Gastroenterology

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

2. Which of the following is false regarding Gaucher’s disease?

3. Which is true regarding rapidly shrinking liver in fulminant hepatic failure?

4. Diarrhoea may be associated with all except:

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

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

7. A patient is having an isolated elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase. The next test to be performed is:

8. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

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

10. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

11. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

12. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

13. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

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

15. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

16. The commonest manifestation of radiation proctitis is:

17. Constipation may develop from all except:

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

19. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

20. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

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

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

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

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

25. Which of the following does not give rise to haematemesis?

26. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

27. All of the following are true regarding Whipple’s disease except:

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

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

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

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

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

33. The valvular heart disease common in carcinoid syndrome is:

34. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

35. The commonest cause of anaemia after peptic ulcer surgery is:

36. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

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

38. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

39. Treatment modalities of Wilson’s disease include all except:

40. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

41. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

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

43. Fatty liver may be produced by:

44. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

45. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

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

47. Halitosis is present in all except:

48. Normally in health, the venous flow in abdominal superficial veins is:

49. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

50. Carcinoid syndrome: