# Read This First: Pathology for NEET PG — What Is Tested and How to Use This Playlist

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> Start here for NEET PG Pathology: the exam pattern, how the NMC curriculum organises the subject, the question styles you will meet, the order of the articles, and how this playlist checks its facts.

## Start Here

Pathology explains *why* a patient has the signs and test results in every clinical vignette. NEET PG has **180 questions**,
marked **+4 for a correct answer and −1 for a wrong one**. No official count of Pathology questions is published, so any figure you
read online is an estimate. We treat it as a top-tier subject.

## The Exam in One Table

| **Feature**

 | **NEET PG**

 | **Source**

 |
| Questions

 | 180 MCQs (200 until 2025)

 | NEET PG 2026 bulletin, as reported

 |
| Time

 | 3 hours 30 minutes

 | NEET PG 2026 bulletin, as reported

 |
| Marking

 | +4 correct, −1 wrong, 0 unattempted

 | NBEMS bulletin

 |
| Sections

 | Five time-bound sections (A–E), 42 minutes each

 | NBEMS bulletin (2025 rules)

 |

That is about 70 seconds a question. A wrong answer costs a quarter of a right one, so guess only after eliminating options.

## What the Curriculum Covers

The NMC curriculum (CBME 2024) gives Pathology **35 topics and 182 competencies**, grouped as below. Each article lists the
competency codes (PA) it covers.

| **Curriculum area**

 | **What you will study here**

 |
| General pathology

 | Cell injury and death, inflammation, repair, haemodynamics, neoplasia, immunity, amyloid, infections, genetics, nutrition

 |
| Haematology

 | Anaemias, white-cell disorders, lymph nodes and spleen, bleeding disorders, transfusion

 |
| Clinical pathology

 | Urine, body fluids, semen and organ-function panels

 |
| Systemic pathology

 | GI tract, liver, lung, heart, kidney, genital tracts, breast, endocrine, bone, skin, nervous system, eye

 |

## All 29 Articles in Reading Order

This article is number 0. Articles appear in the playlist in this order; "Live" ones are already published. Haematology and clinical
pathology (9–16) are complete; next come the heaviest general chapters (neoplasia, immunopathology), then the rest of general and systemic pathology.

| **#**

 | **Article**

 | **CBME**

 | **Status**

 |
| 0

 | Read this first (this article)

 | all

 | Live

 |
| 1

 | Cell injury, adaptation and cell death

 | PA1–2

 | Live

 |
| 2

 | Inflammation, repair and healing

 | PA3–4

 | Live

 |
| 3

 | Haemodynamic disorders

 | PA5

 | Live

 |
| 4

 | Neoplasia and cytology

 | PA6–7

 | Live

 |
| 5

 | Immunopathology and HIV/AIDS

 | PA8

 | Live

 |
| 6

 | Amyloidosis

 | PA9

 | Live

 |
| 7

 | Infections and infestations

 | PA10

 | Live

 |
| 8

 | Genetic, paediatric, environmental and nutritional

 | PA11–12

 | Live

 |
| 9

 | Haematology basics and microcytic anaemia

 | PA13–14

 | Live

 |
| 10

 | Macrocytic and aplastic anaemia

 | PA15, 17

 | Live

 |
| 11

 | Haemolytic anaemias

 | PA16

 | Live

 |
| 12

 | Leukaemias and myeloproliferative neoplasms

 | PA18

 | Live

 |
| 13

 | Lymph node, spleen, lymphomas, myeloma

 | PA19, 20.3

 | Live

 |
| 14

 | Haemostasis and bleeding disorders

 | PA20

 | Live

 |
| 15

 | Blood banking and transfusion

 | PA21

 | Live

 |
| 16

 | Clinical pathology

 | PA22

 | Live

 |
| 17

 | Gastrointestinal tract

 | PA23

 | Live

 |
| 18

 | Liver, gallbladder and pancreas

 | PA24

 | Live

 |
| 19

 | Respiratory system

 | PA25

 | Live

 |
| 20

 | Cardiovascular system

 | PA26

 | Live

 |
| 21

 | Kidney I: renal failure and glomerular disease

 | PA27

 | Live

 |
| 22

 | Kidney II: tubules, cysts, stones, tumours

 | PA27

 | Live

 |
| 23

 | Male genital tract

 | PA28

 | Live

 |
| 24

 | Female genital tract

 | PA29

 | Live

 |
| 25

 | Breast

 | PA30

 | Live

 |
| 26

 | Endocrine system

 | PA31

 | Live

 |
| 27

 | Bone and soft tissue

 | PA32

 | Live

 |
| 28

 | Skin, nervous system and eye

 | PA33–35

 | Live

 |

## Most-Tested Themes and Where to Find Them

NBEMS publishes no question papers, so there is no official topic breakdown. Recall-based reviews of recent papers keep naming the same
themes; use them to decide what to revise first.

| **Theme named most often**

 | **Article(s)**

 |
| Neoplasia: tumour markers, oncogenes and translocations, paraneoplastic syndromes, carcinogens

 | 4

 |
| Haematology: anaemias, leukaemias, lymphomas, bleeding disorders, transfusion

 | 9–15

 |
| Immunopathology: hypersensitivity types, HLA links, SLE antibodies

 | 5

 |
| Cell injury, apoptosis and necrosis; inflammation and granulomas

 | 1, 2

 |
| Renal: nephritic vs nephrotic syndrome, urinary casts

 | 16, 21

 |
| Genetic and paediatric disorders, storage diseases

 | 8

 |
| Organ tumours: liver, kidney, brain

 | 18, 22, 28

 |
| Heart: infarct dating, endocarditis types, cardiac tumours, congenital lesions

 | 20

 |

## How You Will Be Asked

| **Question style**

 | **Example**

 | **How to prepare**

 |
| Smear or lab picture

 | Microcytic cells with a raised red-cell count

 | Learn the panel that separates look-alikes

 |
| Mechanism

 | Which protein is lost in this disorder?

 | Link each disease to its one key defect

 |
| Clinical vignette

 | Patient with symptoms, signs and tests

 | Read the stem for the decisive clue

 |
| Indian context

 | Screening or programme rule

 | Learn ICMR and national programme steps

 |

## How to Use This Playlist

- Read the article, then try **Test Yourself**. Questions are original and in the exam's style; they are not past papers.

- Use **Flashcards** daily and the **Memory Hooks** for lists.

- Each article has a diagram that puts look-alike conditions side by side.

**How we check facts**: every claim is checked against a named reference listed under Sources: the MSD Manual Professional Edition,
US National Cancer Institute summaries, WHO documents, and Indian guidance (ICMR Standard Treatment Workflows and national programmes). Every
practice question's answer is matched to a sentence in those sources. We do not reuse textbook or coaching text. A doctor has not yet reviewed
these articles. If you spot an error, please tell us.

## Sources

*Facts in this article were checked against these documents.*

- NEET-PG 2025 Information Bulletin — National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences, 2025 (link)

- NEET PG 2026 exam pattern changed — number of questions reduced from 200 to 180 (quotes the 2026 bulletin) — Medical Dialogues, 2026 (link)

- Competency Based Undergraduate Curriculum, Pathology (PA) — National Medical Commission, 2024