Prostate
- Previous year questions on Prostate 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.
- 45 live questions in Prostate.
- 3 of 45 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2019.
- Surgery is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Prostatic cancer mostly seen in
- APosterior✓ Correct answer
- BLateral
- CMedial
- DAnterior
Q2.Which of the following is true about prostate cancer?
- AHistopathology is determined by Gleason score✓ Correct answer
- BMost common region involved is central zone
- CMost common type is squamous cell Carcinoma
- DIt is not a hormone dependent cancer
Q3.Which of the following drug can decrease the size of prostate?
- ATamsulosin
- BSildenafil
- CFinasteride✓ Correct answer
- DPrazosin
Q4.A 60 years old male presented with fever, chills and dysuria. Patient was hospitalized in emergency for 5 days. PSA level was 7.4. Next best step in this patient:
- ARepeat PSA
- BTURP
- CTRUS guided biopsy
- DAntibiotics and admit✓ Correct answer
Q5.A 65 year old male presents with CA prostate. The tumour is limited to the capsule and it is palpable on PR examination. The patient is diagnosed as stage T1b. The best treatment would be -
- ARadical prostatectomy✓ Correct answer
- BChemotherapy
- CPalliative radiotherapy
- DOrchidectomy
Q6.Secondary deposits from prostatic carcinoma is commonest in
- ABone✓ Correct answer
- BKidney
- CLiver
- DBrain
Q7.Which is the earliest symptom of benign hypertrophy of prostate -
- AFrequency✓ Correct answer
- BHaematuria
- CIncontinence
- DStrangury
Q8.Commonest cause of periumbilical pain after 30 min. of TURP done under spinal anesthesia with Bupivacaine
- AMeteorism
- BPerforation of bladder✓ Correct answer
- CRecovery from bupivacaine anaesthesia
- DMesenteric artery ischemia
Q9.In follow up of BPH, most important indication of surgery is:
- AProstate size >75gm
- BSingle episode of UTI requiring 3 day antibiotics
- CCannot use medication due to hypertension
- DBilateral hydronephrosis✓ Correct answer
Q10.Benign prostatic hypertrophy resulting in urinary obstruction arises from which lobe of prostate gland?
- AAnterior
- BPosterior
- CMedian✓ Correct answer
- DLateral
Answer key
Q1: A. Posterior; Q2: A. Histopathology is determined by Gleason score; Q3: C. Finasteride; Q4: D. Antibiotics and admit; Q5: A. Radical prostatectomy; Q6: A. Bone; Q7: A. Frequency; Q8: B. Perforation of bladder; Q9: D. Bilateral hydronephrosis; Q10: C. Median.
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