Gastroenterology

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

2. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

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

4. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

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

6. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

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

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

9. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

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

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

12. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

13. In HBV infection, which serological maker is present in the ‘window period’ as evidence of recent HBV infection:

14. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

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

16. Hepatic amoebiasis is associated with all except:

17. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

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

19. Latent jaundice may be a feature of all except:

20. Bacillary dysentery can be differentiated from ulcerative colitis by:

21. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

22. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

23. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

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

25. Treatment of peptic ulcers with magnesium hydroxide is characterised by:

26. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

27. All of the following may be associated with hypoglobulinaemia except:

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

29. Normal portal venous pressure is:

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

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

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

33. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is associated with all of the following except:

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

35. High transaminase levels may be found in all except:

36. Venous prominence present in the upper abdomen with direction of flow towards pelvis suggests:

37. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

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

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

40. Which of the following is not associated with leucocytosis?

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

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

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

44. Acute pancreatitis may eventually lead to all of the following except:

45. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

46. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

47. The commonest manifestation of radiation proctitis is:

48. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

49. Minimal free fluid in the abdomen that can be picked up by ultrasonography is:

50. Which of the following infections commonly produces hepatic granuloma?