Gastroenterology

1. Which of the following is false regarding acute appendicitis?

2. The commonest cause of metastasis to the wall of the stomach is:

3. Protein-losing enteropathy maybe feature of all except:

4. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

5. Serum alkaline phosphatase level may be increased in all except:

6. Spider naevi:

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

8. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

9. Whipple’s triad is found in:

10. Serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is > 1.1 g/dl in all except:

11. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

12. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

13. One of the earliest manifestations of cystic fibrosis is:

14. The commonest cause of anaemia after peptic ulcer surgery is:

15. Which part of the colonic carcinoma is very easily overlooked?

16. Which of the following may develop into intestinal lymphoma?

17. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

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

19. Passage of a bolus of food through the oesophagus is the function of:

20. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

21. Water is minimally absorbed from:

22. Leptospirosis can be diagnosed during the 1st week of illness by:

23. Which of the following is not associated with leucocytosis?

24. Menetrier’s disease may have all of the following except:

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

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

27. Which one is true in relation to Barrett’s oesophagus?

28. Which one of the following is not an ocular complication of ulcerative colitis?

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

30. Which is true in halothane-induced. hepatitis?

31. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

32. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

33. Faecal assay of alpha1-antitrypsin clinches the diagnosis of:

34. All are causes of chylous ascites except:

35. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

36. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

37. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

38. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

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

40. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

41. Fatty liver may be produced by:

42. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

43. Regarding cimetidine, all of the following are true except:

44. Which of the following surgical procedures in peptic ulcers most commonly give rise to recurrent ulceration?

45. The most common and most specific radiological feature in barium meal follow-through in a patient with malabsorption is:

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

47. Major organ responsible for the removal of gastrin is:

48. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

49. Acute viral hepatitis may develop from all of the following except:

50. The most valuable provocative test of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is: