Rectum
- Previous year questions on Rectum 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.
- 19 live questions in Rectum.
- Surgery is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Hemangioma of the rectum
- ACommon tumor
- BFatal hemorrhage not seen
- CUlcerative colitis like symptoms seen✓ Correct answer
Q2.In old age for rectal prolapse palliative surgery in a patient unfit for surgery is -
- ADelorme's procedure
- BWell's procedure
- CThiersch's operation✓ Correct answer
- DLow anterior resection
Q3.True about solitary rectal ulcer syndrome is all except
- AIncreased muscle layer proliferation
- BCrypt distortion
- CLamina propria infiltration with lymphocyte✓ Correct answer
- DSubepithelial fibrosis
Q4.For a rectal carcinoma at 5cm from the anal verge the best acceptable operation is -
- AAnterior resection✓ Correct answer
- BAbdominal perineal resection
- CPosterior resection
- DLocal resection
Q5.Recurrent prolapse of the rectum in children is treated by
- AThiersch wiring✓ Correct answer
- BDigital reposition
- CExcision
- DRipstein's operation
Q6.Abdomino-Perineal resection is done in colorectal carcinoma on the basis of:
- AAge of the patient
- BDistance from anal verge✓ Correct answer
- CFixity of tumour
- DHepatic metastasis
Q7.Investigation of choice of depth of penetration and nodal stage in rectal carcinoma is
- ACT
- BMRI
- CTransrectal USG✓ Correct answer
- DBarium meal
Q8.COMMONEST presentation of Carcinoma rectum is:
- ADiarrhea
- BConstipation
- CBleeding per rectum✓ Correct answer
- DFeeling of incomplete defecation
Q9.Delorme's Procedure is used for -
- ARectal prolapse✓ Correct answer
- BSolitary rectal ulcer
- CRectal bilharziasis
- DProctalgia fugax
Q10.The most favoured treatment for a pelvic abscess in cul-de-sac is -
- ALaparotomy
- BColpotomy✓ Correct answer
- CExternal I & D
- DAntibiotics
Answer key
Q1: C. Ulcerative colitis like symptoms seen; Q2: C. Thiersch's operation; Q3: C. Lamina propria infiltration with lymphocyte; Q4: A. Anterior resection; Q5: A. Thiersch wiring; Q6: B. Distance from anal verge; Q7: C. Transrectal USG; Q8: C. Bleeding per rectum; Q9: A. Rectal prolapse; Q10: B. Colpotomy.
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