23 yrs with 2 months of Amenorrhoea , urine pregnancy test

positive comes to hospital for check up . Write in brief the examination ,
antenatal investigations , antenatal advice & follow up for this patient (July 19)
3+3+2+2=10

4 Marks

1.Antental Investigations (Jan 20)

2.Biophysical Profile (BPP) (July 19)
3.Signs & symptoms of Pregnancy (Jan 18)
4.Hemodynamic changes during Normal Pregnancy (Aug 15)
5.Non-Stress Test (NST) (Aug 14)
6.Modified Biophysical Profile (Jan 14)
7.Non-Stress Test (Feb 12)
8.Symptoms & Signs of early Pregnancy (Aug 11)
9.Cardiovascular changes in Pregnancy (Sept 09)

2 Marks

1.Anterior Fontanelle (July 18)

2.Cardiotocography (Jan 18)
3.Hegar’s sign (Aug 15)
4.Tetanus immunization in Pregnancy (Jan 14)
5.Diameters of fetal skull (Aug 11)
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6.Non-Stress Test (Sept 09)

7.Quickening (March 09)
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SECTION 3 : PHYSIOLOGY OF LABOUR & PUERPERIUM

 Causation & Stages of Labour

 The Mechanism of Labour
 Conduct of Normal Labour
 Intrapartum Surveillance
 Normal Puerperium

10 Marks

1.Define Puerperium . Write in brief about Physiology of Lactation &

Enumerate causes for Failed Lactation (Jan 19)
2+3+5=10

2.What causes Onset of Labour ? What are the events during Normal Labour ?
How will you manage each stage of Normal labour ? (Sept 09)
3+3+4=10

3.Define Normal Labour . Write the physiology & management of 3rd Stage of
Labour (Sept 08)
2+3+5=10

4 Marks

1.Active management of 3rd Stage of Labour (July 19)

2.Modified WHO Partograph (Jan 19)
3.Episiotomy (July 18)
4.Management of 3rd Stage of Labour (Jan 18)
5.Merits of Breastfeeding (Jan 17)
6.Episiotomy – indications , types & complications (Jan 17)
7.Partograph (Jan 16)
8.Management of 3rd Stage of Labour (Aug 15)
9.Merits of Breastfeeding (Jan 15)
10.Partograph (Aug 14)
11.Partograph (Aug 12)
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12.Episiotomy & its significance in modern obstetrics (Aug 10)

13.Mechanism of Normal Labour (March 09)
14.Puerperium (Oct 07)

2 Marks

1.True labour pains (July 19)

2.3rd Stage of Labour (July 18)
3.Steps in Mechanism of Labour (July 18)
4.Define Lochia & mention its clinical importance (Jan 18)
5.Active Management of 3rd Stage of Labour (July 17)
6.Mention 4 indications for Episiotomy (Jan 14)
7.Mechanism of Labour (Feb 10)
8.Episiotomy (May 07)
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SECTION 4 : COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY

 Hyperemesis Gravidarum
 Abortion
 Ectopic Pregnancy
 Hydatidiform Mole or Vesicular Mole
 Anemia in Pregnancy
 Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
 Antepartum Hemorrhage – Abruptio Placenta
 Placenta Previa
 Preterm Labour
 Intrauterine Growth Restriction
 Prolonged Pregnancy
 Multiple Pregnancy
 Rhesus Isoimmunization

10 Marks

1.Enumerate the causes of Pedal Oedema in the 3rd Trimester of Pregnancy .

How will you diagnose & manage a case of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
(PIH) at 32 weeks of Pregnancy (July 18)
3+3+4=10

2.Enumerate causes of Recurrent Abortion . Write diagnosis & management of

Cervical Incompetence (July 17)
3+3+4=10

3.What is Eclampsia ? What are the investigations you would send for her ?
Management of an Eclamptic patient (July 16)
10

4.Define Anemia in Pregnancy . What are the complications of anemia in

Pregnancy ? Write the prophylactic treatment of Anemia in Pregnancy & how
will you manage a Pregnant patient of Anemia in Labour ? (Jan 16) 2+3+2+3=10
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5.What are the complications of Multiple Pregnancy ? Write the diagnosis .

Write the management of Twin Pregnancy during Labour (Aug 15)
3+2+5=10

6.What are the causes for Tubal Pregnancy ? How will you diagnose Tubal
Rupture ? How will you manage a case of Ruptured Tubal Pregnancy ? (Aug 14)
10

7.What are the causes of Antepartum Hemorrhage (APH) ? Discuss the

differential diagnosis . Outline the management of APH presenting at 32 weeks
of Pregnancy (Feb 13)
2+4+4=10

8.Classify Hypertensive disorders of Pregnancy . What is the pathophysiology

of Pre-Eclampsia ? How will you manage a case of primi gravida with 33 weeks
Pregnancy with Severe Pre-Eclampsia ? (Aug 12)
10

9.What is APH ? Write etiology , clinical features & management of Placenta

Previa (Feb 12)
1+2+3+4=10

10.Define Pre-Eclampsia . What is HELLP Syndrome ? How will you manage a

case of Eclampsia (Aug 11)
10

11.What are the symptoms , signs & how do you manage a case of Ruptured
Ectopic Pregnancy ? (March 08)
2+3+5=10

12.Define Pre-Eclampsia . What is HELLP Syndrome ? How will you manage a

case of Eclampsia (Oct 07)
2+3+5=10

4 Marks

1.Management of Eclampsia (Jan 20)

2.Causes & treatment of Iron deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy (Jan 20)
3.Management of Hyperemesis Gravidarum (Jan 19)
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4.Diagnosis & management of Incomplete Abortion (Jan 19)

5.Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (Jan 19)
6.Symmetrical IUGR (July 18)
7.Abruptio Placentae – varieties & their clinical features (Jan 18)
8.Anti D Immunoprophylaxis (Jan 18)
9.Expectant management in case of Placenta Previa (July 17)
10.Maternal & Fetal complications in Multifetal Pregnancy (July 17)
11.Management of Septic Abortion (Jan 17)
12.Follow up of Vesicular Mole after evacuation (July 16)
13.Missed Abortion (Aug 15)
14.Management of Hyperemesis Gravidarum (Aug 15)
15.Parenteral Iron therapy (Jan 15)
16.Expectant management in case of Placenta Previa (Aug 14)
17.Management of Septic Abortion (Jan 14)
18.Obstetric management of Antepartum Eclampsia (Jan 14)
19.Diagnosis of Cervical Incompetence (Jan 14)
20.Complications of Preterm baby (Aug 13)
21.Diagnosis of Vesicular Mole (Aug 13)
22.Causes of Recurrent Abortions (Feb 13)
23.Medical management of Ectopic Pregnancy (Feb 13)
24.Parenteral Iron preparations (Aug 12)
25.Complications of Multiple Pregnancy (Feb 12)
26.Causes of Preterm Labour (Feb 12)
27.Management of Iron deficiency Anemia during Pregnancy (Aug 11)
28.Classification of Abruptio Placentae (Feb 11)
29.Secondary Abdominal Pregnancy (Aug 10)
30.Etiological factors of Asymmetrical Growth Restriction (Aug 10)
31.Management of Placenta Previa (Feb 10)
32.Missed Abortion (Feb 10)
33.Management of Severe Pre-Eclampsia (Feb 10)
34.Diagnosis & management of Abruptio Placentae (Sept 09)
35.Tocolytic agents to arrest Preterm Labour (March 09)
36.Twin Transfusion Syndrome (March 09)
37.Classification of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy & management of a
case of Severe Pre-Eclampsia (Sept 08)
38.Hyperemesis Gravidarum (Sept 08)
39.Missed Abortion (March 08)
40.Causes of Recurrent Abortion (Oct 07)
41.Management of Ectopic Pregnancy (Oct 07)
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42.Couvelaire Uterus (Oct 07)

43.Major degree Placenta Previa (May 07)
44.Incompetent Os (May 07)
45.Anemia in Pregnancy (May 07)
46.Acute Ectopic Pregnancy (May 07)

2 Marks

1.Name 3 causes for Bleeding in 1st Trimester (Jan 20)

2.Causes of APH (Antepartum Hemorrhage) (July 19)
3.Maternal & fetal complications of Anemia complicating Pregnancy (Jan 19)
4.Features of Hydrops fetalis (Jan 19)
5.Problems of a Growth Restricted Neonate (Jan 18)
6.Etiology of Preterm Labour (Jan 17)
7.Rh (Anti-D) Immunoprophylaxis (Jan 17)
8.Complications of Abruptio Placentae (July 16)
9.Define Pre-Eclampsia & mention two risk factors for it (Jan 16)
10.Types of Ectopic Pregnancy (Jan 16)
11.Follow up in a case of Vesicular Mole (Aug 15)
12.Eclampsia management (Jan 15)
13.Diagnosis of Vesicular Mole (Jan 15)
14.Define Threatened Abortion & mention its clinical features (Aug 14)
15.Proteinuria in Pregnancy (Aug 14)
16.Parenteral Iron therapy (Aug 13)
17.Magnesium Sulphate therapy (Aug 13)
18.Diagnosis of Premature Rupture of Membranes (Feb 13)
19.Peripheral blood smear in Anemia of Pregnancy (Feb 13)
20.Prevention of Rhesus Isoimmunization (Feb 12)
21.Prevention of Anemia in Pregnancy (Feb 12)
22.Couvelaire Uterus (Aug 11)
23.Follow up of Molar Pregnancy (Aug 11)
24.Threatened Abortion (Feb 11)
25.Causes of Recurrent Abortion (Aug 10)
26.Pritchard regimen in Eclampsia (Aug 10)
27.Prophylactic chemotherapy in Molar Pregnancy (Feb 10)
28.Placental Abnormalities (Feb 10)
29.Antihypertensive drugs in Pregnancy (Sept 09)
30.Proteinuria in Pregnancy (March 09)
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31.Hydrops fetalis (March 09)

32.Causes of APH (March 09)
33.Follow up of Vesicular Mole (Sept 08)
34.Couvelaire Uterus (March 08)
35.Macfae’s regimen in Placenta Previa (March 08)
36.Pritchard’s regimen in Eclampsia (March 08)
37.Complications of Twin Pregnancy (March 08)
38.Conjoined Twins (Oct 07)
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SECTION 5 : DISEASES COMPLICATING PREGNANCY

