Peripheral Nerve Blockade
- Previous year questions on Peripheral Nerve Blockade for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Anaesthesia section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 23 live questions in Peripheral Nerve Blockade.
- 1 of 23 questions carries a verified exam year: 2018.
- Anaesthesia is worth about 6 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 19 Aug 2026.
Q1.In ankle block all of the nerves are blocked, except
- ASuperficial peroneal
- BDeep peroneal
- CSaphenous
- DCommon peroneal✓ Correct answer
Q2.Interscalene approach to brachial plexus block does not provide optimal surgical anaesthesia in the area of distribution of which of the following nerve –
- AMusculo cutaneous
- BUlnar✓ Correct answer
- CRadial
- DMedian
Q3.Pudendal nerve block
- AS1-3
- BS2-4✓ Correct answer
- CS3-5
- DS4,5
Q4.The nerve root blocked in pudendal nerve block
- AL2-3
- BL2-4
- CS2-4✓ Correct answer
- DL5, S1
Q5.Landmark for superior laryngeal nerve block
- AAngle of mandible
- BC7 transverse process
- CCricoid cartilage
- DGreat cornua hyoid bone✓ Correct answer
Q6.Highest incidence of pneumothorax occurs when brachial plexus is blocked by which route
- AInterscalene
- BSupraclavicular✓ Correct answer
- CInfraclavicular
- DAxillary
Q7.Celiac plexus block all the following is true except-
- ARelieved pain from gastric malignancy
- Bcause hypotension
- CCan be used to provide anesthesia for intra abdominal surgery
- DCan be given only by retrocrural {classic}. approach✓ Correct answer
Q8.Complications of stellate ganglion block are all except?
- AMediastinitis
- BCardiac arrest
- CPneumothorax
- DMueller's syndrome✓ Correct answer
Q9.In doing phrenic nerve block, it is best to infiltrate
- AScalenus anterior
- BScalenus posterior
- CPosterior border of sternomastoid✓ Correct answer
- DAnterior border of sternomastoid
Q10.During mandibular nerve block which nerve also gets damaged?
- AAbducence
- BFacial✓ Correct answer
- CVagus
- DTrochlear
Answer key
Q1: D. Common peroneal; Q2: B. Ulnar; Q3: B. S2-4; Q4: C. S2-4; Q5: D. Great cornua hyoid bone; Q6: B. Supraclavicular; Q7: D. Can be given only by retrocrural {classic}. approach; Q8: D. Mueller's syndrome; Q9: C. Posterior border of sternomastoid; Q10: B. Facial.
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