Gastroenterology

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

2. In HBV infection, which serological maker is present in the ‘window period’ as evidence of recent HBV infection:

3. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

4. Which of the following is not associated with leucocytosis?

5. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

6. The most common and most specific radiological feature in barium meal follow-through in a patient with malabsorption is:

7. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

8. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

9. The commonest cause of upper GI bleeding in an alcoholic is:

10. Among all of the following, which is the most characteristic feature regarding intestinal ischaemia?

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

12. WBC in stool is not found in:

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

14. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

15. Crohn’s disease may be complicated by all except:

16. The Kayser-Fleischer (KF) ring is:

17. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

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

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

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

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

22. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

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

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

25. Which of the following agent’s absorption is least affected in massive small bowel resection?

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

27. Commonest cause of hepatoma is:

28. One of the earliest manifestations of cystic fibrosis is:

29. Symptoms of carcinoma of the left colon include all except:

30. Serum alkaline phosphatase level may be increased in all except:

31. Leptospirosis can be diagnosed during the 1st week of illness by:

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

33. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

34. All of the following are true regarding acute mesenteric vascular occlusion except:

35. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has all the advantages except:

36. Which of the following may develop into intestinal lymphoma?

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

38. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

39. Carcinoid syndrome is commonly produced, when the site of primary tumour is present in:

40. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

41. Treatment modalities of Wilson’s disease include all except:

42. Tegaserod is used in:

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

44. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

45. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

46. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

47. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

48. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

49. Carcinoma of the large intestine is mostly found in:

50. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by: