Principles of Parasitology
- Previous year questions on Principles of Parasitology for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Microbiology 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.
- 20 live questions in Principles of Parasitology.
- 1 of 20 questions carries a verified exam year: 2017.
- Microbiology is worth about 20 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.All the following spread by auto infection except:
- ATaenia solium
- BStrongyloides stercoralis
- CHymenolepis nana
- DAscaris lumbricoides✓ Correct answer
Q2.Transmission of the following intestinal parasites occurs by the fecal-oral route, except
- AGiardia lamblia
- BAscaris lumbricoides
- CEnterobius vermicularis
- DStrongyloides stercoralis✓ Correct answer
Q3.In formol-ether concentration technique, which layer contains the parasites?
- AEther
- BFecal debris
- CFormal water
- DSediment✓ Correct answer
Q4.Autoinfection can be caused by all the following helminths except:
- AEnterobius vermicularis
- BHymenolepis nana
- CTaenia solium
- DAscaris lumbricoides✓ Correct answer
Q5.Man is an intermediate host in life cycle of:
- AMalaria✓ Correct answer
- BTuberculosis
- CFilariasis
- DRelapsing fever
Q6.Man is a definitive host of which parasite - a) Malaria b) Filaria c) Measles d) Tapeworm
- Ac
- Bd
- Cbd✓ Correct answer
- Dac
Q7.One of the following is NOT a protozoal infection
- AMalaria
- BAmoebiasis
- CTrichomoniasis
- DTrichinellosis✓ Correct answer
Q8.Man is a definitive host for -
- AEchinococcus
- BMalaria
- CFilariasis✓ Correct answer
- DRabies
Q9.All float in a saturated salt solution except -
- AClonorchis sinensis✓ Correct answer
- BFertilised eggs of Ascaris
- CLarva of Strongyloides
- DTrichuris trichiura
Q10.Ova that floats in saturated saline are of:
- AUnfertilized eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides
- BT. saginata
- CH. Nana✓ Correct answer
- DNone of the above
Answer key
Q1: D. Ascaris lumbricoides; Q2: D. Strongyloides stercoralis; Q3: D. Sediment; Q4: D. Ascaris lumbricoides; Q5: A. Malaria; Q6: C. bd; Q7: D. Trichinellosis; Q8: C. Filariasis; Q9: A. Clonorchis sinensis; Q10: C. H. Nana.
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- Cells and Organs of the Immune System
- Immune System: Organisation, Function and Response
- Hypersensitivity
- Disorders of Immunity
- Streptococci and Enterococci
- Staphylococci
- Corynebacterium, Listeria and Actinomyces
- Clostridium and Bacillus
- Non-Sporing Anaerobes
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- Mycobacteria Other Than Tuberculosis
- Escherichia, Proteus and Klebsiella
- Shigella and Salmonella
- Vibrio and Campylobacterales
- Pseudomonas and Burkholderiales
- Haemophilus
- Yersinia, Brucella, Bartonella and Legionella
- Gram-Negative Cocci
- Rickettsia, Chlamydia and Mycoplasma
- Spirochetes
- Virus Structure and General Properties
- DNA Viruses
- Hepatitis
- HIV
- Myxoviruses and Rhabdoviruses
- Arboviruses and Picornaviruses
- Rubella, Coronaviruses, Prions, Rotavirus, Filovirus, Zika Virus and Nipah Virus
- Superficial and Systemic Fungal Infections
- Opportunistic Fungal Infections
- Protozoa: Amoebae, Ciliates and Flagellates
- Protozoa: Sporozoa
- Helminths: Cestodes and Trematodes
- Helminths: Nematodes
- Applied Clinical Microbiology