Rheumatology

1. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

2. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

3. False-positive serological test (VDRL) persisting for 6 months is seen in all except:

4. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

5. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

6. Which does not produce an erythematous butterfly-like lesion on face?

7. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

8. Positive ‘Dagger sign’ in X-ray of spine is a feature of:

9. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

10. Osteomalacia may be produced by therapy with all except:

11. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

12. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

13. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

14. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

15. Pseudogout may result from all except:

16. Penicillamine and colchicine both are used in the treatment of:

17. Progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) may develop in all except:

18. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

19. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

20. CREST syndrome is an aggregation of calcinosis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia and __?

21. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

22. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

23. Which of the following is the specific antibody for SLE?

24. Extra-articular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis are commonly associated with:

25. Mask-like face is seen in all except:

26. Which of the following is not associated with active SLE?

27. Which of the following is not a recognised complication of SLE?

28. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

29. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

30. Which of the following is not a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)?

31. Which of the following is usually not a skin lesion of SLE?

32. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

33. Osteosclerosis of the spine may be seen in all except:

34. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

35. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

36. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

37. Classically which of the following does not produce polyarthralgia?

38. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

39. Raynaud’s phenomenon is not a feature of:

40. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

41. Rheumatoid arthritis patients confront an increased risk of developing all except:

42. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

43. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

44. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

45. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

46. Still’s disease is classically associated with all except:

47. Drug-induced SLE is not commonly associated with:

48. A 20-year woman has repeated attacks of myalgia, non-deforming arthralgia, pericarditis and pleural effusion for two years. The laboratory screening test should be:

49. Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a combination of SLE, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis and  __?

50. All are extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis except: