UHS PGET Orthodontics MCQs with Answers: Sample Questions & Preparation

The UHS Postgraduate Entrance Test (PGET) in Lahore is the written gate to MD, MS, MDS and FCPS induction. It has two papers of 100 single-best-answer MCQs, two hours each: Paper I basic medical sciences and Paper II the specialty. This page is for BDS graduates aiming for MDS Orthodontics and shows a sample of Orthodontics questions with answers and one-line explanations.

What Orthodontics practice covers

The Orthodontics bank covers growth, cephalometrics, malocclusion and appliances, alongside the Paper I BDS basic-sciences core. Questions come from FCPS Part 1 and SZABMU Part-I collections plus reviewed recall material, and each keeps a source tag.

Sample MCQs

1. Which is most essential fatty acid:

• A) Palmitic acid
• B) Linolenic acid
• C) Linoleic acid ✅
• D) Arachidonic acid

Only two fatty acids are known to be essential for humans: alpha-linolenic acid (an omega-3 fatty acid) and linoleic acid (an omega-6 fatty acid)

2. Anaemia: Select the ONE correct statement.

• A) Can be easily assessed by looking at a patient's skin colour
• B) Due to iron deficiency is usually macrocytic
• C) Is defined as haemoglobin level below 11.5 g/dl in females and 13.5 g/dl in males ✅
• D) Due to folate deficiency is usually microcytic

Anaemia is defined by haemoglobin below 11.5 g/dl in women and 13.5 g/dl in men; iron deficiency is microcytic and folate deficiency macrocytic.

3. Muscle which helps to open eustachian tube while sneezing is:

• A) Levator veli palatini
• B) Tensor veli palatine
• C) Both a and b ✅
• D) None of the above

Eustachian tube connects middle ear with the nasopharynx. Equalizes pressure on both sides of the tympanic membrane .

4. Acute bacterial sialadenitis is typically associated with — which ONE of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Pus exuding from the salivary duct
• B) Leucopenia ✅
• C) Xerostomia
• D) Tenderness and swelling of the affected gland

Acute sialadenitis produces leucocytosis.

5. Nuclear pleomorphism and hyperchromatism are typical features of — select the ONE correct statement.

• A) Calcifying odontogenic cyst
• B) Squamous cell papilloma
• C) Ameloblastoma
• D) Calcifying odontogenic tumour ✅

Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumour shows marked nuclear pleomorphism.

6. A canted (tilted) occlusal plane in the posterior segment is most often caused by supra-eruption of the:

• A) Lower first premolar
• B) Lower first molar ✅
• C) Upper canine
• D) Upper first premolar

Loss of an opposing tooth commonly allows the lower first molar to over-erupt, which is a frequent cause of a tilted or canted occlusal plane requiring correction before restorative or prosthodontic treatment.

How to use these questions

Attempt a block of 50 questions in Tutor mode, read every explanation, then redo the ones you missed two days later. In the last two weeks switch to Timed mode with 100 questions in two hours. Dates, fees and the pass percentile change each cycle, so check the current UHS notification.

Try the full UHS PGET Orthodontics question bank, or read the PGET exam pattern guide.