Pulmonology

1. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

3. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

4. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

5. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

6. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

7. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

8. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

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

10. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

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

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

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

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

15. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

16. All are features of hypercapnia except:

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

18. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

20. Stridor is characteristically found in:

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

22. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

23. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

24. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

26. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

30. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

31. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

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

35. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

37. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

38. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

40. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

41. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

42. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

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

45. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

46. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

47. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

48. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

50. The most common organism causing pneumonia during mechanical ventilation in the first 4 days of hospitalization is: