Immunization and Vaccination Principles
- Previous year questions on Immunization and Vaccination Principles 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.
- 130 live questions in Immunization and Vaccination Principles.
- 8 of 130 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019.
- Community Medicine is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Otitis and osteomyelitis is seen in?
- AHepatitis B vaccine
- BBCG✓ Correct answer
- CMeasles vaccine
- DIPV
Q2.Tetanus prophylaxis for contaminated wound in a partially immune person is
- AToxoid x 1, antibiotics
- BToxoid x 2 , TIG
- CToxoid x 3 , TIG, antibiotics
- DToxoid x 1, TIG, antibiotics✓ Correct answer
Q3.Which is not a contraindication for OPV?
- ALeukemia
- BDiarrhoea✓ Correct answer
- CMalignancy
- DImmunocompromised
Q4.Components of acellular pertussis vaccine
- APT + FHA + Fimbriae✓ Correct answer
- BPT + cytotoxin + fimbriae
- CEndotoxin + fimbriae + pili
- DPertactin + FHA + OMP + Fimbriae
Q5.All are live vaccines except -
- A17 - D
- BRubella
- CSalk✓ Correct answer
- DMeasles
Q6.Strain used in Mumps vaccine
- AOka
- BJeryl Lynn✓ Correct answer
- CDanish 1331
- DEdmonston Zagreb
Q7.A 3.5 year old child has not received primary immunization. Which of the following is the best vaccination advice to such a child?
- ABCG, DPT1 and OPV1. DPT2 and OPV2 after 4 weeks.
- BBCG, DT1, OPV1, measles, vitamin A
- CBCG, DPT1, OPV1, measles, vitamin A✓ Correct answer
- DDT1, DT2 and booster after 1 year
Q8.Which vaccine strain is changed every yearly
- AInfluenza✓ Correct answer
- BRabies
- CEbola
- DHepatitis
Q9.Which of the following statement is false about MR vaccination campaign launched by WHO?
- AChildren from 9 months to less than 15 vaccinated
- BCongenital rubella syndrome (CRS), responsible for irreversible birth defects
- CIndia has not yet launched this campaign✓ Correct answer
- DWill replace routine immunization for measles vaccine
Q10.Which vaccine to be given every year ?
- AHepatitis A
- BPneumococcal
- CInfluenza✓ Correct answer
- DChicken pox
Answer key
Q1: B. BCG; Q2: D. Toxoid x 1, TIG, antibiotics; Q3: B. Diarrhoea; Q4: A. PT + FHA + Fimbriae; Q5: C. Salk; Q6: B. Jeryl Lynn; Q7: C. BCG, DPT1, OPV1, measles, vitamin A; Q8: A. Influenza; Q9: C. India has not yet launched this campaign; Q10: C. Influenza.
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