Most Repeated NEET PG & INI-CET Topics (2017–2026)

Last verified: 30 September 2026 against the Kinase recall question bank. natboard.edu.in · nmc.org.in

Which topics repeat most across NEET PG and INI-CET?

The 25 topics with the most recalled questions across all subjects. "Papers" counts the exam-years (out of 18) in which at least one question on the topic was recalled. Topics are the chapter-level groups each question is filed under in our bank, so a topic such as General Pathology spans several related concepts.

How many questions does each subject get?

Every subject below has its own page with its full topic table, a year-by-year chart, the years each topic appeared and whether it is rising or falling. The trend column shows how the subject's share of all recalled questions moved from 2018 to 2026.

How have NEET PG and INI-CET question formats changed?

Our editors tag each recalled question with its format. Across all format-tagged questions, 48% are clinical vignettes — a short case followed by the question — and 8% are one-line recall questions. Image-based questions (a photograph, X-ray, ECG, specimen or instrument in the stem) make up 22% of all recalled questions. The table shows how each share moved year by year. Format tagging for 2026 is still in progress.

Which papers are included?

Not yet counted (recall papers still being built or reviewed): AIIMS June 2020, INICET Nov 2025, NEETPG 2025, INI-CET May 2027 Recall, INI-CET Nov 2026 Recall. They will be added in the next snapshot.

How was this data counted?

• Questions in published NEET PG and INI-CET/AIIMS previous-year paper tests in the Kinase bank (tests marked as PYQ, not user-made, name matching NEET PG / INICET / AIIMS). FMGE papers, Daily Practice Papers, Grand Tests, mocks, subject tests and angle-changed practice sets are excluded. Only published, non-deleted questions are counted.
• Each question is counted once per exam-year, even when the same paper is mapped to several courses or tests. A "paper" is one exam-year (for example INI-CET 2023, which combines both sessions of that year).
• Where editors tagged recall provenance in a paper, untagged extra practice items are left out.
• Topics are the chapter-level topics each question is filed under in the question bank (Question → Topic, grouped by Subject). They are broad chapters, not single concepts; subjects with fewer than six topics are flagged as broad.
• Trend compares a topic's share of its subject's questions per calendar year from 2018 onward (years with at least 10 questions in the subject; at least 3 years needed; topics with fewer than 10 questions get no trend label). A least-squares line rising by 5 percentage points or more over the period is "rising", falling by 5 or more is "falling", otherwise "steady". Subject trend uses the subject's share of all questions per year.
• Question formats come from editor tags (a question can carry several). Image-based means the question stem contains an image. Tagging is more complete for some years than others (formatTagged = questions carrying at least one format tag).
• Memory-based recalls: the bank reconstructs papers from candidate recalls and rewords them, so a paper can be incomplete and counts are not an official NBEMS or AIIMS breakdown.
• The number of recalled questions differs by year, so compare shares rather than raw counts across years.

You are welcome to cite these figures with a link to this page and the snapshot date (2026-09-30). The data was compiled by the Kinase Medical Team from the Kinase question bank.

How should you use the most repeated topics?

Treat the list as a revision order, not a syllabus cut. A topic that appears in nearly every paper is worth revising early and practising with previous-year questions; a topic with few questions can still appear, so don't skip it entirely. Pair each subject page with its NEET PG PYQs and INI-CET PYQs, and use the concept guides for the high-yield ideas inside each chapter.