Gastroenterology

1. The single most important point which differentiates tropical sprue from coeliac sprue is:

2. Aluminium hydroxide as an antacid may have all characteristics except:

3. Features of gastric outlet obstruction produced by congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis develop in infants:

4. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

5. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

6. All of the following are true regarding acute mesenteric vascular occlusion except:

7. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

8. The commonest micro-organism responsible for cholangitis is:

9. Normally in health, the venous flow in abdominal superficial veins is:

10. Gardner’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

11. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

12. Which of the following reflects the best prognostic marker of hepatocellular function?

13. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

14. Which is true with respect to irritable bowel syndrome?

15. Regarding solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS), which of the following is false?

16. Anti-LKM1 antibodies (liver-kidney microsomes) are seen in infection with:

17. All are examples of APUDomas except:

18. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

19. Oral mucous membrane may be affected in all except:

20. Chronic afferent loop syndrome producing obstruction may lead to:

21. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

22. Symptoms of carcinoma of the left colon include all except:

23. Venous prominence present in the upper abdomen with direction of flow towards pelvis suggests:

24. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

25. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

26. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

27. Octreotide can be used in all except:

28. Regarding H. pylori, which statement is false?

29. The lower oesophageal mucosa ring (Schatzki ring) is:

30. All are absorbed maximally in the upper small intestine except:

31. All of the following are true regarding right-sided colonic carcinoma except:

32. All of the following may produce intestinal pseudo-obstruction except:

33. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

34. Which of the following bile acids is virtually absent in advanced cirrhosis of liver?

35. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

36. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

37. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

38. All of the following produce “sub-total villous atrophy’ except:

39. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

40. Mid-zonal necrosis of liver is caused by:

41. Which of the following clotting factors retains its activity in hepatocellular disorder?

42. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

43. All of the following protozoa! infections produce diarrhoea in a patient of AIDS except:

44. Among the undermentioned liver function tests, which one is least likely to be impaired during normal pregnancy?

45. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

46. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

47. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

48. Which segment of the Gl tract is most susceptible to volvulus?

49. Which of the following is false regarding autoimmune hepatitis?

50. Which of the following has the highest acid secretory effect?