Download the NEET PG 2021 question paper with solutions as a free PDF, the postgraduate medical entrance test the National Board of Examinations (NBE) held on September 11, 2021. It was a single computer-based paper of 200 single-best-answer MCQs to be attempted in 3 hours 30 minutes, and this page pairs every question with a worked solution and the answer key.
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NEET PG 2021 Questions with Solutions
Pen Test is for which nerve
A small boy with multiple fracture of Humerus following which there is loss of sensation over lateral side of forearm, difficulty in flexion of elbow & supination of forearm.
Which blood vessel carries deoxygenated blood back to placenta
Structure preventing vertical descent of spleen
Which nerve is required for GAG reflex
The Great saphenous vein graft was used for a patient in CABG. Post surgery the patient is having a neuralgia on the medial aspect of leg and foot. Which nerve has been injured?
Beta 2 receptors act via following secondary messenger
A child presented with dehydration and was supplemented with ORS solution for management. Which of the following receptors help in the absorption of glucose from GIT?
A patient presented with cold skin, fatigue, shortness of breath with activity and enlarged liver. His JVP was measured which showed higher amplitude of "a" wave. JVP is due to
The body fluid compartments of a patient were measured, which showed the following values:
Na - 10
K - 140
Cl - 15
Name the fluid compartment.
An elderly female presented with dribbling of urine only on coughing and straining. What type of urinary incontinence is she suffering from?
A young patient presented with muscle spasms, numbness in hands and feet, seizures and difficulty in breathing due to laryngospasm. His blood picture showed electrolyte imbalance. What is the cause for these manifestations in the patient?
A patient on a maize diet presented with diarrhea, dementia and dysentry. Which vitamin deficiency is responsible for the features?
A patient presented with dryness in eye with a gritty sensation along with corneal softening. What is the most probable cause?
Which amino acid needs to be supplemented through diet in a patient with cystathionine beta synthase deficiency?
Corneal transparency is maintained by which of the following GAGs?
Which of the following is associated with a defect in mismatch repair?
A patient had dinner at 8 PM in the night and does his blood sugar test at 7 AM in the morning. What is the major source of glucose?
A patient with tendon xanthomas, increased LDL and cholesterol. What is the most probable diagnosis?
A 5 year old child was brought to the physician with a history of black urine. There is no history of fever or any other complaints. There is no growth retardation and all the developmental milestones are normal. The child is suspected to have an enzyme defect for metabolism of an aromatic amino acid. What is the enzyme deficient?
A patient presents to you with generalized weakness and easy fatigability. He gives you a history of working in a factory with an exposure to Benzene. Which of the following cases would you suspect in this patient?
Chronic alcoholic patient with history of increasing abdominal girth. On liver biopsy there are reddish inclusions. What are these made up of?
All are increased in Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) except?
Woman on pap smear having disorganised growth of cells with hyperchromatic nuclei. Which phenomenon is occurring here?
Poor prognostic marker in Multiple Myeloma (MM) is:
A 34 year old female presenting to the OPD with migratory arthritis and examination revealed a pan systolic murmur. ECHO was performed which is suggestive of mitral regurgitation. Biopsy image is provided showing characteristic nodules in heart muscle. Diagnosis will be?
A 18 year old male presented to the OPD with gum bleeding, fever, low TLC and low platelet count. General examination is unremarkable. Further investigation show a low reticulocyte count, absent megakaryocytes and no immature cells. Diagnosis will be?
HNPCC has defect in:
A patient had dinner at 8 pm. He then did a blood sugar test at 7 am the next morning. A major source of blood glucose at the time of this test would be:
Corneal transparency is maintained by which of the following glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)?
A patient with vomiting was treated with an anti-emetic drug. The patient was relieved of vomiting but developed abnormal involuntary movements. What drug should be given to manage these abnormal movements?
In a case of measles, which antibiotic should be given?
Kaposi sarcoma is caused by which of the following?
A patient presents after a dog bite. How will you treat this patient?
The HIV virus targets which CD receptor on immune cells?
Which of the following drugs is used for the long term management of obesity?
A child accidentally ingested some fruit which he plucked from a tree while playing. After the ingestion of the fruit, he presented with restlessness, painful swallowing, photophobia, dry skin, urinary retention and elevated body temperature. What is the possible poisoning and the appropriate antidote for it?
A 30 year old male presents with a history of consumption of some unknown substance. The attending doctor notices the person to be having diaphoresis, headache and acute coronary spasm like features. The person is least likely to show which clinical feature?
A doctor at autopsy noticed the following finding on a cadaver (image showing marbling -- greenish-black discolouration over superficial veins of the skin). Which of the following is true regarding this finding?
Identify the injury (image showing a wound on the forehead with irregular margins but sharp-looking edges due to sheering forces).
While recording evidence in the court of law, lawyer asked the witness, "Were you present when A killed B?", and the witness answered "yes". This type of questioning is permitted in?
A dead body was recovered from near a pond by the police. During autopsy, the following finding was observed (image showing markedly wrinkled, pale, sodden skin of the soles of the feet). The below phenomenon is due to
Which of the following drugs is most commonly associated with causing Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS)?
Which of the following drugs causes Vitamin B12 deficiency on long-term use?
Which of the following statements is CORRECT regarding the pharmacology of N-acetylcysteine (NAC)?
Which of the following is a platinum-based drug used in the treatment of carcinoma?
Which of the following drugs is used in alcohol de-addiction (aversion therapy)?
Which of the following statements is TRUE about Warfarin?
Which of the following drugs is known to cause retroperitoneal fibrosis?
A patient presented with 70% burns. A test was done on a sample collected from the burnt site as shown in the picture in suspicion of the probable causative organism which is an obligate aerobe. What's the microbe?
A truck driver presented with a painless, demarcated ulcer on penis with inguinal lymphadenopathy. What is the best method of visualization of motility of the probable causative agent?
Swab is discarded in which color bin?
A female engineer works for 12-14 hours a day and gives a history of consuming only fast food. There are no vegetables or fruits in his diet. Her Hb count is 9 gm/dl MCV 120 fl. On examination, PS shows macrocytes. What will be the diagnosis?
A patient was suspected of having brucellosis. Serum sample was sent for a standard agglutination test. It came negative initially but after dilution of the serum sample, the test was positive. What could be the reason for the initial negative test?
A patient who was on steroids presented with nocturnal cough and chronic urticaria. BAL stain was done. Identify the organism.
Blood spill management
A child presented with bloody stools and abdominal pain. What enrichment medium should be used for the faeces sample?
What is the vector for a parasite which has kinetoplast in one of its morphological forms?
A known case of AIDS with productive cough and fever was found to have consolidation in the right infrascapular area. X-Ray chest showed right lower lobe consolidation with CD4 count of 55 per microlitre. What is the most common cause of this?
Following admission of a RTA case, there is a spillage of blood on the hospital floor. Which disinfectant will you use to clean the floor?
There is an outbreak of buboes in a community. What is the vector?
A 11 year old girl is having symptoms of fever and sore throat and to diagnose throat swab was taken. Which bag is used to discard the swab after culture?
Global Hunger Index does not include
A child presented with bluish white spots in the mouth followed by a rash. What is the genome of probable diagnosis?
16 month old child, 8 kg weight. On assessing in a growth chart, child falls between standard and -2 SD. What should be done next for the management?
An anganwadi teacher takes weight and height of a 4 year old and finds out that height-for-age is < -2 SD. The likely cause is:
A farmer is having skin rash which increases on sun exposure. There is also redness of tongue. Maize is his staple diet. Which of the following vitamin deficiency can cause this type of feature?
A 45 year old man presents with the following skin changes (image showing hyperpigmented, thickened rash over the neck and chest in a photosensitive distribution). What relevant history will you take to diagnose this condition?
A girl child has had recurrent yeast and respiratory virus infections since she was 3 months old. Now considering studies for immune status, which vaccine is contraindicated?
In a 10 year school child under the school health program, which vaccine has to be given?
There is an outbreak of encephalitis in a community. According to the universal immunization schedule, the route of administration of vaccine for the likely infection is?
Low air velocity will be measured by
School health service is at which level?
Post Diwali air pollution index chart was created. Air quality index values on 4 different days were plotted. An AQI value of 470 indicates which level of air pollution?
