Gastroenterology

1. Gastric diverticula are:

2. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

3. Normal faecal fat is defined as:

4. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

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

6. Which segment of the colon is commonly affected by vascular insufficiency?

7. Melanosis coli indicates:

8. Which is not true so far as definition of cirrhosis of liver is concerned?

9. Which of the following is false regarding pernicious anaemia?

10. Acute pancreatitis may be caused by:

11. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

12. Atypical chest pain of reflux oesophagitis is very often precipitated by:

13. Protein-losing enteropathy maybe feature of all except:

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

15. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

16. Which of the following surgical procedures in peptic ulcers most commonly give rise to recurrent ulceration?

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

18. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

19. Which of the following is not true in lupoid hepatitis?

20. Anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) is classically present in:

21. Which ion is necessary for the active transport of sugars?

22. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

23. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

24. The best way to diagnose Gilbert’s syndrome is:

25. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

26. Which of the following clotting factors is not produced in the liver?

27. Spider naevi:

28. Minimal free fluid in the abdomen that can be picked up by ultrasonography is:

29. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

30. Incidence of stress ulcers in acutely traumatised patients is:

31. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

32. Which one is true in relation to Barrett’s oesophagus?

33. Which of the following does not give rise to haematemesis?

34. Acute pancreatitis may eventually lead to all of the following except:

35. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is associated with all of the following except:

36. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

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

38. Tegaserod is used in:

39. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

40. Which endocrine disorder is associated with exudative ascites?

41. Late dumping syndrome may be manifested by all except:

42. All of the following enzymes may be normally found in stool except:

43. The most sensitive test which detects hepatic involvement in congestive cardiac failure is:

44. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

45. Endopeptidases include all except:

46. In coeliac sprue, which of the following is non-deficient in the body?

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

48. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

49. Which of the following is not included in the list of high-folate diet?

50. Which of the following pancreatic islet cells synthesizes glucagon?