Pulmonology

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

2. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

3. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

5. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

6. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

7. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

8. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

9. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

10. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

12. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

13. Emphysema is associated with all except:

14. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

16. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

17. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

18. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

19. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

20. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

23. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

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

25. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

26. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

28. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

31. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

33. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

34. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

35. Stridor is characteristically found in:

36. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

38. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

39. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

42. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

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

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

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

46. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

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

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

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