National Health Programmes: NVBDCP
- Previous year questions on National Health Programmes: NVBDCP 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.
- 19 live questions in National Health Programmes: NVBDCP.
- 3 of 19 questions carry a verified exam year: 2019.
- 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.Which of the following is the chemoprophylaxis of choice in a person who is on a journey to endemic malarial region?
- AMefloquine✓ Correct answer
- BQuinine
- CLumefantrine
- DPyrimethamine
Q2.Mass Drug Administration is used/effective for all except
- ALymphatic Filariasis
- BVit A Deficiency
- CWorm Infestation
- DScabies✓ Correct answer
Q3.Mass Drug Administration is not helpful for
- ALymphatic Filariasis
- BVitamin A Deficiency
- CWorm infestation
- DScabies✓ Correct answer
Q4.Transmission assessment survey (TAS) is done in the following?
- ATo determine when infections have been reduced below these target thresholds✓ Correct answer
- BFor assessing primary immunization coverage
- CTo provide reliable estimates of birth rate, death rate and infant mortality rate
- DAll
Q5.Malaria control means
- ATo reduce Malaria mortality to Zero
- BTo prevent local transmission for 3 years
- CTo reduce Malaria disease so that its no longer a Public Health Problem✓ Correct answer
- DTo reduce Incidence to Zero
Q6.Which of the following is NOT an indicator for Malaria surveillance in a population?
- AAnnual parasite index✓ Correct answer
- BAnnual parasite incidence
- CAnnual falciparum incidence
- DSlide falciparum rate
Q7.According to modified plan of operation, endemic areas were classified based on
- AAPI✓ Correct answer
- BABER
- CSlide positivity rate
- DSlide falciparum rate
Q8.Data collection for Active malaria surveillance at PHC level is done by:
- AMO-PHC✓ Correct answer
- BMPW
- CDMO
- DSPO
Q9.The following is an impoant indicator to measure the incidence of malaria in a community
- ASlide positivity rate
- BAnnual falciparum incidence
- CAnnual parasite incidence✓ Correct answer
- DInfant parasite rate
Q10.Urban malaria scheme is based on –
- AEpidemiology surve
- BAnti-adult measures
- CAnti–larval measures✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: A. Mefloquine; Q2: D. Scabies; Q3: D. Scabies; Q4: A. To determine when infections have been reduced below these target thresholds; Q5: C. To reduce Malaria disease so that its no longer a Public Health Problem; Q6: A. Annual parasite index; Q7: A. API; Q8: A. MO-PHC; Q9: C. Annual parasite incidence; Q10: C. Anti–larval measures.
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: 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
- Genetics in Public Health