Pulmonology

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

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

3. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

4. Bradypnoea is associated with:

5. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

6. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

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

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

9. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

11. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

12. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

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

15. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

17. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

18. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

19. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

21. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

23. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

24. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

25. Asbestosis is not related to:

26. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

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

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

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

30. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

31. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

32. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

39. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

46. All are features of hypercapnia except:

47. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

49. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

50. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except: