Pulmonology

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

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

3. Emphysema is associated with all except:

4. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

5. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

6. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

7. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

8. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

9. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

10. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

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

12. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

13. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

15. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

17. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

18. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

19. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

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

21. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

22. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

23. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

25. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

26. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

27. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

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

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

30. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

31. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

32. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

33. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

34. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

35. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

36. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

37. Stridor is characteristically found in:

38. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

39. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

40. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

41. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

42. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

43. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

44. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

45. Viral pneumonia may have:

46. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

47. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

48. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

49. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

50. Calcification of pleura is not seen in: