Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

5. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

6. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

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

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

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

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

11. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

12. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

13. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

15. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

17. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

18. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

19. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

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

22. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

24. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

27. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

28. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

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

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

32. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

33. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

35. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

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

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

38. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

39. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

40. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

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

42. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

43. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

45. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

48. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

49. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

50. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as: