NBE DCH (Pediatrics) Jan 2026 (Dec 25 session) exit exam Paper 2

Diploma Paediatrics Paper 2 – Question List

1. a) Importance of balanced nutrition on child health. [5]
b) Poshan abhiyan. [5]

2. a) Pneumococcal vaccine:
i) What are the types? [1]
ii) Schedule for administration. [2]
iii) Name the diseases against which it provides protection. [2]

b) IPV vaccine:
i) Vaccine type and storage precautions in vaccine centre and during immunization session. [2.5]
ii) Normal IPV vaccination schedule and change in schedule if child presents for the first time for immunization at 18 months. [2.5]

3. Acute meningitis in children:
a) List the causative organisms. [2]
b) Discuss briefly clinical features and diagnosis. [4]
c) Management and complications. [4]

4. Acquired aplastic anemia in children:
a) Enumerate etiology and classification criteria for severity. [2+3]
b) Briefly discuss the management. [5]

5. Acute glomerulonephritis:
a) Enlist common differential diagnosis. [5]
b) Briefly discuss its diagnostic evaluation. [5]

6. Pediatric Hodgkin’s lymphoma:
a) Clinical features. [3]
b) Diagnostic evaluation. [3]
c) Staging. [4]

7. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE):
a) Etiopathogenesis. [3]
b) Clinical features. [2]
c) Diagnostic evaluation. [2]
d) Management. [3]

8. a) Briefly explain the laboratory and genetic evaluation of a child with Down’s phenotype. [2+3]
b) Enumerate the normal developmental milestones of a 3-year-old child. [5]

9. Briefly discuss the etiopathogenesis, clinical features and treatment of hemolytic uremic syndrome. [3+3+4]

10. a) Define anemia as per WHO criteria and state its incidence in under 5 children in India. [5]
b) Discuss the salient points of Anemia Mukt Bharat initiative. [5]

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