National Health Programmes: NLEP, NTEP and NACO
- Previous year questions on National Health Programmes: NLEP, NTEP and NACO 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.
- 41 live questions in National Health Programmes: NLEP, NTEP and NACO.
- 3 of 41 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018.
- 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.True about Sentinel surveillance of HIV AIDS by NACO are all except:
- AYearly checkup is done
- BPregnant females age 15-49 years are included
- CHelps reduce antenatal HIV transmission✓ Correct answer
- DTarget high risk population
Q2.Nikshay software is used for
- AFilaria
- BMalaria
- CKala azar
- DTuberculosis✓ Correct answer
Q3.New RNTCP software online to monitor TB control program is:-
- ANIKSHAY✓ Correct answer
- BNISCHAY
- Ce-DOTS
- DNIRBHAI
Q4.Screening under RNTCP emphasizes on:
- ASputum microscopy✓ Correct answer
- BChest X-ray
- CPCR
- DSputum culture
Q5.New RNTCP software online to monitor TB control programme is-
- ANIKSHAY✓ Correct answer
- BNISCHAY
- CNIRBHAI
- DE- DOTS
Q6.Provision of services at Suraksha Clinic include
- AImmunization services
- BBlood transfusion safety services
- CI/STI services✓ Correct answer
- DDiarrhea control services
Q7.Which of the following represents a "Web Based Programme for monitoring Tuberculosis?(2018)
- ANIKSHAY✓ Correct answer
- BNISCHAY
- CDOTS
- DRNTCP
Q8.HIV sentinel surveillance provides data:
- ATo monitor disease trends✓ Correct answer
- BTo identify high risk population
- CTo estimate disease incidence
- DTo assess the quality of related services
Q9.According to the new RNTCP guidelines, the following is not a suspect of tuberculosis
- AConfirmed extra-pulmonary tuberculosis patient with cough of 2 weeks or more✓ Correct answer
- BHIV-positive patient with cough of any duration
- CContacts of sputum positive tuberculosis patient with cough of any duration
- DAny individual having cough of duration 2 weeks or more
Q10.A patient with cough was sputum AFB negative but chest X-ray was suggestive of TB. What should be the next step according to RNTCP?
- ALine probe assay
- BCulture
- CNucleic acid amplification test✓ Correct answer
- DTuberculin test
Answer key
Q1: C. Helps reduce antenatal HIV transmission; Q2: D. Tuberculosis; Q3: A. NIKSHAY; Q4: A. Sputum microscopy; Q5: A. NIKSHAY; Q6: C. I/STI services; Q7: A. NIKSHAY; Q8: A. To monitor disease trends; Q9: A. Confirmed extra-pulmonary tuberculosis patient with cough of 2 weeks or more; Q10: C. Nucleic acid amplification test.
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: 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
- Genetics in Public Health