Non-Traumatic Upper Limb Disorders
- Previous year questions on Non-Traumatic Upper Limb Disorders 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.
- 40 live questions in Non-Traumatic Upper Limb Disorders.
- 2 of 40 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.Tennis elbow is characterized by -
- ATenderness over the medial epicondyle
- BTendinitis of common extensor origin✓ Correct answer
- CTendinitis of common flexor origin
- DPainful flexion and extension
Q2.De Quervain's disease is tenosynovitis of
- AAbductor pollicis brevis and extensor pollicis longus
- BAbductor pollicis longus and extensor carpi radialis brevis
- CAbductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis✓ Correct answer
- DAbductor pollicis brevis and extensor carpi radialis longus
Q3.Dawbarn sign
- AInfraspinatus tendinitis
- BSubacromial bursitis✓ Correct answer
- CAchilles tendon injury
- DNone of the above
Q4.Yergason's supination sign is seen in lesion of which muscle?
- ATriceps
- BBiceps✓ Correct answer
- CBrachioradialis
- DSupinator
Q5.Painful arc syndrome which movement is painful:-
- AInitial abduction
- BTerminal abduction
- CMid abduction✓ Correct answer
- DFull range of abduction
Q6.Dupuytren's contracture following is true except
- AAutosomal recessive inheritance✓ Correct answer
- BAlcoholic cirrhosis may predispose
- CMore common in male than female
- DThe ring finger is most commonly affected
Q7.Nerve mostly compressed in pregnancy puerperium:
- ARadial nerve
- BMedian nerve✓ Correct answer
- CFemoral nerve
- DFacial nerve
Q8.Which of the following is true regarding De Quervain&;s tenosynovitis ?
- AFingers are held in mild extension
- BIt affects AbductorPollicisLongus and ExtensorPollicisBrevis✓ Correct answer
- CMost common involvement is index finger
- DTreatment is surgery
Q9.Commonest site for osteochondritis dissecans in the elbow is
- ATrochlea
- BRadial head
- CCapitulum✓ Correct answer
- DOlecranon
Q10."Lift off" test is done for
- ASubscapularis✓ Correct answer
- BInfraspinatus
- CSupraspinatus
- DTeres minor
Answer key
Q1: B. Tendinitis of common extensor origin; Q2: C. Abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis; Q3: B. Subacromial bursitis; Q4: B. Biceps; Q5: C. Mid abduction; Q6: A. Autosomal recessive inheritance; Q7: B. Median nerve; Q8: B. It affects AbductorPollicisLongus and ExtensorPollicisBrevis; Q9: C. Capitulum; Q10: A. Subscapularis.
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