Gastroenterology

1. The presenting feature of non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis is:

2. Incidence of gastric carcinoid is increased in all except:

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

4. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is defined as when:

5. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

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

7. Elevation in 5-HIAA (5 hydroxy-indole acetic acid) in urine is found in all except:

8. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

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

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

11. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

12. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

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

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

15. Which of the following is not a disorder of intestinal motility?

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

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

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

19. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

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

21. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

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

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

24. All of the following are examples of psychiatric illness associated with profound weight loss except:

25. Which of the following is false regarding acute appendicitis?

26. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

27. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

28. Pyloric stenosis is commonly associated. with all except:

29. Macroglossia is not found in:

30. All of the following may be associated with hypoglobulinaemia except:

31. Which of the following is not a variety of osmotic diarrhoea?

32. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

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

34. Diarrhoea may be associated with all except:

35. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

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

37. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

38. The commonest cause of metastasis to the wall of the stomach is:

39. Which is not a member of familial non-haemolytic hyperbilirubinaemia?

40. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

41. Normal portal venous pressure is:

42. Among all of the following, which is the most characteristic feature regarding intestinal ischaemia?

43. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

44. Jejunal diverticula may be associated with:

45. All of the following are true in irritable bowel syndrome except:

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

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

48. The single most important point which differentiates tropical sprue from coeliac sprue is:

49. A child having diarrhoea later complicated by the appearance of rash and petechiae. The most probable diagnosis is:

50. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?