Download Diplomate of National Board (DNB) 2020 December General MedIcIne Paper III Question Paper
NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2020
GENERAL MEDICINE
PAPER-III
TIME: 3 HOURS
MED/D/20/11/III
MAX. MARKS: 100
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
You are provided with 5 answer sheet booklets. Each individual answer
sheet booklet consists of 10 pages excluding the covering jackets.
This question paper consists of 10 short note questions. Question paper
is divided into 5 Parts - A, B, C, D and E, each part containing 2 questions.
Answers to questions of part A, part B, part C, part D & part E are to be
strictly attempted in a separate answer sheet booklet which must be later
tagged together at the end of the exam.
No additional supplementary answer sheet booklet will be provided.
Answers to question(s) attempted on an answer sheet booklet for a
different part will not be evaluated.
Part A/Part B /Part C/Part D/Part E should be mentioned on the covering
page of the respective answer sheet booklet.
Attempt all questions in order.
Each question carries 10 marks.
Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
Answer all the parts of a single question together.
Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space
between two answers.
Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
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FINAL EXAM
NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2020
GENERAL MEDICINE
PAPER-III
PART- A
TIME: 3 HOURS
MED/D/20/11/III
MAX. MARKS: 100
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
Answers to questions of part A, part B, part C, part D & part E are to be strictly
attempted in a separate answer sheet booklet which must be later tagged
together at the end of the exam.
No additional supplementary answer sheet booklet will be provided.
Answers to question(s) attempted on an answer sheet booklet for a different part
will not be evaluated.
Part A/Part B /Part C/Part D/Part E should be mentioned on the covering page of
the respective answer sheet booklet.
Write short notes on:
PART- A
1. a) What are the various auto-antibodies that can be detected in
3+3+4
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)? Enumerate their target
antigens and clinical relevance.
b) SLICC criteria for classification of SLE.
2. a) Myeloma kidney.
5+5
b) Treatment of hypercalcemia.
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FINAL EXAM
NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2020
GENERAL MEDICINE
PAPER-III
PART- B
TIME: 3 HOURS
MED/D/20/11/III
MAX. MARKS: 100
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
Answers to questions of part A, part B, part C, part D & part E are to be strictly
attempted in a separate answer sheet booklet which must be later tagged
together at the end of the exam.
No additional supplementary answer sheet booklet will be provided.
Answers to question(s) attempted on an answer sheet booklet for a different part
will not be evaluated.
Part A/Part B /Part C/Part D/Part E should be mentioned on the covering page of
the respective answer sheet booklet.
Write short notes on:
PART- B
3. a) Classify the -Thalassemia syndromes.
5+5
b) Draw a labeled diagram of Circle of Willis.
4. a) Complement system.
6+4
b) Diagnosis of Wilson's disease.
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FINAL EXAM
NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2020
GENERAL MEDICINE
PAPER-III
PART- C
TIME: 3 HOURS
MED/D/20/11/III
MAX. MARKS: 100
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
Answers to questions of part A, part B, part C, part D & part E are to be strictly
attempted in a separate answer sheet booklet which must be later tagged
together at the end of the exam.
No additional supplementary answer sheet booklet will be provided.
Answers to question(s) attempted on an answer sheet booklet for a different part
will not be evaluated.
Part A/Part B /Part C/Part D/Part E should be mentioned on the covering page of
the respective answer sheet booklet.
Write short notes on:
PART- C
5. a) What are the various patterns of arthropathy seen in psoriatic
5+5
arthritis?
b) Raynaud's phenomenon.
6. a) Enumerate the various non-immune cutaneous drug reactions.
5+5
b) Enumerate the Ann-Arbor staging for lymphoma.
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FINAL EXAM
NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2020
GENERAL MEDICINE
PAPER-III
PART- D
TIME: 3 HOURS
MED/D/20/11/III
MAX. MARKS: 100
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
Answers to questions of part A, part B, part C, part D & part E are to be strictly
attempted in a separate answer sheet booklet which must be later tagged
together at the end of the exam.
No additional supplementary answer sheet booklet will be provided.
Answers to question(s) attempted on an answer sheet booklet for a different part
will not be evaluated.
Part A/Part B /Part C/Part D/Part E should be mentioned on the covering page of
the respective answer sheet booklet.
Write short notes on:
PART- D
7. a) Empirical antibiotic treatment of Community Acquired Pneumonia.
6+2+2
b) List the sub-types and variants seen in Guillain-Barr? syndrome,
with their associated antibodies.
8. a) Sick Euthyroid Syndrome.
6+4
b) Ivabradine.
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FINAL EXAM
NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2020
GENERAL MEDICINE
PAPER-III
PART- E
TIME: 3 HOURS
MED/D/20/11/III
MAX. MARKS: 100
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
Answers to questions of part A, part B, part C, part D & part E are to be strictly
attempted in a separate answer sheet booklet which must be later tagged
together at the end of the exam.
No additional supplementary answer sheet booklet will be provided.
Answers to question(s) attempted on an answer sheet booklet for a different part
will not be evaluated.
Part A/Part B /Part C/Part D/Part E should be mentioned on the covering page of
the respective answer sheet booklet.
Write short notes on:
PART- E
9. a) Friedrich's ataxia.
5+5
b) How will you differentiate articular pain from non-articular pain?
10. a) Treatment of Cryptococcus meningitis in HIV-positive patient.
6+4
b) FGF-23 (Fibroblast Growth Factor).
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