Pulmonology

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

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

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

4. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

5. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

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

8. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

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

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

12. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

14. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

15. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

16. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

18. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

20. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

21. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

22. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

23. Stridor is characteristically found in:

24. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

25. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

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

28. Brassy cough is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

35. Which is false regarding emphysema?

36. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

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

38. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

39. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

40. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

41. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

42. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

43. Which of the following drugs is not used in acute asthma?

44. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

45. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

48. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

49. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

50. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except: