Interstitial Lung Disease and Pneumoconioses
- Previous year questions on Interstitial Lung Disease and Pneumoconioses 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.
- 29 live questions in Interstitial Lung Disease and Pneumoconioses.
- 4 of 29 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 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.A female patient with clinical symptoms of systemic sclerosis present with shortness of breath and B/L basal rales, her CXR showed reticular opacities in B/L basal fields. What is the Next Best Step?
- ADo CECT
- BDo HRCT✓ Correct answer
- CDo Pulmonary Function Test
- D2D echocardiography
Q2.Conglomerate Nodules in X-ray seen in?
- AHypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- BSarcoidosis
- CSilicosis✓ Correct answer
- DLobar Pneumonia
Q3.A patient of Scleroderma presents with acute respiratory distress. Chest X-ray shows B/L reticular basilar shadows. What is the next line of investigation in this patient?
- AEchocardiography to look for Cor pulmonale
- BHigh resolution CT✓ Correct answer
- CPulmonary function test
- DContrast enhanced CT scan
Q4.A patient presents with cough with expectoration. Diagnosis of farmer's lung is suspected. True statement regarding this condition:
- AMay to June seasonal
- BPersistent cough with expectoration
- CX- ray features upper lobe predominant in chronic HP✓ Correct answer
- DPleural effusions are common
Q5.All of the following features are suggestive of asbestosis except:
- AOccurs within five years of exposure✓ Correct answer
- BThe disease progresses even after removal of contact
- CCan lead to pleural mesothelioma
- DSputum contains asbestos bodies
Q6.A 45 year patient working in a factory for past 20 years presents with breathlessness. HRCT chest shows pleural thickening and fibrosis. Histopathology of the lesion shows?
- AAsbestosis✓ Correct answer
- BCotton fiber
- CCoal worker pneumoconiosis
- DSilicosis
Q7.Which is best for diagnosis of Hypersensitivity pneumonitis?
- AChest imaging
- BPulmonary function testing
- CSerum precipitins
- DClinical prediction rule✓ Correct answer
Q8.What is seen in pulmonary hemosiderosis ?
- AHypoxemia
- BHypercarbia
- CHyperplasia of type II Pneumocytes
- DAll of the above✓ Correct answer
Q9.Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, all are true except:
- ADue to organic dusts/proteins
- BLeads to fibrosis of lung parenchyma (Interstitial lung disease)
- CFarmers lung is an example of HP
- DBronchoalveolar lavage will have increased eosinophils✓ Correct answer
Q10.All are causes of Pulmonary Infiltrates with Eosinophilia with known etiology, EXCEPT:
- AAllergic bronchopulmonary mycosis
- BEosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
- CParasitic infestations
- DLoeffler's syndrome✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: B. Do HRCT; Q2: C. Silicosis; Q3: B. High resolution CT; Q4: C. X- ray features upper lobe predominant in chronic HP; Q5: A. Occurs within five years of exposure; Q6: A. Asbestosis; Q7: D. Clinical prediction rule; Q8: D. All of the above; Q9: D. Bronchoalveolar lavage will have increased eosinophils; Q10: D. Loeffler's syndrome.
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