Screening
- Previous year questions on Screening 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.
- 68 live questions in Screening.
- 2 of 68 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.Diagnostic accuracy of a test is determined by ?
- ASensitivity
- BSpecificity
- CPredictive value✓ Correct answer
Q2.Multiphasic screening means-
- AApplication of the two or more screening tests in combination at one time✓ Correct answer
- BApplication of two or more screening tests in combination at different time
- CApplication of two or more screening tests in combination at different geographical areas
- DApplication of separate screening tests for different diseases
Q3.The usefulness of a 'screening test' in a community depends on its:
- ASensitivity
- BSpecificity
- CReliability
- DPredictive value✓ Correct answer
Q4.Diagnostic accuracy of a test is determined by its
- ASensitivity
- BSpecificity
- CPredictive value✓ Correct answer
- DOdds ratio
Q5.Prospective screening is done in case of?
- Aneonate for thyroid disease
- BImmigrant screening✓ Correct answer
- CPap smear for 45 yr female
- DDiabetes mellitus for 40yr male
Q6.Which of the following option is true about ROC curve?
- AIt is a method of evaluating the quality/performance of tests✓ Correct answer
- BIt is plotted as test Sensitivity as x-coordinate versus its 1-Specificity (False positive rate FPR) as the y-coordinate
- CA perfect test has an area under the ROC curve (AUROCC) of >1
- DA decrease in sensitivity result in decrease in specificity
Q7.Prospective screening is done in:
- ANeonate for thyroid disease
- BImmigrant screening✓ Correct answer
- CPap smear for cervical cancer
- DDiabetes mellitus
Q8.Screening is useful for
- ADisease which is an important health problem
- BDisease which can be diagnosed at a latent stage
- CDisease where early diagnosis and treatment favorably alters the natural history of the disease in a significant proportion
- DAll of the above✓ Correct answer
Q9.The probability of a test detecting a truly positive person from the population of diseased is the
- ASpecificity of the test
- BPositive predictive value of the test
- CSensitivity of the test✓ Correct answer
- DLikelihood ratio
Q10.All of the following are used for screening cancers in females except
- ACA-125: Ovarian cancer
- BOffice endometrial aspirate: Endometrial carcinoma✓ Correct answer
- CPap smear: Cervical cancer
- DMammography: Breast cancer
Answer key
Q1: C. Predictive value; Q2: A. Application of the two or more screening tests in combination at one time; Q3: D. Predictive value; Q4: C. Predictive value; Q5: B. Immigrant screening; Q6: A. It is a method of evaluating the quality/performance of tests; Q7: B. Immigrant screening; Q8: D. All of the above; Q9: C. Sensitivity of the test; Q10: B. Office endometrial aspirate: Endometrial carcinoma.
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