Head Injury
- Previous year questions on Head Injury 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 Head Injury.
- 6 of 65 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2018.
- Surgery is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.In cases of severe head trauma, at what GCS is endotracheal intubation is advised
- A<=3
- B<=8✓ Correct answer
- C10
- D12
Q2.Glasgow coma scale of a patient with head injury who is confused, able to localize on right side and does flexion on left side and opens eye for painful stimuli on sternum:
- A6
- B11✓ Correct answer
- C12
- D7
Q3.CSF Otorrhea is due to involvement/trauma of:
- ACribriform plate
- BPetrous temporal bone✓ Correct answer
- CParietal bone
- DTympanic membrane
Q4.The term post traumatic epilepsy refers to seizures occurring
- AWithin moments of head injury.
- BWithin 7 days of head injury.
- CWithin several weeks to months after head injury.✓ Correct answer
- DMany years after head injury.
Q5.Pt with h/o RTA presented to the OPD after 3 days. CT showed the presence of an SDH. On fundoscopy b/l papilledema was seen. What is the most probable cause of this?
- ARaised ICT✓ Correct answer
- BMeningitis
- COptic neuritis
- DGlaucoma
Q6.All are true about chronic SDH except:
- AImmediate recovery after surgery✓ Correct answer
- BPresents weeks after trivial injury
- CPatient can be completely asymptomatic
- DUse of a subdural drain is associated with a decreased need for repeat surgery
Q7.An elderly person was found unconscious following a RTA. Patient was deeply comatose with decerebrate and decorticate rigidity. MRI shows small hemorrhages on corpus callosum and nothing else. Person dies after a week in coma. Most likely cause of death:
- ADiffuse axonal injury✓ Correct answer
- BSubdural hematoma
- CEDH
- DInfarct
Q8.False statement regarding subdural hematoma:
- AOccurs on both sides
- BNot visible on X-ray
- CSurgery can be done
- DUnilateral surgery✓ Correct answer
Q9.A person met with an accident and suffer from middle cranial fossa fracture There was a bluish purple colour behind mastoid What is your probable diagnosis
- ABattle sign✓ Correct answer
- BBezold sign
- CLaceration
- DAberration
Q10.In the diffuse axonal injury, the typical location of lesions in the brain include
- APara-saggital region
- BCerebral cortex
- CVentricles
- DWhite matter of cerebral hemispheres, corpus callosum and the upper brain stem✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: B. <=8; Q2: B. 11; Q3: B. Petrous temporal bone; Q4: C. Within several weeks to months after head injury; Q5: A. Raised ICT; Q6: A. Immediate recovery after surgery; Q7: A. Diffuse axonal injury; Q8: D. Unilateral surgery; Q9: A. Battle sign; Q10: D. White matter of cerebral hemispheres, corpus callosum and the upper brain stem.
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