Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

5. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

6. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

7. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

8. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

9. Emphysema is associated with all except:

10. Brassy cough is seen in:

11. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

13. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

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

15. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

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

18. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

21. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

22. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

25. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

26. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

28. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

30. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

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

33. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

34. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

37. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

38. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

39. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

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

42. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

43. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

44. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

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

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

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

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

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