A researcher wants to know whether there is an association of CRP values with risk of MI/Cancer. They started to take CRP readings. 4 values of RR (Relative Risk) were plotted (0.5, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8) with respect to CRP.
A child known case of HIV. His CD4 count is 50. Which vaccine is avoided in him/her?
For functioning of a health centre with reference to evaluation, which is the most important determinant for assessing clinical management?
A male presented with urethral discharge as shown in figure. What can be the cause?
A group of people had pastries late at night followed by bouts of vomiting early in the morning. What could be the cause?
A pregnant woman whose niece contracted varicella in the same house was negative for serum antibodies of varicella. What would this mean?
A child learning the steps of hand hygiene -- what domain of learning does this involve?
What is the SI unit of brightness/illuminance?
Receptor for absorption of glucose in intestine when a person is given ORS is:
A 55-year-old patient from Chattisgarh presents with progressive muscle weakness, stiffness of both lower limbs, and complete paralysis. What is the most important history to ask?
A woman visited ENT OPD with nasal obstruction. On examination, greenish black crusts were present in the nasal cavity covering turbinate and septum. She also had merciful anosmia. What other sign will you find in this case on examination?
A 35 year old male presented with epistaxis. Conservative management was done to stop the bleeding which failed. What is the next step of management?
Which of the following is the topical use of Mitomycin C (the medicine shown in the image)?
A post-tonsillectomy child was lying in the ward. He started bleeding in the ward. Which of the following should be done?
Patient with a history of chronic middle ear infection now presents with neurological manifestations, headache, and vomiting. CT Brain is shown (ring-enhancing lesion). What is the probable diagnosis?
A patient was admitted with skull base trauma. The doctor was testing the marked structure in the image. Which of the following nerves was being tested?
Identify the papillae of the tongue shown in the histology image below (round-shaped papilla with surrounding moat/trench).
A 33 year old female patient presented with inability to see the right side from both the eyes. What is the most probable cause?
A patient with contact lens use since 2 years presented with the features shown in the image (giant papillae on the upper tarsal conjunctiva with increased mucus and itching). What is the most probable cause?
A 15 year old girl patient does not want to use specs for myopic astigmatism. What is the best alternative for her?
A boy working on a hammer & chisel had a foreign body entering his eye. Which investigation is detrimental (contraindicated) for this boy?
A child presenting with whitish pupillary reflex was treated with enucleation. Histopathology of the specimen showed Flexner-Wintersteiner rosettes. What is the diagnosis?
A one month old baby presents with watering and increased corneal size. What is the diagnosis?
An elderly woman presented with gradual painless diminution of vision. The fundus picture is shown below (yellowish-white deposits around the macula). What is the diagnosis?
A patient with carcinoma of rectum has been taken up for surgery. The superior rectal artery is to be ligated. Which of the following is the correct level of ligation of the superior rectal artery?
Drug of choice for pheochromocytoma during surgery is:
Sengstaken Blakemore tube is used in:
Meigs syndrome is associated with:
Instrument used for ligation of pedicles in thyroid surgery is:
Duct most commonly involved in chronic pancreatitis is:
Most common cause of hemoptysis worldwide is:
Known case of HIV with cough of sputum production & fever with examination finding of consolidation in right infrascapular area with x-ray showing right lower consolidation with CD4 of 55. What is the most common cause of this in these?
A patient with mediastinal mass was diagnosed with red cell aplasia. What is the probable cause?
A software engineer presented to OPD with complaints of easy fatiguability. He gives a history of sitting in front of the computer for 12-14 hrs a day and consuming junk food and less fruits and vegetables. CBC picture showed Hb concentration as 7gm%, MCV-120. What is the most likely cause of anemia?
Which of the following is false about pheochromocytoma?
A 50 yr old patient with renal insufficiency was recently operated for pyelolithotomy. Which drug will you give for post-operative analgesia?
A 68-year-old male presents with cough with sputum and bronchial sounds. RR-20/min, urea-44mg/dl, BP-110/70mmHg. What is the next step in management?
A patient presents with numbness in finger tips and facial skin tightening. ANA is positive with IF nucleolar pattern. What is the most probable diagnosis?
