Lung Tumours
- Previous year questions on Lung Tumours 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.
- 13 live questions in Lung Tumours.
- Medicine is worth about 33 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 5 Sept 2026.
Q1.A 60 year old male presented to the emergency with breathlessness, facial swelling and dilated veins on the chest wall. The most common cause is:
- AThymoma
- BLung cancer✓ Correct answer
- CHodgkin's lymphoma
- DSuperior vena caval obstruction
Q2.True statement about adenocarcinoma lung are
- ACommon in females✓ Correct answer
- BNot associated with smoking
- CCentral cavitation is a charachteristic feature
Q3.Superior vena cava syndrome is due to which type of lung carcinoma a) Small cell b) Squamous cell c) Adeno carcinoma d) Undifferentiated
- Aab✓ Correct answer
- Babc
- Cacd
- Dad
Q4.Clubbing is least common in -
- ASquamous cell carcinoma
- BAdenocarcinoma
- CSmall cell carcinoma of lung✓ Correct answer
- DMesothelioma
Q5.A 74-year-old man with a history of smoking notices blood in his chronic daily sputum production. He has no fever or chills, but has lost 10 lb in the past 6 months. On examination, he has bilateral expiratory wheezes, and his fingers are clubbed. There are no lymph nodes and the remaining examination is normal. CXR reveals a left hilar mass. Which of the following suggests that the tumor is a small cell lung cancer?
- Asyndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) secretion✓ Correct answer
- Bacanthosis nigricans
- CCushing's syndrome
- Dleukemoid reaction
Q6.Neuromuscular disorder is related to which type of lung cancer?
- AAdeno carcinoma
- BSquamous cell carcinoma
- CSmall cell carcinoma✓ Correct answer
- DBronchoavelolar carcinoma
Q7.Unfavourable prognostic findings in a patient with non-small cell carcinoma include all of the following except-
- APulmonary Osteoarthropathy✓ Correct answer
- BChest wall invasion
- CAdenocarcinoma cell type
- DHoarseness
Q8.Most common site of metastasis from bronchogenic carcinoma:
- ABrain
- BBone
- CLiver✓ Correct answer
- DSpine
Q9.Which of the following tumor is most commonly associated with superior vena cava syndrome:
- ALymphoma
- BSmall cell carcinoma✓ Correct answer
- CNon small cell carcinoma
- DMetastasis
Q10.Blood stained sputum may be the only symptom in-
- ABronchiectasis
- BCarcinoma bronchus
- CAdenoma bronchus✓ Correct answer
- DPulmonary T.B.
Answer key
Q1: B. Lung cancer; Q2: A. Common in females; Q3: A. ab; Q4: C. Small cell carcinoma of lung; Q5: A. syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) secretion; Q6: C. Small cell carcinoma; Q7: A. Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy; Q8: C. Liver; Q9: B. Small cell carcinoma; Q10: C. Adenoma bronchus.
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