UHS PGET Surgery & Allied (Group 2) 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 candidates aiming for the second surgery group with orthopaedic and neurosurgical emphasis and shows a sample of Surgery & Allied (Group 2) questions with answers and one-line explanations.

What Surgery & Allied (Group 2) practice covers

The Surgery & Allied (Group 2) bank covers general surgery, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, fluids, sepsis, endocrine and GIT surgery, 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. A woman has been treating herself for joint pains. She has developed more bony pains, constipation and urinary urgency and frequency. What could she have taken in excess?

• A) Vitamin E
• B) Zinc
• C) Vitamin D ✅
• D) Vitamin C

Vitamin D excess causes hypercalcaemia, producing bone pain, constipation and polyuria.

2. Which is the most frequent variety of thyroid cancer?

• A) Follicular carcinoma
• B) Papillary carcinoma ✅
• C) Anaplastic carcinoma
• D) Medullary carcinoma

Papillary carcinoma is the most common histological type of thyroid cancer overall, accounting for the majority of thyroid malignancies, occurring more frequently than follicular, medullary, or anaplastic carcinoma.

3. In pyloric stenosis which of the following will be decreased?

• A) Magnesium
• B) pH
• C) Chloride ions ✅
• D) Sodium

Persistent vomiting of gastric acid in pyloric stenosis causes hypochloraemic, hypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis with low chloride.

4. A consultant orders carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). What is he checking for?

• A) Multiple sclerosis
• B) Pancreatitis
• C) Colorectal carcinoma ✅
• D) Sarcoidosis

CEA is the tumour marker used for monitoring and recurrence of colorectal carcinoma.

5. The most radiosensitive phase of cell cycle:

• A) GO
• B) G1
• C) M ✅
• D) S

Mitosis is the most vulnerable phase

6. A female comes to you with a small out-pouching right above where her C-section scar is. She had a C-section 10 years ago, and had two previous C-sections before the last one. What is the likely diagnosis?

• A) Incisional hernia ✅
• B) Spigelian hernia
• C) Femoral hernia
• D) Scar dehiscence

A bulge arising at a previous surgical scar is an incisional hernia.

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 Surgery & Allied (Group 2) question bank, or read the PGET exam pattern guide.