Pulmonology

1. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

2. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

3. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

6. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

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

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

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

10. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

12. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

13. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

14. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

16. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

17. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

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

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

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

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

23. Acute lung injury (ARDS) should be differentiated from:

24. Stridor is characteristically found in:

25. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

27. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

28. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

30. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

31. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

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

34. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

35. Which is false regarding emphysema?

36. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

38. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

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

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

41. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

42. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

43. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

45. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

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

48. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

49. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

50. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except: