Pulmonology

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

2. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

3. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

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

5. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

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

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

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

9. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

10. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

11. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

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

13. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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

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

16. Exudative pleural effusion is characteristic of:

17. Brassy cough is seen in:

18. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

20. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

21. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

22. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

23. Clubbing is present in all except:

24. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

25. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

26. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

27. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

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

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

30. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

31. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

33. ‘Primary’ spontaneous pneumothorax is associated with:

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

35. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

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

37. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

39. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

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

42. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

45. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

46. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

47. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

48. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

50. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except: