Asthma and COPD

Previous year questions on Asthma and COPD for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the 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.
33 live questions in Asthma and COPD.
3 of 33 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019, 2020.
Medicine is worth about 33 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.

Q1.Aspirin sensitive asthma is associated with
- AExtrinsic asthma
- BUsually associated with urticaria
- CAssociated with nasal polyp
- DObesity
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Q2.All of the following statements about intrinsic allergic Asthma are true, except
- ANasal polyp
- BNormal IgE levels
- CFamily history positive
- DMore aggressive
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Q3.Thermoplasty is used in which condition?
- ACOPD
- BAsthma
- CBronchiectasis
- DCarcinoma lung
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Q4.All are true about Allergic Broncho Pulmonary Aspergilloma except?
- ADistal bronchiectasis
- BSerum precipitins to Aspergillus
- CIncreased IgE Levels
- DSeen in asthmatics
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Q5.The BODE index, a simple multidimensional grading system, is better than the FEV1 at predicting the risk of death from any cause and from respiratory causes among patients with COPD. Which of the following is not the component of BODE index?
- ABMI
- BOxygen requirement
- CDyspnoea
- DExercise performance
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Q6.A known case of COPD with acute exacerbation of symptoms. On examination patient was conscious and ale, pulse was 110 beats/ min and bilateral wheeze present. All of the following are true in the management of the patient except:
- AI/V steroids
- BInhalation with salbutamol
- CPermissible hypercapnia allowed
- DNon invasive ventilation is contraindicated
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Q7.a known case of COPD with acute exacerbation of copd is managed in icu following is not true ?
- ANIV is not indicated
- Bo2 inhalation
- Csalbutamol inhalation
- Div dexamethasone
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Q8.A 50 years old lady, who has a known diagnosis of bronchial asthma, presented to the AIIMS emergency with complaints of severe breathlessness, diaphoresis and wheezing. On examination, you find that the patient is conscious with a respiratory rate of 30 per minute, blood pressure of 96/64 mm Hg and a pulse rate of 144 per minute. An arterial blood gas analysis showed a pH of 7.2, pO2 of 50 mm Hg and pCO2 of 70 mm Hg. How will you manage the patient?
- AVentilation with continuous positive airway pressure
- BOxygen supplementation by nasal mask
- CMechanical ventilation with controlled ventilation
- DIntubation
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Q9.All of the following are true about COPD except:
- ADecreased FEV1
- BDecreased MEFR
- CIncreased RV
- DDecreased diffusion capacity
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Q10.In a Patient with clinical signs of Asthma which of the following tests will confirm the diagnosis:
- AIncrease in FEV1/FVC
- B> 200 ml increase in FEVI after Methacholine
- CDiurnal variation in PEF > 20 Percent
- DReduction of FEV I > 20 % after bronchodilators
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Q1: C. Associated with nasal polyp; Q2: C. Family history positive; Q3: B. Asthma; Q4: A. Distal bronchiectasis; Q5: B. Oxygen requirement; Q6: D. Non invasive ventilation is contraindicated; Q7: A. NIV is not indicated; Q8: C. Mechanical ventilation with controlled ventilation; Q9: D. Decreased diffusion capacity; Q10: C. Diurnal variation in PEF > 20 Percent.

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