Gastroenterology

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

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

3. All are recognised complications of acute viral hepatitis except:

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

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

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

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

8. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

9. The lower oesophageal mucosa ring (Schatzki ring) is:

10. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

11. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

12. Which one of the following is true regarding pre-sinusoidal portal hypertension:

13. Macroglossia is not found in:

14. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

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

16. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

17. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

18. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

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

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

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

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

23. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

24. Water is minimally absorbed from:

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

26. A ‘white patch’ in the throat may be due to all except:

27. Milk-alkali syndrome (Burnett’s syndrome) may lead to all except:

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

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

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

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

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

33. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

34. Regarding carcinoma of oesophagus, all are true except:

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

36. Treatment modalities of Wilson’s disease include all except:

37. Pyrosis is better known as:

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

39. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

40. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

41. Non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis may be associated with:

42. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

43. Which of the following is false regarding pernicious anaemia?

44. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

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

46. Which endocrine disorder is associated with exudative ascites?

47. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is defined as when:

48. Gastric diverticula are:

49. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

50. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with: