Pulmonology

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

2. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

3. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

4. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

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

6. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

8. The dose of which antituberculous drug need not be reduced in severe renal failure?

9. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

11. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

12. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

14. Clubbing is present in all except:

15. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

16. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

17. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

18. Stridor is characteristically found in:

19. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

21. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

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

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

24. Emphysema is associated with all except:

25. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

26. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

27. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

29. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

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

31. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

32. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

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

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

35. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

36. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

37. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

39. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

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

41. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

43. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

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

45. Which of the following is false regarding indications of hospitalization in pneumonia?

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

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

48. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

49. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

50. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?