Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

5. Which is false regarding emphysema?

6. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

8. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

10. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

11. All are features of hypercapnia except:

12. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

13. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

14. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

15. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

16. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

17. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

18. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

19. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

20. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

22. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

23. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

24. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

25. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

26. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

27. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

29. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

31. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

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

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

34. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

35. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

36. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

38. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

39. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

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

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

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

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

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

46. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

47. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

48. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

49. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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