Pulmonary Hypertension
- Previous year questions on Pulmonary Hypertension 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.
- 19 live questions in Pulmonary Hypertension.
- 2 of 19 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2019.
- 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 40-year-old male complained of tachypnea. On examination his respiratory rate is 32/min with pulmonary hypertension and BP 132/90 mmHg. JVP was raised. What is your diagnosis?
- AAortic dissection and rupture
- BEsophageal rupture
- CTension pneumothorax
- DRight ventricular hypertrophy✓ Correct answer
Q2.Precapillary Pulmonary hypertension is caused by all Except:
- AMitral stenosis✓ Correct answer
- BPulmonary vasculitis
- CPrimary pulmonary hypertension
- DThromboembolism
Q3.In primary pulmonary hypertension, basic abnormality in gene lies in
- ABone morphogenic protein receptor II✓ Correct answer
- BEndothelin
- CHomebox gene
- DPAX - 11
Q4.Which of the following is not associated with pulmonary artery hypertension?
- AInterstitial lung disease
- BLeft ventricular hypertrophy✓ Correct answer
- CMitral Stenosis
- DCor - pulmonale
Q5.pulmonary hypertension is caused by all except ?
- Ahyperventilation✓ Correct answer
- Bmorbid obesity
- Cfenfluramine
- Dhigh altitude
Q6.Riociguat is used in the treatment of:
- AGouty arthritis
- BRheumatoid arthritis
- CChronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension✓ Correct answer
- DObesity
Q7.Loud pulmonary component of second heart sound heard in
- AMR
- BTOF
- CEissenmenger's syndrome✓ Correct answer
- DPulmonary stenosis
Q8.Drug NOT used in pulmonary hypertension is?
- ACalcium channel blocker
- BEndothelin receptor antagonist
- CAlpha blocker✓ Correct answer
- DProstacyclin
Q9.which of the following is the most potent stimulus for the development of cor pulmonale in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
- Aobliteration of pulmonary vascular bed
- Balveolar membrane damage
- Cleft ventricular failure
- Dhypoxia✓ Correct answer
Q10.Which of the following is not a cause of Cor pulmonale:
- AIntermittent pulmonary embolism
- BKyphoscoliosis
- CCOPD
- DMitral stenosis✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: D. Right ventricular hypertrophy; Q2: A. Mitral stenosis; Q3: A. Bone morphogenic protein receptor II; Q4: B. Left ventricular hypertrophy; Q5: A. hyperventilation; Q6: C. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Q7: C. Eissenmenger's syndrome; Q8: C. Alpha blocker; Q9: D. hypoxia; Q10: D. Mitral stenosis.
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