Disaster Preparedness and Response
- Previous year questions on Disaster Preparedness and Response for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Community Medicine 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.
- 30 live questions in Disaster Preparedness and Response.
- 6 of 30 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2019, 2020.
- Community Medicine is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 5 Sept 2026.
Q1.In disaster management following are practiced except
- ATriage
- BRehabilitation
- CMass vaccination✓ Correct answer
- DDisaster response
Q2.Bioterrorism group A organism are all except:
- AEbola
- BBotulism
- CRickettsia✓ Correct answer
- DYersinia
Q3.which of the following is a category A bioterrorism agent ?
- ABacillus anthracis✓ Correct answer
- BNipah
- CBrucella
- Dcoxiella
Q4.Patients are categorized on the basis of chances of survival in Disaster management;
- ATriage✓ Correct answer
- BTagging
- CMitigation
- DSurge capacity
Q5.Vaccine protocol followed after Disaster?
- AEveryone is given diphtheria
- BEveryone is given tetanus toxoid
- CEveryone is given cholera vaccine
- DOnly the health worker given cholera, typhoid, tetanus toxoid✓ Correct answer
Q6.In triage system of trauma centre YELLOW color indicates ?
- Asevere injury ,immobile patients✓ Correct answer
- Bsimple fractures
- Cemergency case
- Dmorbid patient
Q7.which of the following does not belong to CATEGORY B bioterrorism ?
- Aplague✓ Correct answer
- Bricinus communis
- Cbrucellosis
- Dq fever
Q8.Type - A Bioterrorism agent include:
- ACoxiella burnetii
- BBacillus anthracis✓ Correct answer
- CClostridium perfringens
- DNIPAH virus
Q9.Natural disaster causing maximum deaths
- AHydrological✓ Correct answer
- BMeteorological
- CGeological
- DFires
Q10.In a school bus accident, which of the following victim you will attend first?
- AA child with Airway obstruction✓ Correct answer
- BA child with shock
- CA child with flail chest
- DA child with Severe head injury
Answer key
Q1: C. Mass vaccination; Q2: C. Rickettsia; Q3: A. Bacillus anthracis; Q4: A. Triage; Q5: D. Only the health worker given cholera, typhoid, tetanus toxoid; Q6: A. severe injury ,immobile patients; Q7: A. plague; Q8: B. Bacillus anthracis; Q9: A. Hydrological; Q10: A. A child with Airway obstruction.
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