Pulmonology

1. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

3. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

5. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

6. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

7. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

8. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

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

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

12. Asbestosis is not related to:

13. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

15. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

16. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

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

18. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

19. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

20. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

23. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

26. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

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

28. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

29. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

30. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

31. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

32. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

34. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

35. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

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

37. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

38. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

40. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

42. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

43. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

45. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

47. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

48. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

50. Clubbing occurs earliest with: