Gastroenterology

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

2. Steatorrhoea accompanying diabetes mellitus may be due to all except:

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

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

5. Incidence of stress ulcers in acutely traumatised patients is:

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

7. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

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

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

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

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

12. Which of the following surgeries is related to severe hepatocellular dysfunction?

13. Among the undermentioned liver function tests, which one is least likely to be impaired during normal pregnancy?

14. Which of the following is not responsible for food poisoning?

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

16. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

17. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

18. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

24. Which is true in halothane-induced. hepatitis?

25. Non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis may be associated with:

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

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

28. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

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

30. Normal faecal fat is defined as:

31. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

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

33. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

34. The most common cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome is:

35. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

36. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

37. Primary biliary cirrhosis may be associated with all except:

38. Which one of the following is false regarding primary biliary cirrhosis?

39. Which of the following is not effective to eradicate H. pylori?

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

41. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

42. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

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

44. All are absorbed maximally in the upper small intestine except:

45. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

46. Crohn’s disease may be complicated by all except:

47. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

48. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

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

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