Eustachian Tube
- Previous year questions on Eustachian Tube for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the ENT 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.
- 7 live questions in Eustachian Tube.
- 1 of 7 questions carries a verified exam year: 2019.
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- Question set last updated 19 Aug 2026.
Q1.The muscle which is required to open Eustachian tube.
- ATensor veli palatini muscle✓ Correct answer
- BSalpingo pharyngeus
- CTensor tympani
- DLevator veli palatini
Q2.The Eustachian tube is made up of
- AHyaline cartilage
- BFibrocartilage
- CElastic cartilage✓ Correct answer
- DFibro-elastic cartilage
Q3.Pharyngotympanic tube is supplied by all except:
- AAscending pharyngeal
- BAscending palatine✓ Correct answer
- CMiddle meningeal artery
- DArtery of pterygoid canal
Q4.Eustachian tube function is best assessed by:
- ATympanometry✓ Correct answer
- BVEMP
- CRhinomanometry
- DPolitzer test
Q5.Politzer bag maneuver used to test:
- AEustachian tube✓ Correct answer
- BLarynx
- CEsophagus
- DNasal cavity
Q6.A child presents with barotrauma pain.There is no inflammation of middle ear, management is:
- AAntibiotics
- BParacetamol
- CSuppurative✓ Correct answer
- DGrommet tube inseion
Q7.Which of the following causes the opening of the eustachian tube
- ASalpingopharyngeus
- BLevator veli palatini
- CTensor veli palatini✓ Correct answer
- DNone of the above
Answer key
Q1: A. Tensor veli palatini muscle; Q2: C. Elastic cartilage; Q3: B. Ascending palatine; Q4: A. Tympanometry; Q5: A. Eustachian tube; Q6: C. Suppurative; Q7: C. Tensor veli palatini.
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