Pulmonology

1. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

3. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

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

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

8. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

9. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

12. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

14. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

15. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

16. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

17. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

18. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

19. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

20. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

21. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

22. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

23. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

26. Brassy cough is seen in:

27. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

28. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

29. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

30. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

31. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

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

34. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

35. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

38. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

39. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

41. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

42. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

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

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

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

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

48. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

50. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant: