Pulmonology

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

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

3. All are features of hypercapnia except:

4. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

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

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

7. Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage may be an immune reaction to all undermentioned drugs except:

8. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

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

10. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

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

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

14. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

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

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

17. Clubbing is present in all except:

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

19. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

20. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

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

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

23. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

24. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

25. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

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

27. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

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

29. Emphysema is associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

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

35. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

36. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

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

38. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

39. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

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

41. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

42. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

43. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

44. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

45. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

46. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

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

48. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

49. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

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