Pulmonology

1. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

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

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

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

5. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

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

7. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

9. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

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

12. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

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

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

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

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

17. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

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

19. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

20. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

21. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

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

23. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

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

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

27. In allergic asthma, the most important mediator for pathogenesis is:

28. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

29. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

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

31. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

32. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

33. Brassy cough is seen in:

34. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

35. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

36. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

37. Bronchopleural fistula is commonly due to:

38. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

39. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

40. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

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

42. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

43. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

44. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

45. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

46. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

48. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

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

50. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is: