Gastroenterology

1. Which of the following clotting factors retains its activity in hepatocellular disorder?

2. Which of the following infections may produce features like cardiospasm?

3. Hepatic amoebiasis is associated with all except:

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

5. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

6. Which one of the following is not an ocular complication of ulcerative colitis?

7. Anti-LKM1 antibodies (liver-kidney microsomes) are seen in infection with:

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

9. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

10. Lactose intolerance with lactase deficiency may be present in all except:

11. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

12. Which of the following is not a cause of hyperamylasaemia?

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

14. Whipple’s triad is found in:

15. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

16. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

17. Which segment of the Gl tract is most susceptible to volvulus?

18. ‘Puddle sign’ detects a small amount of free fluid in peritoneal cavity which may be as low as:

19. Pyrosis is better known as:

20. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

21. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

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

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

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

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

26. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

27. Regarding H. pylori, which statement is false?

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

29. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

30. Halitosis is present in all except:

31. Which one of the following is not a space-occupying disease of liver?

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

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

34. All of the following protozoa! infections produce diarrhoea in a patient of AIDS except:

35. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

36. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

37. The ideal time to give antacids in peptic ulcer disease is:

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

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

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

41. All of the following are true regarding Whipple’s disease except:

42. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

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

44. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

45. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

46. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

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

48. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

49. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

50. Minimal fluid required to have classical shifting dullness in ascites is: