External Ear Disease
- Previous year questions on External Ear Disease 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.
- 12 live questions in External Ear Disease.
- 3 of 12 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019, 2020.
- ENT is worth about 10 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 5 Sept 2026.
Q1.True statement about malignant otitis externa is -
- ANot painful
- BCommon in diabetics and old age✓ Correct answer
- CCaused by streptococcus
- DAll of the above
Q2.Otomycosis is most commonly caused by-
- AAspergillus✓ Correct answer
- BCandida
- CMucormycosis
- DRhinosporidiosis
Q3.True statement regarding Pseudocyst of pinna is
- AAlso called as idiopathic cystic chondromalacia
- BPresents as painless, spontaneous dome shaped cystic swelling on the anterior surface of auricle
- CCommon on right side compared to left
- DAll of above✓ Correct answer
Q4.Organism causing otitis externa includes all except
- AEscherichia coli✓ Correct answer
- BCandida albicans
- CStreptococcus pyogenes
- DStaphylococcus aureus
Q5.An elderly diabetic consults a physician because of severe earache. Examination demonstrates foul-smelling purulent otorrhea and a red mass lesion of the external ear canal. Biopsy of the mass demonstrates granulation tissue. Most likely causative organism is?
- AEscherichia coli
- BHaemophilus influenzae
- CProteus vulgaris
- DPseudomonas aeruginosa✓ Correct answer
Q6.What is the causative agent for malignant otitis externa?
- APseudomonas✓ Correct answer
- BStaph aureus
- CStreptococcus
- DInfluenza
Q7.Surgery to widen the cartilaginous part of EAC
- AMyringoplasty
- BMeatoplasty✓ Correct answer
- COtoplasty
- DTympanoplasty
Q8.Boxer's ear is -
- AHematoma ear✓ Correct answer
- BMalformed ear
- CEar with absent tragus
- DLacerated ear
Q9.Otomycosis is caused by
- AAspergillus niger✓ Correct answer
- BHistoplasma capsulatum
- CRhinosporidium seeberi
- DCryptococcus neoformans
Q10.Cauliflower ear is seen in which of the following?
- AKeloid
- BPerichondritis in boxers✓ Correct answer
- CSquamous cell carcinoma
- DAnaplastic cell carcinoma
Answer key
Q1: B. Common in diabetics and old age; Q2: A. Aspergillus; Q3: D. All of above; Q4: A. Escherichia coli; Q5: D. Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Q6: A. Pseudomonas; Q7: B. Meatoplasty; Q8: A. Hematoma ear; Q9: A. Aspergillus niger; Q10: B. Perichondritis in boxers.
Other topics in ENT
- Ear Embryology and Congenital Malformations
- External Ear Anatomy
- Middle Ear Anatomy
- Mastoid Anatomy
- Inner Ear Anatomy
- Middle Ear Disease
- CSOM Types and Cholesteatoma
- CSOM: Management and Complications
- Otosclerosis
- Meniere's Disease
- Vertigo and Vestibular Disorders
- Tumours of the Ear
- Facial Nerve Anatomy
- Facial Nerve Palsy and Related Disorders
- Eustachian Tube
- Hearing Physiology and Tuning Fork Tests
- Audiometry and Special Hearing Tests
- Deafness and Hearing Rehabilitation
- Nasal Anatomy
- Paranasal Sinus Anatomy
- Nasal and Sinus Physiology
- Epistaxis
- Congenital and Acquired Nasal Disorders
- Rhinitis
- Nasal Septal Disorders and Polyposis
- Nasal and Facial Injuries
- Tumours of the Nose and PNS
- Sinusitis and Related Complications
- Pharyngeal Anatomy and Physiology
- Adenoids
- Tonsils
- Pharyngeal Abscesses
- Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
- Laryngeal Anatomy and Physiology
- Stridor and Congenital Laryngeal Anomalies
- Disorders of Voice and Speech
- Laryngeal Carcinoma
- Tracheostomy and Foreign Bodies of the Air and Food Passages
- ENT Instruments