A hyperventilating patient has ABG value of pH = 7.53, pCO2 = 20 mmHg, HCO3 = 26 meq. What is the diagnosis?
Patient presents with breathlessness and wheezing. Absolute eosinophil count is 500. Miliary pattern on CXR. Diagnosis?
Breathing difficulty with generalized weakness. On auscultation a mid diastolic murmur with prominent wave is seen in:
Patient behaving strangely, and CNS features were described. Urine osmolality = 1000 and plasma osmolality = 250. What is the most likely diagnosis?
30 y/F, 70 kg man with serum sodium = 120 mEq/L. Calculate total sodium deficit.
Hypertension with peripheral edema and CKD. Which drug is preferred?
Post Modified Radical Mastectomy (MRM) patient presented with upper limb swelling. What is the most probable cause?
Repair done for direct inguinal hernia
A patient presented with RTA (Road Traffic Accident) leading to breathlessness and decreased air entry into the right lung and the patient is hypotensive. What is the next step?
After total thyroidectomy, the surgeon is unable to extubate and the patient shows cyanosis and respiratory distress. What is the cause of inability to extubate?
Asymptomatic varicose veins under CEAP scoring will be classified as
A 60-year-old male patient has antral carcinoma which is spreading to the head of the pancreas and multiple small metastases to the right lobe of the liver. What will be the best treatment?
MC (Most Common) nerve injured during Submandibular gland surgery?
Which statement is true among all regarding the condition shown?
A. Associated with mixed aerobic and anaerobic infection
B. Orchidectomy should be done
C. Anti-gas gangrene serum should always be used
D. Urinary diversion done
An 85-year-old patient has carcinoma of the prostate with Gleason score 6 and PSA <8 ng/ml. What is the best management?
A patient underwent cholecystectomy. A stone in the common bile duct (CBD) is detected 2 years after the surgery. What type of stone is it?
Gas under the diaphragm is most commonly seen in which of the following conditions?
A patient presents with a left hypochondrium contusion with systolic blood pressure of 70 mmHg and pulse rate of 110 per minute. What should be done next?
Mr Ramu faced an accident and sustained a straddle injury. He presents with blood at the urethral meatus. What will be the next step in management?
Identify the condition shown in the image. The X-ray reveals distended small bowel loops with air-fluid levels that appear stacked on top of each other (stepladder sign).
What is the metabolic finding seen in a baby with CHPS (Congenital Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis)?
A pregnant woman came for a routine antenatal checkup. She had a history of twin pregnancy 1 year ago. What will be gravida and para?
A hypertensive patient wants to conceive. Which of the following medicines needs to be stopped?
A 27 year old woman who had delivered a female child 9 months back, came to the gynaecologist with complaints of absent periods since child birth. She has been using contraceptive methods as a family control measure. She was advised to get her serum beta hCG levels tested, which came out as 4.9 mIU/ml. Her prolactin level was 88 ng/ml, and TSH was 3.8. What could be the reason for amenorrhea in this case?
Uterine didelphys will cause all of the following symptoms except?
Management of uterine septum?
What is the modality of this test? [An X-ray image of the pelvis showing contrast dye outlining the uterine cavity and fallopian tubes is shown.]
A 24 year old female patient with weeks of amenorrhea, left adnexal mass on USG, B-hCG 2500, no fetal heart rate. What is the management?
H/o primary infertility, 2 fibroids in the cornua, and both sides tubal blockage, ovulation of women and semen analysis is normal. Treatment?
Lady using OCP since 5 months. Amenorrhea since last 6 weeks. Which is best to calculate gestational age in this case?
Order of ligation of devascularization in PPH (Postpartum Hemorrhage)
Patient with post molar evacuation, now has lesion in lungs with cannon ball appearance. Which is the best management?
Pregnant female with herpetic lesions in the vulva. Management is?
Patient with infraumbilical flattening and fetal heart rate heard laterally, what is the presentation?
Husband asks for paternal testing of his twins. One twin is found to be his son & other is not. Diagnosis?
Teenage patient with transverse vaginal septum with dysmennorhea & chronic pelvic pain. Diagnosis?
28 years old married female anxious about conception. C/o profuse vaginal discharge. No h/o itching. 12 days since LMP.
H/o recurrent abortions at 8, 11 & 22 weeks. Cardiac activity is normal in all the three. H/o preeclampsia in last pregnancy. What is the most probable cause?
Female missed OCP on 4 different days in 1st 2 weeks of menstrual cycle. What will you advice?
36 weeks pregnant female on warfarin with mitral stenosis. What should we do?
Indomethacin when given beyond 36 weeks what will happen?
A patient with 2nd degree cervical prolapse complains of dribbling of urine on cough. What is the diagnosis?
What does the umbilical artery do?
A child presents with rachitic changes in limbs which was not responding to Vitamin D. Investigations done show: Calcium 9.5 mg/dl, Phosphorous 1.6 mg/dl, ALP 814 IU, Sr. PTH 24.2, Sr. Electrolytes, Creatinine and blood gases normal. What is the diagnosis?
Which vaccine is contraindicated in a 3-month-old child with recurrent respiratory illness?
In a child, height for age < -2 SD. What is the likely cause?
A child presents with myoclonus jerks and decreased performance in school. There is a history of fever at the age of 1 year with rash. It is suggestive of which condition?
Webbed neck, short stature, low posterior hairline. What is the diagnosis?
A 12 year old boy presented with weak pulses in upper limbs. His BP was 90/60 mmHg. He also had retinal haemorrhages. Most likely diagnosis is
A 10 year old male child presented with generalised edema. His cholesterol was 238 mg/dl and urine protein was 3+. Stool microscopy showed fat in stool.
X-ray of a 5 year old child is shown in the image below. Bone mineral density is normal. Identify the condition.
[X-ray of knee joint showing subperiosteal haemorrhage, scorbutic zone (Trummerfeld zone), dense zone of provisional calcification (White line of Frankel), Ring epiphysis (Wimberger ring), and Pelken's spur]
A 26 years old male with backache, morning stiffness, chest expansion and reddening of eyes with an X-ray presented in OPD. Most likely diagnosis for this patient is
[X-ray shows bamboo spine appearance with sacroiliac joint involvement]
60 year old elderly female with previous h/o Colles fracture is complaining of backache. Which of the given statements is wrong in relation to treatment of this patient?
A patient fell down from bicycle and started having pain around hip, shortening of limb and attitude was flexion, adduction, internal rotation (IR) of hip
A 20 year old patient presenting with chronic low backache and early morning stiffness since last 2 years. Since 6 months there are bilateral heel pain also. Most likely diagnosis for this patient is
The image shows a skin condition with a raised, well-defined, bright red rash on the upper limb. What is the most suitable antibiotic for this condition?
A male patient came to OPD with white discharge from urethra [Image Shown]. What is the most probable organism involved?
A woman, anxious to conceive, complains of profuse white discharge per vaginum, which was non foul smelling and not itchy. Her LMP was 13-15 days back. What is the most probable diagnosis?
A 30 year old woman came with flaccid bullae on her skin which were easy to rupture. Biopsy of the lesion revealed a suprabasal split. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A patient who has been on MBMDT presents with inflammation over pre-existing lesions and nerve involvement. What will be the best approach of treatment?
A 13 year old male presented with erythematous edematous plaques on face over his previously existing hypoanaesthetic patches. He also complained of pain since 10 days. He has been on MBMDT since the past 2 months. What is your diagnosis?
The image shows a skin finding on the neck (Casal's Necklace). What are the associated features of this deficiency disorder?
A young girl presented to the OPD with rough surfaced lesions over her elbows and knees. She also complained of diminished vision in the night. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A male child was brought with a mild painful swelling on his scalp since the last 3 months, as shown in the image. History reveals that there is a pet dog in the child's house. What is the diagnosis?
A 23 year old primi gravida stays in the same house as her school going nephew, who contracted varicella infection. The woman approached the medical centre to get tested for the same and the result for varicella antibody was negative. Which of the following statements are true?
Hair perforation test is positive for
A 30 year old male was intubated for surgery. The best method to confirm the position of Endotracheal tube is
The below image procedure is done to maintain airway includes?
A young male was given regional anaesthesia with 0.25% bupivacaine. The patient became unresponsive & pulse became unrecordable. Best Management would be
Child presents with myoclonus jerk, decrease performance in school. There is history of fever at the age of 1 year with rash. It is suggestive of-
Webbed neck, short stature, low posterior hairline. Diagnosis-
A 12 year old boy presented with weak pulses in upper limbs. His BP was 90/60mmHg. He also had retinal haemorrhages. Most likely diagnosis is
A 10 year old male child presented with generalised edema. His cholesterol was 238mg/dl and urine protein was 3+. Stool microscopy showed fat in stool.
X-ray of a 5 year old child is shown in the image. Bone mineral density is normal. Identify the condition.
A 26 years old male with backache, morning stiffness, chest expansion and reddening of eyes with an X-ray presented in OPD. Most likely diagnosis for this patient is
60 year old elderly female with previous h/o colles fracture is complaining of backache. Which of the given statement is wrong in relation to treatment of this patient?
A patient presents following a Road Traffic Accident (RTA) with absent air entry on the left side and tenderness in the left lower chest wall. What is the next step in Emergency Management (EMR)?
A patient presents with a slow-growing soft tissue swelling over the hand and wrist. The clinical image shows a subcutaneous nodule and the X-ray of the wrist is shown. What is the diagnosis?
A patient presents with ear discharge. A CT scan of the brain is shown depicting a ring-enhancing lesion. What is the most likely diagnosis?
An infertility patient has an ultrasound suggestive of a uterine anomaly. What is the best investigation to confirm the diagnosis?
A 50 year old male presents with backache and morning stiffness, red eye, and ankle swelling. A pelvic X-ray is shown. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A mother brings her daughter who has short stature and webbing of the neck, among other features. What will an ultrasound examination show?
A 60 year old obese female presents with abdominal pain, distension, and increased bowel sounds. There are multiple air fluid levels and air in the biliary tree on imaging. She also has a history of hysterectomy 2 years back. What is the probable diagnosis?
A 45 year old patient with hypertension presenting with acute severe chest pain & there is diaphoresis. Also there is h/o loss of consciousness, unequal pulses. In emergency condition which is the best one to make a diagnosis
A female presenting with abdominal pain, distension, organ failure in last 24 hours. CT scan shows pancreas which is bulky & there is fluid density lesion in the pancreas. Which of the following will be increased.
There was patient of Kidney trauma with hematuria. Which of the following investigation is advised to localised the site of hematuria
2 X-rays (Erect & Supine) were given to identify the condition [Image shows erect and supine chest X-rays with air under diaphragm on erect view]
A baby playing was left unattended by the mother develops distress. Identify where the object is [Images show PA and lateral chest X-rays with a round radio-opaque foreign body in the midline]
Identify the muscle marked causes flexion of hip [Images show axial and coronal CT sections of the abdomen/pelvis with a muscle marked bilaterally in the retroperitoneum]
A 16 year old female patient presented with over familiarity, flight of ideas, elevated mood, increased sexual desire, pseudohallucinations. What will be the diagnosis?
A 50 year old male suddenly stopped alcohol consumption for 3 days in hospital with agitation, altered sensorium, paranoid delusions and hallucinations. The most likely diagnosis is
Which of the following is included in form of thought disorder?
During the course of psychotherapy, the therapist has mixed conscious and unconscious feeling towards a patient, this is known as
NEET PG 2021 Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme Explained
NEET PG 2021 followed a single-best-response MCQ format. The paper carried a noticeably high share of clinical and image-based questions - 59.3% were clinical-scenario questions, 30.1% tested conceptual knowledge, and just 10.6% were straight one-liners.
- Total questions: 200 MCQs (single best response)
- Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes, computer-based
- Total marks: 800
- Marking scheme: +4 for correct, -1 for incorrect, 0 for unattempted
- Question types: clinical case-based, image-based, and direct one-liner MCQs
- Language: English only
NEET PG 2021 Qualifying Percentile and Score Benchmark
- General category qualifying percentile: 50th - meaning you need to score above the median to be eligible for MD/MS counselling
- SC/ST/OBC qualifying percentile: 40th
- Roughly 24,547 MD, 12,780 MS, and 922 Diploma seats were filled through NEET PG 2021 counselling
- Target at least 150-155 attempts at high accuracy - the paper's clinical-case heavy design rewards careful reading over guessing
High-Weightage Subjects in NEET PG 2021 to Focus On First
Surgery and Medicine dominated the paper, and between the two they accounted for a large chunk of questions. Students who prepped these two subjects first gained the most marks per hour of study.
