WBHRB Staff Nurse Previous Year Questions: Most Repeated Nursing Topics for CBT
Candidates preparing for the next WBHRB Staff Nurse Grade-II CBT should study previous questions for one specific reason:
WBHRB does not simply repeat exact questions — it repeatedly tests the same nursing concepts.
The latest GNM Staff Nurse CBT was conducted in multiple shifts on 31 December 2025 and 1 January 2026, while the Basic/Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing CBT was held separately on 21 December 2025.
The latest GNM papers consistently followed the same professional nursing structure, including Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, Nutrition, Emergency/First Aid, Nursing Foundation, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Child Health, Mental Health, Community Health, Midwifery and Nursing Administration. Individual GNM shifts contained 50 questions for 100 marks, with +2 for a correct answer and −0.5 for a wrong answer.
The real lesson from these papers is therefore not:
«“Memorise the previous 50 questions.”»
It is:
Identify the concepts WBHRB keeps returning to and master those concepts deeply.
WBHRB Previous Paper: Subject-Wise Weightage
One of the latest GNM CBT shifts contained the following distribution:
Subject| Questions| Approx. Weight Medical-Surgical Nursing I & II| 9| 18% Midwifery & Gynaecological Nursing| 7| 14% Nursing Foundation| 6| 12% Anatomy & Physiology| 5| 10% Child Health Nursing| 4| 8% Mental Health Nursing| 4| 8% Community Health Nursing I & II| 4| 8% Microbiology| 3| 6% Nutrition| 3| 6% First Aid/Emergency/CPR| 3| 6% Nursing Administration & Ward Management| 2| 4% Total| 50| 100%
This means the four largest areas — Medical-Surgical, Midwifery, Nursing Foundation and Anatomy/Physiology — together contributed 27 of 50 questions, or 54% of that paper.
Most Repeated Topic 1: Emergency Priorities, CPR & First Aid
One of the clearest recurring themes across multiple GNM shifts was:
Emergency decision-making
rather than only theoretical definitions.
Previous questions included concepts such as:
- Scene safety
- Assessment of circulation after fracture
- Heimlich manoeuvre
- CPR compression depth
- Primary vs secondary survey
- Shock
- Anaphylaxis
- Door-to-needle time
- Emergency priorities
For example, one 31 December shift asked about the first priority on arriving at an emergency scene, while another shift tested anaphylactic shock and thrombolysis timing. A 1 January shift asked the purpose of the Heimlich manoeuvre and the correct adult CPR compression depth.
Topics to Revise
Study thoroughly:
- ABC approach
- Scene safety
- BLS
- CPR sequence
- Chest compression rate and depth
- Choking
- Heimlich manoeuvre
- Shock classification
- Anaphylaxis
- Haemorrhage
- Burns
- Fractures
- Poisoning
- Primary survey
- Secondary survey
- GCS
- Disaster triage
Preparation Rule
Whenever you revise emergency nursing, ask:
«“What is the nurse's FIRST action?”»
WBHRB repeatedly uses priority-based wording.
Most Repeated Topic 2: Medical-Surgical Nursing
Medical-Surgical Nursing was the largest individual GNM section, contributing nine questions in the analysed paper.
Actual question themes across the latest papers included:
- Burns
- Thyroid disorders
- CKD
- Hypocalcaemia
- Anaemia
- Surgical/OT concepts
- Electrocautery
- Emergency care
- Orthopaedic problems
One of the 1 January papers, for example, tested the mechanism of iron-deficiency microcytic anaemia, while emergency and surgical concepts also appeared repeatedly.
Highest-Priority Medical-Surgical Chapters
Cardiovascular
- Hypertension
- Heart failure
- MI
- ECG basics
- Shock
- Arrhythmias
Respiratory
- COPD
- Asthma
- Pneumonia
- Tuberculosis
- Oxygen therapy
- Respiratory failure
Renal
- AKI
- CKD
- Dialysis
- Fluid-electrolyte imbalance
- Urine output
Endocrine
- Diabetes mellitus
- Thyroid disorders
- Adrenal disorders
Haematology
- Anaemia
- Iron deficiency
- Blood transfusion
- Haemorrhage
Surgical Nursing
- Pre-operative care
- Post-operative care
- OT safety
- Burns
- Wound care
- Electrocautery
Most Repeated Topic 3: Nursing Foundation & Patient Safety
Nursing Foundation consistently carried six questions in the latest GNM CBT structure.
The actual questions were often practical.
Topics seen included:
- Patient advocacy
- Hospital safety
- Catheter hygiene
- Medication routes
- Patient rights
- Nursing responsibilities
- Basic procedures
One January shift asked which nursing role is most important when helping a hesitant patient express rights and concerns to the surgical team; the correct concept being tested was patient advocacy.
Another shift tested the reason for maintaining a clutter-free hospital environment with handrails and non-slip surfaces, again emphasising patient safety.
High-Yield Nursing Foundation Topics
- Nursing process
- Patient safety
- Fall prevention
- Patient rights
- Advocacy
- Vital signs
- Medication administration
- Drug routes
- Catheter care
- Infection control
- Oxygen administration
- Bed making
- Patient positioning
- Pressure-sore prevention
- Communication
- Documentation
- Aseptic technique
- Admission/discharge
- Fluid balance
What WBHRB Likes
Expect scenario questions such as:
«A patient is hesitant to speak to the doctor. What should the nurse do?»
or:
«Which nursing intervention best prevents injury?»
These test the role of the nurse, not merely definitions.
Most Repeated Topic 4: Pregnancy, Labour & Midwifery
Midwifery was consistently one of the highest-weight sections, with seven questions in the GNM paper structure.
The latest papers covered both:
Core obstetrics
and:
Newborn-related concepts.
Topics appearing across papers included newborn disorders, neonatal reflexes, reproductive anatomy and pregnancy-related concepts.
Must-Revise Midwifery Topics
- Menstrual cycle
- Ovulation
- Fertilisation
- Placenta
- Fetal circulation
- Antenatal assessment
- Pregnancy signs
- Quickening
- Fetal skull
- Pelvis
- Stages of labour
- Mechanism of labour
- Partograph
- Fetal heart rate
- PPH
- Eclampsia
- Placenta previa
- Abruptio placenta
- Cord prolapse
- Postnatal care
- Lochia
- Breastfeeding
- Newborn reflexes
- Minor newborn disorders
- Family planning
Most Repeated Topic 5: Anatomy & Physiology — Functional Concepts
Anatomy & Physiology carried five questions per GNM shift in the latest structure.
WBHRB did not restrict itself to simple questions like:
«“What is the largest organ?”»
The papers included functional anatomy and physiology.
Examples included:
- Location of prostate gland
- Hormones during menstrual-cycle phases
- Gas exchange between alveoli and pulmonary capillaries
- Structure of uterine layers
- Function of rectum
These examples show that reproductive physiology, respiratory physiology and organ function are particularly useful revision areas.
Focus Areas
- Cell and tissues
- Heart
- Cardiac conduction
- Blood
- Respiratory system
- Alveolar gas exchange
- Kidney
- Nephron
- Urine formation
- Endocrine glands
- Reproductive system
- Menstrual hormones
- Brain and nervous system
- Cranial nerves
- Digestive system
Most Repeated Topic 6: Child Health & Development
Child Health repeatedly contributed four questions in the GNM CBT structure.
The actual papers covered a wide range of pediatric nursing concepts.
Questions included:
- Atraumatic pediatric care
- Infant/child mortality indicators
- Mpox diagnosis in children
- Rumination disorder
- POCSO Act
- Separation anxiety during isolation
- Child-development and hospitalisation concepts
For instance, one January shift asked the primary purpose of atraumatic care, while another tested the appropriate nursing response when an isolated child became distressed due to parental separation.
Important Child Health Areas
- Growth & development
- Developmental milestones
- Newborn care
- APGAR
- Breastfeeding
- Immunisation
- Malnutrition
- Dehydration
- Pediatric respiratory diseases
- Croup
- Diarrhoea
- Neonatal disorders
- Childhood behaviour
- Hospitalisation
- Atraumatic care
- Child protection
- Under-five mortality indicators
Most Repeated Topic 7: Community Health & National Programmes
Community Health carried around four questions in the previous GNM structure.
