Gastroenterology

1. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

2. The best single diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis is:

3. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

4. Regarding Meckel’s diverticulum, which one is false?

5. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

6. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

7. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

8. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

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

10. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

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

12. Which of the following reflects the best prognostic marker of hepatocellular function?

13. Steatorrhoea accompanying diabetes mellitus may be due to all except:

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

15. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

16. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

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

18. The commonest type of pancreatic carcinoma is:

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

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

Burst abdomen commonly occurs on which post-op day of abdominal surgery?
A. 1st day B. 2nd day
C. 3rd day D. 7th day

22. WBC in stool is not found in:

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

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

25. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

26. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

27. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

28. Incidence of stress ulcers in acutely traumatised patients is:

29. Venous prominence present in the upper abdomen with direction of flow towards pelvis suggests:

30. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

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

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

33. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

34. Halitosis is present in all except:

35. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

36. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

37. Which one of the following is false regarding primary biliary cirrhosis?

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

39. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

40. Octreotide can be used in all except:

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

42. Weil’s disease is associated with:

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

44. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

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

46. Severe kwashiorkor may have a hepatic lesion in the form of:

47. Leptospirosis can be diagnosed during the 1st week of illness by:

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

49. Which organ does not move at all with respiration?

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