Large Bowel Disorders
- Previous year questions on Large Bowel Disorders 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.
- 38 live questions in Large Bowel Disorders.
- 2 of 38 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2020.
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- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Patient presents with peritonitis and during surgery a diverticular perforation is seen with fecal peritonitis. What is the Hinchey's stages?
- A1
- B2
- C3
- D4✓ Correct answer
Q2.Massive bleeding per rectum in a 70 yr old patient is due to -
- ADiverticulosis✓ Correct answer
- BCarcinoma colon
- CColitis
- DPolyps
Q3.Colovesical fistula
- AMost commonly presents with pneumaturia✓ Correct answer
- BMore common in females
- CMost commonly caused by colon cancer
- DReadily diagnosed on barium enema
Q4.Patient presents with peritonitis and during surgery diverticula perforation is seen with purulent contamination What is Hinchey's stage ?
- A1
- B2
- C3✓ Correct answer
- D4
Q5.Surgery is indicated in Ulcerative Colitis in all except?
- AToxic megacolon
- BColonic polyp✓ Correct answer
- CColonic obstruction
- DRefractory fistula
Q6.True about Colovesical fistula?
- AMost commonly presents with pneumaturia✓ Correct answer
- BMore common in females
- CMost commonly caused by colon cancer
- DReadily diagnosed on barium enema
Q7.A patient with a nonobstructing carcinoma of the sigmoid colon is being prepared for elective resection. Which of the following reduces the risk of postoperative infectious complications?
- AA single preoperative parenteral dose of antibiotic effective against aerobes and anaerobes✓ Correct answer
- BAvoidance of oral antibiotics to prevent emergence of Clostridium difficile
- CPostoperative administration for 48 hours of parenteral antibiotics effective against aerobes and anaerobes
- DPostoperative administration of parenteral antibiotics effective against aerobes and anaerobes until the patient's intravenous lines and all other drains are removed
Q8.A 60-year-old man complains of recurrent attacks of painless rectal bleeding. Colonoscopy reveals normal mucosa between the cecum and the anal verge. What is the most helpful test to determine the cause of bleeding?
- AAngiography to look for angiodysplasia✓ Correct answer
- BTechnetium scan for Meckel's diverticulum
- CUpper GI endoscopy for peptic ulcer
- DSmall-bowel series for tumor
Q9.Most common site of bleeding diverticula
- ASigmoid colon
- BDescending colon
- CRectum
- DAscending colon✓ Correct answer
Q10.Massive bleed per rectal diagnosis -
- ADiverticulosis✓ Correct answer
- BRectal polyp
- CColitis
- DFissure
Answer key
Q1: D. 4; Q2: A. Diverticulosis; Q3: A. Most commonly presents with pneumaturia; Q4: C. 3; Q5: B. Colonic polyp; Q6: A. Most commonly presents with pneumaturia; Q7: A. A single preoperative parenteral dose of antibiotic effective against aerobes and anaerobes; Q8: A. Angiography to look for angiodysplasia; Q9: D. Ascending colon; Q10: A. Diverticulosis.
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