Superficial and Systemic Fungal Infections
- Previous year questions on Superficial and Systemic Fungal Infections 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.
- 19 live questions in Superficial and Systemic Fungal Infections.
- 5 of 19 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2018, 2019.
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- Question set last updated 5 Sept 2026.
Q1.The reproductive method by which fungi asexually produce rectangular spores by fragmentation of hyphae is known as-
- AChlamydospore
- BBlastospore
- CConidiophore
- DArthrospore✓ Correct answer
Q2.The cell wall of the fungus
- AIs not an important component of a fungus
- BComprises only 10% of dry weight of the fungus
- CProvides rigidity and strength✓ Correct answer
- DHas no relationship to the shape of the fungus
Q3.A HIV positive patient presents with cough for 10 days. Sputum culture by SDA reveals broad budding yeast, diagnosis:
- AHistoplasma capsulatum
- BBlastomycosis✓ Correct answer
- CCoccidiodomycosis
- DParacoccidiomycosis
Q4.AIDS patient with broad budding yeast:-
- AHistoplasmosis
- BBlastomycosis✓ Correct answer
- CCocidiomycosis
- DParacocidiomycosis
Q5.Which of the following fungi are called BLACK YEASTS?
- ASaccharomyces cereveciae
- BExophiala jeanselmei✓ Correct answer
- CCandida tropicalis
- DCryptococcus neoformans
Q6.Tinea versicolor is seen with
- APityrosporum orbiculare✓ Correct answer
- BCandida infection
- CEpidermophyton
- DTrichophyton
Q7.White piedra is caused by -
- APiedraia hortae
- BPityrosporum orbiculare
- CHortaea werneckii
- DTrichosporon beigelii✓ Correct answer
Q8.Mycotic abscess are due to
- ABacterial infection
- BViral infection
- CFungal infection✓ Correct answer
- DMixed infection
Q9.A patient presented with some unknown fungal infection. Microscopic examination revealed brown coloured spherical fungi with septate hyphae. Possible condition:
- AHistoplasmosis
- BChromoblastomycosis✓ Correct answer
- CCoccidioidomycosis
- DCandida albicans
Q10.Which fungus appears as single budding cell in culture at 37°C and the bud and the parent yeast have a characteristic wide base of attachment?
- AB. dermatitidis✓ Correct answer
- BC. neoformans
- CC. albicans
- DP. brasiliensis
Answer key
Q1: D. Arthrospore; Q2: C. Provides rigidity and strength; Q3: B. Blastomycosis; Q4: B. Blastomycosis; Q5: B. Exophiala jeanselmei; Q6: A. Pityrosporum orbiculare; Q7: D. Trichosporon beigelii; Q8: C. Fungal infection; Q9: B. Chromoblastomycosis; Q10: A. B. dermatitidis.
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