Burns
- Previous year questions on Burns for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Surgery 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.
- 65 live questions in Burns.
- 3 of 65 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2018, 2019.
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- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.False regarding deep second - degree burns:-
- AHeal by scar deposition
- BPainless✓ Correct answer
- CDamage to deeper dermis
- DLess blanching
Q2.Intravenous resuscitation is needed for any child with burn greater than
- A10% total body surface area✓ Correct answer
- B20% total body surface area
- C25% total body surface area
- D35% total body surface area
Q3.A 50 kg patient has 40 % burn of the body surface area. Calculate the ringer lactate solution to be given for first 8 hours of fluid:
- A1 Litre
- B2 Litres
- C4 Litres✓ Correct answer
- D8 Litres
Q4.A lady with 50% TBSA burn with involvement of dermis & subcutaneous tissue came to emergency department. Burns will be classified as;
- A1st degree
- B2nd degree superficial
- C2nd degree deep
- D3rd degree burn✓ Correct answer
Q5.A 40 year woman was brought to the casualty 8 hours after sustaining burns on the abdomen, both the limbs and back. What will be the best formula to calculate amount of fluid to be replenished?
- A2 mL/kg x %TBSA✓ Correct answer
- B4 mL/kg x %TBSA
- C8 mL/kg x %TBSA
- D4 mL/kg x %TBSA in first 8 hours followed by 2 mL/ kg/hour x %TBSA
Q6.A 2 years old child suffers flame burns involving face, bilateral upper limbs and front of chest and abdomen. What is the body surface area involved?
- A40%✓ Correct answer
- B45%
- C54%
- D60%
Q7.A 1.5 years old child was brought to emergency with history of burn by hot water on both hands and palms. The lesion was pink, oozing and painful to air and touch. Which of the following is the best management for this patient?
- AParaffin gauze and dressing✓ Correct answer
- BCollagen dressing
- CExcision and grafting
- DApply 1% silver sulfadiazine ointment and keep the wound open
Q8.A 42-year-old man who was in a house fire is transferred to your burn unit. He has singed nose hairs and facial burns. Direct laryngoscopy in the emergency room demonstrates pharyngeal edema and mucosal sloughing. He has 60% total body surface area burns. Which of the following is the next step in the management of this patient?
- AHyperbaric oxygen
- BIntravenous steroids
- CInhaled steroids
- DIntubation✓ Correct answer
Q9.Superficial partial thickness burn is caused due to involvement of:
- AEpidermis
- BPapillary dermis✓ Correct answer
- CReticular dermis
- DDermis
Q10.Which layer of skin causes vesicular chamge in case of burn:
- ABasal layer
- BPapillary layer
- CEpidermis
- DDermis✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: B. Painless; Q2: A. 10% total body surface area; Q3: C. 4 Litres; Q4: D. 3rd degree burn; Q5: A. 2 mL/kg x %TBSA; Q6: A. 40%; Q7: A. Paraffin gauze and dressing; Q8: D. Intubation; Q9: B. Papillary dermis; Q10: D. Dermis.
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