Gastroenterology

1. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

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

3. The best single diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis is:

4. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is defined as when:

5. Pyloric stenosis is commonly associated. with all except:

6. Which of the following is false regarding Gaucher’s disease?

7. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

8. Among the undermentioned liver function tests, which one is least likely to be impaired during normal pregnancy?

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

10. Weil’s disease is associated with:

11. Malignant potential is least in:

12. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

13. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

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

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

16. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

17. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

18. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

19. Normal faecal fat is defined as:

20. Manometric study of the lower oesophagus is important in all except:

21. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

22. Botulism may be associated with all of the following except:

23. Indicators of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis include all except:

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

25. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

26. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

27. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

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

29. Diabetic diarrhoea may be encountered in the presence of:

30. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

31. Which is true regarding rapidly shrinking liver in fulminant hepatic failure?

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

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

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

35. All of the following may be the aetiology of Budd-Chiari syndrome except:

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

37. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

38. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is reported in association with all of the following except:

39. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

40. All of the following may be associated with hyposplenism except:

41. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

42. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

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

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

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

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

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

48. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

49. The most valuable provocative test of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is:

50. Features of gastric outlet obstruction produced by congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis develop in infants: