Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

7. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

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

9. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

10. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

12. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

13. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

14. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

15. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

17. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

18. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

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

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

22. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

25. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

26. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

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

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

29. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

30. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

31. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

33. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

34. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

35. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

37. Clubbing is present in all except:

38. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

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

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

43. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

44. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

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

48. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

49. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

50. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant: