Pulmonology

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

2. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

4. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

6. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

7. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

8. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

10. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

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

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

13. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

14. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

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

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

18. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

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

20. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

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

22. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

23. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

24. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

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

34. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

35. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

37. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

38. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

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

40. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

41. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

42. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

43. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

44. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

45. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

46. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

47. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

49. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

50. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to: