Pulmonology

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

2. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

3. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

4. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

5. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

6. Emphysema is associated with all except:

7. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

9. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

10. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

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

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

13. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

14. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

15. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

16. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

19. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

20. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

21. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

22. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

24. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

26. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

27. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

28. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

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

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

31. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

32. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

33. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

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

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

36. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

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

39. Hypercarbia is associated with:

40. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

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

42. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

43. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

44. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

45. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

46. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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