Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

2. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

4. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

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

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

8. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

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

10. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

11. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

14. All are features of hypercapnia except:

15. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

16. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

18. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

20. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

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

22. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

23. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

27. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

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

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

30. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

32. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

33. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

34. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

36. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

37. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

38. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

39. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

40. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

43. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

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

46. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

47. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

48. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

49. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

50. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except: