Gastroenterology

1. All of the following are examples of psychiatric illness associated with profound weight loss except:

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

3. Which vitamin deficiency is commonly seen in Crohn’s disease?

4. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

5. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

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

7. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) may be produced by all except:

8. A patient with severe malabsorption having fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, sacroiliitis and increased skin pigmentation is probably suffering from:

9. The presenting feature of non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis is:

10. Pyrosis is better known as:

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

12. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

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

14. Which of the following bile acids is virtually absent in advanced cirrhosis of liver?

15. Endopeptidases include all except:

16. Passage of a bolus of food through the oesophagus is the function of:

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

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

19. Normal portal venous pressure is:

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

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

22. Saint’s triad is the presence of gallstones, hiatal hernia and?

23. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

24. All of the following enzymes may be normally found in stool except:

25. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

26. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

27. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

28. Spider naevi:

29. Which organ does not move at all with respiration?

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

31. Which of the following is not included in the list of high-folate diet?

32. Gastric diverticula are:

33. Acute pancreatitis may be caused by:

34. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

35. A child having diarrhoea later complicated by the appearance of rash and petechiae. The most probable diagnosis is:

36. Malignant potential is least in:

37. Water is minimally absorbed from:

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

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

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

41. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

42. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

43. Which of the following reflects the best prognostic marker of hepatocellular function?

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

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

46. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

47. Crohn’s disease may produce all of the following except:

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

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

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