Gastroenterology

1. If an intestinal biopsy is not possible, the diagnosis of Whipple’s disease can be made by:

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

3. Jejuno-ileal bypass surgery done for obesity may be complicated by all except:

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

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

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

7. Major organ responsible for the removal of gastrin is:

8. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

9. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

10. Treatment of choice in correcting anaemia of ‘blind loop syndrome’ is:

11. Gastric diverticula are:

12. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

13. The commonest complaint by a patient with Ca rectum is:

14. Which of the following does not give rise to haematemesis?

15. Which of the following is not a disorder of intestinal motility?

16. Pyrosis is better known as:

17. Which one of the following is false regarding type B hepatitis serology?

18. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

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

20. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

21. Chronic afferent loop syndrome producing obstruction may lead to:

22. The commonest cause of anaemia after peptic ulcer surgery is:

23. Regarding solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS), which of the following is false?

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

25. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

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

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

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

29. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

30. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

31. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

32. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

33. The presence of hepatic bruit over the liver suggests:

34. Which of the following is not a variety of osmotic diarrhoea?

35. Which of the following is false according to Ranson/Imrie criteria in acute pancreatitis for adversely affecting survival on admission?

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

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

38. Fatty liver may be produced by:

39. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

40. Melanosis coli indicates:

41. All of the following can be associated with obstructive jaundice except:

42. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

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

44. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

45. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

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

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

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

49. Carcinoma of oesophagus may be predisposed by alt except:

50. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in: