Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

2. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

4. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

6. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

7. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

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

11. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

12. Brassy cough is seen in:

13. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

14. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

15. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

17. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

18. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

24. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

25. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

26. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

32. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

34. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

35. Bradypnoea is associated with:

36. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

39. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

40. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

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

42. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

44. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

45. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

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

49. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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