Pulmonology

1. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

2. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

4. Asbestosis is not related to:

5. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

7. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

8. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

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

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

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

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

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

14. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

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

16. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

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

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

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

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

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

22. Which is false regarding emphysema?

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

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

25. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

26. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

27. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

28. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

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

30. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

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

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

34. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

36. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

37. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

39. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

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

41. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

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

46. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

47. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

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

49. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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