Previous CBT themes included:
- National AIDS Control Programme
- Kala-azar
- Primary health care
- Demographic transition
- Rogi Kalyan Samiti
- Prevention levels
- National health indicators
This shows that candidates must combine textbook Community Health with current Indian public-health knowledge.
Must-Revise Topics
- Primary health care
- Epidemiology
- Incidence
- Prevalence
- Levels of prevention
- Demography
- IMR
- MMR
- U5MR
- National Health Mission
- NTEP
- NACP
- Vector-borne diseases
- Immunisation
- Cold chain
- Maternal-health programmes
- Family planning
- PHC/CHC/Sub-centre
- Health committees
- Community participation
Most Repeated Topic 8: Microbiology, Sterilisation & Infection Control
The latest papers show Microbiology was not limited to identifying bacteria.
Repeated high-yield concepts included:
- Sterilisation
- Autoclaving
- Acid-fast staining
- Hospital-acquired infection
- Mycology
- Hypersensitivity
- Infection prevention
- Hand hygiene
The previous CBT included questions relating to Semmelweis, fungi, acid-fast staining and healthcare-associated infection prevention.
Study These First
- Gram-positive vs Gram-negative
- Acid-fast bacilli
- Sterilisation
- Autoclave
- Disinfection
- Medical asepsis
- Surgical asepsis
- HAI
- Standard precautions
- Transmission-based precautions
- Immunity
- Hypersensitivity
Most Repeated Topic 9: Mental Health Nursing
Mental Health contributed approximately four questions in the GNM pattern.
Topics tested included:
- Therapeutic nurse-patient relationship
- Milieu therapy
- Psychosis
- Intellectual development/disability
- Psychiatric concepts
Important Chapters
- Therapeutic communication
- Nurse-patient relationship phases
- Schizophrenia
- Depression
- Mania
- Bipolar disorder
- OCD
- Anxiety
- Phobia
- Intellectual disability
- Substance use
- Suicide prevention
- ECT
- Milieu therapy
- Psychiatric medications
Most Repeated Topic 10: Nursing Management, Law & Professional Responsibility
Although Nursing Administration carried only around two questions, it is a short syllabus and often produces direct scoring questions.
Actual previous questions included:
- Performance appraisal
- Negligence
Another paper cycle included management concepts such as:
- POSDCORB
- Leadership
A 1 January shift specifically asked for the term describing periodic assessment of an employee's work performance and separately tested the definition of professional negligence.
Topics to Memorise
- POSDCORB
- Leadership styles
- Staffing
- Delegation
- Supervision
- Performance appraisal
- Nursing audit
- Quality assurance
- Negligence
- Malpractice
- Patient rights
- Consent
- Legal responsibility
- Ward management
- Inventory control
Most Repeated Topic 11: Public-Health Statistics & Current Health Knowledge
One unusual but important feature of the previous CBT was the presence of current health-data and policy-oriented questions.
For example, the January paper included a question referring to NFHS-5 infant and under-five mortality data, while another paper tested child-protection legislation.
This indicates candidates should revise:
- NFHS concepts
- IMR/MMR/U5MR
- Important health laws
- National programmes
- Updated disease terminology
- Current public-health initiatives
Do not rely only on a ten-year-old nursing textbook.
Did WBHRB Repeat Exact Questions?
Candidates need to understand the difference between:
Exact Question Repetition
and:
Concept Repetition.
The latest multi-shift papers show much stronger evidence of concept repetition.
For example:
Emergency Nursing
One shift may ask:
«What is the first priority at an emergency scene?»
Another may ask:
«What is the primary survey?»
Another may ask:
«What is the correct CPR compression depth?»
The wording changes, but the broader concept:
Emergency priorities / BLS
keeps returning.
That is how candidates should analyse PYQs.
Top 30 Repeated / High-Yield Concepts to Revise
Based on the latest papers, put these on your final revision checklist:
- CPR
- Scene safety
- Shock
- Emergency primary survey
- Fracture assessment
- Burns
- Anaemia
- CKD
- Thyroid disorders
- Patient safety
- Patient advocacy
- Medication administration
- Infection control
- Sterilisation/autoclaving
- Acid-fast staining
- Reproductive hormones
- Gas exchange
- Newborn reflexes
- Labour and obstetric emergencies
- Child development
- Pediatric hospitalisation
- National health programmes
- Epidemiological indicators
- Levels of prevention
- Therapeutic communication
- Milieu therapy
- Leadership
- POSDCORB
- Performance appraisal
- Nursing negligence
GNM Candidates: Highest Priority Subjects
Based on the actual CBT:
Tier 1 — Must Master
- Medical-Surgical Nursing
- Midwifery & Gynaecology
- Nursing Foundation
- Anatomy & Physiology
These four together represented about 54% of one analysed GNM paper.
Tier 2 — Strong Preparation
- Community Health
- Child Health
- Mental Health
Tier 3 — Do Not Ignore
- Microbiology
- Nutrition
- First Aid
- Nursing Administration
B.Sc Nursing Candidates: Previous Paper Trend
The Basic/Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing CBT had a somewhat different emphasis.
Its 50-question paper contained approximately:
Subject| Questions Adult Health Nursing I & II| 10 Applied Physiology| 5 Nursing Foundation I & II| 5 Midwifery/OBG| 5 Applied Microbiology| 4 Child Health| 4 Mental Health| 4 Community Health| 4 Pharmacology-I| 3 Nutrition| 2 Biochemistry| 2 Management/Research| 2
Therefore B.Sc./Post Basic candidates should place Adult Health Nursing at the top of their revision list, followed by Nursing Foundation, Physiology and Midwifery/OBG.
What Type of Questions Did WBHRB Ask?
The previous CBT contained four broad question styles.
- Direct Knowledge Questions
Example themes:
- Location of an organ
- Hormone function
- Definition of negligence
- Management terminology
- Clinical Application Questions
Example themes:
- What intervention is appropriate?
- Why does a disease produce a certain finding?
- What should the nurse monitor?
- Priority Questions
Example:
- What should be done first?
- What is the primary aim?
- Which patient requires immediate attention?
- Public Health / Guideline Questions
Examples included:
- NFHS data
- Public-health programmes
- Indian legislation
- Prevention strategies.
Why Reading Only One-Line Notes Is Not Enough
Consider a topic such as:
Shock.
A one-line note may tell you:
«“Anaphylactic shock is distributive shock.”»
But WBHRB may ask:
«Which type of shock results from massive histamine release?»
That requires understanding the mechanism.
Similarly:
CPR
may be tested as:
- Compression depth
- Compression rate
- Indication
- Sequence
- Choking management
So every repeated topic should be revised at concept level, not merely as a single fact.
Best Way to Study Previous Year Questions
Use this method.
Step 1 — Solve the Question
Do not look at the answer first.
Step 2 — Identify the Topic
Example:
Question: Heimlich manoeuvre
Topic:
Airway obstruction / First Aid
Step 3 — Expand the Topic
Revise:
- Partial obstruction
- Complete obstruction
- Conscious adult
- Unconscious adult
- Child
- Infant choking
Step 4 — Create 5 New Questions
This converts one PYQ into five potential future questions.
Example of PYQ Expansion
Suppose WBHRB asks about:
CPR compression depth.
Do not memorise only the answer.
Revise:
- Adult compression depth
- Adult compression rate
- Hand position
- Compression-to-ventilation ratio
- AED
- Child CPR
- Infant CPR
Now one previous question has prepared you for an entire BLS chapter.
How Much of Preparation Should Be PYQ-Based?
A useful preparation ratio is:
50% — Core syllabus/concepts
30% — PYQ/topic-wise MCQ practice
20% — Full CBT mocks and error revision
Previous questions should guide your syllabus priority.
They should not replace the syllabus.