 Diseases of the Cardiovascular System

 Liver Disease in Pregnancy
 Tuberculosis & Pregnancy
 Maternal Infections During Pregnancy
 Diabetes in Pregnancy
 Diseases of the Urinary System
 Tumours of the Uterus & Adnexa
 Surgical Emergencies During Pregnancy

10 Marks

1.What is GDM (Gestational Diabetes Mellitus) ? What are the screening tests
used to diagnose ? Discuss the management of primi with GDM at 34 weeks
gestation (Jan 18)
2+3+5=10

4 Marks

1.Maternal & fetal complications in Diabetes complicating Pregnancy (Jan 20)

2.Macrosomia (July 18)
3.HELLP Syndrome (Aug 13)
4.Intrapartum management of Rheumatic heart disease complicating
Pregnancy (Feb 12)
5.HELLP Syndrome (Sept 09)
6.Causes of Jaundice during Pregnancy (March 09)
7.Congenital Heart Disease with Pregnancy (Sept 08)
8.Gestational Diabetes (March 08)

2 Marks

1.Assymptomatic Bacteriuria (Jan 20)

2.Oral Glucose Challenge Test (OGCT) (July 18)
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3.Glucose Challenge Test (July 17)

4.HELLP Syndrome (Sept 08)
5.Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (Oct 07)
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SECTION 6 : ABNORMAL LABOUR

 Abnormal Fetal Presentation

 Transverse or Oblique Lie
 Breech Presentation & Compound Presentation
 Dystocia due to Anomalies of the Expulsive Force
 Abnormalities of the Reproductive Tract
 Complications of the Third Stage of Labour
 Injuries to the Parturient Canal
 Puerperal Infection

10 Marks

1.Mrs X , aged 29 yo , Gravida 4 Para 3 Living 3 had a full term vaginal delivery
of baby girl weighing 3.5 kgs , following which patient developed severe
bleeding per vagina . Write causes of PPH (Postpartum Hemorrhage) . Write
diagnosis & management of Atonic PPH (Jan 20)
3+3+4=10

2.Enumerate the causes of Vaginal Bleeding in 3rd Trimester of Pregnancy .

How will you diagnose a case ? Write management of a case of Rupture Uterus
in a 26 yo second gravida (Jan 17)
3+3+4=10

3.What are the causes of Postpartum Hemorrhage ? How will you prevent
Postpartum Hemorrhage ? Discuss the management of Atonic PPH (Jan 15)
3+3+4=10

4. Define PPH ? What are the causes of Atonic PPH ? How will you manage a
case of Atonic PPH ? (Jan 14)
1+4+5=10

5.Define PPH . What are the causes of PPH ? How do you manage a case of
Atonic PPH in a multiparous woman ? (Feb 11)
1+4+5=10
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6.Enumerate causes of Vaginal Bleeding in Pregnancy . How will you diagnose a

case ? Write management of a case of Ruptured Uterus in a 26 yo second
gravida (Aug 10)
10

7.Define Normal Puerperium . What are its abnormalities ? How will you
manage a case of Puerperal fever ? (Feb 10)
3+3+4=10

8.A gravid multi delivered & presented with shock (May 07)
a) Discuss the causes
b) Management of Atonic PPH
c) Prevention of PPH
3+4+3=10

4 Marks

1.Assisted Breech delivery (July 17)

2.Deep Transverse Arrest (Jan 17)
3.Management of Cord Prolapse (July 16)
4.Management of Atonic PPH (Jan 16)
5.Assessment of CPD (Cephalopelvic Disproportion) (Jan 16)
6.Causes of Puerperal Pyrexia (Jan 15)
7.Symptoms & signs of Puerperal Sepsis (Jan 14)
8.Inversion of Uterus (Aug 13)
9.Deep Transverse Arrest (Aug 13)
10.Delivery of after coming head in breech (Feb 13)
11.Clinical Assessment of CPD (Feb 13)
12.Retained Placenta (Aug 12)
13.Trial Labour (Aug 11)
14.Bandl’s ring (Feb 10)
15.How will you diagnose & manage Deep Transverse Arrest (March 09)
16.Atonic PPH (Sept 08)
17.Puerperal Sepsis (Sept 08)
18.Management of PPH (March 08)
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2 Marks

1.Causes for Obstructed Labour (July 18)

2.Complete Perineal tear (July 17)
3.Signs & Symptoms of Puerperal Sepsis (Jan 17)
4.Lovset’s Manoeuvre (Aug 15)
5.Causes for Face Presentation (Aug 15)
6.Bandl’s ring (Aug 14)
7.Mention the causes of Ruptured Uterus (Aug 12)
8.Causes of Puerperal Pyrexia (Feb 12)
9.Constricted ring (Feb 11)
10.Management of after coming head in breech presentation (Feb 10)
11.Puerperal Pyrexia (Sept 09)
12.Causes of Unstable Lie (March 09)
13.Contracted Pelvis (Oct 07)
14.Contracted Pelvis (May 07)
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SECTION 7 : THE NEWBORN & NEONATAL PROBLEMS

 Resuscitation & Examination of the Newborn

 Feeding of the Newborn & Immunization
 Respiratory Distress & Neonatal Sepsis
 Neonatal Jaundice
 Neonatal Problems & Their Management

4 Marks

1.Asphyxia Neonatorum (July 17)

2.Jaundice of the newborn baby (Aug 15)
3.National Immunization Schedule in newborn (Aug 12)
4.Caput succedaneum (Feb 11)

2 Marks

1.Caput succedaneum (Jan 20)

2.Cephalhematoma (July 19)
3.Mention two indications & two objectives of Exchange transfusion in
newborn (Jan 15)
4.Management of Asphyxia Neonatorum (Jan 15)
5.Cephalhematoma (Aug 14)
6.What is Caput succedaneum ? Mention its importance (Jan 14)
7.Cephalhematoma (Aug 11)
8.APGAR Score (Aug 10)
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SECTION 8 : OBSTETRIC OPERATIONS

 The Forceps & Vacuum Extractor

 Version & Destructive Operations
 Caesarean Section
 Induction of Labour

10 Marks

1.What are the indications for Caesarean Section ? What are the complications
during surgery ? Write about post operative care (Aug 13)
10

4 Marks

1.Indications for Lower Segment Caesarean Section (Jan 20)

2.Indications , procedure & hazards of Internal Podalic Version (Jan 18)
3.Indications & Methods of Induction of Labour (July 17)
4.Outlet Forceps Delivery (Aug 14)
5.External Cephalic Version (Aug 14)
6.Indications & pre requisites of Outlet Forceps Delivery (Aug 12)
7.Indications of Caesarean Section (Feb 12)
8.Internal Podalic Version (Aug 11)
9.External Cephalic Version (Feb 11)
10.Outlet Forceps (March 08)

2 Marks

1.Name the drugs used for Induction of Labour at term (Jan 20)
2.Prerequisites to apply Outlet Forceps (July 19)
3.Components of Bishop’s Score (Jan 19)
4.Fetal & maternal complications of Ventouse Delivery (Jan 18)
5.Complications of Forceps Delivery (Jan 17)
6.Vacuum Extractor (July 16)
7.External Cephalic Version (July 16)
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8.Signs of Scar Rupture (July 16)

9.Absolute indication of Caesarean Section (Jan 16)
10.Bishop’s Score (Aug 13)
11.Craniotomy (Aug 12)
12.Absolute indications of Caesarean Section (Aug 11)
13.Pre requisites of Outlet Forceps (Aug 10)
14.Pre requisites of Forceps Delivery (Sept 09)
15.Vacuum Delivery (Sept 08)
16.Complications during Caesarean Section (March 08)
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SECTION 9 : MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

 Maternal Death
 Perinatal Mortality
 Coagulation Disorders in Obstetrics
 Imaging Techniques
 Prenatal Diagnosis
 Contraception
 Medical Termination of Pregnancy
 Maternal & Newborn Health : Initiatives of Government
of India

10 Marks

1.Define Social Obstetrics . What are the aims & objectives of MCH (Maternal
& Child Health) Care ? What are the measures that can improve MCH Care ?
(March 09)
2+3+5=10

4 Marks

1.MTP Act (July 19)

2.Amniotic Fluid Embolism (Jan 19)
3.1st trimester MTP methods (July 18)
4.Maternal Mortality (July 16)
5.Methods of 2nd trimester MTP (July 16)
6.Causes of Intrauterine Fetal Demise (July 16)
7.Predisposing factors for Perinatal mortality (Jan 16)
8.Causes of Perinatal mortality (Feb 11)
9.Signs of Intrauterine death of Fetus (Feb 10)
10.MTP (May 07)
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2 Marks

1.Triple Test (July 19)

2.Amniotic Fluid Embolism (Jan 16)
3.Mention the predisposing factors for Perinatal mortality (Aug 14)
4.Define Amniocentesis & two diagnostic indications (Jan 14)
5.Mention 4 causes of Maternal mortality in India (Jan 14)
6.Causes of Perinatal mortality (Feb 13)
7.MMA (Medical Method of Abortion) (Feb 11)
8.Chorion Villous Biopsy (Feb 10)
9.Amniocentesis & its significance (Sept 09)
10.Perinatal mortality (Oct 07)
11.Maternal mortality (May 07)
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MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS

4 Marks

1.Mechanism of Labour in Occipito Anterior Position (July 19)

2.Fetal Circulation (July 18)
3.Measures to prevent Vertical transmission of HIV (Jan 17)
4.Management of Post-term Pregnancy (Jan 16)
5.Labour Analgesia (Jan 15)
6.Clinical Pelvimetry (Jan 15)
7.Safe Motherhood Initiative (Feb 13)
8.Uses of Magnesium Sulphate in Obstetrics (Feb 11)
9.Prostglandins in Obstetrics (Sept 09)

2 Marks

1.Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (Jan 20)

