Pulmonology

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

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

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

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

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

6. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

7. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

9. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

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

12. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

13. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

14. Emphysema is associated with all except:

15. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

16. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

17. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

18. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

21. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

22. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

23. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is:

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

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

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

27. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

28. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

30. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

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

32. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

34. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

35. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

37. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

39. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

41. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

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

43. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

44. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

46. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

47. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

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

49. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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