Evolution of Medicine
- Previous year questions on Evolution of Medicine 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.
- 13 live questions in Evolution of Medicine.
- 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.Scientist who is considered as father of modern pharmacology
- ARam Nath Chopra
- BOswald Schmiedeberg✓ Correct answer
- CDavid Sackett
- DPaul Ehrlich
Q2.Who discovered the structure and amino acid sequence of insulin as well as the interspecies differences in molecular structure and won the Nobel prize for?
- AProf. JJ Abel
- BFrederick Sanger✓ Correct answer
- CRutter, Goodman and Uhlich
- DFrederick Banting and Charles Best
Q3.Who propounded the germ theory of disease ?
- ALeeuwenhoek
- BRobe koch
- CAmbroise Parre
- DLouis Pasteur✓ Correct answer
Q4.Who is known as 'First True Epidemiologist' in history of medicine?
- AJohn Snow
- BHippocrates✓ Correct answer
- CJames Lind
- DJoseph Lister
Q5.Germ theory of disease causation is given by:-
- AAristotle
- BLouis Pasteur✓ Correct answer
- CRobe Koch
- DPatenkofer
Q6.James Lind is related to the discovery of:
- APrevention of scurvy✓ Correct answer
- BCause of scurvy
- CPathogenesis of scurvy
- DAll
Q7.Rabies vaccine was first developed by -
- ARobert Koch
- BLouis Pasteur✓ Correct answer
- CEdward Jenner
- DLoeffler
Q8.Father of surgery -
- AHippocrates
- BAmbroise pare✓ Correct answer
- CSushruta
- DAristotle
Q9.Alfred Grotjahn is famous for
- AEpidemiology
- BBiostatistics
- CVaccination
- DSocial hygiene✓ Correct answer
Q10."Barefoot Doctors" were from which type of medicine?
- AMesopotamian Medicine
- BGreek Medicine
- CIndian Medicine
- DChinese Medicine✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: B. Oswald Schmiedeberg; Q2: B. Frederick Sanger; Q3: D. Louis Pasteur; Q4: B. Hippocrates; Q5: B. Louis Pasteur; Q6: A. Prevention of scurvy; Q7: B. Louis Pasteur; Q8: B. Ambroise pare; Q9: D. Social hygiene; Q10: D. Chinese Medicine.
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- Disease Concepts and Levels of Prevention
- Epidemiological Principles
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- Core Terminology in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- Disease Transmission Dynamics
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- Disinfection and Sterilization Methods
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- Respiratory Infections of Viral Origin
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