Spleen
- Previous year questions on Spleen 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.
- 7 live questions in Spleen.
- 3 of 7 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018.
- Surgery is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 27 Aug 2026.
Q1.True about Splenunculi:
- AIt is encapsulated✓ Correct answer
- BMost common site is tail of pancreas
- COften single
- DHave more red pulp than spleen
Q2.M/C immediate complication of splenectomy?
- AHemorrhage✓ Correct answer
- BFistula
- CBleeding from gastric mucosa
- DPancreatitis
Q3.Splenic infarction is associated with
- ATyphoid
- BIMN
- CCML✓ Correct answer
- DParoxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Q4.Most common immediate complication of splenectomy:
- AHemorrhage✓ Correct answer
- BFistula
- CBleeding from gastric mucosa
- DPancreatitis
Q5.After splenectomy patient becomes more prone to
- AGram +ve & anaerobic
- BGram -ve & anaerobic
- CNonencapsulated
- DEncapsulated organisms✓ Correct answer
Q6.In post splenectomy patient, chances of Infection with which of these Increases:
- AEncapsulated bacteria✓ Correct answer
- BNon capsulated bacteria
- CAnaerobic and gram positive bacilli
- DAnaerobic and gram negative bacilli.
Q7.All are indications for splenectomy, except :
- AHereditary spherocytosis
- BHairy cell leukemia
- CITP
- DChediak higashi syndrome✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: A. It is encapsulated; Q2: A. Hemorrhage; Q3: C. CML; Q4: A. Hemorrhage; Q5: D. Encapsulated organisms; Q6: A. Encapsulated bacteria; Q7: D. Chediak higashi syndrome.
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