Pulmonology

1. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

2. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

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

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

5. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

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

9. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

10. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

12. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

13. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

14. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

15. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

16. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

17. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

18. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

21. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

22. Bradypnoea is associated with:

23. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

25. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

26. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

27. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

28. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

29. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

30. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

31. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

32. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

34. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

35. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

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

38. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

39. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

40. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

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

44. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

45. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

46. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

47. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

48. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

49. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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