Gastroenterology

1. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

2. Pyrosis is better known as:

3. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

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

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

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

7. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

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

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

10. Water is minimally absorbed from:

11. Normal portal venous pressure is:

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

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

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

15. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

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

17. Mid-zonal necrosis of liver is caused by:

18. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

19. Aluminium hydroxide as an antacid may have all characteristics except:

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

21. Which of the following is the most sensitive and test of choice in diagnosing cystic dud obstruction, i.e. acute cholecystitis?

22. Absolute contraindication for liver biopsy is:

23. Which of the following is false regarding autoimmune hepatitis?

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

25. Spider naevi:

26. The weight of normal daily stool of a healthy adult is:

27. Which of the following is false regarding Gaucher’s disease?

28. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

29. In gastroparesis, the following drugs are helpful except:

30. All of the following may cause traveller’s diarrhoea except:

31. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

32. Malignant potential is least in:

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

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

35. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

36. Gardner’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

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

38. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

39. Raspberry tongue is found in:

40. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

41. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

42. The most common and most specific radiological feature in barium meal follow-through in a patient with malabsorption is:

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

44. ‘String sign’ in Crohn’s disease is due to:

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

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

47. Protein-losing enteropathy maybe feature of all except:

48. The commonest type of pancreatic carcinoma is:

49. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

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