Gastroenterology

1. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

2. Spider naevi:

3. Hepatic amoebiasis is associated with all except:

4. Which one of the following is not a space-occupying disease of liver?

5. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

6. Jejunal diverticula may be associated with:

7. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

8. Which of the following clotting factors retains its activity in hepatocellular disorder?

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

10. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

11. The commonest site of carcinoma of the stomach is:

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

13. Features of gastric outlet obstruction produced by congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis develop in infants:

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

15. Botulism may be associated with all of the following except:

16. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

17. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

18. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

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

20. Which of the following does not produce secretory diarrhoea?

21. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

22. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

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

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

25. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

26. Severe mucoid diarrhoea which is rich in electrolytes should arouse suspicion of:

27. Which of the following is not included in the classical triad of chronic pancreatitis?

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

29. Which of the following agent’s absorption is least affected in massive small bowel resection?

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

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

32. Congestive gastropathy in portal hypertension is best treated by:

33. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

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

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

36. Which of the following clotting factors is not produced in the liver?

37. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

38. All of the following are true with respect to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome except:

39. Malignant potential is least in:

40. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

41. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

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

43. Pyrosis is better known as:

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

45. Zieve’s syndrome in alcoholic cirrhosis includes pain abdomen and haemolytic anaemia; the other component is:

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

47. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

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

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

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