2.Uses of Oxytocin (Jan 19)
3.Causes of Oedema in Pregnancy (Jan 18)
4.Anencephaly (July 17)
5.Down’s Syndrome (Jan 17)
6.Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (July 16)
7.Placentography (Jan 16)
8.Mention maternal & fetal dangers of Oxytocin (Aug 15)
9.Uses of Misoprostol (Feb 13)
10.Erb’s palsy (Aug 12)
11.Drugs used for Suppression of Lactation (Feb 12)
12.Contraindications for use of Prophylactic Ergometrine (Feb 12)
13.Face to Pubis Delivery (Feb 11)
14.Diagnosis of Choriocarcinoma (Sept 09)
15.Management of Concealed Accidental Hemorrhage (Sept 08)
16.Immediate Care of Newborn (Oct 07)
17.Prolonged Labour (May 07)
18.Oxytocin (May 07)
General Surgery
Questions
2020-2005

CHANDRA RAYIDI
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PART 1 : BASIC PRINCIPLES

➢ Metabolic response to injury

➢ Shock & blood transfusion
➢ Wounds , healing & tissue repair
➢ Tissue engineering & regeneration
➢ Surgical infection
➢ Tropical infections & infestations
➢ Basic surgical skills & anastomoses
➢ Principles of laparoscopic & robotic surgery
➢ Principles of paediatric surgery
➢ Principles of oncology
➢ Surgical audit & research
➢ Surgical ethics & law
➢ Human factors , patient safety & quality improvement

10 Marks

1.Define Shock . Discuss the classification , clinical monitoring & management

of Hypovolemic Shock (Jan 20)
2+2+3+3=10

2.Classify types of Shock . Discuss the pathophysiology & management of

Hypovolemic Shock (Jan 19)
10

3.Define & classify Shock . Describe the clinical features & management of
Hemorrhagic Shock (July 17)
2+2+2+4=10

4.Classify types of Hemorrhage . Describe its physiological & pathological

effects & treatment of Hemorrhage (Jan 17)
2+2+2+4=10
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5.Define Shock . Discuss the classification , clinical monitoring & management

of Hypovolemic Shock (July 16)
10

6.Classify Wounds . Stages of wound healing , Factors affecting wound healing

(Aug 15)
2+4+4=10

7.Classify types of Hemorrhage . Describe its physiological & pathological

effects & treatment of Hemorrhage (Aug 13)
10

8.Classify Shock . Discuss the clinical features , diagnosis & management of

Hypovolemic Shock (Feb 13)
2+2+2+4=10

9.Principles , limitations , intraoperative & post operative problems of

Laparoscopic Surgery (Aug 12)
10

10.Describe in detail the Phases of wound healing & Factors influencing the
wound healing (Feb 12)
5+5=10

11.Define & classify Shock . Describe the pathophysiology , investigations &

management of Septic Shock (Aug 10)
10

12.Define Shock . Discuss the classification , clinical monitoring & management

of Hypovolemic Shock (March 09)
10

13.Enumerate the various Blood Products . Discuss the indications ,

complications & their treatment following blood transfusion (March 08)
10

14.Classify types of Hemorrhage & describe its physiological & pathological

effects & treatment of Hemorrhage (Sept 07) 10
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15.Describe Shock Syndrome (May 06)

10

16.Describe the clinical features of Shock & its management (March 05)
10

4 Marks

1.Types of Ulcer (Jan 20)

2.Compartment Syndrome (July 20)
3.Complications of Blood Transfusion (July 19)
4.Factors influencing healing of wound (Jan 19)
5.Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (Jan 19)
6.Complications of Blood Transfusion (July 18)
7.Septic Shock (Jan 18)
8.Gas Gangrene (July 16)
9.Hirschsprung’s disease (July 16)
10.Transfusion reactions (Aug 15)
11.Principles of neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (Jan 15)
12.Complications of Radiotherapy (Aug 14)
13.Gas Gangrene (Jan 14)
14.Blood grouping & Cross matching (Aug 13)
15.Robotic Surgery (Aug 12)
16.Surgical Audit (Aug 12)
17.Suture materials (Feb 12)
18.Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (Feb 12)
19.Central Venous Pressure (CVP) (Feb 11)
20.Cold Abscess (Feb 11)
21.Antibioma (Aug 10)
22.Complications of Blood transfusion (Feb 10)
23.Factors affecting wound healing (Feb 10)
24.Nerve injuries (Feb 10)
25.Suture materials (Feb 10)
26.Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (Sept 09)
27.Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) (Sept 09)
28.Gas Gangrene (March 09)
29.Factors influencing wound healing (March 09)
30.Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis (March 08)
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31.Differences between Hypertrophic scar & Keloid (April 07)

32.Carbuncle (March 05)

2 Marks

1.Indications of Blood transfusion (Jan 20)

2.Complications of Radiotherapy (Jan 20)
3.Cellulitis (Jan 20)
4.MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus) (July 19)
5.Cold Abscess Neck (July 19)
6.Hypovolemic Shock (July 18)
7.Gas Gangrene (July 18)
8.Antibioma (Jan 18)
9.Mention complications of Radiotherapy (Jan 18)
10.Indications of Blood transfusion (Jan 18)
11.Carbuncle (Jan 17)
12.Mention complications of Radiotherapy (Jan 17)
13.Congenital Pyloric Stenosis (Jan 17)
14.Mention complications of Blood Transfusion (July 16)
15.Brachytherapy (July 16)
16.Factors affecting wound healing (July 16)
17.Asepsis (Jan 16)
18.Reactionary Hemorrhage (Aug 15)
19.Hypertrophic scar (Aug 15)
20.Secondary Hemorrhage (Jan 15)
21.Universal precautions during Surgery (Jan 15)
22.Antibioma (Aug 14)
23.Differences between Hypertrophic scar & Keloid (Aug 13)
24.Complications of Blood transfusion (Feb 12)
25.Cardiogenic Shock (Feb 12)
26.Trophic Ulcer (Aug 11)
27.Necrotising fasciitis (Aug 10)
28. Reactionary Hemorrhage (Feb 10)
29.Carbuncle (Feb 10)
30.Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (Feb 10)
31.Compartment Syndrome (March 09)
32.Complications of Blood transfusion (Sept 08)
33.Actinomycosis (Sept 08)
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34.Cold Abscess (March 08)

35.Carbuncle (Sept 07)
36.Collarstud Abscess (April 07)
37.Gangrene (May 06)
38.Reactionary Hemorrhage (May 06)
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PART 2 : INVESTIGATION & DIAGNOSIS

➢ Diagnostic imaging
➢ Gastrointestinal endoscopy
➢ Tissue & molecular diagnosis

2 Marks

1.Colooscopy – indications (Jan 18)

2.Advantages of Ultrasound (Aug 13)
3.Ultra sound (Aug 12)
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PART 3 : PERIOPERATIVE CARE

➢ Preoperative care including the high risk surgical patient

➢ Anaesthesia & pain relief
➢ Nutrition & fluid therapy
➢ Postoperative care
➢ Day case surgery

10 Marks

1.Discuss Fluid & Electrolyte balance & management of Hypokalemia (July 19)
10

2.Describe Parenteral Fluid therapy (Sept 08)

10

4 Marks

1.Local Anaesthetic agents (Jan 20)

2. Role of Water Electrolyte balance in surgical practice (Jan 17)
3.Role of Electrolyte balance in surgery (Jan 15)
4.Principles of fluid therapy in post operative period (Aug 14)
5.Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) (Feb 12)
6.General Anaesthesia (Feb 12)
7.Thiopentol Sodium (March 05)

2 Marks

1.Local Anaesthesia (Aug 13)

2.Common drugs used in General Anaesthesia (Aug 12)
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PART 4 : TRAUMA

➢ Introduction to trauma
➢ Early assessment & manage of severe trauma
➢ Traumatic brain injury
➢ Neck & spine
➢ Maxillofacial trauma
➢ Torso trauma
➢ Extremity trauma
➢ Disaster surgery
➢ Conflict surgery

4 Marks

1.Extra Dural Hematoma (July 19)

2.Flail Chest (Jan 19)
3.Flail Chest (Feb 11)

2 Marks

1.Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) (Jan 19)

2.Flail Chest (Jan 17)
3.Triage (Jan 16)
4.Mention 2 primary & secondary complications of Head injury (Jan 15)
5.Flail Chest (Feb 12)
6.Triage (Aug 11)
7.Glasgow Coma Scale (Feb 10)
8.Flail Chest (Feb 10)
9.Subdural Hemorrhage (March 09)
10.Extradural Hemorrhage (March 08)
11.Flail Chest (April 07)
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PART 5 : ELECTIVE ORTHOPAEDICS

➢ History taking & clinical examination in musculoskeletal

disease
➢ Sports medicine & sports injury
➢ The spine
➢ Upper limb
➢ Hip & knee
➢ Foot & ankle
➢ Musculoskeletal tumours
➢ Infections of bones & joints
➢ Paediatric orthopaedics

4 Marks

1.Felon (Feb 13)

2.Adamantinoma (Feb 10)

2 Marks

1.Adamantinoma (July 17)

2.Acute paronychia (Jan 14)
3.Felon (March 09)
4.Pulp Space infection (March 05)
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PART 6 : SKIN & SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE

➢ Skin & subcutaneous tissue

➢ Burns
➢ Plastic & reconstructive surgery

10 Marks

1.Describe in detail assessment , fluid resuscitation & management of a Burns

patient (Jan 14)
3+3+4=10

2.Discuss the etiology , clinical features , diagnosis & management of

Malignant Melanoma (Feb 10)
10

4 Marks

1.Classify Burns (Jan 20)

2.Classification of Burns (Jan 19)
3.Sebaceous cyst (July 18)
4.Pathophysiology & management of Burn injury (Jan 18)
5.Sebaceous cyst (July 16)
6.Electrical Burns (July 16)
7.Epithelioma (Aug 15)
8.Skin grafting (Aug 11)
9.Autograft (Feb 11)
10.Oxygen therapy (Sept 08)
11.Thiersch Graft (March 08)

2 Marks

1.Squamous Cell Carcinoma (July 19)

2.Thiersch Graft (July 18)
3.Classification of Burns (July 17)
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4.Basal Cell Carcinoma (Jan 17)

5.Electrical Burns (Aug 15)
6.Von Recklinghausen’s disease (Aug 13)
7.Sebaceous cyst (Feb 13)
8.Epithelioma (Aug 12)
9.Basal Cell Carcinoma (Feb 11)
10.Electrical Burns (Sept 09)
11.Complications of Sebaceous cyst (March 09)
12.Epidermoid cyst (March 08)
13.Breslow’s staging (March 08)
14.Escharotomy (April 07)
15.Hemangioma (March 05)
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PART 7 : HEAD & NECK

