Anesthesia produced 60 of the 3,251 recalled INI-CET and AIIMS PG questions in the Kinase bank (2018–2026), placing it 19th of 19 subjects. Here are the chapters those questions came from, and a short checklist of concepts to revise before Sunday 1 November 2026.
Key Takeaways
- ✓Most-asked Anesthesia chapters: Airway Assessment and Resuscitation, General Anaesthesia, Local and Regional Anaesthesia
- ✓About 1.8% of recalled INI-CET questions; AIIMS publishes no official subject weightage
- ✓Chapters taking a growing share recently: Airway Assessment and Resuscitation, Local and Regional Anaesthesia
- ✓The concept checklist below is editorial, written against the top chapters, not counted from the bank
1Most-asked Anesthesia chapters in INI-CET
Ranked by recalled INI-CET / AIIMS PG questions. “Papers asked” counts NEET-PG and INI-CET exam-years with at least one question on the chapter, out of the years with any question in Anesthesia; the trend is computed on all recalled questions in the subject.
The top three chapters account for about 70.0% of recalled INI-CET Anesthesia questions, so revising them well covers most of what has been asked. Airway Assessment and Resuscitation and Local and Regional Anaesthesia have taken a growing share of questions in recent years. General Anaesthesia and Preoperative Evaluation and Monitoring have a shrinking share, but still appear, so do not drop them.
| Chapter | INI-CET questions | Papers asked (NEET-PG + INI-CET) | Trend (all recalls) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airway Assessment and Resuscitation | 23 | 13 of 18 papers | Rising |
| General Anaesthesia | 10 | 11 of 18 papers | Falling |
| Local and Regional Anaesthesia | 9 | 11 of 18 papers | Rising |
| Preoperative Evaluation and Monitoring | 8 | 10 of 18 papers | Falling |
| Opioid Analgesics and Muscle Relaxants | 4 | 10 of 18 papers | Steady |
| Complications of Anaesthesia | 4 | 4 of 18 papers | — |
2Anesthesia questions by INI-CET year
| Year | Recalled INI-CET questions |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 |
Years with fewer recalled questions usually reflect thinner recall coverage, not fewer questions in the paper.
3Anesthesia revision checklist
- ☐ Airway assessment and difficult airway
- ☐ CPR algorithm and defibrillation
- ☐ Inhalational and intravenous anaesthetic agents
- ☐ Muscle relaxants and their reversal
- ☐ Local anaesthetics: toxicity and maximum doses
- ☐ Spinal vs epidural anaesthesia
4How to revise Anesthesia for INI-CET
Anaesthesia questions centre on airway, resuscitation and drug properties. Revise the resuscitation algorithm, airway assessment scores, and a table of anaesthetic agents and muscle relaxants.
Kinase Tip: See every Anesthesia chapter with year-by-year counts on the Anesthesia most-repeated topics page, then practise them on the INI-CET PYQ pages.
?Frequently Asked Questions
What are the most important Anesthesia topics for INI-CET?
In Kinase's recall bank of INI-CET / AIIMS PG questions (2018–2026), the Anesthesia chapters with the most questions are Airway Assessment and Resuscitation, General Anaesthesia, Local and Regional Anaesthesia. AIIMS does not publish an official topic list, so treat this as a revision order, not the full syllabus.
How many Anesthesia questions come in INI-CET?
AIIMS does not publish subject-wise weightage. In the recall bank, Anesthesia accounts for 60 of 3,251 recalled INI-CET questions (about 1.8%), ranking 19th of 19 subjects. Recall coverage varies by year, so read this as a rough share.
How should I revise Anesthesia in the last month before INI-CET?
Anaesthesia questions centre on airway, resuscitation and drug properties. Revise the resuscitation algorithm, airway assessment scores, and a table of anaesthetic agents and muscle relaxants. Solve the chapter's PYQs straight after revising it, and keep the final week for your error log, not new chapters.
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