Gastroenterology

1. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

2. All of the following produce “sub-total villous atrophy’ except:

3. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

4. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

5. Hepatitis-like features may be seen in therapy with all except:

6. Chronic active hepatitis may have all the following features except:

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

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

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

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

11. All of the following are true regarding diverticulitis except:

12. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

13. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

14. The commonest type of pancreatic carcinoma is:

15. Acute pancreatitis may be caused by:

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

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

18. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

19. Which of the following has the highest acid secretory effect?

20. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

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

22. Acute viral hepatitis may develop from all of the following except:

23. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

24. Gastric diverticula are:

25. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

26. Normal faecal fat is defined as:

27. Whipple’s triad is found in:

28. Which one of the following is false regarding type B hepatitis serology?

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

30. Tegaserod is used in:

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

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

33. Macroglossia is not found in:

34. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

35. Melanosis coli indicates:

36. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has all the advantages except:

37. Which is the most sensitive test to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome?

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

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

40. All of the following may produce intestinal pseudo-obstruction except:

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

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

43. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

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

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

46. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

47. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

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

49. Oral contraceptive pills may have a hepatic lesion in the form of all except:

50. In coeliac sprue, which of the following is non-deficient in the body?