Pulmonology

1. Which is false regarding emphysema?

2. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

3. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

4. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

6. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

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

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

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

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

11. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

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

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

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

16. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

19. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

20. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

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

23. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

24. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

27. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

28. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

34. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

36. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

39. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

42. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

44. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

46. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

47. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

48. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

49. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

50. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is: