Gastroenterology

1. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

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

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

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

5. All are recognised complications of inflammatory bowel disease except:

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

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

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

9. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

10. Macroglossia is not found in:

11. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

12. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

13. Which of the following is not associated with leucocytosis?

14. All of the following protozoa! infections produce diarrhoea in a patient of AIDS except:

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

16. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

17. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

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

19. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

20. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

21. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

22. What is true about Weil’s disease?

23. Milk-alkali syndrome (Burnett’s syndrome) may lead to all except:

24. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

25. Oral contraceptive pills may have a hepatic lesion in the form of all except:

26. Endopeptidases include all except:

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

28. Gum hypertrophy is not a feature of:

29. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

30. Which segment of the colon is commonly affected by vascular insufficiency?

31. Which of the following is false regarding autoimmune hepatitis?

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

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

34. Congestive gastropathy in portal hypertension is best treated by:

35. Raspberry tongue is found in:

36. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

37. The lower oesophageal mucosa ring (Schatzki ring) is:

38. Which one of the following is not a space-occupying disease of liver?

39. Which of the following has the highest acid secretory effect?

40. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

41. The commonest cause of upper GI bleeding in an alcoholic is:

42. All of the following may be the aetiology of Budd-Chiari syndrome except:

43. Saint’s triad is the presence of gallstones, hiatal hernia and?

44. Menetrier’s disease may have all of the following except:

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

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

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

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

49. ‘String sign’ in Crohn’s disease is due to:

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