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ENT MCQs For Medical Students

February 21, 2020
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ENT MCQs For Medical Students | ENT Questions For Medical Students

1. True about tympanic membrane?
attached to oval window
forms an angle of 55 degree with exteran auditory canal
Chordae tympany nerve passess through pars tensa
Cone of light forms on anteriosuperior quadrant

2. Length of Eustachian tube?
24 mm
36 mm
46 mm
26 mm

3. Sense organ of hearing is?
Organ of Corti
Cristae
Macula
None

4. Not included in bony labyrinth?
Cochlea
Semicircular canal
Organ of corti
Vestibule

5. Endolymph is present in?
Scala media
Scala vestibule
Scala tympani
Cochlear aqueduct

6. Ceruluminous glands present in the ear are?
Modified eccrine glands
Modified apocrine glands
Mucous glands
Modified holocrine glands

7. What is the colour of normal tympanic membrane?
Pearly white
Grey
Yellow
Red

8. Surface area of tympanic membrane?
55 mm2
70 mm2
80 mm2
90 mm2

9. Cone of light is seen in which part of tympanic membrane?
Anterior superior quadrant
Posteriosuperior quadrant
Anterior inferior quadrant
Posterior inferior quadrant

10. In otoscopy the most reliable sign is?
Lateral process of malleus
Handle of malleus
Umbo
Cone of light

11. What is the type of joint in ear oscicles?
Fibrous joint
Primary cartilaginous
Secondary cartilaginous
Synovial joint

12. Inner ear is present in which bone?
Parietal bone
Petrous part of temporal bone
Occipital bone
Petrous part of squamosal bone

13. Stapes footplate covers?
Round window
Oval window
Inferior sinus tympani
Pyramid

14. Organ of Corti is situated in?
Scala media
Scala tympani
Scala vestibule
Semicircular canal

15. Endolymph is present in?
Bony labyrinth
Scala media
Scala vestibule
scala tympani

16. Fetus can start hearing by which time of intrauterine life?
14 weeks
20 weeks
32 weeks
33 weeks

17. Normal threshold of hearing in young adult is?
0 dB
10 dB
20 dB
30 dB

18. Bones of middle ear are responsible for which of the following?
Amplification of sound
Reduction of sound intensity
Protecting the inner ear
Reduction of impedance to sound transmission

19. All are causes of sensory neural hearing loss except?
Old age
Cochlear otosclerosis
Loud noise
Rupture of tympanic membrane

20. Virus causing Acute SNHL?
Coronavirus
Mumps virus
Adeno virus
Rota virus

21. According to WHO definition of hearing loss, profound degree of hearing loss is at?
61 – 75 dB
> 80 dB
> 90 dB
> 100 dB

23. Commonest cause of deafness is?
Trauma
Wax
Acute masoiditis
Meniere’s disease

24. Prolonged exposure to noise level greater than the following can impair hearing permanently?
40 dB
85 dB
100 dB
140 dB

25. Frequency of tuning fork mostly used in ENT is?
256 Hz
512 Hz
1024 Hz
2048 Hz

ENT Questions For Medical Students Part 2


  1. Rinne test is negative in?

    2. Presbycusis
    CSOM
    Labyrinthitis
    Menieres disease

  2. Vertigo is defined as?

    3. Subjective feeling of imbalance
    Objective sense of imbalance
    Both of these
    Round involvement

  3. Perichondritis of aural cartilage is most commonly caused by?

    4. Staphylococcus
    Pseudomonas
    Candida
    Streptococcus

  4. Myringitis bullosa is caused by?

    5. Bacteria
    Fungus
    Protozoa
    Virus

  5. Direction of water jet while doing syringing of ear should be?

    6. Anterio-inferior
    Posterio-superior
    Anterio-superior
    Posterio-superior

  6. Throat infection causes ear infection through?

    7. Blood spread
    Eustachian tube
    Nasocomial spread
    Simultaneous infection

  7. Commonest cause of acute otitis media in children is?

    8. Hemophilus influenza
    Streptococcus pneumonia
    Staph. Aureus
    Pseudomonas

  8. Bluish tympanic membrane is seen in?

    9. Early ASOM
    OME / glue ear
    Cholesteatoma
    Cholesterol granuloma

  9. Most common complication of acute otitis media is?

    10. Deafness
    Cholesteatoma
    Mastoiditis
    facial nerve palsy

  10. Most common complication of CSOM is?

    11. Meningitis
    Conductive hearing loss
    Cholesteatoma
    Intracerebral abscess

  11. The treatment of choice in atticoantral variety of CSOM?

    12. Mastoidectomy
    Medical management
    Myringoplasty
    Myringotomy

  12. All are manifestations of Meniere’s disease except?

    13. Tinnitus
    Vertigo
    Sensory neural deafness
    Loss of consciousness

  13. Parosmia is?

    14. Absolute loss of smell sensation
    Perversion of smell sensation
    Decreased sensation of smell
    Perception of bad smell

  14. Which of the following is not a functions of nose?

    15. Olfaction
    Air pressure control
    Humidifcation of air
    Temperature control of inspired air

  15. Crooked nose is due to?

    16. Deviated ala
    Deviated septum
    Humping nasal septum
    Deviated dorsum and septum

  16. Most common fractured bone of face is?

    17. Nasal bone
    Molar bone
    Zygomated bone
    Temporal bone

  17. Treatment of septal hematoma is?

    18. Nasal decongestant
    Immediate evacuation
    Wait and watch for spontaneous regression
    Antibiotics

  18. Percentage of newborn with deviation of nasal septum?

    19. 2%
    10%
    20%
    60%

  19. Rhinosporidiosis is caused by?

    20. Fungus
    Virus
    Bacteria
    Protozoa

  20. All of the following are true about antrochonal polyp, except?

    21. common in children
    premalignant and bleeds on touch
    single and unilateral
    arises from maxillary antrum

  21. Rhinophyoma is associated with?

    22. Hypertrophy of sweat glands
    Hyperplasia of epithelial cells
    Hyperplasia of endothelial cells
    Hypertrophy of sebaceous glands


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