Pulmonology

1. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

3. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

4. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

7. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

8. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

9. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

10. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

12. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

13. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

14. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

17. Brassy cough is seen in:

18. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

19. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

21. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

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

25. Viral pneumonia may have:

26. Clubbing is present in all except:

27. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

28. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

29. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

31. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

32. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

33. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

39. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

40. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

42. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

43. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

44. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

47. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

48. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

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

50. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except: