Pulmonology

1. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

2. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

3. Hypercarbia is associated with:

4. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

5. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

6. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

7. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

8. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

9. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

10. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

11. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

12. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

13. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

14. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

15. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

16. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

17. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

18. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

19. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

20. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

21. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

22. Stridor is characteristically found in:

23. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

24. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

25. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

26. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

27. Brassy cough is seen in:

28. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

29. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

30. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

31. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

32. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

33. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?

34. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

35. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

36. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

37. All are features of hypercapnia except:

38. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

39. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

40. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

41. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

42. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

43. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

44. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

45. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

46. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

47. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

48. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

49. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

50. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except: