Nerve Injuries
- Previous year questions on Nerve Injuries for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Orthopaedics 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.
- 87 live questions in Nerve Injuries.
- 3 of 87 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019.
- Orthopaedics is worth about 8 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 20 Aug 2026.
Q1.Median nerve lesion at the wrist causes all of the following Except
- AThenar atrophy
- BWeakness of Adductor pollicis✓ Correct answer
- CWeakness of 1st and 2nd lumbricals
- DWeakness of flexor pollicis brevis
Q2.Froments test is used in
- AUlnar nerve injury✓ Correct answer
- BMedian nerve injury
- CRadial nerve injury
- DAxillary nerve injury
Q3.FROMENT'S SIGN is due to which nerve injury?
- AIntercostobrachial nerve
- BRadial nerve
- CUlnar nerve✓ Correct answer
- DMedian nerve
Q4.High stepping gait is due to
- AQuadriceps paralysis
- BFoot drop✓ Correct answer
- CGluteus maximum paralysis
- DCDH
Q5.Nerve damaged in fracture neck fibula
- ASuperficial peroneal
- BDeep peroneal
- CCommon peroneal✓ Correct answer
- DTibial
Q6.Foot drop is caused due to injury to?
- ACommon peroneal nerve✓ Correct answer
- BTibial Nerve
- CFemoral Nerve
- DObturator Nerve
Q7.All the following can lead to damage of the axillary nerve except:
- AFracture of surgical neck of humerus
- BIntramuscular injection
- CImproper use of crutches✓ Correct answer
- DShoulder dislocation
Q8.In a patient with a history of burning pain localized to the plantar aspect of the foot, the differential diagnosis must include:
- APeripheral vascular disease.
- BTarsal coalation.
- CTarsal tunnel syndrome✓ Correct answer
- DPlanter fibromatosis
Q9.Which nerve is injured in fracture of fibula:
- APosterior tibial nerve
- BAnterior tibial nerve
- CCommon peroneal nerve✓ Correct answer
- DDeep peroneal nerve
Q10.Tardy ulnar nerve palsy is associated with which of the following deformity ?
- ACubitus varus✓ Correct answer
- BCubitus valgus
- CDislocation
- DColles fracture
Answer key
Q1: B. Weakness of Adductor pollicis; Q2: A. Ulnar nerve injury; Q3: C. Ulnar nerve; Q4: B. Foot drop; Q5: C. Common peroneal; Q6: A. Common peroneal nerve; Q7: C. Improper use of crutches; Q8: C. Tarsal tunnel syndrome; Q9: C. Common peroneal nerve; Q10: A. Cubitus varus.
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- Fracture Complications
- Disorders of the Cervical Region
- Clavicle, Shoulder and Arm Trauma
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma
- Hand Trauma
- Non-Traumatic Upper Limb Disorders
- Hip Dislocation
- Femoral Fractures
- Knee, Leg and Foot Trauma
- AVN and Other Lower Limb Regional Disorders
- Spinal Trauma
- Non-Traumatic Spinal Disorders
- Spondylolisthesis and IVDP
- Pelvic Trauma
- Pyogenic Bone and Joint Infection
- Tuberculosis of Bones and Joints
- Paediatric Fractures
- CTEV and Angular Knee Deformities
- Congenital Anomalies, Perthes Disease and SCFE
- Rickets and Childhood Metabolic Bone Disease
- Osteoporosis and Adult Osteomalacia
- Paget's Disease and Parathyroid Bone Disease
- Degenerative and Rheumatoid Joint Disease
- Seronegative Spondyloarthritis and Crystal Arthropathy
- Benign Bone Tumours
- Malignant Bone Tumours
- Implants, Splints and Traction Devices
- Amputation, Prosthetics and Joint Replacement
- Sports Injury