Handling and Disposal of Biomedical Waste
- Previous year questions on Handling and Disposal of Biomedical Waste 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.
- 29 live questions in Handling and Disposal of Biomedical Waste.
- 4 of 29 questions carry a verified exam year: 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.Liquid chemical waste is discarded in:
- AYellow bag✓ Correct answer
- BRed bag
- CWhite bag
- DBlue bag
Q2.Blood bags are discarded in
- Ayellow✓ Correct answer
- Bblack
- Cred
- Dwhite
Q3.Cytotoxic and expired drug disposal is done by which method?
- ADumping
- BAutoclave
- CLandfill
- DBurning✓ Correct answer
Q4.Sharp instruments like needle, syringes, scalpels hospital waste products etc., are thrown in
- AYellow bag
- BRed bag
- CWhite translucent bag✓ Correct answer
- DBlack bag
Q5.Recycling, tubing and recyclable catheters will be disposed in which bag according to biomedical waste management?
- ARed✓ Correct answer
- BBlue
- CYellow
- DWhite
Q6.Blood bag is discarded in:
- ARed bag
- BWhite bag
- CBlue bag
- DYellow bag✓ Correct answer
Q7.What is the color coding of the bag used in hospitals to dispose off human anatomical wastes such as body parts:
- AYellow✓ Correct answer
- BBlack
- CRed
- DBlue
Q8.Surgical gloves are disposed in which BMW category ?
- Ayellow
- Bred✓ Correct answer
- Cwhite
- Dblue
Q9.Incineration is used for which category of waste ?
- ACategory 1✓ Correct answer
- BCategory 7
- CCategory 4
- DCategory 10
Q10.Broken ampoule is thrown into which coloured bin?
- ARed
- BYellow
- CBlue✓ Correct answer
- DBlack
Answer key
Q1: A. Yellow bag; Q2: A. yellow; Q3: D. Burning; Q4: C. White translucent bag; Q5: A. Red; Q6: D. Yellow bag; Q7: A. Yellow; Q8: B. red; Q9: A. Category 1; Q10: C. Blue.
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