➢ Cranial neurosurgery
➢ The eye & orbit
➢ Cleft lip & palate : developmental abnormalities of face ,
mouth & jaws
➢ The ear , nose & sinuses
➢ Pharynx , larynx & neck
➢ Oral cavity malignancy
➢ Disorders of salivary gland

10 Marks

1.Discuss the pre malignant conditions , etiopathology , clinical features &

management of Carcinoma Tongue (July 18)
2+2+2+4=10

2.Describe the classification of Salivary Gland tumours . Describe the clinical

features of Pleomorphic Adenoma . Mention 4 complications of Parotid gland
surgery (Jan 18)
4+4+2=10

3.Classify salivary gland tumours . Describe etiology , pathology , clinical

features , investigations & management of Pleomorphic adenoma of Parotid
gland (Sept 09)
10

4.Classify salivary gland tumours . Discuss the clinical features , investigations

& treatment of Pleomorphic adenoma of Parotid gland (April 07)
10
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4 Marks

1.Pleomorphic Adenoma (July 19)

2.Warthin’s tumour (July 18)
3.Submandibular gland calculus (Jan 17)
4.Mixed Parotid tumour (Jan 16)
5.Premalignant conditions of buccal mucosa (Jan 15)
6.Ranula (Aug 14)
7.Leukoplakia – etiology , clinical features & management (Jan 14)
8.Cystic hygroma (Aug 13)
9.Warthin’s tumour (Feb 13)
10.Branchial cyst (Aug 12)
11.Branchial cyst (Aug 11)
12.Mixed Parotid tumour (Aug 10)
13.Pharyngeal pouch (Sept 08)
14.Ludwig’s Angina (March 08)
15.Meningocoele (Sept 07)
16.Hydrocephalus (March 05)

2 Marks

1.Plunging Ranula (July 19)

2.Cystic hygroma (Jan 19)
3.Warthin’s tumour (July 17)
4.Cavernous hemangioma (Jan 16)
5.Exophthalmos (Aug 15)
6.Cystic hygroma (Aug 14)
7.Indications of Tracheostomy (Feb 13)
8.Ranula (Aug 11)
9.Parotid fistula (Aug 11)
10.Ranula (Aug 10)
11.Cleft lip (Feb 10)
12.Leukoplakia (Sept 09)
13.Indications for Tracheostomy (Sept 07)
14.Parotid fistula (Sept 07)
15.Glomus tumour (May 06)
16.Warthin’s tumour (March 05)
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PART 8 : BREAST & ENDOCRINE

➢ THE THYROID & THE PARATHYROID GLANDS

10 Marks

1.Classify Goitres . Write about the etiology , clinical features & management
of Multinodular Goitre (Jan 20)
2+2+3+3=10

2.Classify Goitres . Write about the etiology , clinical features & management
of Multinodular Goitre (Jan 19)
2+2+3+3=10

3.Classify Thyroid Carcinomas . Discuss the etiopathology , clinical features &

management of Medullary Carcinoma of Thyroid (July 18)
2+2+3+3=10

4.Classify Thyroid Swellings . Write about the etiology , clinical features &
management of Grave’s disease (Jan 17)
2+2+3+3=10

5.Classify Goitres . What are the clinical features , diagnosis & management of
Grave’s disease (Feb 13)
2+2+3+3=10

6.Define Goitre . How would you classify Goitre ? Describe the symptoms ,
signs , investigations & treatment of Multinodular Goitre (March 08)
10

4 Marks

1.Hypercalcemic crisis (Jan 20)

2.Solitary Nodule Thyroid (July 19)
3.Solitary Nodular Goitre – clinical features , diagnosis & complications (Jan 18)
4.Papillary Carcinoma Thyroid (July 17)
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5.Post-thyroidectomy complications (July 17)

6.Multinodular Goitre (July 16)
7.Solitary Nodular Goitre (Jan 16)
8.Parathyroid Adenoma (Aug 15)
9.Secondary Thyrotoxicosis (Aug 15)
10.Thyroglossal fistula (Jan 15)
11.Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (Aug 14)
12.Post-thyroidectomy complications (Aug 13)
13.Treatment of Carcinoma Thyroid (Feb 12)
14.Papillary Carcinoma Thyroid (Aug 10)
15.Surgical anatomy of Thyroid (Feb 10)
16.Medullary Carcinoma of Thyroid (Sept 09)
17.Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (March 09)
18.Toxic Adenoma of Thyroid (March 09)
19.Treatment of Carcinoma of Thyroid (Sept 08)
20.Solitary Nodule Thyroid (march 08)
21.Thyroid Function Tests (Sept 07)
22.Thyroglossal cyst (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Recurrent Hyper Parathyroidism (Jan 20)

2.Medullary Carcinoma of Thyroid (Jan 14)
3.Thyroglossal cyst (Aug 13)
4.Complications of Thyroid surgery (Aug 11)
5.Radioactive iodine (Sept 07)

➢ THE ADRENAL GLANDS & OTHER ABDOMINAL

ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

2 Marks

1.Carcinoid syndrome (Jan 17)

2.Signs & symptoms of Cushing’s Syndrome (Jan 14)
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➢ THE BREAST

10 Marks

1.Describe the etiology , clinical features & management of Carcinoma Breast

(July 19)
10

2.Write the etiology , clinical features , staging & management of Carcinoma

Breast (July 16)
10

3.Describe the etiology , current nomenclature , clinical features &

management of Carcinoma of Breast (Jan 14)
2+3+3+2=10

4.Discuss etiology , pathology , diagnosis & staging of Carcinoma Breast .

Discuss management of advanced Carcinoma Breast (Feb 11)
10

5.Discuss the etiology , clinical features , TNM staging & management of

Carcinoma Breast (March 09)
10

4 Marks

1.Surgical pathology of Carcinoma Breast (Jan 20)

2.Etiology , spread , clinical features & treatment of Carcinoma Breast (Jan 18)
3.Fibroadenoma Breast (Jan 17)
4.Breast Abscess (Aug 15)
5.Cystosarcoma phyllodes (Aug 13)
6.Inflammatory Carcinoma of Breast (Feb 13)
7.Breast Abscess (Aug 12)
8.Fibroadenoma Breast (Aug 10)
9.Giant Fibroadenoma (Sept 09)
10.Duct ectasia (March 09)
11.Duct Papilloma of Breast (Sept 08)
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12.Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) (March 08)

13.Mastitis (Sept 07)
14.Phyllodes tumour (April 07)
15.Gynecomastia (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Gynecomastia (Jan 20)

2.Breast Abscess (Jan 19)
3.Gynecomastia (July 18)
4.Galactocoele (Jan 18)
5.Benign conditions of Breast (July 17)
6.Fibroadenoma (July 16)
7.Galactocoele (Jan 16)
8.Causes of Nipple discharge (Jan 16)
9.Phyllodes tumour (Aug 15)
10.Lactiferous duct Papilloma (Jan 15)
11.Breast Abscess (Aug 14)
12.Mondor’s disease (Aug 14)
13.Fibroadenoma Breast (Feb 12)
14.Discharge from Nipple (Feb 12)
15.Gynecomastia (Aug 11)
16.Paget’s disease of Nipple (Feb 11)
17.Sentinel Node Biopsy (Feb 11)
18.Breast Abscess (Sept 09)
19.Triple Assessment (April 07)
20.Cyst of the Breast (March 05)
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PART 9 : CARDIOTHORACIC

➢ Cardiac surgery
➢ The thorax

4 Marks

1.Tension Pneumothorax (July 19)

2.Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (Feb 11)
3.Intercostal drainage (Feb 10)
4.Management of Empyema (Sept 08)

2 Marks

1.Spontaneous Pneumothorax (Aug 13)

2.Pneumothorax (Sept 07)
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PART 10 : VASCULAR

➢ Arterial disorders
➢ Venous disorders
➢ Lymphatic disorders

10 Marks

1.Describe surgical anatomy , etiopathogenesis , clinical features ,

complications , investigations & management of Varicose Veins of lower limb
(Jan 16)
10

2.Enumerate causes of Vaso-Occlusive diseases . Describe the etiology , clinical

features , investigations & management of Thrombangitis Obliterans (Jan 15)
2+2+2+2+2=10

3.Discuss causes , clinical features , investigations & management of Acute

Ischaemia of lower limb (Aug 14)
10

4.Discuss the etiology , clinical features , diagnosis & management of Thrombo

Angitis Obliterans (Aug 11)
10

5.Describe the causes , clinical features , investigations & management of

Acute Ischaemia of lower limb (Feb 11)
10

4 Marks

1.Complications & management of Varicose Veins of lower limbs (Jan 18)

2.Clinical features & treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis (July 17)
3.Diabetic Gangrene (July 17)
4.Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (Jan 17)
5.False Aneurysm (Aug 15)
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6.Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) (Jan 14)

7.Diabetic Gangrene (Aug 13)
8.Deep Vein Thrombosis (Aug 11)
9.False Aneurysms (Sept 09)
10.Raynaud’s Phenomenon (March 09)
11.Arterio Venous fistulae (Sept 08)
12.Diabetic Gangrene (Sept 07)
13.Intermittent Claudication (April 07)
14.Emboli (May 06)
15.Emboli (March 05)

2 Marks

1.Diabetic Gangrene (Jan 19)

2.Deep Vein Thrombosis (Jan 19)
3.Podoconiosis (Endemic Elephantiasis) (Jan 18)
4.Acute Lymphangitis (Aug 15)
5.Mention 4 indication for Amputation (Jan 15)
6.Endemic Elephantiasis (Podoconiosis) (Jan 14)
7.Air Embolism (Jan 14)
8.Complications of Aneurysm (Aug 13)
9.Prophylaxis for Deep Vein Thrombosis (Feb 11)
10.Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (Aug 10)
11.Embolectomy (Aug 10)
12.Lymphoedema (Sept 09)
13.Lymphangioma (Sept 08)
14.Classification of Aneurysm (Sept 07)
15.Lumbar Sympathectomy (Sept 07)
16.Duplex Imaging (April 07)
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PART 11 : ABDOMINAL

