Visual Pathway Lesions and Pupillary Reflexes
- Previous year questions on Visual Pathway Lesions and Pupillary Reflexes for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Ophthalmology 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.
- 34 live questions in Visual Pathway Lesions and Pupillary Reflexes.
- 3 of 34 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2018, 2019.
- Ophthalmology is worth about 10 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 5 Sept 2026.
Q1.Left homonymous hemianopia is seen in which right sided lesion?
- AOptic tract✓ Correct answer
- BOptic nerve
- COptic chiasma
- DOccipital lobe (visual cortex)
Q2.'Swinging flashlight' test can be helpful to elicit
- AArgyll Robeson pupil
- BAdie's tonic pupil
- CMarcus Gunn pupil✓ Correct answer
- DSubtle inequality in pupil size
Q3.A 32 years lady present with shoulder tip pain and diagnosis is pan coast tumour and presents with miosis. Diagnosis is
- AHorner syndrome✓ Correct answer
- BThoracic outlet syndrome
- CAberrant right subclavian artery
- DUpper trunk of brachial plexus injury
Q4.Macular sparing is seen in affection of
- AOptic nerve
- BOptic chiasma
- COccipital lobe✓ Correct answer
- DParietal lobe
Q5.All of the following clinical findings are seen in Horner's syndrome, except
- AMiosis
- BAnhidrosis
- CHeterochromia of iris
- DApparent exophthalmos✓ Correct answer
Q6.Wernicke's hemianopic pupillary response is seen in the lesion of
- AOptic tract✓ Correct answer
- BOptic chiasma
- COptic radiation
- DLateral geniculate body
Q7.Macular sparing is associated with lesions in:
- AOptic nerve
- BLateral geniculate body
- COccipital cortex✓ Correct answer
- DOptic chiasma
Q8.Optic tract fibers project to the superior colliculi for
- AReflex gazes✓ Correct answer
- BLight reflex
- CGeneration of circadian rhythms
- DVertical nystagmus
Q9.lesion producing incongrous Homonymous Hemianopia with Wernicke's Hemianopia pupil
- AOptic tract✓ Correct answer
- BVisual cortex
- COptic radiation
- DOptic Nerve
Q10.In children, Superior quadrantanopia is due to
- APituitary lesion
- BTemporal lobe lesion✓ Correct answer
- COptic neuritis
- DMigraine
Answer key
Q1: A. Optic tract; Q2: C. Marcus Gunn pupil; Q3: A. Horner syndrome; Q4: C. Occipital lobe; Q5: D. Apparent exophthalmos; Q6: A. Optic tract; Q7: C. Occipital cortex; Q8: A. Reflex gazes; Q9: A. Optic tract; Q10: B. Temporal lobe lesion.
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