Pulmonology

1. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

4. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

6. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

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

9. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

10. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

11. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

12. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

14. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

16. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

17. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

18. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

19. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

20. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

21. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

22. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

23. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

24. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

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

28. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

29. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

32. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

35. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

37. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

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

39. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

41. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

43. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

44. Which is false regarding emphysema?

45. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

47. Clubbing is present in all except:

48. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

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

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