➢ HISTORY & EXAMINATION OF THE ABDOMEN

2 Marks

1.Murphy’s sign (Jan 19)

➢ ABDOMINAL WALL , HERNIA & UMBILICUS

10 Marks

1.Discuss the causes , clinical features , complications & management of

Inguinal Hernia (July 16)
10

2.Discuss Hiatus Hernia – types , clinical features , complications &

management (Sept 09)
10

4 Marks

1.Strangulated Hernia (Jan 20)

2.Femoral Hernia (July 19)
3.Pantaloon Hernia (July 18)
4.Strangulated Inguinal Hernia (Jan 18)
5.Strangulated Inguinal Hernia (Aug 15)
6.Indirect Inguinal Hernia – types , clinical features & differential diagnosis
(Jan 14)
7.Clinical features & differential diagnosis of Femoral Hernia (Aug 13)
8.Strangulated Hernia (Aug 11)
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9.Strangulated Hernia (Sept 09)

10.Inguinal Hernia (March 09)
11.Paraumbilical Hernia (April 07)
12.Incisional Hernia (March 05)

2 Marks

1.Epigastric Hernia (Jan 19)

2.Bassini’s Operation (July 18)
3.Sister Joseph’s Nodule (Jan 18)
4.Congenital Hernia (July 17)
5.Differential diagnosis of Femoral Hernia (Jan 17)
6.Epigastric Hernia (July 16)
7.Sliding Hernia (Jan 16)
8.Desmoid tumour (Jan 15)
9.Strangulated Hernia (Jan 15)
10.Pantaloon Hernia (Aug 14)
11.Types of Hernias (Feb 13)
12.Strangulated Hernia (Aug 12)
13.Desmoid tumour (Aug 11)
14.Surgical anatomy of Inguinal canal (Aug 11)
15.Strangulated Hernia (Aug 10)
16.Femoral Hernia (Feb 10)
17.Sliding Hernia (March 08)
18.Desmoid tumour (March 08)
19.Pantaloon Hernia (March 08)
20.Femoral Hernia (Sept 07)
21.Reicher’s Hernia (April 07)
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➢ THE PERITONEUM , OMENTUM , MESENTERY &

RETROPERITONEAL SPACE

4 Marks

1.Etiology & clinical features of Acute Peritonitis (Jan 17)

2.Classification & clinical features of Mesenteric cysts (Jan 14)
3.Mesenteric cysts (March 08)
4.Peritonitis (March 05)

2 Marks

1.Treatment of Acute Peritonitis (March 09)

2.Mesenteric cysts (March 05)

➢ THE OESOPHAGUS

10 Marks

1.Discuss the causes , clinical features , diagnosis & management of Carcinoma

lower end Oesophagus (July 17)
2+2+2+4=10

2.Discuss the clinical features , diagnosis & management of Perforation of a

Hollow Viscus (Aug 11)
10

3.Discuss Carcinoma Oesophagus & its management (Aug 10)

10
4 Marks

1.Barrett’s Oesophagus (July 18)

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2.Achalasia cardia (Aug 11)

3.Tracheo-Oesophageal fistula (Sept 09)
4.Barrett’s Oesophagus (March 08)
5.Tracheo-Oesophageal fistula (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Achalasia cardia (July 19)

2.Boerhaave Syndrome (July 17)
3.Achalasia cardia (Jan 16)
4.Oesophageal atresia (Aug 15)
5.Barrett’s Ulcer (Jan 15)
6.Mallory Weiss Syndrome (Aug 14)
7.Etiology & pathology of Achalasia (Jan 14)
8.Mallory Weiss Syndrome (Aug 12)
9.Oesophageal varices (Feb 12)
10.Barrett’s Oesophagus (Feb 11)
11.Reflux Oesophagitis (Feb 11)
12.Dysphagia lusoria (April 07)

➢ STOMACH & DUODENUM

10 Marks

1.Discuss the etiopathogenesis , clinical features & management of Carcinoma

Stomach (Jan 20)
2+2+3+3=10

2.Write the surgical anatomy of stomach . Describe the etiopathology , clinical

features , investigations & treatment of early Carcinoma Stomach (July 18)
2+2+2+2+2=10
3.Write the causes of massive Hematemesis . Discuss causes , clinical features ,
diagnosis & management of Acute Duodenal Ulcer bleeding in a young adult
(Jan 18) 2+1+2+2+3=10
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4.Write the surgical anatomy of Stomach . Etiopathology , clinical features ,

investigations & treatment of early Carcinoma Stomach (Jan 17)
1+2+3+2+2=10

5.Write the causes of massive Hematemesis . Discuss causes , clinical features ,

diagnosis & management of Acute Duodenal Ulcer bleeding in a young adult
(Jan 16)
2+1+2+2+3=10

6.Discus the etiology , clinical features , staging & management of Carcinoma

Stomach (Aug 13)
10

7.Describe the etiology , pathology , clinical features & management of

Perforated Duodenal Ulcer (Aug 12)
10

8.Discuss Peptic Ulcer , its complications & management (Sept 08)

10

9.Discuss the clinical features & management of Carcinoma Stomach (Sept 07)
10

10.Describe the etiology , classification , clinical features , staging &

management of Carcinoma of the Stomach (April 07)
10

4 Marks

1.Dumping Syndrome (July 18)

2.Etiology , clinical features & spread of Carcinoma Stomach (Jan 15)
3.Complications of Duodenal Ulcer (Jan 14)
4.Complications of Peptic Ulcer (Feb 13)
5.Perforated duodenal Ulcer (Feb 11)
6.Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome (March 09)
7.Dumping Syndrome (April 07)
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2 Marks

1.Vagotomy types (July 18)

2.Causes of Hematemesis (Feb 13)
3.Blood supply of Stomach (March 09)
4.Lymphatic drainage of Stomach (March 08)

➢ BARIATRIC & METABOLIC SURGERY

➢ THE LIVER

10 Marks

1.List the causes of Obstructive Jaundice . Describe the clinical features &
management of Periampullary Carcinoma (Aug 15)
2+2+2+4=10

2.Discuss Obstructive Jaundice with investigations & management (Aug 10)

10

3.Discuss Amoebic Liver Abscess , its complications & management (Sept 09)
10

4 Marks

1.Hydatid cyst (Jan 20)

2.Amoebic Liver Abscess (July 19)
3.Hydatid cyst of Liver (Jan 17)
4.Hydatid cyst Liver (Jan 16)
5.Hydatid cyst of Liver (Jan 15)
6.Amoebic Liver Abscess (Aug 14)
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7.Hydatid cyst of Liver (Aug 10)

8.Source of infection & pathology of Hydatid disease of Liver (Sept 08)

2 Marks

1.Calot’s triangle (July 18)

2.Budd-Chiari Syndrome (Jan 18)
3.Caroli’s disease (July 17)
4.Choledochal cyst (July 16)
5.Charcot’s triad (Aug 15)
6.Caroli’s disease (Jan 14)
7.Mention features of Chronic Liver disease (Aug 13)
8.Porto-systemic Anastomosis (Aug 12)
9.Secondaries in the Liver (Aug 11)
10.Abdominal Paracentesis (Feb 11)
11.Functions of the Liver (Sept 08)
12.Porto-systemic Anastomosis (March 08)
13.Hydatid cyst (March 05)

➢ THE SPLEEN

4 Marks

1.Splenic Abscess (Jan 14)

2 Marks

1.Post Splenectomy complications (Jan 20)

2.OPSI (Overwhelming Post Splenectomy Infection) (July 18)
3.Post Splenectomy complications (July 17)
4.Indications for Splenectomy (July 16)
5.Hypersplenism (Jan 16)
6.Side effects of Splenectomy (Jan 15)
7.Indications for Splenectomy (Aug 14)
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➢ THE GALLBLADDER & BILEDUCTS

10 Marks

1.Classify Gallstones . Discuss the etiopathogenesis , clinical features ,

investigations & treatment of Acute Calculous Cholecystitis (Jan 18)
1+2+3+2+2=10

2.Describe etiology , clinical features , investigations , differential diagnosis &

management of Gallstones (Jan 14)
2+3+1+2+2=10

4 Marks

1.Choledocholithiasis (July 17)

2.Choledochal cyst (Aug 13)
3.Empyaema Gall Bladder (Feb 12)
4.Etiology of Gallstones (Aug 11)
5.Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiogram (PTC) (Sept 09)

2 Marks

1.Mention 4 complications of Gallstones (Jan 17)

2.Complications of Cholecystectomy (Aug 15)
3.Porcelain Gall Bladder (Jan 15)
4.Courvoisier’s law (Feb 10)
5.Porcelain Gall Bladder (March 09)
6.Aberration in the arterial supply of Gall Bladder (Sept 07)
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➢ THE PANCREAS

10 Marks

1.Discuss the etiology , clinical features & management of Acute Pancreatitis

(Jan 19)
10

2.Discuss the etiology , clinical features & management of Acute Pancreatitis

(Aug 15)
10

3.Discuss the clinical features , investigations , management & complications of

Acute Pancreatitis (Feb 13)
2+2+3+3=10

4.Describe the etiology , clinical features & management of Acute Pancreatitis

(Feb 12)
3+3+4=10

5.Discuss Acute Pancreatitis , its complications & management (Feb 11)

10

6.Discuss the etiology , clinical features , diagnosis & management of Acute

Pancreatitis (Feb 10)
10

7.Discuss the clinical features & management of Pancreatitis (Sept 07)

10

8.Discuss the clinical features & management of Acute Pancreatitis (March 05)
10

4 Marks

1.Clinical features & management of Acute Pancreatitis (Jan 15)

2.Pseudo Pancreatic cyst (Aug 12)
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3.Pseudo Pancreatic cyst (Feb 11)

4.Pseudo Pancreatic cyst (March 05)

2 Marks

1.MRCP (Magnetic Resonance Cholangio Pancreatography) (Jan 20)

2.Annular Pancreas (July 19)
3.Endoscopic Ultrasound (July 19)
4.ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography) (Jan 19)
5.MRCP (Magnetic Resonance Cholangio Pancreatography) (July 18)
6.Pancreatic cysts (July 17)
7.Annular Pancreas (Jan 17)
8.Pseudo Pancreatic cyst (Jan 16)
9.Annular Pancreas (Aug 14)
10.Causes & investigations of Acute Pancreatitis (Jan 14)
11.Pseudo cyst of Pancreas (Sept 08)

➢ THE SMALL INTESTINE

4 Marks

1.Meckel’s diverticulum (Aug 13)

2.Illeocecal tuberculosis (Aug 12)
3.Illeocecal tuberculosis (Aug 11)
4.Meconium ileus (Feb 11)
5.Entero-cutaneous fistula (Aug 10)

2 Marks

1.Meckel’s diverticulum (July 19)

2.Enterocutaneous fistula (July 16)
3.Meckel’s diverticulum (July 16)
4.Meckel’s diverticulum (Aug 11)
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5.Management & treatment of Paralytic ileus (Sept 08)

6.Meckel’s diverticulum (March 05)

➢ THE LARGE INTESTINE

4 Marks

1.Ulcerative colitis (Aug 12)

➢ INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

10 Marks

1.Discuus the causes , clinical features , diagnosis & management of Acute

Intestinal Obstruction (Jan 15)
2+3+2+3=10

2.Discuus the causes , clinical features , diagnosis & management of Gastric

Outlet Obstruction (Aug 14)
10

3.Discuss the causes , clinical features , diagnosis & management of Gastric

Outlet Obstruction (March 09)
10

4 Marks

1.Volvulus (Jan 20)

2.Intussusception (Jan 19)
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3.Volvulus of Sigmoid Colon (July 18)

4.Intussusception (July 16)
5.Intussusception (Aug 14)
6.Sigmoid Volvulus (Feb 13)
7.Sigmoid Volvulus (March 09)
8.Acute Intussusception (Sept 07)
9.Sigmoid Volvulus (March 05)

2 Marks

1.Closed Loop Obstruction (Jan 18)

2.Sigmoid Volvulus (Jan 16)
3.Gallstone ileus (Feb 13)
4.Closed Loop Obstruction (Aug 12)
5.Intussusception (Feb 12)
6.Volvulus (Aug 10)
7.Closed Loop Obstruction (Sept 09)

➢ THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX

4 Marks

1.Ochsner Sherren Regime (July 18)

2.Appendicular mass (Jan 17)
3.Acute Appendicitis (July 16)
4.Mucocoele of Appendix (Jan 15)
5.Appendicular mass (Feb 10)
6.Treatment of Acute Appendicitis (Sept 07)

2 Marks

1.Differential diagnosis of Appendicitis in Adult female (Jan 18)

2.Alvarado score (Feb 13)
3.Ochsner Sherren regime (Aug 12)
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4.Mucocoele of Appendix (March 09)

5.Acute Appendicitis in pregnancy (Sept 08)

➢ THE RECTUM

4 Marks

1.Solitary Rectal Ulcer (Feb 12)

2.Carcino Embryonic Antigen (CEA) (Feb 12)
3.Duke’s staging (Aug 10)

2 Marks

1.Symptoms of Rectal disease (Aug 14)

2.Ischio Rectal Abscess (Sept 09)

➢ THE ANUS & ANAL CANAL

4 Marks

1.Perianal Abscess (Jan 20)

2.Fistula-in-ano (Jan 19)
3.Anal Fissure – etiology , clinical features & treatment (Jan 18)
4.Pilonodal Sinus – etiology , clinical features & conservative treatment
(Jan 18)
5.Fistula-in-ano (Jan 16)
6.Carcinoma Anal Canal (Aug 15)
7.Fistula-in-ano (Feb 11)
8.Imperforate Anus (Aug 10)
9.Anal Fistula (Feb 10)
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10.Hidradenitis Suppurativa (March 08)

2 Marks

1.Sentinel Pile (July 19)

2.Pilonodal Sinus (July 19)
3.Pruritis Ani (Jan 19)
4.Investigations for painless bleeding from anal orifice case (July 17)
5.Imperforate Anus (Jan 17)
6.Acute Anal fissure (Jan 15)
7.Goodsall’s rule (Aug 13)
8.Fissure in ano (Feb 12)
9.Fissure in ano (Sept 09)
10.Pilonodal Sinus (Sept 09)
11.High Anal fistula (March 09)
12.Imperforate Anus (Sept 08)
13.Buschke-Lowenstein tumour (March 08)
14.Anal Fissure (Sept 07)
15.Goodsall’s rule (April 07)
16.Classification of Fistula in ano (April 07)
17.Anal Stricture (March 05)
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PART 12 : GENITOURINARY

➢ Urinary symptoms & investigations

➢ Kidneys & ureters
➢ The urinary bladder
➢ The prostate & seminal vesicles
➢ Urethra & penis
➢ Testis & scrotum
➢ Gynaecology

10 Marks

1.Enumerate the causes of Acute Retention of Urine & management of Benign

Prostatic Hypertrophy (July 19)
10

2.Enumerate the causes of massive painless Hematuria . Describe clinical

features , investigations & management of Hypernephroma (July 17)
10

3.Write etiology , clinical features , staging & management of Carcinoma

Urinary Bladder (Jan 16)
2+3+2+3=10

4.Write the etiology , clinical features , complications & treatment of

Hydrocoele (Jan 15)
2+3+2+3=10
5.Write the classification , clinical features , staging & management of
Testicular Tumours (Aug 14)
10

6.Write the causes of Hematuria . Write about the etiopathogenesis , clinical

features & management of Hypernephroma (Aug 13)
10
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7.Describe the etiology , clinical features & management of Hydronephrosis

(Aug 12)
10

8.Discuss the clinical features & management of Malignant Neoplasms of

Kidney (Feb 12)
4+6=10

9.Classify Testicular Tumours . Discuss the clinical features , diagnosis &

management of Seminoma of Testis (Aug 11)
10

10.What are the causes of Hematuria ? How do you manage a case of

hematuria in a man aged about 70 years ? (Feb 10)
10

11.Describe the clinical features & management of Malignant Neoplasms of

Kidney (Sept 08)
10

12.Discuss the classification , clinical features , staging & management of

Testicular Tumours (March 08)
10

13.Discuss the embryology of Testicular descent . Describe the clinical features

, complications & treatment of Undescended Testis (April 07)
10

14.Discuss the clinical features & management of Grawitz Tumour (Hyper

nephroma) (March 05)
10

4 Marks

1.Torsion Testis (July 19)

2.Hydronephrosis (Jan 19)
3.Epididymo-orchitis (Jan 19)
4.Fournier’s Gangrene (July 18)
5.Carcinoma Penis – clinical features & management (Jan 18)
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6.Carcinoma Urinary Bladder (July 17)

7.Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) – etiology , clinical features & indications
for surgery (July 17)
8.Stricture Urethra (July 17)
9.Pre disposing causes , clinical features & treatment of Torsion of Testis (Jan
17)
10.Etiology , types & clinical features of Renal Calculi (July 16)
11.Stricture Urethra (Jan 16)
12.Pelvi-ureteric Junction Obstruction (Jan 16)
13.Congenital Hydrocoele (Jan 16)
14.Ureteric Calculus (Aug 15)
15.Wilm’s tumour (Jan 15)
16.Interstitial Cystitis (Hunner’s Ulcer) (Aug 14)
17.Etiology & types of Renal Calculi (Aug 14)
18.Hypospadias (Aug 14)
19.Transurethral Resection of Prostate (Jan 14)
20.Clinical features , investigations & treatment of Chronic Pyelonephritis
(Jan 14)
21.Indicatons & techniques of Circumcision (Aug 13)
22.Renal Calculi – etiology & types (Feb 13)
23.Supra Pubic Cystotomy (Feb 13)
24.Intravenous Pyelogram (Feb 13)
25.Undescended Testis (Aug 12)
26.Hypospadias (Aug 12)
27.Ectopia vesicae (Feb 12)
28.Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH) (Aug 11)
29.Wilm’s tumour (Aug 11)
30.Benign Hyperplasia of Prostate (Sept 09)
31.Epididymo-orchitis (Sept 07)
32.Fournier’s Gangrene (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Phimosis (Jan 20)

2.Phimosis (July 19)
3.Vesical Calculus (July 19)
4.Medical management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (Jan 19)
5.Paraphimosis (Jan 19)
6.Hematuria – causes (July 18)
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7.Clinical features of Ectopia vesicae (Jan 18)

8.Tumour markers of Urogenital malignancies (July 17)
9.Fournier’s Gangrene (Jan 17)
10.Clinical features of Renal tuberculosis (Jan 17)
11.Ureteric Calculus (Jan 17)
12.Rupture Urethra (July 16)
13.Phimosis (July 16)
14.Medical management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (Jan 16)
15.Causes of Hematuria (Aug 15)
16.Ectopia vesicae (Aug 15)
17.Prosate Specific Antigen (PSA) (Aug 14)
18.Dietl’s crisis (Jan 14)
19.Fournier’s Gangrene (Jan 14)
20.Peyronie’s disease (Jan 14)
21.Mention the causes of Torsion Testis (Aug 13)
22.Sites of Ectopic Testis (Feb 13)
23.Peyronie’s disease (Feb 13)
24.Causes of Hematuria (Aug 12)
25.Pre malignant conditions of Carcinoma Penis (Aug 12)
26.Torsion Testis (Feb 12)
27.Phismosis (Feb 12)
28.Hydrocoele (Feb 11)
29.Erythroplasia of Queyrat (Feb 11)
30.Stricture Urethra (Aug 10)
31.Torsion Testis (Aug 10)
32.Ureteric Calculus (Aug 10)
33.Seminoma Testis (Feb 10)
34.Vasectomy (Feb 10)
35.Congenital Hydrocoele (Sept 09)
36.Pyeloplasty (Sept 09)
37.Ruptured Urethra (March 09)
38.Encysted Hydrocoele of cord (March 09)
39.Torsion Testis (Sept 08)
40.Varicocoele (March 08)
41.Intravenous Urography (April 07)
42.Orchitis (March 05)
43.Paraphimosis (March 05)
44.Haematocoele (March 05)
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PART 13 : TRANSPLANTATION

2 Marks

1.Organ transplantation (Sept 09)

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MISCELLANEOUS

4 Marks

1.Complications of Cyclophosphamide Chemotherapy (Jan 19)

2.Hodgkin’s disease (July 17)
3.Surgical Jaundice (July 16)
4.Direct & Indirect Traumatic Gangrene (Jan 16)
5.Complications of Cyclophosphamide Chemotherapy (Jan 16)
6.Angiography (Feb 13)
7.Pseudo Membranous Enterocolitis (Aug 10)
8.Cysts (Sept 08)
9.Sarcoma (Sept 08)
10.Acute Abscess (Sept 07)
11.Malignant tumour character & its method of spread (Sept 07)
12.Ulcer (May 06)
13.Cysts (May 06)
14.Chronic Non-Specific Ulcer (March 05)

2 Marks

1.Lupus vulgaris (Jan 20)

2.Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (Jan 20)
3.Kehr’s sign (Jan 20)
4.Krukenberg tumour (Jan 20)
5.Marjolin’s Ulcer (Jan 19)
6.Lupus vulgaris (July 18)
7.Ladd’s band (July 18)
8.Kehr’s sign (Jan 18)
9.Mention 4 newer antibiotics (July 17)
10.Hypokalemia (July 16)
11.Cock’s Peculiar tumour (Jan 16)
12.Carcinoid tumour (Aug 15)
13.Krukenberg tumour (Jan 15)
14.Indirect Traumatic Gangrene (Aug 14)
15.Disinfection (Aug 14)
16.Mention 4 newer antibiotics (Jan 14)
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17.Tumour marker (Aug 13)

18.Dercum’s disease (Aug 13)
19.Marjolin’s Ulcer (Feb 13)
20.Dentigerous cyst (Feb 13)
21.Hilton’s method of opening an Abscess (Feb 13)
22.Invertogram (Feb 13)
23.Hyperkalemia (Aug 12)
24.Clinical features of Koch’s Abdomen (Aug 12)
25.Metabolic Alkalosis (Feb 12)
26.Epulis (Feb 12)
27.Venesection (Aug 11)
28.Carcinoid tumour (Aug 11)
29.Ingrowing Toe Nail (Feb 11)
30.Hypokalemia (Feb 11)
31.Hormone Receptors (Feb 11)
32.Carcinoid tumours (Aug 10)
33.Tumour Markers (Aug 10)
34.Fracture Ribs (Aug 10)
35.Bissgard’s method of treatment of Varicose Ulcer (Feb 10)
36.Antisepsis & Asepsis (Feb 10)
37.Marjolin’s Ulcer (Sept 09)
38.Pancoast tumour (Sept 09)
39.Compound Palmar Ganglion (March 09)
40.Antibacterial drugs (Sept 08)
41.Periauricular Sinus (March 08)
42.Hesselbach’s Triangle (March 08)
43.Sodium depletion (Sept 07)
44.Ether (Sept 07)
45.Leriche Syndrome (April 07)
46.Chyluria (April 07)
47.Sarcoma (May 06)
48.Wrist drop (March 05)
Orthopaedics Questions
2020-2005

CHANDRA RAYIDI
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CHAPTER 1 : ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA : INTRODUCTION

4 Marks

1.Pathological Fractures (Jan 17)

2.Pathological Fractures (Aug 13)

2 Marks

1.Types of Fractures (Jan 20)

2.Types of Fractures (Jan 18)
3.Pathological Fractures (Feb 11)

CHAPTER 2 : ANATOMY OF BONE & FRACTURE HEALING

10 Marks

1.Define Fracture & describe Bone Healing (Aug 10)

10

2 Marks

1.Healing of Fracture (Jan 16)

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CHAPTER 3 : TREATMENT OF FRACTURES : GENERAL

PRINCIPLES

4 Marks

1.Internal fixation of recent fractures (Sept 08)

2.Methods of Immobilisation (May 06)

2 Marks

1.Classification of Open Fractures (Jan 19)

2.Plaster of Paris (Aug 10)
3.Plaster of Paris (Feb 10)

CHAPTER 4 : SPLINTS & TRACTIONS

4 Marks

1.Thomas Splint (Feb 13)

2.Skeletal Traction (Feb 11)
3.Thomas Splint (Aug 10)

2 Marks

1.Skeletal Traction (July 18)

2.Jaipur Foot (July 18)
3.Thomas Splint (July 17)
4.Objectives & types of Tractions (Jan 17)
5.Objectives of Traction (Aug 13)
6.Thomas Splint (March 09)
7.Thomas Splint (April 07)
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CHAPTER 5 : RECENT ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF

FRACTURES

CHAPTER 6 : APPROACH TO A PATIENT WITH LIMB INJURY

CHAPTER 7 : COMPLICATIONS OF FRACTURES

4 Marks

1.Complications of Fracture (July 17)

2.Myositis ossificans (Jan 16)
3.Compartment Syndrome (Jan 14)
4.Complications of Fracture (Sept 08)

2 Marks

1.Malunion (Jan 20)

2.Non union (Sept 09)

CHAPTER 8 : INJURY TO JOINTS : DISLOCATION &

SUBLUXATION

2 Marks

1.Dislocations (Sept 07)

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CHAPTER 9 : FRACTURES IN CHILDREN

CHAPTER 10 : PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES

4 Marks

1.Tardy Ulnar Nerve Palsy (Feb 13)

2.Wrist Drop (Feb 12)
3.Brachial Plexus injury (Aug 11)

2 Marks

1.Axillary Nerve injury (Jan 16)

2.Ulnar Claw Hand (Aug 15)
3.Radial Nerve injury (Aug 14)
4.Seddon’s classification of Nerve injuries (Aug 13)
5.Claw Hand (Feb 11)
6.Foot Drop (March 09)
7.Foot Drop (March 08)
8.Wrist Drop (April 07)
9.Neuropraxia (April 07)
10.Card Test (April 05)
11.Pointing Index (April 05)

CHAPTER 11 : DEFORMITIES & THEIR MANAGEMENT

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CHAPTER 12 : TREATMENT OF PRTHOPAEDIC DISORDERS : A

GENERAL VIEW

2 Marks

1.Allogenous Bone Grafting (Jan 18)

2.Heat Therapy (Aug 10)

CHAPTER 13 : INJURIES AROUND THE SHOULDER ,

FRACTURE HUMERUS

10 Marks

1.Describe anatomy of Upper end of Humerus bone . Describe symptoms ,

signs , treatment & complications of Fracture Neck of Humerus bone (Jan 15)
2+2+2+2+2=10

4 Marks

1.Recurrent Dislocation of Shoulder (Jan 18)

CHAPTER 14 : INJURIES AROUND THE ELBOW

10 Marks

1.Describe the mode of injury , clinical features , investigations , treatment &

complications of Supracondylar Fracture of Humerus (Jan 19)
2+2+2+2+2=10
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2. Mention the injuries around Elbow joint . Describe symptoms , signs ,

treatment & complications of Fracture Neck Radius bone (Jan 17)
2+2+2+2+2=10

3.Describe the mode of injury , clinical features , investigations , treatment &

complications of Supracondylar Fracture of Humerus (Jan 16)
2+2+2+2+2=10

4.Describe the clinical features , management & complications of

Supracondylar Fracture in children (Aug 12)
3+4+3=10

4 Marks

1.Supracondylar Fracture of Humerus (July 17)

2.Complications of Supracondylar Fracture of Humerus (Aug 13)
3.Fracture of Neck of Radius (March 09)
4.Volkmann’s Ischemic Contracture (March 08)
5.Volkmann’s Contracture (Sept 07)
6.Volkmann’s Ischemic Contracture (April 05)

2 Marks

1.Mention clinical features of Volkmann’s Ischemic Contracture (Jan 14)

CHAPTER 15 : INJURIES OF THE FOREARM & WRIST

10 Marks

1.Mention the injuries around the Wrist joint . Describe the symptoms , signs ,
treatment & complications of Colle’s Fracture (Aug 14)
2+2+2+2+2=10
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2.What is Colle’s Fracture ? Describe its mode of injury , displacements ,

management & complications (Feb 13)
1+1+2+3+3=10

3. Enumerate the Fracture of Lower third of Radius near Wrist joint . Describe
the management of Colle’s Fracture & its common complications (April 07)
10

4 Marks

1.Colle’s Fracture (Jan 20)

2.Galeazzi Fracture (July 19)
3.Colle’s Fracture (Jan 19)
4.Monteggia’s Fracture (Jan 19)
5.Monteggia Fracture Dislocation (July 18)
6.Colle’s Fracture – causes , diagnosis & complications (Jan 18)

2 Marks

1.Dinner Fork deformity (Aug 15)

2.Colle’s Fracture (May 06)

CHAPTER 16 : HAND INJURIES

4 Marks

1.Mallet Finger (Feb 12)

2 Marks

1.Mallet Finger (Jan 15)

2.Mallet Finger (March 08)
3.Mallet Finger (Sept 07)
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CHAPTER 17 : PELVIC FRACTURES

CHAPTER 18 : INJURIES AROUND THE HIP

10 Marks

1.Describe the pathogenesis , clinical features & management of Avascular

Necrosis of Head of Femur (Jan 20)
3+3+4=10

2.Describe the pathogenesis , clinical features & management of Avascular

Necrosis of Head of Femur (July 16)
3+3+4=10

3.Classify fracture around the proximal femur . Describe the clinical

presentation of Intracapsular Fracture Neck of Femur . How would you manage
a 65 year old female with Intracapsular Fracture Neck Femur ? Mention 2
complications (Aug 15)
3+3+2+2=10

4.Describe the etiology , clinical features & management of Fracture Neck of

Femur in adults (Feb 12)
3+3+4=10

5.Describe the mechanism of injury , clinical features & management of

Posterior Dislocation of Hip joint (March 09)
10

6.Classify Fracture Neck of Femur . Write down the management of Fracture

Neck of Femur in an adult & its possible complications (March 08)
10

7.Discuss Fracture Neck of Femur , treatment & its complications (Sept 07)
10
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8.How will you diagnose Fracture Neck of Femur ? What are the modalities of
treatment ? (May 06)
10

2 Marks

1.Classification of Fracture Neck Femur (July 19)

CHAPTER 19 : FRACTURE SHAFT OF FEMUR

2 Marks

1.Sciatic nerve injury (Jan 17)

CHAPTER 20 : INJURIES AROUND THE KNEE

10 Marks

1.Describe internal derangement of Knee joint (Sept 08)

10

2.Describe clinical features & management of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear

of Knee (April 05)
10

2 Marks

1.Fracture Patella (July 19)

2.Dislocation of Knee (Jan 19)
3.Fracture Patella (Aug 12)
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4.Recurrent dislocation of Patella (Aug 11)

CHAPTER 21 : INJURIES TO THE LEG , ANKLE & FOOT

10 Marks

1.Discuss the injuries around the Ankle joint & their treatment (Jan 14)
6+4=10

2 Marks

1.Jones Fracture (Feb 11)

CHAPTER 22 : INFECTIONS OF BONES & JOINTS

10 Marks

1.Describe the etiology , pathology , investigations , differential diagnosis &

treatment of Acute Osteomyelitis (Jan 18)
1+2+2+2+3=10

2.Describe the clinical picture & management of Chronic Pyogenic

Osteomyelitis & its possible complications (Feb 11)
10

4 Marks

1.Brodie’s Abscess (Jan 15)

2.Chronic Osteomyelitis (Aug 14)
3.Brodie’s Abscess (Feb 12)
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4.Chronic Osteomyelitis (Aug 10)

5.Acute Osteomyelitis (March 09)
6.Brodie’s Abscess (March 08)
7.Sequestrum (April 07)
8.Osteomyelitis (May 06)

2 Marks

1.Sequestrum (July 18)

2.Acute Pyogenic Osteomyelitis (July 17)
3.Brodie’s Abscess – common sites & 2 clinical features (Jan 17)
4.Brodie’s Abscess (July 16)
5.Etiopathogenesis of Septic Arthritis (Jan 15)
6.Common sites of Brodie’s Abscess & mention 2 characteristic clinical features
(Jan 14)
7.Ring Sequestrum (Feb 13)
8.Treatment of Acute Suppurative Arthritis (Sept 07)
9.Involucrum (April 05)

CHAPTER 23 : TUBERCULOSIS OF BONES & JOINTS

10 Marks

1.Describe the etiopathogenesis , clinical features & radiological features of

Caries Spine . Mention 2 complications . How would you treat a 10 year old boy
with Tuberculosis D10-D11 ? (July 19)
2+2+2+1+3=10

2.Discuss the pathogenesis , clinical features , investigations & treatment of

Tuberculosis of Hip in young adult (July 18)
3+3+2+2=10

3.Discuss Tuberculosis of Dorsal Spine at D9 level – its management &

complications (Aug 11) 10
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4.Clinical features & management of Tuberculous Spondylitis (Pott’s disease)

(Sept 09)
10

4 Marks

1.Tuberculosis of Knee (Aug 15)

2.Tuberculosis of Knee (Aug 12)
3.Tuberculosis of Knee joint (Feb 10)
4.Tuberculous Dactylitis (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Pott’s Spine (Jan 16)

2.Cold Abscess (Aug 15)

CHAPTER 24 : INFECTIONS OF THE HAND

CHAPTER 25 : CONGENITAL TALIPES EQUINO VARUS (CTEV)

4 Marks

1.Congenital deformities of feet (July 19)

2.Congenital Talipes Equino Varus (CTEV) (July 16)
3.Congenital Talipes Equino Varus (CTEV) (Aug 14)
4.Cubitus varus deformity (Feb 11)
5.Club Foot (Sept 09)
6.CTEV (March 09)
7.Genu valgum (April 05)
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2 Marks

1.CTEV (Jan 20)

2.Congenital deformities of foot (Jan 17)
3.CTEV (Feb 10)

CHAPTER 26 : CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF HIP & OTHER

MALFORMATIONS

4 Marks

1.Sprengel’s Shoulder (July 18)

2.Screening for DDH (Developmental Dysplasia of Hip) in children (Aug 15)
3.Trendelenburg Gait (April 05)

2 Marks

1.Trendelenburg sign (Sept 08)

CHAPTER 27 : POLIOMYELITIS & OTHER NEUROMUSCULAR

DISORDERS

4 Marks

1.Spina bifida aperta (Jan 14)

2 Marks

1.Meningomyelocele (July 16)

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2.Post Polio residual paralysis of left lower limb in a child of 12 years & its
management (Aug 11)

CHAPTER 28 : BONE TUMOURS

10 Marks

1.Describe the etiology , clinical features , investigations & management of

Osteosarcoma (July 17)
2+2+2+4=10

4 Marks

1.Radiology of Osteosarcoma (July 19)

2.Giant Cell Tumour (Jan 19)
3.Osteoid osteoma (July 18)
4.Osteoid osteoma (Aug 15)
5.Osteoclastoma (Jan 15)
6.Plasmacytoma (Aug 14)
7.Chondrosarcoma (Aug 11)
8.Ewing’s Sarcoma (Feb 10)
9.Giant Cell Tumour (Sept 07)
10.Osteoclastoma (May 06)

2 Marks

1.Fibrous dysplasia (July 17)

2.Pathology & radiological features of Ewing’s Sarcoma (Jan 14)
3.Commonly affected bones , location & X-ray findings of Giant Cell Tumour
(Aug 13)
4.Osteoclastoma (Aug 12)
5.Giant Cell Tumour (Feb 11)
6.Osteoclastoma (March 09)
7.Unicameral Bone cyst (March 08)
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8.Benign Bone Tumours (May 06)

CHAPTER 29 : PROLAPSED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC

10 Marks

1.Describe Prolapse of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc at L4-L5 level , its

management & complications (Feb 10)
10

4 Marks

1.Intervertebral Disc Prolapse – pathology & clinical features (Jan 17)

CHAPTER 30 : APPROACH TO A PATIENT WITH BACK PAIN

4 Marks

1.Sciatica (Aug 12)

CHAPTER 31 : SPINAL INJURIES

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CHAPTER 32 : TRAUMATIC PARAPLEGIA

4 Marks

1.Autonomic Bladder (March 08)

2 Marks

1.Autonomic Bladder (Feb 12)

CHAPTER 33 : SCOLIOSIS & OTHER SPINAL DEFORMITIES

4 Marks

1.Spondylolisthesis (Feb 11)

2 Marks

1.Types of Spondylolisthesis (Aug 13)

2.Spondylolisthesis (Sept 09)

CHAPTER 34 : ARTHRITIS & RELATED DISEASES

4 Marks

1.Rheumatoid Arthritis (Jan 20)

2.Rheumatoid Arthritis – etiopathogenesis & clinical features (July 17)
3.Rheumatoid Polyarthritis (Aug 11)
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2 Marks

1.Gout & Pseudogout (Aug 14)

2.Gouty Arthritis (Feb 10)
3.Rheumatoid Arthritis (May 06)

CHAPTER 35 : DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS

10 Marks

1.Describe the etiology , pathology , clinical features including investigations &

treatment of Osteoarthritis (Aug 13)
1+2+3+4=10

2 Marks

1.Lumbar Spondylosis (Aug 14)

2.Osteoarthritis of Knee (Sept 07)

CHAPTER 36 : AFFECTIONS OF SOFT TISSUES

4 Marks

1.Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (July 16)

2.Periarthritis of Shoulder (Sept 09)
3.Bursae (Sept 08)
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2 Marks

1.Trigger Finger (Jan 20)

2.Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (July 19)
3.Trigger Finger (Jan 19)
4.Trigger Finger (Jan 18)
5.Plantar fasciitis (July 16)
6.Tennis Elbow (Aug 15)
7.Ganglion (Jan 15)
8.Shortwave Diathermy treatment (Aug 14)
9.Frozen Shoulder (Aug 12)
10.Tennis Elbow (Aug 12)
11.Shortwave Diathermy (Aug 11)
12.Frozen Shoulder (Feb 10)
13.Tenosynovitis (Sept 09)
14.Dupuytren’s Contracture (Sept 09)
15.Ganglion (Sept 09)
16.Tennis Elbow (Sept 08)
17.Carpal Tunnel Compression (Sept 08)
18.Synovitis (May 06)

CHAPTER 37 : METABOLIC BONE DISEASES

4 Marks

1.Nutritional Rickets (July 16)

2.Rickets (Feb 10)

2 Marks

1.Clinical features of Rickets (July 19)

2.Brown Tumour (April 07)
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CHAPTER 38 : MISCELLANEOUS AFFECTIONS OF THE BONE

4 Marks

1.Perthes disease (Jan 18)

2.Perthes disease (Jan 16)
3.Perthes disease (Aug 13)
4.Exostosis (Feb 13)
5.Osteogenesis imperfecta (Aug 10)
6.Osteitis deformans (Sept 07)
7.Exostosis (April 07)

2 Marks

1.Paget’s disease of bone (July 17)

2.Osgood Schlatter’s disease (Feb 13)
3.Albright Syndrome (Feb 12)
4.Achondroplasia (March 08)

CHAPTER 39 : MISCELLANEOUS REGIONAL DISEASES

4 Marks

1.Morrant-Baker cyst (Jan 16)

2.Torticollis (Aug 12)

2 Marks

1.Genu varum (Jan 19)

2.Mention the causes of Genu valgum (Jan 18)
3.Flat Foot (Jan 15)
4.Congenital Coxa vara (Feb 13)
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5.Baker cyst (Feb 12)

6.Coxa vara (Sept 08)

CHAPTER 40 : AMPUTATIONS , PROSTHETICS & ORTHOTICS

4 Marks

1.Below Knee Amputation (Jan 20)

2 Marks

1.Mention 4 indications for Amputation (Jan 14)

2.Austin Moore Prosthesis (Aug 10)

CHAPTER 41 : ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY

CHAPTER 42 : JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY

CHAPTER 43 : IMAGING MODALITIES IN ORTHOPAEDICS

4 Marks

1.MRI in Orthopaedics (Jan 14)

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2 Marks

1.Bone Scan (July 18)

2.Ultrasonic therapy in Orthopaedic practice (Jan 16)

MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS

2 Marks

1.Determination of muscle power of knee joint (Jan 17)

2.Glasgow Coma Scale (July 16)
3.Role of Physiotherapy in Orthopaedic problems (Jan 15)
4.Greenstick Fracture (Feb 13)
5.Bunnell’s stitch (Feb 12)
6.Rotator cuff injury (Aug 11)
7.Gait (Aug 10)
8.Stress Fracture (March 09)
9.Petit’s Triangle (April 05)