Otosclerosis
- Previous year questions on Otosclerosis 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.
- 18 live questions in Otosclerosis.
- 3 of 18 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019.
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- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Carhart's notch in audiometry is seen in
- AOssicular discontinuity
- BHaemotympanum
- COtomycosis
- DOtosclerosis✓ Correct answer
Q2.Otospongiosis causes
- AU/L conductive deafness only
- BB/L conductive deafness only
- CU/L sensorineural deafness only
- DB/L mixed conductive and sensorineural deafness✓ Correct answer
Q3.Which among the following is not true about otosclerosis?
- AHearing better in louder conditions
- BEustachian tube is always abnormal✓ Correct answer
- CTympanic membrane is normal
- DBilateral progressive conduction deafness
Q4.A 35 years old female patient present with hearing loss with improvement in hearing in noisy environment. On examination Rinne's is negative and weber's is centralized. Following is the audiometry report. What is the most likely diagnosis:
- AMeniere's disease
- BPerilymph fistula
- CStapedial Otosclerosis✓ Correct answer
- DVestibular Schwannoma
Q5.A patient has bilateral conductive deafness, tinnitus with positive family history. The diagnosis is -
- AOtospongiosis✓ Correct answer
- BTympanosclerosis
- CMeniere's disease
- DB/L otitis media
Q6.female patient came with right side hearing loss, better heard in a noisy environment,Audiogram shown with about 30-40 dB gap between AC-BC of right & left ear. Rinne's test negative, Weber's test centralised. Which of the following condition shown?
- AMeniere's disease
- Bstapedial otosclerosis✓ Correct answer
- CPresbycusis
- DVestibular schwannoma
Q7.Otospongiosis is ?
- AAutosomal dominant✓ Correct answer
- BAutosomal recessive
- CX-linked dominant
- DX-linked recessive
Q8.A 30-year-old woman with family history of hearing loss from her mother's side developed hearing problem during pregnancy. Hearing loss is bilateral, slowly progressive, with bilateral tinnitus that bothers her at night. Pure tone audiometry shows conductive hearing loss with an apparent bone conduction hearing loss at 2000 Hz. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- AOtosclerosis✓ Correct answer
- BAcoustic neuroma
- COtitis media with effusion
- DSigmoid sinus thrombosis
Q9.A 30 years woman presents with progressive conductive deafness bilaterally. The most common cause is -
- ATympanosclerosis
- BOtospongiosis✓ Correct answer
- CMeniere's disease
- DBilateral wax in external ears
Q10.The part most commonly involved Otosclerosis is -
- AOval window✓ Correct answer
- BRound window
- CTympanic membranes
- DMalleus
Answer key
Q1: D. Otosclerosis; Q2: D. B/L mixed conductive and sensorineural deafness; Q3: B. Eustachian tube is always abnormal; Q4: C. Stapedial Otosclerosis; Q5: A. Otospongiosis; Q6: B. stapedial otosclerosis; Q7: A. Autosomal dominant; Q8: A. Otosclerosis; Q9: B. Otospongiosis; Q10: A. Oval window.
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