Genetics in Public Health
- Previous year questions on Genetics in Public Health 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.
- 6 live questions in Genetics in Public Health.
- Community Medicine is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 3 Sept 2026.
Q1.Hardy Weinberg Rule is related to
- ASocial medicine
- BPopulation genetics✓ Correct answer
- CHealth economics
- DNone of the above
Q2.Population genetics is related to?
- AMandelian law
- BWatson and Crick model
- CHardy Weinberg law✓ Correct answer
- DAll of the above
Q3.True of consonguineous marriges and genetic abnormalities are all except?
- AIncreased risk of traits controlled by dominant genes✓ Correct answer
- BIncreased risk of prenature death
- CPhenylketonuria is an example
- DLowering of consanguineous marriges will improve community health
Q4.Population genetics principle was given by ?
- AHardy weinberg✓ Correct answer
- BSewall wright
- CJ.B.S Haldane
- DR.A Fisher
Q5.“Eugenics” is
- AA feeling of well-being or elation, may be drug related
- Bthe humane destruction of an animal accomplished by a method that produces rapid unconsciousness and subsequent death without evidence of pain or distress, or a method that utilizes anaesthesia produced by an agent that causes painless loss of consciousness and subsequent death
- Cthe study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding✓ Correct answer
- DA state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
Q6.Effect of environment on genes is called-
- APositive Eugenics
- BNegative Eugenics
- CEuthenics✓ Correct answer
- DEnthenics
Answer key
Q1: B. Population genetics; Q2: C. Hardy Weinberg law; Q3: A. Increased risk of traits controlled by dominant genes; Q4: A. Hardy weinberg; Q5: C. the study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding; Q6: C. Euthenics.
Other topics in Community Medicine
- Evolution of Medicine
- Determinants and Indicators of Health
- Disease Concepts and Levels of Prevention
- Epidemiological Principles
- Descriptive Study Designs
- Analytical Study Designs: Case-Control and Cohort
- Experimental and Trial Designs
- Core Terminology in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- Disease Transmission Dynamics
- Immunization and Vaccination Principles
- Vaccine Manufacture and Cold Chain Storage
- Disinfection and Sterilization Methods
- Screening
- Respiratory Infections of Viral Origin
- Respiratory Infections of Bacterial Origin
- Enteric and Intestinal Infections
- Arthropod-Transmitted Infections
- Viral Zoonoses
- Bacterial and Parasitic Zoonoses
- Sexually Transmitted and Surface Infections
- Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
- Cancer, Obesity and Blindness
- National Health Programmes: NVBDCP
- National Health Programmes: NLEP, NTEP and NACO
- National Health Programmes: NIS, JSY, RBSK and Others
- Demographic Cycle, Growth Rate and Age Pyramid
- Demographic Indicators
- Family Planning
- Preventive Care in Pregnancy, Childhood and Old Age
- Macronutrients and Energy Requirements
- Vitamins, Minerals and Water
- Food Processing, Safety and Quality
- Sociological and Psychological Concepts
- Social Structure and Health Economics
- Water Sources and Purification
- Water Disinfection
- Water Quality Standards
- Climate and Environmental Meteorology
- Housing Standards and Ventilation
- Lighting, Noise and Radiation
- Refuse and Sewage Disposal
- Mosquitoes and Flies as Disease Vectors
- Ticks, Fleas and Mites as Disease Vectors
- Pest and Vector Control Measures
- Handling and Disposal of Biomedical Waste
- Disaster Preparedness and Response
- Occupational Diseases and Hazards
- ESI Scheme and the Factories Act
- Health Education and Communication Methods
- Planning and Management of Health Services
- Health Service Delivery in India
- Global Health and International Agencies
- Probability and Types of Data
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Measures of Variability and Dispersion
- Measures of Position: Percentiles and Z-Scores
- Principles of Inferential Statistics
- Hypothesis Testing Concepts
- Significance Testing Methods
- Correlation and Regression Techniques
- Clinical Research Design and Applied Biostatistics
- Community Mental Health