- Surgery: 18 questions - the single heaviest subject in NEET PG 2021; high-yield topics included wound healing, hernias, and thyroid surgery
- Medicine: one of the top contributors; clinical case scenarios from cardiology, nephrology, and pulmonology were frequent
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology (OBGY): consistently high weightage; normal obstetrics, complications of pregnancy, and gynaecological malignancies featured
- Pharmacology: well-represented with mechanism-based and adverse-effect questions; beta-receptors, antibiotics, and cancer pharmacology appeared
- Biochemistry and Pathology: together contributed a solid chunk; enzyme deficiencies, metabolic disorders, and histopathology images appeared
- Anatomy and Microbiology: moderate weightage; neuroanatomy and clinical microbiology (parasitology, virology) featured
- Low-weightage subjects: ENT, Psychiatry, Forensic Medicine, Orthopedics, and Anaesthesia - fewer than 10 questions each
NEET PG 2021 Question Paper Analysis Video
Source: NBE NEET PG Analysis
How to Use the NEET PG 2021 Question Paper for Your Preparation
Experts from DAMS called the 2021 paper "easy to moderate though slightly lengthy" due to the clinical and comprehensive question format. That length is exactly what makes this paper valuable as a mock - it trains you to manage time across a 3.5-hour sitting.
- Solve it timed first - set a 3.5-hour block and do not look at solutions midway; this is what builds real exam stamina
- Review image-based questions carefully - 2021 had a noticeably high count; practice reading X-rays, biopsies, and clinical photographs from this paper
- After reviewing, redo every Surgery and Medicine question you got wrong - those two subjects alone can shift your percentile significantly
- Note which questions are clinical cases vs. one-liners; NEET PG rewards students who can rule out options in a 4-choice clinical scenario, not just recall facts
- Part C of the 2021 paper was rated the most lengthy and confusing by students - treat it as a dedicated timed drill
NEET PG 2021 Question Paper FAQs
Ques. Was NEET PG 2021 difficult or moderate, and which section was the toughest?
Ans. NEET PG 2021 was rated moderate to difficult overall - 68.2% of students said moderate and 27.3% called it difficult. Part C was the most lengthy and confusing section. The high proportion of clinical case questions (59.3% of the paper) made it slower to attempt than one-liner-heavy papers from earlier years.
Ques. Which subjects had the highest weightage in NEET PG 2021?
Ans. Surgery led with 18 questions - the highest single-subject count. Medicine, OBGY, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Microbiology also carried high weightage. ENT, Psychiatry, Forensic Medicine, Orthopedics, and Anaesthesia had the fewest questions, each contributing under 10.
Ques. How many questions should I attempt in NEET PG to qualify at the 50th percentile?
Ans. The qualifying threshold for general category is the 50th percentile. In a 200-question, 800-mark paper with +4/-1 marking, most coaching experts recommend attempting 150-160 questions with above 80% accuracy to comfortably cross the 50th percentile. Avoid blind guessing - one wrong cancels out the benefit of four attempted-but-unsure answers.
Ques. Does NEET PG repeat questions from previous years?
Ans. Exact repetition is rare, but the same concepts and clinical scenarios recur in different framings. Surgery topics like hernia and thyroid, Medicine cardiology cases, and Pharmacology mechanism questions are perennial favourites. Solving 2021 and comparing it with 2022 and 2023 papers will show you which clinical scenarios NBE revisits.
Ques. Were image-based questions asked in NEET PG 2021?
Ans. Yes - NEET PG 2021 had a notable number of image-based questions including X-rays, histopathology slides, and clinical photographs. This is a continuing trend in NEET PG; practicing image identification from Surgery, Pathology, Ophthalmology, and Dermatology is important for any serious attempt.
Ques. Where can I download the NEET PG 2021 question paper with solutions PDF for free?
Ans. The NEET PG 2021 question paper with detailed solutions is available for free download in the table above. For the official answer key, check the National Board of Examinations website at natboard.edu.in.
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