Gastroenterology

1. Which of the following is false according to Ranson/Imrie criteria in acute pancreatitis for adversely affecting survival on admission?

2. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

3. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

4. Oral mucous membrane may be affected in all except:

5. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

6. Water is minimally absorbed from:

7. The commonest type of pancreatic carcinoma is:

8. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

9. Which organ does not move at all with respiration?

10. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

11. All of the following produce “sub-total villous atrophy’ except:

12. Latent jaundice may be a feature of all except:

13. Regarding angiodysplasia of colon, which one is false?

14. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

15. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

16. Octreotide can be used in all except:

17. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

18. Which of the following bile acids is virtually absent in advanced cirrhosis of liver?

19. Milk-alkali syndrome (Burnett’s syndrome) may lead to all except:

20. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

21. The smallest absorbing unit of the small intestinal mucosa is:

22. Regarding cimetidine, all of the following are true except:

23. The lower oesophageal mucosa ring (Schatzki ring) is:

24. Acute viral hepatitis may develop from all of the following except:

25. ‘String sign’ in Crohn’s disease is due to:

26. All of the following may give rise to flat oral GTT and a normal IV GTT except:

27. Crohn’s disease may produce all of the following except:

28. All of the following may cause traveller’s diarrhoea except:

29. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

30. Bacillary dysentery can be differentiated from ulcerative colitis by:

31. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

32. Elevation in 5-HIAA (5 hydroxy-indole acetic acid) in urine is found in all except:

33. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

34. Hepatic amoebiasis is associated with all except:

35. All are examples of APUDomas except:

36. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

37. Which of the following has the highest acid secretory effect?

38. Chronic active hepatitis may have all the following features except:

39. The most common gastrointestinal disorder in a community is:

40. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

41. Primary biliary cirrhosis may be associated with all except:

42. Which of the following is not effective to eradicate H. pylori?

43. All of the following may be associated with diarrhoea except:

44. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

45. Congestive gastropathy in portal hypertension is best treated by:

46. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

47. All of the following are true in irritable bowel syndrome except:

48. Normally in health, the venous flow in abdominal superficial veins is:

49. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

50. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?