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

473 recalled Surgery questions from 18 NEET PG and INI-CET / AIIMS PG papers, counted topic by topic from the Kinase question bank — with the years each topic appeared and whether its share is rising or falling.

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

Quick Answer

The most repeated Surgery topics in NEET PG and INI-CET (2017–2026) are Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Surgery (136 questions), General Surgery (113 questions) and Urology (51 questions), out of 473 recalled Surgery questions from 18 papers in the Kinase bank. Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Surgery appeared in 18 of 18 papers.

Which Surgery topics are asked most?

Topics are ranked by recalled questions across NEET PG and INI-CET. "Asked in" counts the exam-year papers (out of 18 with Surgery questions) in which the topic appeared at least once; "Share" is the topic's part of all 473 Surgery questions.

#TopicQuestions (NEET PG / INI-CET)ShareAsked inYearsTrend
1Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Surgery136 (46 / 90)28.8%18 of 18 papers2017–2026Steady (-0.8 pts)
2General Surgery113 (39 / 74)23.9%18 of 18 papers2017–2026Steady (-3.6 pts)
3Urology51 (28 / 23)10.8%17 of 18 papers2017–2026Rising (+5.9 pts)
4Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS)43 (22 / 21)9.1%16 of 18 papers2017–2025Falling (-6.1 pts)
5Breast Surgery38 (14 / 24)8%16 of 18 papers2018–2026Steady (+4.6 pts)
6Endocrine Surgery30 (11 / 19)6.3%12 of 18 papers2017–2020, 2022–2024, 2026Steady (-3.7 pts)
7Paediatric Surgery18 (10 / 8)3.8%12 of 18 papers2017–2024, 2026Steady (+0.3 pts)
8Head and Neck Surgery17 (10 / 7)3.6%10 of 18 papers2019–2024, 2026Steady (-1.8 pts)
9Neurosurgery15 (7 / 8)3.2%11 of 18 papers2017–2018, 2021–2026Steady (+4.9 pts)
10Skin Surgery12 (7 / 5)2.5%11 of 18 papers2018–2020, 2022–2026Steady (+0.3 pts)

Trend = change in the topic's share of Surgery questions from 2018 to 2026 on a fitted line; ±5 percentage points or more is rising/falling. Topics with fewer than 10 questions get no label ("—").

How many Surgery questions appear each year?

Surgery makes up 8.8% of all recalled questions in the bank. Its share was highest in 2022 (74 of 758 recalled questions that year), and its overall share trend since 2018 is steady (+1.9 pts). Bars differ in height partly because some years' papers were recalled more fully than others.

NEET PGINI-CET / AIIMS PGRecalled questions per calendar year; the number recalled differs by year.

What kind of Surgery questions are asked?

Our editors tag each question's format (a question can carry several). 124 of the 473 Surgery questions (26%) have an image in the stem. The most common format tags:

  • Clinical Vignette224
  • Negative Question (EXCEPT/NOT)61
  • Clinical Photograph59
  • Most Common42
  • Next Best Step36
  • Numbers36
  • Management of Choice31
  • Investigation of Choice28

Where can you practise these Surgery topics?

Practise the actual recalled questions on the NEET PG Surgery PYQ page and the INI-CET Surgery PYQ page, each with explanations. These concept guides cover high-yield ideas from this subject:

All Surgery concept guides

How to read these numbers: previous-year papers are not released in full, so they are rebuilt from candidates' memory-based recalls and every question is reworded. The counts reflect Kinase's recall bank (snapshot 2026-09-30), not an official NBEMS or AIIMS subject or topic breakdown. A recalled paper can be incomplete, so compare shares rather than raw counts between years.

Methodology: Each question is counted once per exam-year, even when the same paper is mapped to several courses or tests. Where editors tagged recall provenance in a paper, untagged extra practice items are left out. See the all-subjects page for the full method, the list of papers and the cross-subject top 25.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the most repeated Surgery topics in NEET PG and INI-CET?▼
In Kinase's recall bank (2017–2026), the most repeated Surgery topics are Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Surgery (136 questions), General Surgery (113 questions), Urology (51 questions). Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Surgery was asked in 18 of 18 papers.
How many Surgery questions come in NEET PG and INI-CET?▼
Kinase has 473 recalled Surgery questions from 18 papers: 194 from NEET PG and 279 from INI-CET / AIIMS PG. That is 8.8% of all recalled questions in the bank. The per-year chart shows how the count varies with the size of each recalled paper.
Which Surgery topics appear in every paper?▼
Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Surgery, General Surgery have appeared in all 18 papers in which Surgery was recalled. Revise these first.
Which Surgery topics are rising or falling?▼
Rising share since 2018: Urology. Falling share: Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS). A trend is a change of 5 or more percentage points in the topic's share of Surgery questions.
Are these official Surgery weightage figures?▼
No. NBEMS and AIIMS do not publish topic-wise breakdowns. These counts come from memory-based recalls in the Kinase question bank, reworded by our editors, so they show what candidates remembered — a practical signal of what repeats, not an official statistic.
How should I use this list to revise Surgery?▼
Revise the topics at the top of the table first and practise their previous-year questions, then cover the rest of the subject — lower-ranked topics still appear. Use the NEET PG and INI-CET Surgery PYQ pages for practice questions with explanations.
473 recalled questions
18 papers, 2017–2026
Counted once per exam-year

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