Pulmonology

1. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

4. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

5. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

6. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

8. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

10. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

11. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

13. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

14. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

15. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

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

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

21. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

22. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

25. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

27. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

29. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

32. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

33. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

41. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

42. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

43. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

44. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

45. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

48. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

50. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as: