Gastroenterology

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

2. Absolute contraindication for liver biopsy is:

3. Carcinoid syndrome:

4. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

5. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

6. All of the following are methods for detection of H. pylori except:

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

8. Chronic afferent loop syndrome producing obstruction may lead to:

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

10. Diabetic diarrhoea may be encountered in the presence of:

11. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

12. Which site of gastric carcinoma is easily overlooked. by barium meal study?

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

14. Regarding H. pylori, which statement is false?

15. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

16. Carcinoma of the large intestine is mostly found in:

17. Symptoms of carcinoma of the left colon include all except:

18. All of the following may be associated with hyposplenism except:

19. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

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

21. Which is not true so far as definition of cirrhosis of liver is concerned?

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

23. Minimal fluid required to have classical shifting dullness in ascites is:

24. Which is true with respect to irritable bowel syndrome?

25. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

26. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

27. Which of the following immunoglobulins may be depressed in Giardia lamblia infestation?

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

29. Gum hypertrophy is not a feature of:

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

31. Endopeptidases include all except:

32. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

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

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

35. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

36. Serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is > 1.1 g/dl in all except:

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

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

39. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

40. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

41. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

42. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

43. One of the earliest manifestations of cystic fibrosis is:

44. Carbenoxolone sodium may be associated with all of the following features except:

45. The smallest absorbing unit of the small intestinal mucosa is:

46. Which part of the colonic carcinoma is very easily overlooked?

47. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

48. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

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

50. Regarding diffuse oesophageal spasm, which of the following is true?