Pulmonology

1. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

3. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

4. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

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

7. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

9. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

10. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

12. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

13. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

14. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

15. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

16. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

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

19. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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

21. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

22. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

23. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

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

26. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

27. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

29. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

31. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

32. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

33. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

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

35. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

36. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

38. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

39. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

41. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

42. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

44. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

45. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

46. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

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

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

49. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

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