Vasculitis
- Previous year questions on Vasculitis for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Pathology 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.
- 25 live questions in Vasculitis.
- 2 of 25 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2020.
- Pathology is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.ANCA negative vasculitis amongst the following is:
- AWegner granulomatosis
- BChurg strauss syndrome
- CPolyarteritis nodosa✓ Correct answer
- DMicroscopic polyangiitis
Q2.The most common leukocytoclastic vasculitis affecting children is
- ATakayasu disease
- BMucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (Kawasaki disease)
- CHenoch Schonlein purpura✓ Correct answer
- DPolyarteritis nodose
Q3.Hypersensitivity vasculitis is seen most commonly in -
- APost capillary venules✓ Correct answer
- BArterioles
- CVeins
- DCapillaries
Q4.Which of the following is true about polyarteritis nodosa?
- AIt shows fibrinoid necrosis in large blood vessels
- BIt has ANCA positivity
- CHBsAg is positive in 30% patients✓ Correct answer
- DAffected individuals have involvement of pulmonary circulation.
Q5.Following are Granulomatous vasculitis except
- AChurg Straus disease
- BTakayasu's arteritis
- CWegener's granulomatosis
- DBuerger's disease✓ Correct answer
Q6.A lady complains of headache, nausea and tenderness in temporal region with migraine. On microscopic investigation what will be seen
- ATemporal aneurysm
- BGiant cell arteritis
- CGranulomatous giant cell lesions✓ Correct answer
- DLuminal thrombosis
Q7.A 75 year old woman complains to a physician of facial pain, headache, and intermittent visual symptoms. Both temporal aeries are biopsied. If the biopsies show abnormal vessels, which of the following would be the most likely pathological finding?
- AAtherosclerotic plaque
- BFibrinoid necrosis
- CFocal granulomatous inflammation✓ Correct answer
- DFungal hyphae
Q8.All the following Vasculitis causes necrotizing inflammation except -
- APolyarteritis nodosa
- BWegener's granulomatosis
- CKawasaki disease✓ Correct answer
- DMicroscopic polyangiitis
Q9.Small vessel vasculitis are - a) Classical PAN b) Wegener's granulomatosis c) Giant cell arteritis d) HSP e) Churg-strauss syndrome
- Abde✓ Correct answer
- Bade
- Cace
- Dbce
Q10.True about Henoch Schonlein purpura is -
- AMedium vessels vasculitis
- BRenal symptoms start late in the disease
- CIgA deposition in mesangium✓ Correct answer
- DLow Platelet count
Answer key
Q1: C. Polyarteritis nodosa; Q2: C. Henoch Schonlein purpura; Q3: A. Post capillary venules; Q4: C. HBsAg is positive in 30% patients; Q5: D. Buerger's disease; Q6: C. Granulomatous giant cell lesions; Q7: C. Focal granulomatous inflammation; Q8: C. Kawasaki disease; Q9: A. bde; Q10: C. IgA deposition in mesangium.
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