Gastroenterology

1. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

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

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

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

5. What percentage of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome are malignant?

6. What is true about Weil’s disease?

7. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

8. Congestive gastropathy in portal hypertension is best treated by:

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

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

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

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

13. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

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

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

16. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

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

18. The presence of diverticulosis is most commonly seen in:

19. Which of the following primaries is uncommonly associated with bony metastasis?

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

21. Which of the following is not a recognized complication of ulcerative colitis?

22. The commonest cause of metastasis to the wall of the stomach is:

23. Upper GI bleeding, angioid streaks in retina and yellowish skin papules indicate:

24. Gastric diverticula are:

25. Which of the following is not effective to eradicate H. pylori?

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

27. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

28. Incidence of gastric carcinoid is increased in all except:

29. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

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

31. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

32. Faecal assay of alpha1-antitrypsin clinches the diagnosis of:

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

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

35. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

36. All of the following are true regarding right-sided colonic carcinoma except:

37. The single most important point which differentiates tropical sprue from coeliac sprue is:

38. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

39. Severe kwashiorkor may have a hepatic lesion in the form of:

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

41. Regarding non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), all are true except:

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

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

44. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

45. The commonest cause of post-transfusion hepatitis is:

46. Raspberry tongue is found in:

47. Serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is > 1.1 g/dl in all except:

48. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

49. Macroglossia is not found in:

50. Giardiasis is characterised by all except: