Bedside Clinical Examination
- Previous year questions on Bedside Clinical Examination 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.
- 28 live questions in Bedside Clinical Examination.
- 2 of 28 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019.
- Medicine is worth about 33 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Stony dull note on percussion is characteristic of-
- APleural effusion✓ Correct answer
- BConsolidation
- CPleurisy
- DTuberculosis cavity
Q2.Which is NOT a feature of pleural effusion?
- AHorizontal fluid level✓ Correct answer
- BLow lung volume
- CMuffled heart sound
- DDecreased chest movements
Q3.Limbs elevated against gravity but not against force is which power
- AGrade I
- BGrade II
- CGrade III✓ Correct answer
- DGrade IV
Q4.Which of the following is not a potential aetiology of peripheral cyanosis?
- ACold exposure
- BDeep venous thrombosis
- CMethemoglobinemia✓ Correct answer
- DPeripheral vascular disease
Q5.Coarse tremors of tongue is seen in all except:
- AParkinsonism
- BAlcohol
- CThyrotoxicosis✓ Correct answer
- DGeneral paresis
Q6.What is the name of this technique for palpation of thyroid. A thumb is placed on the lateral side of trachea and patient is swallowing?
- ALahey's method
- BKocher's test
- CPizzilo method
- DCrile method✓ Correct answer
Q7.A patient came with complaints of lower limb weakness. Examiner places one hand under the patient's heel and patient is asked to raise his other leg against downward resistance. What is the name of this test?
- AHoover test✓ Correct answer
- BWaddell's test
- CO'Donoghue test
- DMcBride test
Q8.Which of the following would you consider orthostatic hypotension?
- ASBP fall by 20 mm hg, DBP fall by 10 mm hg within 3 minutes✓ Correct answer
- BSBP fall by 20 mm hg, DBP fall by 10 mm Hg within 6 minutes
- CSBP fall by 30 mm hg, DBP fall by 20 mm Hg within 3 minutes
- DSBP fall by 30 mm hg, DBP fall by 20 mm hg within 6 minutes
Q9.One of the causes of finger clubbing is:
- ACarcinoma of the lung✓ Correct answer
- BCardiac failure
- CBronchial asthma
- DIschaemia heart disease
Q10.Which among the following is NOT a feature of Consolidation?
- AIncreased Vocal fremitus
- BDull note on percussion
- CBronchial breath sounds
- DTrachea shifted to side of consolidation✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: A. Pleural effusion; Q2: A. Horizontal fluid level; Q3: C. Grade III; Q4: C. Methemoglobinemia; Q5: C. Thyrotoxicosis; Q6: D. Crile method; Q7: A. Hoover test; Q8: A. SBP fall by 20 mm hg, DBP fall by 10 mm hg within 3 minutes; Q9: A. Carcinoma of the lung; Q10: D. Trachea shifted to side of consolidation.
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