Pulmonology

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

2. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

4. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

5. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

6. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

7. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

8. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

10. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

11. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

12. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

13. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

14. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

15. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

16. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

17. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

18. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

19. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

20. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

21. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

22. Brassy cough is seen in:

23. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

24. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

26. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

27. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

28. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

29. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

30. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

31. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

32. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

33. Asbestosis is not related to:

34. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

37. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

39. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

40. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

42. Clubbing is present in all except:

43. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

44. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

45. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

46. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

47. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

48. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

50. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies