Occupational Diseases and Hazards
- Previous year questions on Occupational Diseases and Hazards 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.
- 22 live questions in Occupational Diseases and Hazards.
- 1 of 22 questions carries 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 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Metal fume fever is related with : -
- AMercury
- BLead
- CZinc✓ Correct answer
- DArsenic
Q2.Anthracosis is caused by -
- ASilica
- BIron
- CCoal dust✓ Correct answer
- DCotton dust
Q3.Maximum predisposition to tuberculosis is seen in a which pneumoconiosis -
- ASilicosis✓ Correct answer
- BAnthracosis
- CByssinosis
- DBagassosis
Q4.According to The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, which of the following is considered an occupational disease?
- ATyphoid
- BAnthrax✓ Correct answer
- CTetanus
- DDengue
Q5.Bagassosis is due to inhalation of:(1987)
- ACotton dust
- BSugarcane dust✓ Correct answer
- CSilica dust
- DCoal dust
Q6.Not true about ergonomics
- ADesigning of machines
- BImprovement of efficiency of both man & machines
- CRelated to PHC criterias✓ Correct answer
- DAdjusting the worker to his job
Q7.Acute silicosis clinical manifestation is -
- Asilico-tuberculosis✓ Correct answer
- BHypersensitivity pneumonitis
- CHypersensitivity pneumonia
- DForms nodules and casues pneumoconiosis
Q8.Sickness absenteeism is a useful to assess
- AWorkers management relationship
- BWorking environment
- CStatus of the health of the workers✓ Correct answer
- DWorking capacity of the workers
Q9.Preplacement examination in dye industry includes all of the following except –
- AAnemia✓ Correct answer
- BAsthma
- CPrecancerous lession
- DDermatitis
Q10."Farmer's Lung" is due to inhalation of -
- ACotton fiber
- BSugarcane fiber
- CHay dust✓ Correct answer
- DCoal dust
Answer key
Q1: C. Zinc; Q2: C. Coal dust; Q3: A. Silicosis; Q4: B. Anthrax; Q5: B. Sugarcane dust; Q6: C. Related to PHC criterias; Q7: A. silico-tuberculosis; Q8: C. Status of the health of the workers; Q9: A. Anemia; Q10: C. Hay dust.
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