UHS PGET Prosthodontics 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 Prosthodontics and shows a sample of Prosthodontics questions with answers and one-line explanations.

What Prosthodontics practice covers

The Prosthodontics bank covers dentures, fixed prosthodontics, implants and occlusion, 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. Sjögren's and sicca syndromes — which ONE of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Are caused by antibodies to gland acini ✅
• B) May be associated with rheumatoid factor or antinuclear autoantibodies
• C) Occasionally develop lymphomas
• D) Most commonly affect women over 50

Sjögren's syndrome involves autoantibodies to salivary ducts but lymphocytic infiltration destroys acini.

2. Which of the following structures are stained purplish-blue by haematoxylin — which ONE of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Reversal lines
• B) Serous cell granules
• C) Keratin ✅
• D) Nuclei of eosinophils

Keratin is eosinophilic (pink), not blue.

3. The mean reduction in the height of the mandible process in edentulous patient wearing complete denture is:

• A) 6.6 mm ✅
• B) 8.6 mm
• C) 10.6 mm
• D) 3.6 mm

The mean reduction in mandibular process in denture wearer may be 6.6 mm, approximately four times greater than the mean reduction in maxillary process. Bouchers prosthodontic treatment for edentulous patients page 20.

4. The annual dose limits under the Ionising Radiation Regulations (IRR) 1999 are: Select the ONE correct statement.

• A) General public 2 mSv
• B) Non-classified workers 6 mSv ✅
• C) Classified workers 60 mSv
• D) Non-classified workers 5 mSv

The annual dose limits according to IRR 1999 are:

5. All of the following drugs can be used in bronchial asthma except:

• A) Salbutamol
• B) Theophylline
• C) Sodiumcromoglycate
• D) Propanolol ✅

Propanolol is a non-selective beta blocker . Beta 2 blocking may exacerbate shortness of breathe by causing bronchoconstriction. Contraindication of bete-blocker : Asthma, COPD,Heart block,Hyperkalemia

6. In the context of orthodontics, morphology means —

• A) Behaviour during function
• B) Shape and size ✅
• C) Relationship
• D) Development

Morphology means shape and size, as opposed to function or relationship.

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