Pulmonology

1. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

2. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

3. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

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

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

7. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

8. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

11. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

12. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

13. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

14. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

15. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

22. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

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

24. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

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

27. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

29. Stridor is characteristically found in:

30. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

32. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

35. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

36. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

37. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

39. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

40. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

41. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

42. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

45. Viral pneumonia may have:

46. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

47. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

49. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

50. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?