Gastroenterology

1. The commonest micro-organism responsible for cholangitis is:

2. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

3. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

4. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

5. The commonest type of pancreatic carcinoma is:

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

7. Oral contraceptive pills may have a hepatic lesion in the form of all except:

8. Fatty liver may be produced by:

9. Which is the most sensitive test to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome?

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

11. Which part of the colonic carcinoma is very easily overlooked?

12. All are recognised complications of inflammatory bowel disease except:

13. Carbenoxolone sodium may be associated with all of the following features except:

14. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

15. Sialorrhoea is associated with all of the following except:

16. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

17. The most reliable screening test for patients suffering from malabsorption is:

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

19. High transaminase levels may be found in all except:

20. Normal portal venous pressure is:

21. Jejunal diverticula may be associated with:

Burst abdomen commonly occurs on which post-op day of abdominal surgery?
A. 1st day B. 2nd day
C. 3rd day D. 7th day

23. Regarding Meckel’s diverticulum, which one is false?

24. All are characteristic features of Wilson’s disease except:

25. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

26. Which of the following infections commonly produces hepatic granuloma?

27. Which endocrine disorder is associated with exudative ascites?

28. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

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

30. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

31. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

32. All of the following are true with respect to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome except:

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

34. The valvular heart disease common in carcinoid syndrome is:

35. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

36. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

37. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

38. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

39. All of the following may be associated with hypoglobulinaemia except:

40. Which of the following immunoglobulins may be depressed in Giardia lamblia infestation?

41. Endopeptidases include all except:

42. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

43. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

44. Features of Mallory-Weiss syndrome comprise all except:

45. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

46. Gastric diverticula are:

47. The commonest site of carcinoma of the stomach is:

48. WBC in stool is not found in:

49. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

50. All the drugs are given at some time in the treatment of carcinoid syndrome except: