Pulmonology

1. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

3. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

13. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

14. Bradypnoea is associated with:

15. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

17. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

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

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

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

22. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

23. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

25. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

26. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

28. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

29. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

30. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

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

32. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

34. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

35. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

36. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

37. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

38. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

39. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

41. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

44. All are features of hypercapnia except:

45. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

49. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

50. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is: