Pulmonology

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

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

3. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

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

5. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

6. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

7. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

8. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

11. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

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

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

14. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

16. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

17. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

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

20. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

21. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

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

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

24. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

25. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

26. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

27. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

29. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

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

31. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

32. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

33. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

35. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

36. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

38. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

39. All are features of hypercapnia except:

40. P-pulmonale in ECG is seen in:

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

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

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

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

45. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

46. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

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

48. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

49. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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