UHS PGET ENT: Nose & Paranasal Sinuses + Larynx & Airway MCQs With Explanations

UHS PGET ENT candidates are tested on both the MBBS basic-sciences core and the ENT specialty paper. This page covers two of the heaviest specialty subjects in the bank -- Nose & Paranasal Sinuses and Larynx & Airway -- with sample MCQs and short explanations.

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Why These Two Subjects

Nose & Paranasal Sinuses and Larynx & Airway are two of the largest specialty subjects in the PGET ENT bank -- between them they carry more weight than most other ENT specialty topics combined. Getting these two solid before moving on to lower-yield areas is the highest-return use of limited prep time.

Sample Nose & Paranasal Sinuses MCQs

1. The most common site of epistaxis, especially in children, is:

• A) Woodruff's plexus (posterior)
• B) Kiesselbach's plexus / Little's area ✅
• C) Sphenopalatine artery
• D) Anterior ethmoidal artery

Little's area, on the antero-inferior nasal septum, is a rich anastomotic plexus of vessels that is exposed and easily traumatised (including by digital trauma), making it the commonest bleeding site.

2. The paranasal sinus most commonly involved in acute sinusitis is the:

• A) Frontal sinus
• B) Maxillary sinus ✅
• C) Sphenoid sinus
• D) Ethmoid sinus

The maxillary sinus is the largest paranasal sinus, has a dependent ostium that drains poorly against gravity, and is most frequently affected in acute and chronic sinusitis.

3. Which nerve provides sensory supply to the mucosa of the maxillary sinus?

• A) Ophthalmic division of trigeminal (V1)
• B) Maxillary division of trigeminal (V2) ✅
• C) Mandibular division of trigeminal (V3)
• D) Facial nerve (VII)

The maxillary sinus is supplied by branches of the maxillary (V2) division of the trigeminal nerve, consistent with the sinus's location in the maxilla.

Sample Larynx & Airway MCQs

4. The true vocal cords are lined by which type of epithelium?

• A) Ciliated pseudostratified columnar
• B) Stratified squamous (non-keratinized) ✅
• C) Simple cuboidal
• D) Transitional

Unlike most of the respiratory tract, the true vocal cords are lined by stratified squamous epithelium to withstand the mechanical stress of repeated vibration and contact.

5. The most common site for laryngeal carcinoma is the:

• A) Supraglottis
• B) Glottis (true vocal cords) ✅
• C) Subglottis
• D) Pyriform fossa

Glottic carcinomas are the most common type, tend to present early with hoarseness due to the vocal cords' role in phonation, and generally carry a better prognosis because of earlier detection.

6. An inhaled foreign body in an adult is more likely to lodge in the:

• A) Left main bronchus
• B) Right main bronchus ✅
• C) Trachea
• D) Larynx

The right main bronchus is wider, shorter, and more vertically oriented (a more direct continuation of the trachea) than the left, so inhaled foreign bodies preferentially enter it.

How to Use These Questions

Work through Nose & Paranasal Sinuses and Larynx & Airway as two separate timed blocks of 50 before mixing them with the rest of the ENT syllabus. Reviewing every wrong answer immediately, rather than batching reviews for later, is what actually moves subject-wise accuracy.

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