15-Day PYQ Revision Strategy
Days 1–3
Medical-Surgical + Emergency
Focus on:
- Shock
- Burns
- CKD
- Endocrine
- Anaemia
- CPR
Days 4–5
Nursing Foundation
- Safety
- Medication
- Procedures
- Patient rights
- Infection control
Days 6–7
Midwifery
- Pregnancy
- Labour
- Obstetric emergency
- Newborn reflexes
Day 8
Anatomy & Physiology
Day 9
Community Health
Day 10
Child Health
Day 11
Mental Health
Day 12
Microbiology + Nutrition
Day 13
Administration + Research
Days 14–15
Two complete:
50-question / 60-minute CBT mocks
Common Mistakes While Studying Previous Questions
Mistake 1: Memorising Only Correct Options
Wrong approach.
Understand why the other options are incorrect.
Mistake 2: Expecting the Exact Same Question
WBHRB can change wording and clinical setting.
Mistake 3: Ignoring Small Subjects
Two management questions can still mean:
4 raw marks.
Mistake 4: Ignoring Current Health Information
Previous papers included contemporary health indicators and legislation.
Mistake 5: Practising Without Negative Marking
The latest pattern used:
+2 correct
−0.5 wrong.
So practise using realistic scoring.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are WBHRB previous year questions useful?
Yes.
They are especially useful for understanding subject weightage, question style and repeated concepts.
Which topic appeared most frequently?
At subject level, Medical-Surgical Nursing had the highest GNM weightage in the analysed paper, with 9 questions out of 50.
Is Midwifery important?
Very important.
The GNM paper allocated 7 questions to Midwifery/Gynaecological Nursing.
How important is Nursing Foundation?
Very important.
The GNM shifts consistently used a six-question Nursing Foundation section.
Does WBHRB ask clinical questions?
Yes.
Previous papers included patient-safety, first-aid, emergency, pediatric-care and clinical decision-making questions.
Is CPR repeatedly important?
Yes.
The latest shifts tested multiple BLS/emergency concepts, including Heimlich manoeuvre, CPR compression depth, scene safety and emergency survey principles.
Does WBHRB ask current health topics?
Yes.
The previous paper included NFHS-5/public-health information and Indian child-protection legislation, showing that current health-policy knowledge can appear inside professional nursing sections.
Is the GNM paper the same as B.Sc Nursing?
No.
The B.Sc./Post Basic B.Sc. paper had greater emphasis on Adult Health Nursing, plus dedicated Applied Physiology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Research/Management components.
Should I study exact previous questions?
Yes, but use each question as the starting point for revising the entire concept.
Will WBHRB repeat the same questions in the next exam?
There is no guarantee.
The safer assumption is:
Topics repeat more reliably than exact questions.
Final Revision Priority
If the exam is approaching and you have limited time, follow this order:
-
Medical-Surgical / Adult Health
-
Midwifery & OBG
-
Nursing Foundation
-
Emergency / CPR
-
Anatomy & Physiology
-
Community Health
-
Child Health
-
Mental Health
-
Microbiology & Infection Control
-
Pharmacology / Nutrition / Administration
Conclusion
The latest WBHRB Staff Nurse previous-year papers show that preparation should be based on repeated concepts rather than memorised questions.
For GNM candidates, the biggest subject blocks were:
Medical-Surgical Nursing — 9 questions
Midwifery & Gynaecology — 7 questions
Nursing Foundation — 6 questions
Anatomy & Physiology — 5 questions.
Across individual shifts, recurring themes included CPR and emergency priorities, patient safety, clinical nursing management, pregnancy/newborn care, anatomy and physiology, community-health programmes, pediatric care and professional nursing responsibilities.
The smartest strategy is therefore:
PYQ → Identify Topic → Revise Full Concept → Solve Similar MCQs → Attempt Timed Mock
Do this consistently and previous-year questions become much more useful than simply reading an answer key.
Remember also that a future WBHRB notice can change the pattern or subject distribution. Use the latest papers as your strongest preparation benchmark, not as a guarantee that the next CBT will be identical.
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