Pulmonology

1. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

3. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

5. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

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

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

10. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

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

12. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

13. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

14. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

15. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

16. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

18. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

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

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

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

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

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

24. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

27. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

28. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

29. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

31. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

33. Which is false regarding emphysema?

34. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

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

36. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

38. Brassy cough is seen in:

39. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

40. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

41. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

43. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

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

46. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

47. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

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

50. Viral pneumonia may have: