Gastroenterology

1. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

2. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

3. Gluten-free diet is beneficial in:

4. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

5. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

6. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

7. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

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

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

10. Gardner’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

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

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

13. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

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

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

16. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

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

18. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

19. Octreotide can be used in all except:

20. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

21. The maximum absorption of fluid in the gastrointestinal tract occurs in:

22. Malignant potential is least in:

23. Which of the following is not true in lupoid hepatitis?

24. Amino acids malabsorption is seen in:

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

26. Pyrosis is better known as:

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

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

29. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

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

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

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

33. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

34. Regarding angiodysplasia of colon, which one is false?

35. All are characteristic features of Wilson’s disease except:

36. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

37. In gastroparesis, the following drugs are helpful except:

38. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

39. Serum alkaline phosphatase level may be increased in all except:

40. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

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

42. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

43. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

44. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

45. Which one is true in relation to Barrett’s oesophagus?

46. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

47. Botulism may be associated with all of the following except:

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

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

50. Absolute contraindication for liver biopsy is: