Pulmonology

1. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

5. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

8. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

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

10. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

12. Bradypnoea is associated with:

13. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

14. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

15. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

16. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

17. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

19. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

20. Viral pneumonia may have:

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

22. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

23. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

24. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

25. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

27. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

35. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

36. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

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

38. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

39. Which is the commonest complication of hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

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

41. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

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

43. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

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

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

46. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

47. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

48. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

50. Farmers’ lung is caused by: