Pulmonology

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

2. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

3. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

4. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is due to:

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

6. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

8. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

10. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

11. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

12. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

13. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

14. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

15. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

16. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

17. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

25. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

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

27. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

28. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

29. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

30. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

31. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

32. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

33. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

34. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

35. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

36. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

37. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

38. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

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

41. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

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

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

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

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

47. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

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

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

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