UHS PGET Pathology MCQs with Answers: Sample Questions & Preparation

Sample UHS PGET Pathology MCQs with answers and explanations, what the specialty paper covers and how to practise it for the Lahore postgraduate entrance test.

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 candidates aiming for MD Pathology and shows a sample of Pathology questions with answers and one-line explanations.

What Pathology practice covers

The Pathology bank covers general and systemic pathology, haematology, immunology and microbiology, alongside the Paper I MBBS 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. An old diabetic lady was diagnosed with moderately differentiated endometrial carcinoma. The most common pattern of spread is:

A) Haematogenous spread
B) Direct extension to the adjacent structures ✅
C) Lymphatic
D) Exfoliation of malignant cells via the fallopian tubes

Endometrial carcinoma spreads most commonly by direct extension (myometrium, then adjacent pelvic structures).

2. Which test is used for detection of blood stains?

A) Benzidine test
B) Teichmanns test
C) Kastle-Meyer test
D) All of the above ✅

All are chemical tests to detect hemoglobin in forensic samples

3. "Nutmeg liver" is a sign of:

A) Hemochromatosis
B) Congestive hepatopathy ✅
C) Viral hepatitis
D) Cirrhosis

Due to chronic right-sided heart failure

4. On the second day of life, a breast-feeding baby has jaundice, indirect bilirubin 8.5 mg/dL and total bilirubin 9 mg/dL. What is the diagnosis?

A) Rotor syndrome
B) Pathological jaundice
C) Breast milk jaundice
D) Physiological jaundice ✅
E) Dubin-Johnson syndrome

Physiological jaundice appears on the second to third day of life; jaundice in the first 24 hours is pathological, and breast milk jaundice appears at 5 to 7 days.

5. A child with sickle cell disease comes with increasing shortness of breath, lethargy and abdominal pain. Haemoglobin and haematocrit have dropped from the last labs done. What is the cause?

A) Parvovirus infection
B) Myelofibrosis
C) Haemolytic crisis
D) Splenic sequestration crisis ✅

Sudden pooling of blood in the spleen causes abdominal pain, a rapid fall in haemoglobin and shock: splenic sequestration crisis.

6. What is the most common type of Hodgkin lymphoma?

A) Lymphocyte rich
B) Mixed cellularity
C) Lymphocyte depleted
D) Nodular sclerosis ✅

Nodular sclerosis accounts for about 70% of Hodgkin lymphomas and shows lacunar cells and collagen bands.

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 Pathology question bank, or read the PGET exam pattern guide.