Gastroenterology

1. Minimal free fluid in the abdomen that can be picked up by ultrasonography is:

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

3. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) may be produced by all except:

4. Melanosis coli indicates:

5. Passage of a bolus of food through the oesophagus is the function of:

6. The commonest micro-organism responsible for cholangitis is:

7. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

8. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

9. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

10. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

11. Major organ responsible for the removal of gastrin is:

12. All of the following may produce intestinal pseudo-obstruction except:

13. The presence of diverticulosis is most commonly seen in:

14. Spider naevi:

15. All of the following are true regarding acute mesenteric vascular occlusion except:

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

17. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

18. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

19. Mid-zonal necrosis of liver is caused by:

20. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

21. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

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

23. Macroglossia is not found in:

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

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

26. Gastric diverticula are:

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

28. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

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

30. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

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

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

33. Which endocrine disorder is associated with exudative ascites?

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

35. All of the following may cause traveller’s diarrhoea except:

36. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

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

38. Absolute contraindication for liver biopsy is:

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

40. All of the following enzymes may be normally found in stool except:

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

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

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

44. All are examples of APUDomas except:

45. Symptoms of carcinoma of the left colon include all except:

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

47. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

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

49. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

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